Hi everyone!
My name is Nicole and I'm 21, I'm a Social Work Major (with a Writing Minor) at the Richard Stockton College of NJ. I've had tinnitus for a long time, probably about as long as I can remember, though I didn't realize that it was "ringing" until last January. It's annoying enough that I can't sleep in complete silence, I NEED some sort of noise (music, TV, even nature sounds/city sounds) in order to fall asleep or the ringing drives me absolutely batty! Hearing loss runs rampant on my mom's side of the family (which is why I've been dragging my feet to get a hearing test), and my mom tells me that she used to have tinnitus too, when she was younger. I don't know that it still plagues her as it does me, as she's nearly Deaf, but I do truly need to get my hearing checked, because if even one other thing is going on in the background, I can't hear anything, it's tough. I've tried "ring relief" ear drops, but that only seemed to amplify the sound, rather than helping it go away, so I used it once, and pretty much threw it away after that. I'm interested in finding something... anything, that might help give me a little relief.
My name is Nicole and I'm 21, I'm a Social Work Major (with a Writing Minor) at the Richard Stockton College of NJ. I've had tinnitus for a long time, probably about as long as I can remember, though I didn't realize that it was "ringing" until last January. It's annoying enough that I can't sleep in complete silence, I NEED some sort of noise (music, TV, even nature sounds/city sounds) in order to fall asleep or the ringing drives me absolutely batty! Hearing loss runs rampant on my mom's side of the family (which is why I've been dragging my feet to get a hearing test), and my mom tells me that she used to have tinnitus too, when she was younger. I don't know that it still plagues her as it does me, as she's nearly Deaf, but I do truly need to get my hearing checked, because if even one other thing is going on in the background, I can't hear anything, it's tough. I've tried "ring relief" ear drops, but that only seemed to amplify the sound, rather than helping it go away, so I used it once, and pretty much threw it away after that. I'm interested in finding something... anything, that might help give me a little relief.