Ryan Scott

He was probably bribed to say that it's a hail Mary and a cure for tinnitus. I don't think Lenire will last very long, as it, you know, doesn't f*cking work lol

I know this too … When I woke up in the middle of the night it could be that there is no Tinnitus … when I wake up it s quiet but then increasing … I agree with @ZFire

Mine used to be quiet when I first woke up. Sometimes I’d even lay there and try not to move as long as I could to keep the silence, but now it’s super loud when I wake up.

Mine varies each day, so sometimes I wake up and it goes from quiet to loud in seconds. Sometimes it's loud out the gate and stays that way. Sometimes it's loud and then gets quieter in a few minutes. Sometimes it's quiet and stays quiet. The good(?) news is that I've detected a somewhat regular pattern to it all

It was pretty captivating to watch.

@Guywithapug It's the most bizarre thing ever.

@Ryan Scott what did you think of Buster's testimony?

@Ryan Scott - I did, but personally I got a spike from the moulding. Audiologist said it may have reaggrivated my TTTS. I have only heard of one other who got a spike through moulding (theirs settled). Just to forewarn.
Havent tried the ear plugs Ive now received as a result.

@DeanD Yeah I was reading your profile and seen how you got a spike from the molding process is what has been making me second guess getting them. Thats why I was kind of wondering if some people had the same experience as you. Seems pretty unlikely to me because the process is not loud and the molding shouldn't press against the ear drum. But I really don't want to take any chances and have any setbacks.

@Ryan Scott tbh everything Im getting at the moment seems to be rare.
My t was caused by microsuction in the ear canal, it may be my ear canal now is sensitive so although there was hardly any noise of the moulding it triggered the original cause and perhaps sensitivity not present in most cases.

Totally understand where you are coming from, my job does not really stress me out too much, but tinnitus has totally changed my view on life. Like I use to be interested in real estate, I worked in construction through college, but not real sure I want to be around power tools now.

@Ryan Scott Hang in there pal! I just noticed you live in Louisiana! I have family in Lafayette that's coming to visit in June!

I find Tinnitus extremely unrelatable to the public compared to other disorders I guess mainly due to how abstract it is. Tinnitus is kind of like chemistry you can't normally see the reactions happening, but they indeed are lol.

I agree now before I do anything it forces me to do a risk analysis of "how this will affect my tinnitus." Personally, I would rather skip the activity and not take the risk especially being I am young.

@Strawberryblonde Well done for soldiering on! Do you have methods that help you cope at work?

Do you think your work could be making your T worse or better?

Being a lone worker helps as I can control the sounds I'm exposed too and I suffer with bad anxiety/ocd so keeping myself occupied and mind off my new T level helped a a lot as I don't hear it when I'm occupied @Jupiterman

I am gradualy off work since the onset one year ago - I just worked a little last year as I was constantly in psychiatry - slowly I am returing - I am independent journalist so I am lucky to can work from home - even the visits to events for networking and research lacks

So why did I my driving licence ? I can t drive anymore due to T

@SamRosemary and @Jsm_Joestar thanks for the support. I try to stay positive but sometimes it gets hard.

It is definetly hard. But its not needed to stay postive all the time. Just to be strong most of the time and make the best out of it

When I go walking along a windy coast large peltor mufflers along with air plugs are usually suitabke enough, and I have sound reactive tinnitus

Tbh not sure about wind against the ear muffs and wether itll be sufficient. Last time I went fishing it was windy and i didn't use protection against the wind, I was ignorant back in the day lol

Earmuffs would be fine.

You don't realise and cherish it till its gone.

Time and healing can make them return to more of what they used to be. Just got to believe it.

Absolutely @Strawberryblonde makes you appreciate the small things in life. I agree @ErikaS I try to be optimistic sometimes it just gets hard lol.