Shelbylynn

Stay Active. Breathe Deep... Remind T who is in charge. Take a bath... meditate... I think I'm recovering from my first real spike. We have the tools. Best of luck!

Hang in there. Try and distract the mind you’ll get better <3

You’ll be ok. I think we all have bad luck. Dropped like 3 pans in 3 days, stubbed my toes on metal bins twice, dropped my sons metal water bottle all unprotected

That's great! Did you communicate with others well enough? Or did you have to remove them to speak and stuff?

@DimLeb I could communicate! At first I used some attenuated ones when the music was quiter so I could definitely hear people then, and then I switched to foam. But I could still hear since people were talking louder since there was music. It's kind of ironic but I have "good" hearing, I can hear speech decently well.

@kingsfan Oof lesson learned. I was trying to get under my bed. I wouldn't be so thorough if it wasn't my dust allergy. Next time i'll just swivel it the best I can underneath w/o attachment. And double protect. Luckily i'm finding my ears aren't reactive or spike if i use protection while vacuuming and do it quickly/breaks. sorry though, IT's definitely LOUD.

@kingsfan, “I need to vacuum the crevices of my couch” - that made me laugh. Sounds funny. XD

@Steph1710 gotta get all those mcdonalds french fries out.

You deserve a Tinnitus Medal of Honor for readiness and preparedness!

Ya phones are a biggie

@Rockman Hmm, well Luckily I think it's mostly scheduling appts if that so there should be breaks in between, I'll definitely have to see.

Amen!

@Steph1710 yeah my friends are aware of my issues but I think sometimes it's hard for them to grasp how consuming it can be. I think I am going to bring it up to them and see what they say. At least let them know I'm nervous about it so I may not show up or stay long. They've been pretty understanding/accommodating so far.

@Steph1710 one is celebrating their degree and the other is a b day so I may end up taking them out in a celebratory way that I CAN do lol.

@Steph1710 if I may ask what social engagements are you able to participate in? And what is a no go for you? I don't have h so I feel like I can do a bit that others aren't due to that.

Sounds like you did good. Should be fine. d(⇀‸↼ )

@Damocles Life is full of loud surprises. I’ve been taking NAC and just finger crossing. I’ve been ok so far I know spikes can delay though. Luckily I haven’t experienced any pain or anything while my family said it was painful for them. Thanks to the muffs, likely knocked down the db to more tolerable. I think.

@Damocles Thats crazy? People can just deploy fireworks kids no less? Isn’t that dangerous for everyone?
I’m use my ear plugs a lot more now as well. Too much unpredictable stuff. Usually nothing this bad though. I always have Peltors in my bag

@Shelbylynn thanks for reminding me about another big problem about my exit plans to Spain.
Always been puzzled why Spanish clerks follow you around in a 1€ shop:))
They don’t know we pay 150€ every night for every room in hotels? :D
Take care of yourself <3

@Guywithapug I think @Shelbylynn sings?

@Guywithapug guitar and I sing

@Steph1710 yes! :)

Sometimes I don’t think it’s a healing journey, more of this is just the way our T is. My day AND night was wonderful yesterday but crap today. Hang in there <3

@Wrfortiscue thanks I am. I'm gonna be ok regardless! I gotta be. I just have to throw a bit of a fit first. I hope you feel better soon. <3

well I took NAC for the first time, and so far things are ok so let's just hope I'm spared. I think I was only exposed for like 3 seconds and I clamored into my car

No worries @Shelbylynn. Everything in England is either a cheese or a sandwich.

@Damocles I love cheese and sandwiches though

Then you must visit as soon as you can @Shelbylynn; whenceforth we shall enjoy a cup of tea over a slice of Swaledale.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaledale

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaledale_cheese

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/will-my-tinnitus-get-worse.43665/
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/can-i-habituate-to-variable-tinnitus.47279/

There's always room for outliers @Shelbylynn. If a group of 10 people take LSD together, there'll sometimes be that one guy or girl that doesn't experience any effect. So it's not a given.

That said, the LIKELIHOOD is: yes, further exposure to loud noise will result in worse/louder tinnitus.

Probably best to avoid.

My previous noise induced tinnitus was very stable and could tolerate a noise beating

@Damocles I honestly think that I could wear like high fidelity plugs and it would be fine since I would still hear it would just take everything down a lot so that anything loud would be more reasonable.

@Steph1710 I don't want to but been stuck lately and I'm running out of options, not many jobs are quiet :( I have to do something. it isn't permanent, something to get some experience and for references I wanna go back into a grad program. Maybe a year or 2. going to ask them more about what that means, and perhaps voice my concerns, or see if i can observe a day.

it's too bad I didn't get the office job. Something about other people starting the process before me. I don't care I will just be an office peasant at this point if it meant a quiet work environment.

That’s the spirit!

My stress got tired from stress. Can you imagine...

My spike back in October caused a period of depersonalization and derealiszation. Feeling like all my memories were fake or somebody else's. Being certaib that I didn't actually exist and my tinnitus was an extension of some sort of punishment for pretending to be a person. I'm not strong enough to see a therapist so I just stew in a black sea of torment. Unable to drown or swim to shore.

I certainly would count it among mine. People see t as no big thing, yet it’s a complete shift in our daily reality and perception, I don’t need drugs to trip I hear phantom sound all day every day. And people can’t empathize with that?

@Shelbylynn Yeah, it's a whole new kind of (sad) existence. I liked the analogy with tripping. Is yours at least livable/maskable/easy to deal with?

<3

Same here. I’m really glad I can let most things relax now that I know my limits and the dangers.

@kuromi any tips on how you safely figured out ur t boundaries?

No it didn't effect my tinnitus at all. I'm glad I got it over and done with. I may have to do more dental work unfortunately because of cavities. :( I think they did use a drill.

I also had to use high dose ibuprofen after- no effect on t

Be careful :)

@Wrfortiscue I try :) Today I was bad tomorrow I will be better.