Casper

@jjflyman, thanks for the update! It's great to hear that you're doing well. I am starting to habituate. There are times where I forget about it, and when I hear it again, I don't really care. I also believe that I have TMJ issues, and hope that I'll see improvement after I address them. I hope that your improvement continues! I think that eventually you will recover completely, but yes, we have to be patient :)

@jimH, you've had T for more than 30 years? Wow. Now ten months seems like nothing in comparison.

One day we will be one of them
One day we will be "the old user group"
One day our lives will return to normal

Same :/

If you want, you can message me under "Inbox" and then "Start a New Conversation". That way you will not be limited to 140 characters and you can give more detail.

Yes. I've had this since about three weeks after this whole thing started. You may want to ask the dentist to check for TMJ symptoms. Also check for sinus issues. How long have you had the symptoms? It seems that it goes away eventually for almost everyone.

That is the nature of the T beast

I hope it calms down soon. The past month has been especially good actually, I have no idea why I woke up to much louder T this morning.

From your other posts it appears your T is fading. Give it time, it is so darn slow to heal. I bet in another 3-4 months you will look back and see a lot more improvement.

Hey @jjflyman, a few weeks ago I was sure that it was fading, but now it seems to back to the same level as before and I haven't noticed any progress since. I just wish that it would remain stable at the improved level for once.

:(

I experience this too, Casper. It feels like a slap in the face when it comes back, but I guess we need to see those quiet moments as a sign of fading. Maybe one day we will only have the good old 'only bothers me at night' tinnitus. Thats my only hope and goal. I would consider myself cured if I got there.

Hey @Salih, it's not completely gone, but to be honest I don't really think about it anymore. Sometimes I can still hear a whistling from the car or my computer, but I don't think it's as bad as it used to be. It also seems pretty random, and not correlated with food, tiredness, or stress, as far as I can tell.

So did it calm down in volume/reactivity aswell or did you just habituate to it?

@Salih, this may sound dumb to you, but I'm really not sure. Back then I would obsessively listen for it, these days I almost never listen for it anymore. I think it's a bit of both, because it doesn't react to running water or passing cars anymore, but even when I can hear it in the car I don't always notice it.

A 100 db blender!!?? Damn that's a loud one

Yes, it's the Ninja Professional 1100 Watt. Even though it's seriously noisy, I didn't experience it as uncomfortable at all wearing Peltor X5A's. I also measured using my phone, and I think apps tend to exaggerate the noise level sometimes.

I have no idea. It was still light outside. I only heard the explosion and saw the cloud of smoke. It exploded above a high school parking lot, so I'm guessing some school kids were behind it.

Probably right, but I wouldn't worry to much about it my friend.

I agree. It's not like I could've done anything differently.

Agree with Lex, it is perfectly normal for us to grieve....we have lost somebody and something: Our old self and Silence...and that is very harsh....but hopefully we will be able to go on and be happy again, i wish that for us all.

@Lex, @TheDanishGirlKD, at this point I don't even know what moving on would look like. Even if my T went away completely, there's no way I could go back to the carefree life I had knowing what I know now. I suppose we have to find a way to be happy despite the challenges. Let me know if you ever figure it out.

I guess moving on would mean accepting your new life and the limitations that come with it, if there's any. Nothing in life is permanent, after all. You learn how to adapt and hopefully, find happiness and fulfillment again. Good luck!

I'm almost at the 6 month mark to, new noise joined the party. Stay strong, you've come this far.

Thanks @Paul10. It was certainly easier to handle when I could just drown it out with some music or a fan. Now it just rises in volume until I hear it over the ambient noise. I hope things improve for you.

There'll be bumps along the way, sometimes you'll be fighting against strong currents, others will be smooth sailing. I've learned to not compare myself to others; T is so unique. 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, they journey is very individual.

I'm glad that you are always so positive @Paul10, despite your own T. I think what makes it tough for me is that, in the beginning, I told myself, "Just hang in there, it'll probably be gone by six months". Now it looks like I'll have to change that to "by the end of the year", and I'm not even sure I can believe that.

It's best to avoid timeframes I find. I just remind myself how nice it will be when it does resolve. We just have to find the positives in every day while we're on the journey. It might sound odd but I also think about people who spend 20, 30 years in prison or even on death row for crimes they didn't commit, and how inspirational their stories are when they come out. If they can 'do their time', so can we.

Long may it last!