Hi From Australia,
This looks to be a good forum and not full of the gloom and politics I've seen In other forums. In fact when I first started on this T journey I banned myself from posting on some sites as they were so negative.
So, Im 42 with a young family and when this hit me badly in both ears, but mainly a rather intrusive high pitch ring in my right ear all day. Its also in my left ear but that really only comes to play at night time.
I seem to have got mine from ETD, colds and about 40 flights over a 2 month period. The one last traumatic flight with ringing ears finally put me down and boy did I fall hard. A healthy normal bloke, reduced to a insecure mess with no hope, no joy and no vision for the future. scared of the night because of the ring, no sleep, anxiety and depression
BUT, this is not one of those stories. I found a counsellor(who had tinnitus) who helped me and showed me there was a way to get through this. I admit have been taking small dose A/D's at night but oh my god how have these helped. I was against them all my life, but when the chips were down they have helped me. So much so I am able to SLEEP, work ( actually I prefer it as it allows me to put the ring to back of my mind), Im out seeing friends ( again keeping busy), laughing again and at the gym. I've stopped "not living".
Its good to see the positive stories here. And with me as long as Im busy I can put it to the back of my mind. If I listen to it, its quite loud, but if I am otherwise occupied its as if its not there. I feel lucky to be able to do this. I have a long way to go and my journey has just started. But the alternative is not viable. So getting better and habituating is the goal.
So just wanted to say Hi, T does suck, but this week was better that last week, and better than the week before and better than the week before that. Lets hope this is how it continues for all of us.
John
This looks to be a good forum and not full of the gloom and politics I've seen In other forums. In fact when I first started on this T journey I banned myself from posting on some sites as they were so negative.
So, Im 42 with a young family and when this hit me badly in both ears, but mainly a rather intrusive high pitch ring in my right ear all day. Its also in my left ear but that really only comes to play at night time.
I seem to have got mine from ETD, colds and about 40 flights over a 2 month period. The one last traumatic flight with ringing ears finally put me down and boy did I fall hard. A healthy normal bloke, reduced to a insecure mess with no hope, no joy and no vision for the future. scared of the night because of the ring, no sleep, anxiety and depression
BUT, this is not one of those stories. I found a counsellor(who had tinnitus) who helped me and showed me there was a way to get through this. I admit have been taking small dose A/D's at night but oh my god how have these helped. I was against them all my life, but when the chips were down they have helped me. So much so I am able to SLEEP, work ( actually I prefer it as it allows me to put the ring to back of my mind), Im out seeing friends ( again keeping busy), laughing again and at the gym. I've stopped "not living".
Its good to see the positive stories here. And with me as long as Im busy I can put it to the back of my mind. If I listen to it, its quite loud, but if I am otherwise occupied its as if its not there. I feel lucky to be able to do this. I have a long way to go and my journey has just started. But the alternative is not viable. So getting better and habituating is the goal.
So just wanted to say Hi, T does suck, but this week was better that last week, and better than the week before and better than the week before that. Lets hope this is how it continues for all of us.
John
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