Tryn2BHopeful

Made an appointment with a therapist. I know its not going to fix tinnitus, but maybe it can help me get my head around it and start living again.

Habituating and accepting tinnitus is a long and tiring process. I think your mental state will improve overtime. Just takes time. You’ll get there. Best of luck to you in your appointment.

Life hasnt been fair to any of us.

@Tryn2BHopeful - it’s sounds like you are still taking care of a lot. Wow, I admire your strength. You are doing much more then most. I know it’s hard but your doing it. This is not a BS post. Your doing as good as anyone can expect.

@Tryn2BHopeful we get to keep going. ❤️

@4Grace I assume you meant forward lol

Oops. =P

@Tryn2BHopeful - Lol - yes. Forward

I'm so sorry for your loss

Very sorry for your loss. 38!

Massive Coronary apparently. At least he didn't suffer.

You're still really early in. There is still a good chance you will see improvement. I'm 11 months in next week so i doubt I'm going to improve, so habituation is my only hope.

@Utdmad89 thanks for the little bit of hope. I keep trying to fill my days with positive things, but sometimes its just hard. The days the low hum gets me are the worst. Not sure why that one comes and goes.

@Tryn2BHopeful, no worries. Yeah that's probably the best thing you can do. I totally get the low hum ive had it a few times a couple of months ago. It didn't feel likentieas even coming from me. It's awful.

I am asking because I am trying to determine if it's worth pressing the doctors to do more than an audiogram. On the off chance I am wrong or atleast partly wrong about the cause.

I had a bunch of upper neck pain prior to this to the point I was icing it daily, which has since resolved. It has left me questioning it recently.

I was reading that upper cervical misaligment is a common cause for T. Something funky through the C1 to C4 vertebrae.

We will be here for when you need to vent ❤️

Try to do a solid week first, baby steps. Then take it out longer.

❤️

I should look at the positives here... small victories right... T Volume is shitty today but maybe it will get better tomorrow.
I was able to go to both my kids football games this weekend.
I was able to listen to the radio in the car on low volume.
I am still employed.
I still have my family. I wish they would listen, but hey small victories.
I haven't driven off a bridge.

@Mo8409 Not yet.

Lots of positives. It could be so much worse even though it's hard to imagine.

It's all good!

I'm from Detroit, does that help?

@Mo8409 detroit is basically canada tho.. lol

Mr. T can kick rocks! Life goes on and T wants the spotlight.

I took 3 mg and no sleep!

@4Grace I should have mentioned that bc it binds to H1 receptors, you can still have some non-tinnitus related withdrawal symptoms if you take it long enough. Mainly itchy skin. So be aware of that.

@kingsfan thank you for taking the time. I feel like I need something to get me through some times. The Med helps me a lot. My personality fights me being on a med.

Same. Back from a football game so it's buzzing a little more than usual. You?

@Tryn2BHopeful Same. I'm noticing the reactivity getting slightly better so that's a plus.

I believe T, at least in my case, may have melted away the original worries because most of my other personal problems are meaningless when compared to T. Does not mean that the other issues went away. What makes it frustrating is that the nature of it makes it seem like such a small problem. Just mind over matter. Obviously it’s a bit more complicated but I really do think you can do it. It will just take some time.

Depends what you are looking for... therapy, maskers, or benzos? Those are pretty much the only options.

@kingsfan Not sure of what I was looking for, guidance I guess. All I got was deal with it from so called Tinnitus specialist. I don't even know what would help in my case. I try "sound therapy" which consist of me playing sound on my cell phone and it just seems to aggravate the situation more.

Its all good. I am glad you are finding some "moments of happy" Take them for all they are worth!

I agree but also find the site very helpful

@Tryn2BHopeful - you are an incredible human being. Honest. I know you will be okay. Tomorrow is a new day. With everything you have going on you always take the time to reach out to others. You have so many positive posts. You recently came off a low dose of Mirtazapine. Maybe that could be making things a little worse for now but it will pass. Thinking of you and hope you feel better soon.

Same. But we got to keep holding onto hope for better days ahead. You never know!

yeah. Today was my day. Take it easy. *bro-hug*

I think going to all the different doctors gives us hope and something to look forward to. Makes us feel, at the very least, that we are being proactive in attempting to find anything that may help. Even if just a better understanding of our specific condition. Same garbage place after place is correct. We have to keep trying until we make peace with this beast.

its a one size fits all approach...

Or more like a one size fits none :)

Literally me every single day. Hang in there!

So many times I hoped this was nothing but a bad nightmare. You are so very kind and really do live up to your user name. You always sound hopeful. I truly think you can beat this based on all your posts. Today you may feel tired, but that’s just today. As you mentioned everyone of us is on our joinery.

@Ryan Scott acoustic reflex test

That sounds disappointing. Was there any specific treatment that you were hoping to get? And do you have other major appointments in the coming times?

@jimvee I honestly dont know what I was expecting, a game plan, an idea of how to manage this monster in my head. TRT? CBT? Some confirmation on if I have damaged the actual auditory system since this seems to be med induced.

Happy Birthday

These moments make this worth enduring.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

@SilverFox I do the same thing.

I do this every day. It's like living in a dream or involuntarily being a character in a David Lynch movie. Or a parallel universe. I guess we all are still traumatized and in shock by all this.

@Juliane I suppose at some point I will be like the woman I work with. I just won't remember it being another way. Atm however how, when and what happened are very fresh in my memory. It just hurts in a way I never expected.

I think it helped me sleep better in the beginning. I am not sure if the idea of having some sort of control or the actual medication made it seem like I was able to cope better. The first few weeks I was a wreck. I was mad, upset, depressed. I still have my days but they are not as many. Generally I am just annoyed at this point.

Generally speaking I think it got me out of a potentially horrible place. If there had been a button to just end it I might of. I now realize that was pretty premature, but I was already in a bad place from all the shit I had going on prior. T makes that all seem pretty trivial now.

That’s what’s holding me. Mine is different. Food drink everything

@Mo8409 well it's better than the alternative!

@Mo8409 Sorry! It actually got stuck in my head for a while too. lol. Stupid brains. Hear the right things, dammit!

@Tryn2BHopeful Yep. Too may trees up here. Constant fire hazard. Really need to get rid of some of them.

Yours as well @4Grace

Thank you - not sure why but not clear

@4Grace mine wasnt clear on my phone but is on my PC

Agreed!

I agree! So lovely to see pictures of some of you wonderful people :-)

@WCJohn haha yeah we do that every year on vacation since he was little. It was more of a joke to start with. We just go to a fancy restaurant with them on. =P

I have to plug my ears when those things come out