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First off, what does neurodivergent mean? A “neurodivergent” person refers to a person on the autism spectrum or, more generally, to someone whose...
Hey guys. Some of you might remember me, some of you will not. But I'm back. Back again in the depths of despair. Worsening hearing loss and...
I have habituated again to a point where I can now watch videos on YouTube on good ear days. Any recommendations for hilarious videos to get me...
Since getting tinnitus, no matter your severity, what have you learned about yourself? Rules: You can post as many things you've learned as...
As my tinnitus and hearing get worse every few months (my audiologists and other doctors don't know why because everything else about me is...
I'm so sorry I've tried so hard to be an uplifting and positive voice here despite my struggles but I can't do it anymore. I lost more hearing on...
I'm trying so hard to keep going I really really am. I even have days where I can call them "good" days even though the tinnitus bothers me. And...
So I went into a new GP the other day as I couldn't see my usual one and she mentioned that only half of my ear drum in my right ear was visible...
So because I have chronic ETD I get ear infections a lot (not overseen by an ENT bc most of the ENTs I have seen have been highly incompetent...
Here we go! I've always wanted to start this thread on here! So here is a thread where you can post some important things you've learned about...
Here we go again. For the fifth time in the almost five years I've had tinnitus. Another permanent increase. I'm not going to explain the how or...
So Harvard found something out that might be of help to those with Meniere's... https://hms.harvard.edu/news/safety-valve "In a study published...
Well I think it's finally time to post here. My success story is one I wouldn't really consider a success story but rather an ongoing one filled...
Honestly, what am I holding on for at this point?! I wake up every day wanting to die. Antidepressants either made me violently ill or only...
I started Remeron a little over two weeks ago and they were the happiest two weeks of my life since my fourth tinnitus increase at the beginning...
Sorry but I need to rant! FOUR FREAKING YEARS!!! Four years of my life gone and living in either misery or barely managed depression. FOUR YEARS...
Hello hello TT! Long time no talk! Almost four years into having T (and three increases) and I've noticed something new about my T. I usually...
Man, I am really really struggling with my habituation this time around! Third time's the charm? I think not! I could use some words of...
Unfortunately. After a year and a half of peace the new year came in with a bang (quite literally) for me. I was at a very low key party (by low...
So I am looking to get my own car and I'm wondering if anyone had any suggestions for a car that has good gas mileage but is also quiet while...
I look at pictures of myself two years ago before I got tinnitus and then I look at pictures of myself now and Tinnitus has really aged me. I have...
So I've experienced this off an on in the past two years of having tinnitus and it doesn't really send me into panic anymore but I'm just...
To start this off, no I don't have a ruptured eardrum (I would be in pain and I'd know, trust me). But every day this weird thing happens once a...
I keep acquiring new tones from (get this) NOTHING. Got a new one today in my original tinnitus ear from doing absolutely nothing but laying...
Just curious and a little worried about my own cold. The results will probably end up freaking me out even more but I can't NOT ask.
When I was younger I had great teeth! No cavities no nothing. It wasn't until I started going to college in Souther Cal, that I started to have...
Hey all, I've noticed a trend on here and on a few other facebook or online support communities for tinnitus and it's a trend that kinda rubs me...
I never realized but in the Iron Man comics, Tony Stark saves Pepper by implanting a mag-field generator in her chest (just as he had to have) and...
I did it again guys. All I did was go to a friend's house for Thanksgiving. I came back with increased T again. Again right after I rehabituated....
I find that since I've gotten T people say that sometimes I get a little... negative to be around? I find myself being kinda pessimistic and down...
There's been A LOT of debate on this internet lately on this subject of fluoride in our drinking water. Some people are claiming that fluoride in...
So I ate a small lemon poppy seed muffin and boom! My T skyrocketed an hour later! :eek: Never happens when I eat my usual blueberry muffins....
Just wondering if there are any on this forum besides me. I think I've talked my friends' ears off (not literally lol). Started with the Hobbit...
So about three days ago I was getting into a car and I smacked the top left side of my head on the roof (I'm a natural klutz I swear) and about an...
Didn't sleep all night on tuesday night and was up with the T and anxiety. It was so bad that I was crying and incoherant the next day and wishing...
I'm looking for a change of career because with tinnitus I can't be around too much noise (including music sadly). But I don't want a job that is...
I really really miss being able to do normal things like watching tv, or driving, or listening to the radio. I really miss being about to go out...
So after a year of T (and gaining a new tone due to my stupidity) I have noticed that I can move my eardrum at will? Not like the TT fluttering...
So SOMEBODY decided it'd be a good idea to start construction in the mobil home neighborhood next to my apartment neighborhood and it's so loud...
I think it is in my best interests, despite what I said in my "Success Story" thread, to quit music for a long while. The other day I was helping...
More of a thread for us ladies or female identifying people but anyone can comment. Warning this thread mentions menstruation and if that's not...
This might sound incredibly childish and stupid to a lot of people on here. One of my friends invited me to go to Disneyland (we live about an...
I know a lot of people believe that the hope for a cure to our T lies in gene therapy. So I took some time to do a little research on what the...
Had a panic attack today in class and had to leave. Why? In the middle of class my tinnitus just skyrocketed to the point where listening to the...
Hey all some of y'all remember me as a T sufferer who had just about completely lost it. I'm sure some of you might have been annoyed with my...
At least once I year (Starting at age 13) I've gotten these weird migraines I've come to find out are called ocular migraines (Caused by stress or...
So I came back to my apartment one day (I use hearing protection on my way back and stuff) and I sat down and talked to a few people in a Skype...
So recently on top of my fleeting tinnitus I've been getting these moments of dizziness. Not vertigo or feeling like I'm gonna fall over but like...
I already had tinnitus and I was starting to habituate. I woke up this morning to the loudest and most deep tone I could have ever imagined in my...
But do you guys ever feel something just shift in your head or ears right before you get a minute of that really loud spontaneous T that goes back...
I was doing fine and then I flew home for Thanksgiving. Woke up on Thanksgiving with a headache, just barely got through dinner with my mom, spent...
Couldn't sleep cause heart rate wouldn't go down and then woke up with a palpation that made the left side of my chest hurt for a second or two...
So a few months after I got T one of my friends got it along with balance issues and headaches. Well her husband finally took her to the doctors...
So I have to walk a lot now that I'm back in school and I walk alllllll the way across campus very briskly which can be quite a workout. But when...
So I've been diagnosed by a therapist with severe depression and anxiety. I think to some extent I've always had anxiety but never have I...
I finally finally have an appt with someone at the T clinic in San Francisco in 2 weeks. From there we can discuss a plan of action for me and...
I've tried so hard not to let the T win but it really really has. It doesn't matter what progress I've made I just keep going back to square one....
So I can fine for most of the day and even forget about T for a few hours if I'm busy but then I hear it and for a moment anxiety pools in my...
There's far too much red tape for me to get into CBT! I've been trying for two months because I need help coping and I don't have enough mental...
My boyfriend took me to the movies tonight since I haven't been since I got the T and I wanted to do so since I've been spending my days in almost...