SarahMLFlemmer

I have other health issues. T is the straw that broke the camel's back for me. I can't even start to work on my other ailments again because T is so darn distressing.

Oh ok I understand. I’ve been going through prementapause I believe is what’s it’s called. I haven't hit mentapause yet.Im 49.

Thank you Juliane. ❤️

Special occasions can be hard. I am so sorry you feel like this today. You are loved by this community. Says so much about you. Stay you. Stay strong.

Seems like the lows in life just keep becoming lower and lower

I'm so sorry, Sarah. And i understand. This disorder is harder than i even know how to put to words, but you're incredibly strong for fighting each day. Stronger than most people. Things will get better one day, just keep hanging on till they do *hugs*

Happy Birthday!

Thank you guys!!

Thank you!!

Thank you!!

Happy birthday!!

Thank you two! ❤️

Same goes to you! Thank you!

Happy Birthday Sarah. Wishing you many good days.

Love the birthday song. Thank you, I appreciate it!

Also, happy birthday <3 Birthday wish and prayer for you that the year ahead brings healing and improvement.

They can help. I use Oladance open ear earbuds that go around the back of your ear and come around the front. I also have a pair that that you just put on your ear. It helps me with the buzzing in my head.

@ErikaS my ears can only tolerate so much "sound therapy"" and then they start to hurt, but they hurt anyways so IDK.

@Supersix it's so hard to just listen to this noise from sun up to sun down. I know you understand. I keep thinking about the verse that tells us this life is but a vapor, and then the verses explaining our glorified bodies that those who are in Christ will have one day. He is my only hope!

@SarahMLFlemmer
My tinnitus is a constant source of distress in my life. I need help to focus and try to enjoy my daily activities. I have shared with my wife that the only time I will be able to find peace is when my tinnitus is gone or when I am no longer here and in heaven. The goal is to try and find three good days that will make a huge difference in our lives.

@Supersix I have "good days" but I have to fight like crazy to "make" them "good."

@4Grace somewhat comforting to know I'm not alone, I guess. So sorry @4Grace, so so sorry.

@SarahMLFlemmer - no I’m the one that’s sorry. Hard to find the words. I’m sorry for not being more of a positive source. Deep deep down I always have a little hope in me. Honest. No matter how dark it gets. If I have that in me…. You’re going to be okay one day. You will.

Sorryy.. same here... frgn t in the evening and morning.. 3 things... I do.. healthy lifestyle (incl. finding more purpose, structure, inspiration, and trying to find relaxation etc).. enjoying distractions (gaming for me).. and having faith that time is a healer.

Hey there. Mine was a week and a half ago. Friends took me to a super loud restaurant. I had what I thought was ample ear protection. My custom earplugs w/25 dB filters. Apparently not enough for 3 1/2 hour meal. Been in a spike since. Tinnitus reactive now So my sound therapy no longer works. I should’ve put my solid inserts into my earplugs Try to have a good birthday. I know it’s tough.

@Forever hopeful how many decibels would you say the restaurant was?

Noise makes my T worse too, but I'm up for giving it a try.

The audiologist from Treble Health said, I might have some hyperacusis because I was telling her about our sink, my husband talking and the self checkout at grocery store, riding in my car and just a bunch of different sounds that really hurt my ears, noise has been bothering me for a while now.

There is a whole thread for it. https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/new-university-of-michigan-tinnitus-discovery-%E2%80%94-signal-timing.2805/

Hi, I'm okay. Headache today, of course.

I'm not sure what you mean but it's 24/7 high frequency pure tone with a little static on top.

Medication induced by Accutane.

I doubt it. But who knows

I've been prescribed it about 6 months ago. But haven't had the courage to take it. Read it doesn't do anything for T in majority of sufferers. But read a study saying it helped 30% of people who used it.

@Utdmad89 I'm willing to take those chances if it got rid of my T!

@SarahMLFlemmer - lol - me too. Early on I did call them but they cannot take clients from Canada. For me personally I believe that going to doctors to search for a cure is no longer productive. I already checked everything. I should do an MRI but figure what’s the point. My T is so integrated with all the nerves in my head plus from noise trauma. I am only hopeful by some miracle it gets better. Eating healthy.

Sarah you talking about Ben .

@SharonBell Yeah, Ben Thompson. IDK why. It's just *my opinion.*

@SharonBell - I wish they would let me be sad and understand more. My brother also looks at me as if I am immature in dealing with this. He has been though a lot and did a good job of it. However, I do think this is different. They think me being protective of every day sounds is stupid. They think it’s because I am on the internet too much. Sorry, I can talk up a storm.

@SharonBell - sadly I think about holidays and vacations with family. That I will never be able to participate as my old self again. I think about not being able to have a drink and nice dinner followed by desert again. I think about not being able to go with my friends for Christmas dinner a tradition we have been doing for over 25 years. We rent a bus.:(

@SharonBell - most of all I miss being around my wife and daughter. She has a condition that causes her to have a melt down where she is screaming a the top of her lungs multiple times a day. I tried to stay active in their life but it was destroying my ears. My life has become the perfect storm. I have hope but not sure why… I look at happy people and miss being normal. Have not had a moment of happy for a year.

I have a portable sound machine. It’s small. I always have it with me. Sometimes playing in my pocket. Even when I go for walks outside. It does not mask but it helps a lot. Crickets is the sound of choice.

I have no luck masking either. Everything makes it louder... whitenoise at 4 then T is at 5. Atleast it seems that way. That or this frequency cuts through everything.

I slept all day. ❤️

Nothing but a zombie. I hate this.

Sarah I actually came home and slept 3 hours. I don’t sleep during the day, but the flexeril let me go back to sleep because I took it so late this morning.

4Grace why can’t you watch tv?

@SharonBell - I am disinterested. My T is so loud. To be honest I am scrambling all the time thinking of the impact of T and H on my life. I have lost the ability to go out to any functions. My T is progressive, daily. Especially with noise exposure. I have not made peace with that….. I don’t know how to make peace with that …

@SharonBell - if my T was not so reactive. If my ear did not hurt every time a fork dropped on a plate I believe I would be okay. I think the only road out for me is to just go out and live. Every time I do that I get a lot worse. I need to go and live a more quite life and my life with big family is the opposite of that..

I do all of that and my T still cannot be masked. =(

I know it’s hard to mask mine also.