ECP

If you live in a climate with colder winters - no motorcycles for a few months

@2049v Fans and AC noises cause pain for me, and it sometimes makes my tinnitus louder afterward. I've spent all summer wearing earmuffs while running the AC at home.

@ECP, It must be a really tough situation. I also have severe tinnitus, balance problems, hyperacusis, and hearing damage. One morning I woke up and it was as if I had become disabled. I’ve been struggling for 4 months. Your situation is also very difficult. Were you able to work at all during this time? How has it been from the beginning?

Are you able to work now? Do you work from home?

What can you do now without ear plugs?

I can work from home, but just barely. Brain fog and pain and anxiety get in the way of being productive sometimes. I can go without earplugs at home, except when in the kitchen and when the garbage truck and landscapers are outside. I hate my life.

Do you still have musicial tinnitus? In your old post you have said your H was almost gone. So how long did that last?

I still have musical tinnitus sometimes. :( The longest I've ever been pain-free was about 2 weeks. :(

yeah total lies. i brought an ac that claims to be 50 db but is 90+ when running.

@ECP are you now. Can you go for walks and restaurants?

If only we were birds. Or crocodiles. Lucky bastards, able to regenerate ear hair cells. I'll take a tinnitus free life in exchange for higher reasoning. Being human is overrated anyway.

I'll gladly be a cat and live out my cat life.

Hi! I was getting better for a while, and now I'm getting worse. I developed pulsatile tinnitus now on top of the existing T and H, so I'm seeing an audiologist on Monday. How are you?

Very sorry to hear that. I hope you will experience getting better again very soon ❤️

Struggling here. These conditions are very rough

@Juliane I hope your better days outnumber the not-so-good ones.

Thanks for checking in. My H was almost gone, but then I had some noise exposures that led to setbacks, so I'm almost right back where I started 19 months ago. :( I haven't been around in months, so I'm trying to get caught up on posts now. How are you doing these days?

@RunningMan I weaned off slowly. The withdrawal period was tough, but I got past it. T and H were not changed, ultimately. I posted a longer account of my experience today at https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/antidepressants-ssris-snris-maos-tcas-tecas.768/page-42

How are you doing?

@ECP I read it and responded there. I'm not doing too good because anxiety continues and added continued stomach pains during and after 8 weeks of SSRI's late last year that make me feel even worse and even worse anxiety. Will be getting upper GI exam in a few weeks.

@RunningMan Sorry to hear that. I hope your GI exam goes well. You deserve some relief.

I hope you keep improving in the following months and can write your success story :)

Thanks @Merlin L you too, my friend!

I'll probably check on you sometime in the future again. Curious to know what kind of improvements you're going to see :)

@Mo8409 Ugh I’m so sorry. I do think given that your hearing was not affected, you absolutely have chance to heal from this. I’ve read the brain can just take a long time to heal when something goes awry like this, but it can. Like my taste and smell distortion from Covid in 2020. Took a good year and a half to 2 years to say I was 85% better. No real improvement until after the year mark.

@Mo8409 when do you find out about surgery at U of M?

@ErikaS This Friday. I won't be surprised if they want to just keep an eye on it. Typically surgery is only done if symptoms are severe. I'm not sure I'm serve enough. U of M will make the right call. My smell and taste are gone forever because I was working the ICU during COVID and caught it so many times. I'm glad you recovered.

I despise those things.