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One of my cats passed away. I regret every decision and my indecisiveness while he was in the ER, and now he is gone.

@kingsfan I am lost for words :-(

❤️

They've been really beneficial for me, I think.

@Joshua Macleod I think I'm just going to get custom solids. Filtered don't seem to be enough, and I use the strongest filters available for my customs (ACS Pro26).

It wont save me either :(

Need to combine it with XEN-1101

But how can I with this much adversity? It's a struggle to function. If I owned a gun I'd have used it already.

@kingsfan Don't say that. I know life feels unbearable. It does for me too. We have to believe in better days. I have hope for you

We have to believe these hardships will end for us

the gabapentin.

Sorry to hear this. Really am. Hopefully with time it goes back down. I feel like it’s like trying to avoid air when we go out. Stressful and impossible.

@4Grace I'm surprised anyone could read my rambling. I was on my phone in the parking lot just having a mental breakdown.

Too many mistakes on my part. I should have been just doing curbside orders instead of going into stores these past 3 years. I probably would have avoided a lot of misfortune. Feels too late to bother now.

My ears have that pressure like they need to pop again, but my eustachian tubes are completely clear. Worrying. I can't believe I forgot there was a security tag on my stuff. I'm never careful enough. I really think I have ADHD and it's a terrible combination with Tinnitus.

Give me Nov 2023 or give me death :(

:(

Same here…mine is seriously pissed off about something!

Suffering is interesting. I have had pain in my ear. Kinda went away. Now massive soar throat for months. Swollen lymph node. If the pain goes away I feel like this blasting T won’t be so bad. The pain is unbearable. I would appreciate just T. A least for a short while.

Human beings have really made a point out of making this planet inhabitable. In so many ways

@Juliane Our purpose is to fulfill the ultra wealthy. That whole "a nice recession will [solve the return to office dilemma]" that mega-wealthy CEO said and Bob Iger saying that actors losing their homes will force them to end the strike is messed up.

@RunningMan And the AI bootlickers solution is to "transfer to new roles specializing in prompt-writing" is ridiculous. Artists, designers, engineers don't want to sit around and write prompts. They want to create hands-on.

I'm about to just let my tinnitus worsen and get a job at a factory or construction or something, anything to get out of this shame

Widening your net is probably a good idea. Good luck in your search. Sucks about the tech layoffs.

@Tryn2BHopeful maybe 2 inches of a thin, stretchy, elastic string. I have read it can entangle around the intestines and kill the tissue. I just don't know if it's long enough for that to happen.

hrm.... you would think if it was on a cats toy it would be safe! I get what your saying though.

@Tryn2BHopeful I already had to take him before because he ate a toy. That one was like a fluffy worm. I usually put everything away when unsupervised, but I guess I forgot this one time.

@ZFire @Barry098 I bought the watch specifically for that a couple weeks into my tinnitus nightmare.

It was mainly bc I was so accustomed to loud sound I had no idea of what healthy volumes were.

Seems really useful!

I might get one. I’m constantly wondering about SPL’s in my environment

I asked my wife as she was about to start vacuuming right next to me what she was doing and I got a disgusted response that she was going to vacuum. I said we'll can I leave the room? She doesn't get it.

I don't want to be this way, but a little empathy and understanding would go a long way.

@Tryn2BHopeful I am sorry. I cannot imagine such a reaction from a partner.

Happens to me too. New rings come and go. Also the heartbeat in my left ear comes and goes. What a strange condition.

@BellaMia I've had the heartbeat thing on and off many times. Seems to always appear when my tinnitus has permanently worsened and then goes away after a couple months. Still waiting for it disappear again this time.

@Juliane premature ventricular and atrial contractions

@kingsfan oh :-( As if you did not have enough to worry about. So sorry.

@kingsfan - I am so sorry to hear that …. Add that to the list of things I did not know about before T

Some peace of mind for all of use would be priceless

That's what I think I have. I have a static sound and can almost feel it. Depends on how bad it is. In the beginning it felt like I had poprocks in my ear. It's the eeee tone that drives me nuts. Funny how we all have different tolerances.

@BellaMia Well I've had 3 years to get used to the couple of pure tones I have. They still get unbearable when I'm out and about.

Same. I just want to go back to the day before my birthday when I didn’t catch covid and didn’t have long covid. I’ll do anything to go back to December 17th.

It’s crazy how that works. Know a guy that went crazy because of T. Since he got vertigo he told me that his T with V would be nothing

Yeah, the breaks don't do much. I tried.

@gameover I took a break, I can't remember exactly when or how long, probably around Sep '22 - May '23, and when I came back some of the people I talked to had left.

That’s a horrible feeling. I so wish I could not relate to that … but I do. You are not alone. Thank God for this place

@kingsfan I feel like us people who are blessed with tinnitus will have to deal with these oscillations for the rest of our life, that is just the nature of the beast. The condition is just so complex, and no one seems to really understand. Considering there are people who get T from medication and despite having no acoustic trauma or noise exposures it still gets worse.

@Ryan Scott Yeah, I had prepared myself for this from the very beginning, but the rate at which I keep worsening is beyond my expectation. I only get a short time of any sort of habituation before I have to start over.

Now I reminisce of being able to enjoy movies and music without so much noise in the mix.

@kingsfan I totally agree man, mine has progressively got worse over the first year of having it. If I could go back to how it was at first I think it wouldn't really bother me all that much. But I think the reason mine was so more noticeable for the first few months is from the steroids reducing inflammation.

Long covid is a nightmare, it’s worse than tinnitus so far

Either zicam is very effective for me, or my immune system has been good at catching illness before it gets out of hand, or I just haven't actually been ill at all...

(3) Car Stereo Volume Observations:

- Pre-T: 32.
- Post-T: 16.
- 1 month post: 10.
- 3 month with 19snr earplugs: 14.
- Currently( with 26snr earplugs): 10.

Maybe you're just worried about making the T worse, so you're turning things down to safer levels to make sure T isn't aggravated?

Does the world actually sound louder to you?

@HearingHell I mean when first I cut the volume in half that was the case, but a few weeks later I noticed that volume felt loud when it used to be feel almost too quiet to enjoy.

@RunningMan I applied to a data annotation company, was accepted, passed all the assessments and then was never given any work.

It's all automated so there is no one to contact. Has been incredibly frustrating bc it would have been some much needed relief. Didn't pay enough to get back out on my own but would have stopped me hemorrhaging money.

@crescentsky Not real lucrative, but I may have to try it...

it's worth trying out. i have heard ppl have successfully used it and turned it into a full time business.

One can only hope