Joe Cuber

Lol. I feel ya. I used to be a little scatter-brained. Now it's like a Super Power!

Haha, a real Mr. T you are @BrOKeN_1

Hey @Aschenherz - It's going well with the hearing aids. They help me hear people speaking better in noisy environments. My T isn't present every day, but when it is, the hearing aids make it less bothersome. I can still hear my T, but it takes the edge off. I also often use the Zen setting to further distract my mind.

Lol. How did I miss this gem? You are a great sense of humor Joe. Thanks for lightening the mood around here.

Haha @BrOKeN_1 thanks, it's one of my coping mechanisms to see the humorous side of things :P

@SamRosemary, I wonder how many of us use crickets to mask

@Joe Cuber I use rain sounds.

@Steph1710 - Quelle coïncidence! I'm listening to rain sounds today because my T is trying to annoy the living #@#$ out of me and it sounds like rain :P

Mine is the color of an electrical wire black black black

Made me get my copy of Neuromancer off the shelf. It’s been many years since I read it last.

I'm glad you recognized the reference @Tom Okay! It's a good read, I read it again recently myself.

Sure thing man, likewise. I hope your symptoms improve soon.

lol

Yeah they have a monopoly on the dining market I believe ;)

I’ve been there’s few times. They have a chain of them in the UK too. XD

Sorry to hear @dennis_me, are you able to get good sleep? I hope you can sleep well. I've been reading the Back to Silence thread. Have you read it? It's helped me a lot with my anxiety.

Yes my sleep is surprisingly well. However, during the day I have a hard time and especially in the evening I feel extremely depressed again. I can't imagine how it's possible to "habituate" and especially what "habituation" really means. I read the Back to Silence thread at the beginning of my tinnitus, maybe I should read it again

Glad to hear you're getting good sleep. I hope that that helps you. I reread it regularly. I find that when I fight against my T or wish it was gone is when I suffer the most.

Awesome! Thanks I didn't know if anyone liked it :P

Crank that S*** up to 11 and open the windows fam.

*ntz ntz ntz ntz*

Goodluck!

Acceptance is the only way forward. I have reached some level of acceptance over the last month or so and although my T is still loud, I’m not so bothered by it and therefore not fixated on it. It will only bother you until it doesn’t!

I've been practicing acceptance for the last couple of weeks via the Back to Silence method, and it actually turned my mood around.

@Joe Cuber im kidding haha that would destroy me lol

Haha lol, I couldn't tell if you were serious

Splatoon 2 is a game I've come to a lot as it helped me a lot when my T got much worse 4 years ago. There is a certain volume i set it to where T, while still audible, isn't usually at an intrusive level. I know I'm in a rough bout with T when it does get annoying at that volume.

@Joe Cuber Less reactivity and a set of tinnitus tones/noise that I find way less intrusive. It’s easier to deal with.

I swear I don't get notified! Last week was totally rough, this week is much better, @SamRosemary. Glad you're getting stuff done! +1 to less reactivity @ZFire

@Joe Cuber Glad to hear! It seems my new baseline is much higher pitch, but today and yesterday it’s settled a bit.

Thank you, I hope today is a better day for you @dennis_me, and tomorrow for that matter. For me, this is the 3rd straight day of loud hissing :(

Hey @Joe Cuber my tinnitus is also playing up. Had a month of pretty quiet stable T, and now it’s loud and annoying. Just thought I’d let you that you’re not alone. There’s people out there, like me, who are spiking right now too.. :)

Thanks for the comforting words @Steph1710, I hope yours calms down soon. Spikes are frazzling, takes a lot of fortitude to barrel thru it.

Fascinating @Lurius

Because I have a tendency to go for a "everything or nothing" approach to stuff, I usually have no interest whatsoever in a topic, or I'm a walking encyclopedia. So I can name 99% of those B-movie actors you know you've seen in a dozen movies but can never remember the name of.

Haha, well, that's quite a skill. I can't name the actors nor the movies :P

Sounds like you need a BLT and a Bud Light ;)

Dammit, that sounds good @BrOKeN_1. Now I have BLT and beer on my mind.

Seems worse because it's supposed to be quite time. Less ambient noise equals more attention to T

@Wrfortiscue aww. You cutie <3 Hope you’re okay. X

@Steph1710 just trying to live one day at a time <3 hope everything is good with you

I would love one of those days…

Meaning you can't hear it?

Haha @ThomasF, the key word is aspires. I should have said that it should keep it's day job

@ThomasF Lol

T silent is a good thing lol

Yeah it's hard to complain when I get a quiet day, but it does make me anxious at night. Today, T was up in arms

Hahaha @Damocles

I call my T sound 'screaming' it's always the same sound from 1-9. I can't take another 10 I'm pretty sure. Had a few of those early on. Thought about a silver bullet. Don't want to think about that ever again please Universe.

That's a lot of variability @Flowergirl , does it vary by the day or within the day or some other pattern?

NGL @Barry098 Just a little jealous on the coffee front my friend.

@ThomasF maybe I should try quitting it for awhile to see if it helps lower my T long term. It would be hard though because it is pretty much the only thing I look forward to.

@Barry098 It's up to you but I don't see a reason to do that. If it helps lower your T and it doesn't bother you otherwise, it's probably an okay part of your life.

Do 20 more ;)

@Joe Cuber WTF. Sorry but that's the most intelligent comment I can make. :-|

Well said @Flowergirl. My T loves to keep things lively

Tomatoes seem kind of random, they do have carbs and sugar though.

I'm going to try to monitor my carb/sugar intake and see if there's a correlation.

I think tomatoes are a nightshade. People believe that they increase inflammation. Do peppers or eggplant cause a similar issue?

I don't think so, I'm not sure, maybe it's just coincidence. I am not able to find the reason it spikes, it seems so random but sometimes when I eat I have a spike for 1-2 hours

Haha lol, fun stuff

At least its not boring. I mean its never boring to be tortured but still.

@ThomasF hahaha

The one you feel… it’s like a saw going down on sheet metal then back up then down at random intervals lol

You win, mine just sounds like it's striking the metal. All day. Gets exhausting, lol

Mmm.. tasty. Just what I like on the menu.. lol

Exactly @Steph1710.

I'll have a cream horn.

In fact no, make that a cream SPIKE!

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@Damocles “a cream horn” XD This isn’t a village bakery - this is a restaurant. Haha! Hope you’re alright buddy. Haven’t seen you around too much. X

I just have reactive in my left, I couldn't imagine dealing with it in both.

It's a load of fun @Guywithapug, especially if I go to a park or a downtown. It's like windchimes everywhere.