I've had tinnitus for decades since I foolishly took an Aspirin overdose as a teenager. At the time, the admitting doctor asked how I felt, & I replied that my ears were buzzing. They have not stopped buzzing since.
Over the years I became very good at masking the sound, ignoring it etc, & it would mostly only bother me if I was very tired, had had a lot of alcohol, or was in a very silent place. I'd often thought how much better life would be without it, but there was no possibility of that.
Of recent times, perhaps the last year, it has steadily been getting worse. I've often described the buzzing as being like the bush full of cicadas (I am Australian). Now, it is more like a number of dentists' drills. I seem to be conscious of it nearly all the time, & nothing masks it any more; it is horrible and intrusive. I hate it so much. If only it would stop.
Over the years I became very good at masking the sound, ignoring it etc, & it would mostly only bother me if I was very tired, had had a lot of alcohol, or was in a very silent place. I'd often thought how much better life would be without it, but there was no possibility of that.
Of recent times, perhaps the last year, it has steadily been getting worse. I've often described the buzzing as being like the bush full of cicadas (I am Australian). Now, it is more like a number of dentists' drills. I seem to be conscious of it nearly all the time, & nothing masks it any more; it is horrible and intrusive. I hate it so much. If only it would stop.