Sometimes I fantasize about becoming a billionaire and donating all my $ to tinnitus research. That or start a dog shelter.
Donate half to research, the take another half to starting an animal shelter, with the remnant buy out a local non-chain business in Your area, a gas and sip for instance, then use Your cut on research and animal shelters. but it's only fantasy, so *proceeds to sing the Pirate song with the word billionaire instead of Pirate* I promise never to sing again.
I find it crazy the fridge in our apartment is insanely noisy and I've never cared yet I still can't habituate this bloody tinnitus.
Oh hi Ed! You changed your pic, I didn't realise it was you. You're so right, I hope in time I can get there.
I'm exactly like you. It is like i was absolutely fine with that noise and suddenly I catch the sound and it bugs me for months. Just like a radio, catching a particular noise frequency..
After reaching breaking point from this spike I got an emergency ENT appointment. He said there is a lot of fluid behind my ears .
Feel really pissed off 6 weeks ago my Dr wouldn't give me a referral... I've had the worst few months. Knowing it was fluid would have helped my anxiety so much
Sometimes I like to imagine what people on tt look like. For some reason I imagine @Michael Leigh looks like Gandalf.
I finally found a white noise that helps me sleep, "2 hrs of campfire" by Steven Lucas. Found on spotify.
Went for a run and near the end was getting very tired, my tinnitus got louder. I think it was cheering me on. "You can do eeeeeeeeeet"
Sometimes I hear a random noise and start panicking it's a new T sound, I freak out until I find out where the noise is coming from.
Same, once I was at my friends house I heard a faint ringing, I panicked for about 1-2 seconds thinking it was a new T tone, and then asked my friend if she could hear it, and luckily she said yes :D It was a tv box that made the sound.
Wednesday was a bad day for me Holly. It seemed to bug me all day long. When I woke up this morning I wondered what my day would be like. Would it be another despairing day, or could I take it easy? “Easy Dave - just take it easy.” I’ve had a pretty relaxed easy day. As per my meditation routine, please try to practice a ‘soft mouth’ Holly.
Holly - we would all love a cure, and I so hope it happens for all of us. But in the meantime, we have to try to cope and live as comfortably as possible. Either in meditation, or auto-suggestion. “Easy Holly - hiss is normal,” just may help to take the sting out of it a bit, once that message has sunk in. xx
Crazy how an online forum full of complete strangers can give you the courage to go on. I am forever grateful to everyone on here.
There's strength in numbers. I would be so lost if I had to seek advice from people who didn't have T and I'd also think I was being soft. This really effects us.
I would be lost too, I was telling my parents about it and they were like "oh that's no good, sounds a bit annoying" I explained to them it was causing me extreme distress and they looked rather puzzled. Thank gosh people here understand.
My mom said something very similar within an hour of when I was told to deal with it. I was patient and cried once I hung up the phone.
T is so loud today I actually laughed at how ridiculous it is. Unsure if I'm coping better or have indeed lost my mind...
Called the tinnitus helpline today and they were amazing, made me feel so much better. Recommend it if you're struggling.
My spike switches ears every few hours. Is this a good or bad thing? I think I'd rather it stay in one ear..
If tinnitus is in your brain that is not unusual. I have that happen a lot and become confused. I think it's more of a perception that it's in your left or right ear. But I could be wrong.
Some mornings waking up to T makes me so so sad. I hope one day I won't care so much and see it as simply a mere annoyance
Coffee can lower the risk of chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, so don't feel guilty about your morning caffeine fix ;)
....to the ends of the earth Holly.... when you’ve got Tinnitus, you can’t have too many friends....right!
Kids are letting off fireworks behind our house, I'm praying they don't get tinnitus. I feel like yelling out "PROTECT YOUR EARS!!"