Tinnitus Talk Support Forum

How noisy is your work environment? Do you find it helps you escape the T? And how does it interfere with your reactivity? Wishing you well

Yes it is hard to live a normal life. Can you go to work with reactive T? where do you live by the way?

Indeed, I know the feeling going on over a year. And lack of sleep these last couple nights ~3 to 4 hours each doesn't help.

@Joshua Macleod My work environment isn't very loud. I'm a Cardiovascular Technologist and Neurodiagnostics Technologist at a hospital. So I work within Cardiology and Neurology. If machines get too loud I have ear plugs but my hearing sensitivity has gotten better. It does most days keep me occupied and the T is not there as much. How about you? Do you work? How do you cope?

@Diego LR At first it was super hard because my hearing was so sensitive but it seems to of gotten better with more exposure. I think having this condition no matter what makes anything challenging. I'm from Michigan near Detroit. How about you? Are you able to work?

@RunningMan I'm so sorry you're already a year in! I've already had the taste of lack of sleep from this. Does it get easier for you? Are some nights better then others? I wish I could give everybody a hug. This condition takes a lot of mental strength.

And the last 16 mo. is just when it spiked higher - already had annoying tinnitus before that not easily masked and some trouble sleeping. There was some improvement with sleep over the first few months after early 2022 spike was hell, but seems like sleep hasn't changed since early last summer.