GCS

Not me

Bloody hell! The ups and downs of tinnitus when you first get it haha. You will be absolutely fine. It’s all about staying strong. How I’ve coped over the past 3 years, is by making it a joke, and telling everyone I meet about it - whether they asked or not!

I don't feel that it's a joke but for sure we can't take it dead serious or we will go insane.

@GCS trust, I don’t find it a joke either - but joking about it does help me deal with it. It’s just my coping mechanism. Everyone’s is different.

Anything that acts on Serotonin has the potential to elevate your tinnitus. Buuuuut... everyone is different, and there are countless people who do benefit from antidepressants without their tinnitus rising.

I'm looking into trying Buspar which isn't an antidepressant, but an anti-anxiety medication.

@kingsfan this is disheartening to hear. I have anxiety but i also have depression, taking care of my anxiety would help but I wish I could take care of the depression too. Plus my depression/anxiety is pre t so it has nothing to do with how well I habituate or handle t

I'm sorry @Shelbylynn . I didn't mean to discourage anyone. I'm merely advising anyone who contemplating taking anti-depressants to start very slow and gradually.

But as I wrote before, many people with tinnitus find help from Zoloft, Nortriptyline, Amitriptyline, etc. There are folks on the forum that take them without any issue.

this happened to me rn and i was like huh are we gonna have a worsening.

dude why

Please don't that ever again, I understand the frustration but doing more damage is never a good thing.

Of course. There are lots of celebrities with T. They might not be 100% cool with it, but they have successful careers and money.

Allegedly: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/life-gets-amazing-%E2%80%94-tinnitus-doesnt-matter.47284/

I'm completely convinced that you can be equally successful and productive. If you just don't worsen things further, and let habituation do it's thing in the months and years ahead. I graduated with a bachelors in Software Engineering while navigating this, and have since written many thousand lines of code. The tinnitus don't get to me emotionally anymore (unless it spikes) and do not impact my concentration at all

My 2 cents though; what is the point of being "successful" in life? Why should we push and stress ourselves up the corporate ladders? I settle for simply being thankful for having a job, food on the table, loved ones around me, and roof over my head. Tinnitus, if anything, has taught me that. That's just my way of looking at it. Just relax and be kind to yourself.

@Stacken77 because success after hard work made me happy. I was happy that I'm a competent person, and it made sense for my existence. I was doing it because of myself and I miss it a lot

Buddy @GCS, please, leave the event in the past and look ahead. We'll just be miserable if we dwell on it. I think you'd develop tinnitus sooner or later, it just happened to be that day. I don't think emotions is our culprit, we simply didn't know, and didn't care. We didn't know how easy it can be to cause tinnitus, and we had no idea how hard it can be to live with. Now we know, but it's too late.

We can’t help that we like music loud, something is pleasing about it to the brain. But we need better public education/info on hearing damage

I’ve only had t for two years? Anyways yes I remember and the memories make me sad because I miss it, I miss socializing and parties loud music fun, and no t anxiety, sleeping peacefully

I sure don’t lol

@GCS yeah I do, but I don’t dwell on it anymore. It’s in the past. Can’t change it unfortunately.

Yeah @GCS, they aren't accurate. I developed my tinnitus well within the guidelines. They're bullshit. Each ear is different, and I think already compromised ears have a greater tendency to get damaged. It can vary greatly from person to person.

@DimLeb does a lot of your colleagues have T in the music industry?

@GCS I only know one guy who I think he is over 50 years old now (I'm 27), who told me after I told him. But I've always been involved in loud stuff (playing in rock/metal bands, and my solo project is electronic music - dubstep, trap etc) so lots more surely have some ringing, but don't say it

@DimLeb send me some stuff so I can blast it in my car, lol

It's all terrible to be honest with you. So far, hissing and static sounds have been the easiest for me to deal with. Anything pure tone is wretched.

@kingsfan I love my pure tones lol. It’s my intermittent chirping, morse code, and the two note sounds that get me the most. Basically, my ears are a mess with sounds.

@Steph1710 I no.. I thought yours had improved =(

My tones literally make my head vibrate. I would give up anything to get rid of them.

Fleeting tinnitus.

It would be heaven if I only got fleeting T without constant T

That'd be nice. ;)

I thought the same and I just need it glasses

Same here buddy, mine developed 4 months after T onset, it’s definitely terrible without glasses like I’m just in another world haha.