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Thank you for sharing!
Such a shame.
@Damocles I hope that day will come for you soon, that you are freed from tinnitus or freed from caring about tinnitus.
My tinnitus is very high pitched, not easily maskable, mostly on my right side but when I get spikes I get multiple tones from both sides. My...
@DesperatePartner, I have read stories in this forum of people that failed at all strategies but still were OK in the end. One of my most...
Maybe it's because in the early stages the brain looks for any other noises that might be there and then finds the other noises? My tinnitus...
It is mainly one tone but if I listen attentively I do hear other tones.
@GCS, don't be too hard on yourself and try to stay positive. You can read many stories on this forum of people that have had a similar experience...
@SlyTendencies, welcome to the forum. Thank you for sharing your story. Good to hear that you are already progressing in the anxiety department.
My tinnitus is also of a very high frequency and does not blend in well with environmental sounds. That is why I gave up on masking in a very...
@Wrfortiscue, I have one high pitch tone that is the main one but if I pay attention I do hear other tones as well.
Same here. The loudness of my tinnitus goes up when my attention goes to the tinnitus and goes down when I do not pay attention. I discovered this...
In my first few months I was trying to find all spike factors from own experience and from what I read on this forum. So I avoided alcohol,...
@BrOKeN_1, thank you for taking the time to share your story! Happy for you that you are doing better.
@Mikkijan, great to hear! :)
It is my personal opinion that there is no upper limit. You could be doing the wrong things for years that prevent you from habituating. Once you...
Thank you @Chris135 for your story of habituation success. It is very helpful and encouraging for people that are trying to achieve habituation.
I had filling work done at the dentist multiple times, no problems.
Got it. My mind is always wandering. But it does happen sometimes that I just listen to my tinnitus and fall asleep. I am so used to the sound...
I do not think about my tinnitus before sleep. Even if my attention goes to my tinnitus, any new thought will distract my attention away from my...
I don’t know because I only have experience with my tinnitus. What I can say is that in the early stages, there were low tinnitus days where I...
Great question. I think my mind never rests and is always thinking of something. I found out long time ago that when I am about to sleep, my mind...
Sounds like a great idea and I think I have read about someone successfully applying this. Even if it does not mask enough, it is still calming...
I turn off the light and my mind does not move back to the tinnitus, even though it is clearly audible. At first I tried to mask with sounds on my...
In my case it went down to almost 0%. I rarely think about my tinnitus. But for me it is not so much about paying attention, the big win for me...
Doctors should understand that for many tinnitus sufferers there is a clear link between tinnitus and anxiety. They should understand that many...
At first I avoided many things but mainly coffee and alcohol because I was afraid of spikes. But after a while the fear for spikes faded and I...
@Eddee, happy for you! :) Thank you for sharing your story.
I too went to the ENT and he was not able to help me. All I got was "your brain will adapt and with time will filter out the tinnitus". I have...
I was vaccinated, no side effects.
@Kam75, sorry to hear about your sleeping problems. I too had a lot of problems with sleeping. I did not take ADs but I tried everything else like...
@Havel, great to hear that you are doing better. My tinnitus also fluctuates a lot from day to day. I had more anxiety on the low days than on the...
You are still in an early phase, the way you react to your tinnitus may change over time. For me, a lot changed in the first year and the way I...
Great to hear that you have managed to adapt. Thank you for sharing your story!
My work is mostly office. Whenever I concentrate, my tinnitus — or perception of tinnitus — goes down. So working has always been a welcome...
@EddieL., great news! Happy to hear that you are doing better and that the fear is no longer there!
I hope your new sounds fade soon. I do not have experience with new sounds but I am sure the members on this forum will be able to give some advice.
Thank you for sharing your story!
Thank you for your feedback, I really appreciate it. I only joined to forum so I can help others, because I was helped by this forum in my early...
Do you go with a dog? Or are you not a dog person?
I have once read a post on Tinnitus Talk saying that silence is the absence of external sounds. It may not be easy at all, but I think that if you...
No, but I did read an online article about actively listening to tinnitus as an exercise. You are probably referring to that same article.
It took about 4 months before I started feeling confident that I would habituate, which was a huge milestone. It was also then that the sleeping...
For me that was exactly how I felt. Luckily in time, that 75% slowly started going down and now is close to 0%. I hope that happens for you too.
It is OK to be scared. It is OK to have fear. Accept it, but don't run from it. If you run, the fear will grow. If you sit it out, the fear fade....
Not being aware as in not being on my mind. If I think about it, I can feel that I have a shirt on. My arms feel the sleeves around it. But I have...
My tinnitus did not worsen. It has always been the same with low days and high days. Nowadays I do not notice differences in loudness because most...
Great to hear!
One of the things I did in the early months was to force myself to just listen to my tinnitus. I removed all noises that would mask and I would...
No, I did not have hearing loss. I was tested and my hearing was perfect.
I did get back to normal and my life is not better or worse because of my tinnitus. At first, it took away my ability to enjoy life for a while...
@kingsfan, it's a good thing to go out and enjoy life. Don't let the tinnitus spikes hold you back from doing things that you enjoy. That is what...
In my first 6 months the worst part was not being able to sleep properly or not at all. At some point I thought that if only I could sleep well...
In my first months I still noticed spikes and high and low days. I never found a cause or pattern so I just gave up looking for one. After many...
In my case, I got so used to my tinnitus that it does not bother me anymore. I can hear it all the time but because it does not trigger any...
I too had these exact same thoughts in my first year of having tinnitus. Those thoughts are long gone now. I now think the opposite. I am now much...
I too stopped reading books and doing intellectual things. But with time the tinnitus faded into the background of my awareness and I now again...
I took two Pfizer shots, no problem whatsoever.
There is nothing wrong with feeling like an unstable wreck. Don't fight the feeling. Accept it. It will get better.
The first time I traveled with tinnitus I also was very anxious. But in the end, all went well and the traveling may even have been a turning...