Recent content by Sgt_Dubie

No I don’t believe that’s how the world views it. Hell, my audiologists barely acknowledge tinnitus is a problem. But I’d certainly jam a screwdriver into my ear right now if I thought it would end this hell.... that’s the biggest problem. No one seems to get it, while those of us that have a...

My name is fairly straight forward. Sgt for sergeant, my rank when I left the army. Dubie a nickname given to me as people seem to have trouble with my last name...

I beg to differ. Tinnitus is most definitely life threatening and is responsible for many suicide attempts and completed suicides.

I’ve lost all hope of anything getting better. Although I choose to stick around for this hell on earth, I can certainly understand why people would want to check out early. I can’t really blame them. I can’t even get my audiologists to acknowledge it’s an issue or offer any advice beyond ‘just...

Hard to say, it’s been so long now. I do remember it took about a year for me to realize it’s not just a temporary ringing.

In my younger days, I’ve done a lot of shooting without ear protection. I’d get ringing sometimes, and it always went away. Being young and invincible I kept doing what I was doing until one day the ringing wouldn’t stop and I learned I have some pretty good hearing loss... for around 15 years...

I manage 5-6 hours most nights. Less other nights. Occasionally I lay in bed wide awake until it’s time to get up again. I forget what feeling well rested is like, much like I can’t remember what silence sounds like.

I work. I can barely drag myself out of bed sometimes after I’ve been up nearly all night, but I do. It’s not easy sometimes. A city transit bus is a noisy environment and causes spikes in my T that make me want to drive an ice pick into my ear, but I refuse to let this cripple me to the point I...

Nearly any loud noise tends to make my tinnitus spike. I find loud noises pretty much unavoidable most days. People yelling, children crying, sirens wizzing by... it all makes me cringe and undoes any progress I’ve might have made ignoring the T that day. I’ve had pretty minimal additional...

Honestly, I’d gladly give up 100% of the hearing on my left side(my worst ear and where the tinnitus seems to be) if that damned ringing would go with it lol

Well, my tinnitus started about 15 years ago. Back during my military career I was exposed to countless explosions and rounds of ammunition, loud machinery and other sources of loud noise. I didn’t always wear hearing protection when I should have... sometimes out of necessity others out of my...