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@BrOKeN_1 Thank you. I’m trying my best. I’ve seen improvement with my dysacusis before and I think the anxiety stirred it up, so that’s my biggest barrier right now. My therapist thinks I need more intensive help right now. I’m probably going to be seeing an OCD specialist. My OCD about my T is...

I should’ve clarified I believe this is a spike 100% caused by anxiety. There was no noise exposure. I started fixating on my T again, and the longer I’ve stayed fixated the worse the T has gotten

I genuinely don’t know what to do anymore. I reached habituation and then the rug was pulled from under my feet and now I’m worse off than I’ve ever been. I keep getting new tones because my nervous system is shot. I can’t calm down, can’t stop obsessing, researching, crying.

@BrOKeN_1 Thanks for the insight, I really appreciate it. I haven’t been able to pick it up yet because my pharmacy and their warehouse are apparently out of stock, so I have to try to find a different pharmacy that has it and then wait for my psychiatrist to send in a prescription there. The...

@DimLeb It’s not ‘just’ anxiety. It’s so severe and debilitating, I can’t stop vomiting multiple times a day and crying all day. Nothing is helping. If I don’t have the support of medication I don’t think I’ll be here much longer

Ah okay @DorianP that makes sense, I only ever come here on mobile and was wondering why I couldn’t get it to work

I need my fan to sleep but the distortions scare me so much. I’ve vomited 3 days in a row from anxiety and I can’t stop crying all day every day. I don’t know how to get through this anymore

Hi @Hardwell, long time no see. Thanks for taking the time to write to me. It’s oddly comforting seeing some familiar people who were with me at my worst. It’s been really hard dealing with the loss of habituation and the new distortions/tones but I’m doing my best to plug along. Hopefully I...

@kingsfan Last week my T didn’t actually seem any worse, I was just more aware of it. But now it seems much worse, altho my guess is it’s because of how anxious I’ve been. My nervous system is definitely on high alert. I’m having panic attacks left and right

@BrOKeN_1 Thank you :( I guess I didn’t really think of this as a spike but it makes sense. All of my spikes have been permanent increases, but this seems like just a falling out of habituation. Although now that my anxiety has been elevated for a while, my tinnitus does seem much worse and seem...

@SpiralPath @tpj Thank you both. I’m having a really hard time right now. A bunch of distortions that previously settled/lowered are back with a vengeance, I’m sure due to my anxiety. I just want to get thru this :(

@OneRingyDingy I don’t see a link. I have tried a different maneuver that was suggested to me, but haven’t tried the Epley. It seems hard to do but I might give it a go. Thanks for telling me it helped, that’s reassuring to hear!

It really sucks because I struggle so bad with my mental health. I can’t and don’t function. But so many mental health meds can aggravate existing tinnitus or even cause it. I’m damned if I do and damned if I don’t.

@TheCapybara Thanks, I hope you are too! My T is ever present and still bothers me sometimes. Most of the time it’s just a nuisance that I try not to think about but I do have moments where it brings me anxiety. An ongoing battle as I’m sure you know!! Hope you’re hanging in there.

@henkess I’ve also seen incidents where it has helped people’s T, and others where it has no positive or negative impact on it. It really is just individual. Hoping it at least doesn’t worsen mine. I don’t have much of a choice as I need to take this med.

Thank you!!

@Zigs Of course, anytime! And thanks :)

@BrOKeN_1 @snizzleberry @kingsfan Thanks everyone!

@tpj @4Grace Thank you!!

Sorry to hear you’re feeling similar to how I felt last year ;( I think what helped me on my worst days was doing things that could offer distraction from my T even if it was only for a few moments at a time. Video games (low volume), reading outside, watching vids from my fav youtubers (on...

@kingsfan And sorry that we both have to be a part of the super fun tinnitus club

@kingsfan Thank you. It definitely sucks :( Looking back, I think I’ve had mild T for a long time. I remember thinking “silence is so loud” when I’d go to the bathroom at night. Just sucks that it got worse very suddenly. But it brings me less anxiety these days altho I still hear it often. I...

@TheCapybara Thank you :) How are you doing? I hope you’re doing alright.

I feel like I’m going to have a huge breakdown over it any minute now :,(