Hello everyone:)

What a wonderful forum! My T began completely out of the blue. I didn't realize I was the problem as I searched the entire house for that annoying noise asking everyone to shhhhh and listen. As silly as that sounds I had no idea this type of medical problem existed. I very quickly became consumed with sadness and fear of it never going away . I would be so frustrated reading on forums that I would get used to it over time and thought clearly these people don't have it as bad as I do. Many months of tears, no sleep taking multiple pills to knock me out my husband saved me by finding the right white noise . I gave up but he didn't . So I will say it.... It takes time, the beginning is the worst and can be some of your darkest moments. I have not thought or spoken about it for over a year even though it lives through every conversation and thought I have... I have moved on

 

@Ang
Nice ending statement, - you have moved on. I'd like to think I've moved on, but my Tinnitus has decided to come along with me. As you implied - it lives within us. I enjoy being in the outside, in my backyard doing menial tasks, then I tend not to think of T. Back inside now with the computer, its pretty loud. Welcome. Yesterday waiting for someone I felt irritated, up comes my T.

Welcome to this forum. I'm glad you think it's good. I agree, the initial months are not fun. Nice picture, looks like a beach to me.

 

Welcome Ang. Yes, I agree with Karen. Anyone who had suffered from T badly and then moved on to have normal life again can inspire others to have hope about their own recovery from T. If anything, copy and paste this post and/or add a little more detail or encouragement for the newer sufferers will be great for the success story.

 

Hi James,

I suppose what I have moved on from is the loss of knowing silence . I wish I could remember what it's like . At least a memory you can visualize , but silence, what a thing to take for granted. Mine also gets louder from time to time ... Like last night while reading this forum it seemed louder than ever ! I remained calm though and eventually fell asleep
The picture is a beach on the Sunshine Coast in Australia... Nothing is better for tinnitus than crashing waves !