Recent content by Tibberz

It's been over three years since I gave myself tinnitus. The first 6-12 months were absolutely maddening and I'm quite surprised I made it at all (I was mentally torn down to nothing and was ready to die). Sometime between now and then I've managed to get to the point where I'm able to keep my...

I would agree it's like PTSD. For me I had a fear for anything that might be loud and I would over react to any thud or bang. Fireworks/concerts are the worst... I spend more time wondering if I should be plugging my ears or not. I worked for a security firm and defied an order from a client...

Logged back in for the first time in ages to pay my respects. When I found out Danny had passed my heart dropped. I haven't really talked to him since 2015/2016 when I was having the hardest time with my Tinnitus, but Danny was one of the main reasons why I didn't give up back then. I remember a...

Approaching 3 years... Finally overcome most of my fears (flying, headphones, etc) but still fear loud places. Ears still a buzzing. :/

Hey everyone, long time no see. I've been doing pretty good lately, except for the fact I was diagnosed with a Chiari Malformation last week after beginning to get weird symptoms back in September :/ Of course during my research on this condition I found out a common side effect is Tinnitus...

Hoping it fixes itself is all you can do. The best thing to do is to start doing everything you can to ignore the sound as soon as you can. The more I think about it, the more I hear it my stress goes up. The less I think about it, the less I hear it and my life is pretty normal. It's the same...

I can't say if it will go away or not. But based onyou not noticing it till you put your ear down to a pillow means your t is pretty low and easy to ignore. Best way to help yourself is to do your best not to think about the noise, hard I know, especially at first. I could hear my ringing over...

So far the best method, for me at least, is to do anything and everything I could to not give it any attention. Mine has gone from covering up everything to me only noticing it when it gets really quiet or I go looking for it and if I go looking for it, it's pretty much the same volume it was...

Best advise I can give is to do your best to stop mentally monitoring the noise and not let it interior your thoughts. During my first few months it was crucial for my sanity to keep myself occupied with things like work, TV, games etc in order for my brain to stop worrying about it. Once the...

My advise is to just move on. Do everything you can to keep your mind busy. The first few months for me were pure hell (I thought I was gonna flunk college and loose my job), but today, almost a year later I was joking about my t because I don't consciously hear it much anymore. It's still there...

I also suffer from T due to a few gunshots. It was very maddening during the beginning but it will get better. Most important thing I recommend is to try your hardest not to change the way you act (except to protect the ears). Keeping busy is very important. Eventually your subconscious will...

I have never heard mine in my dreams, but again, I can rarely ever remember them. But those that I have remembered, I dont recall hearing T.

The first 3 months are the worst, at least they were for me. I had panic attacks almost daily for the first 2 months and the 3rd month I started to get a grip on the emotions and the panic attacks became far fewer. The thing that sucks about T is that its unpredictable, it can either go away...

The new year has come and gone and I rang in the new year (bad pun... Bad.) I still feel like I'm improving and noticing the t less often and I'm not as bothered. I'm slowly going back to how I was pre depression (caused by t onset) but that is going to take a while and some soul searching. T...