kingsfan

Yep it has been getting louder and "hiss-ier" as the day moves along. Accidentally dropping a huge ice cube into my stainless steel Klean Kanteen tumbler probably didn't help either.

I need to attend a birthday for my brothers kid this weekend. Can already hear the balloons poping, children screaming, and glasses falling to the floor. "oh kids are just the best isnt it Sodlin?"......

I did drive on the highway a lot with the windows down, bc the AC was also broken. So maybe it all cancelled each other out.

@2049v Wore out my welcome with family. It's time to move on. I'm middle-aged. I should have my own place, but I've struggled with work since tinnitus. Had a really good career and was financially sound. Now I'm left with nothing.

I’m in a similar situation. I had a job I liked, colleagues I liked, and a decent income in my own way, but one by one, I lost them all. Now, what are you thinking of doing? My situation has turned into a tangled mess.

@2049v I said I was going to kill myself once my bank account reached $0. I can't live in poverty with tinnitus.

Sertraline helps me to stop ruminating on past mistakes that caused my T, and live more in the present. Wanting to go back and change the past has caused me so much pain and wasted time. But even though I see that, I still need medication to change the thought pattern.

@SimonRK I've tried Sertraline, but it unfortunately spiked my tinnitus so I couldn't continue. I've tried Zoloft, Nortriptyline, and Mirtazapine so far with no luck due my tinnitus spiking. I'm going to try Prozac next.

That's the only reason I stayed. I thought maybe I was being irrational. Maybe it was the loud metal chairs scraping on the pavement when people were getting in and out of their seats? It was loud but only happened a handful of times. Maybe that's what got me...

Could hyperacusis be the cause? I've been to restaurants several times before and had been alright and comfortable. I guess I can't anymore.

give it some time. i had a restaurant setback last December because i stupidly went to the work christmas lunch. My T was a disaster after. in about 3 weeks it was a lot better.

Did you have an acustic trauma? Why did it get worse?

@2049v Every little things makes mine worse. Its worsened too many times in only 4 years. I've managed to adjust each time so far, but it's getting more and more difficult.

@BrOKeN_1 Yea i can't believe so much time has passed. A lot has changed in those 4 years. Here's to hoping we have paid our dues and will be rewarded from here on out.

Have u tried trt training

Did it play music? I try and go when it's empty but then you get crap food

No. Not much at all.

I’m so sorry. The pain of being away from my kids is unbearable

@Zigs It's been difficult. Hard to function, then add debilitating tinnitus on top of it. She has a busy life with work, school, and boyfriend. I know I'd be seeing less of her if I were there, but it would still be much more than currently.

just rip off the bandaid and get in there unfortunately is my advice.

@cjbhab I finally did late last night (`>_<)

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I'm in the midwest and don't feels it's too loud most of the time. Sure people mow their lawns through part of the year. With the train, it depends how close you are to it. I'm 1/2 mile away, and it sometimes seems a little loud but don't even notice it most of the time.

@RunningMan I'm 1 block away. Train tracks run through every single town here, and there's some sort of business here that wasn't here when I grew up that has trains coming through multiple times a day. I don't know if it's natural gas or what it is. The air often stinks here at night too. My asthma was way better in smoggy southern california than it has been here.

Yeah, one block is pretty close. I wouldn't want to be any closer than my 1/2 mile, for sure.

Feel better my bro @kingsfan

:-(

My phone has been on vibrate only or do not disturb/silent mode since tinnitus. Phone speakers are death to your ears.

Me, too. I need 2 stable months at the very least to get over all the fkn recent worsenings.

@streifzug has it just been deteriorating on its own, or has it been a series of unfortunate events?

I am thankful that mine is only one ear.

@Bob3382 I always was too. I think I relied on my better ear too much to hear and didn't protect it enough.

Hope this one will be temporary

@Juliane it's been about 2 weeks, but I wrote it off to being sick. Now that I'm feeling better sick-wise it's still spiked, so I'm getting anxiety about it.

I understand. It is so difficult. I hope for the best.

So frustrated by my right ear. I can clearly hear it over my loud left ear now. It's panic-inducing.

Some good news maybe.

Spike was down for a couple days but has been up and down since. At least I don't feel sick anymore.

Thanks Daniel. Been taking zinc lozenges and been getting outside a bit. Haven't had any full-blown symptoms so far, but just general malaise, fatigue, scratchy throat, and slightly irritated lungs.

Just got back from San Diego and I for sure caught something. Hang in there @kingsfan

@BrOKeN_1 That sucks. Hope it's just regular old rhino or coronavirus of the non-19 variant.