kingsfan

The insides of my cheeks are worn down from how much I chew on them, an anxious thing I've always done. I relate so hard to this lol

My tinnitus has been spiked up to an unbearable level since yesterday.

I really didn't think the firecracker was at a dangerous volume since it was around the corner, through the window, and across the street in the neighbor's yard.

Hopefully it's just my anxiousness from the whole ordeal making it temporarily worse, and it will go back down.

Last week I walked out back late at night and in the distance a firework was launched. Loud enough to startle me but not loud enough to cause damage I don’t think. Hard for me to tell if it spiked since my T fluctuates constantly. I’m hoping your spike goes soon though.

@cjbhab They say up to 31db

Yeah, should have ordered solids as well.

@gameover I should have ordered solids first, years ago. But nobody knows what they are doing when this shit first starts.

And revving. These assholes clutch in, break and rev. They are evil idiots.

@gameover Probably trying to keep their POS Harley's from stalling. Those things are garbage with fancy marketing.

Prolly the prednisone

I would be ALIVE if the electric hiss stopped. I habituated to all the other noise. This hiss is the worst of it all.

I habituated to the mild tinnitus I had, but the severe stuff is another beast. The electrical hiss is bad enough, but I really hate the days with the high pitched piercing single tone. It cycles between them over a day or two, but sometimes changing back and forth during a single day.

Hey what’s up brother? Hope you’re doing better. Do you have any idea when the 1of1 will be doing a sale again? Thank you.

@snizzleberry hey yo, maybe they'll do something for 4th of July or Labor Day. If not, they always seem to do Black Friday.

@snizzleberry There's a 1of1 sale going on right now. 20% off

Hopefully you had a couple quite days

@Thizzle I had a few quiet evenings in amongst the anxiety that high dose prednisone brings. Was annoying most of the day though after I would dose.

Prednisone brought me my last couple quite days 2 months ago, not sure at what cost tho

Thank you. Glad I can help.

@ECP Yea I've thought about it. I had a sink mat when I had my own apartment, but I was dumping the water out in the bathroom sink attached to my room. I had been trying to wear my earplugs less in the house but I've gone back to wearing them when doing anything with dishes or cleaning.

I go through phases wear I wear protection in the kitchen and bathroom, and phases where I don't (and then I regret it). And I just noticed that there aren't any sink mats on Amazon for bathrooms, only kitchens, because nobody but T and H sufferers would be interested, LOL. People like us will have to get creative and make our own, or trim the kitchen mats to size. I hope you're feeling better today.

@ECP I think the mats are more to protect people's sinks than to cut down on the banging and clanging. Non-T/H people just don't understand.

@gameover Winter is much safer. I was completely unprepared. I guess now I know. My preparations are like OSHA rules, written in blood.

I sadly live near rednecks that who addicted to creting noise. Harelys, pickup trucks, garbage muscle cars, all modified. Plus exurban losers who have nothing else do to but cut 1 inch grass. Just because riding lawn mower is fun. Human race is despicable.

@gameover Grass lawns.. don't get me started. We can thank Thomas Jefferson for bringing that European concept of showing off wealth to the US. What a waste of time, petroleum, and hair cells.

@Thizzle that is exactly what i told my audiologist. i know what is going to happen when i expose myself to certain noise. it is not an irrational fear.
WeLL hoW do YoU kNoW? they say. because i’ve been living with this long enough to figure it out.

@Thizzle That's how it started, but now I have to have protection on just to open a door for fear any squeaking will worsen me. I believe I have H from overprotection. Many of my spikes may be from H now.

@cjbhab I'm starting to think earplugs don't do much but worsen H over time. My T has only gotten worse over time despite wearing protection religiously and so has my sound sensitivity. Nothing spiked my T when I first had it except rigorous physical activity, and I didn't wear hearing protection for the first month or two. Now every little things spikes it.

Sounds like H

I always hear SSDI is very difficult to get for a condition like this. Even for mental health, you have to show a history of treatment and documentation from your dr that you aren't able to work, then usually need a lawyer and still maybe wait for 2 years. It's an injustice to those people. I know it's been discussed in a thread on Tinnitus Talk.

@RunningMan I'm able to work. I want to work. I'm tired of rotting.

@kingsfan I understand completely. You should be working, using your skills and talents. Not working as a groundskeeper!

Yeah, I wish I could win $50M in the lottery. But I don't even play the lottery... ever. Anyway, hoping something works out for you.

@kingsfan - you are a very strong. My heart goes out to everyone on here. Such heart breaking stories.

I hope @kingsfan wins the lottery

Well it rained today, so exposing myself was all for nothing.

Damn it

@Juliane ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sorry to hear that :-( Sounds like how my life has been for the past few months

If you're able to leave home, you can try using a Roomba to vacuum while you're gone. I believe the new ones can be turned on/off remotely.

Vacuums are the worst. Thank god for my cleaning lady.

@cjbhab If I ever get a job again that's what I want to do. I've racked up a lot of debt being unemployed though so who knows if I'll ever be in that stable position again.

Do not like

@Juliane Ended up with a major headache so maybe the T spike was a precursor

Yea I have a couple pair of custom molds. Having the molds taken is painless and only takes a minute or two. Feels like shaving cream or whipped cream in your ears.

That’s great. So nothing really to worry about. Thanks appreciate it