I'm Travis, My Tinnitus Is 10/10 — Please Send Good Vibes and Advice

@Greg Sacramento

 

Were you seeing results before the doctor talked to you? I really hope they have something that will help you.

 

Things ain't looking good for me my people. I love you all so much.

 

Sorry to hear that you're feeling this way.

You mentioned that you had an appointment with Dr. Hubbard, months ago. Did you go? He provided very valuable help to me, a few years ago.

 

I also have bad posture. I'm going to try sleeping the way you mentioned. I noticed when sleeping on my side, I cave my head inwards. I'm sure this definitely isn't helping me fix my hunch.

 

Well things didn't go as planned. I got gaslighted more by doctors and parents and pushed on benzodiazepines which have made everything much worse. Sound tolerance zero. Tinnitus screaming louder than anyone could ever imagine. Just about bedbound and every sound makes tinnitus amp up. No way to sleep or to continue taper off Clonazepam. What a tragedy my story has become. All because the lack of awareness and proper protocols when someone goes to a doctor with tinnitus and hyperacusis. I got diagnosed with both by a tinnitus specialist and they didn't give me the right advice at all. Wish I had found this board sooner.

I hope my story saves someone else down the road. Block all narcissists from your life (my brother is an extreme one) and anyone who has anything to do with them. Even if they are your mom and dad. They will kill you in roundabout ways. I wonder how many others got these conditions because of abuse and being to close to ones who didn't care for your well-being. People who have been abused tend to develop chronic conditions of the brain easier it seems. To have our central nervous system stress to the max for so many years can kill.

 

Keep fighting, Travis. I'm 99 percent sure if you can fully get off benzos, your tinnitus will go down substantially. ❤️

Me and my dog Mammoth are sending you love from California!!!

 

Please start advising people to not take any drugs! Why do so many people on here advise people to take drugs when they all make tinnitus worse! Especially benzos! Toying with people's lives!

 

Hey @Travis Henry, I saw in the start of your journey, you believed your tinnitus started after the COVID-19 vaccine. I know other things took place following that, so I’m not saying “that’s it”, but have you come across the doctors who specialize in long haul COVID-19 symptoms from the vaccines and/or actual virus and the protocols they have put together to rid the body of spiked proteins and the crap that is causing the symptoms/neurological malfunctions? They speak quite often about people with awful tinnitus and how they found relief when said protocols are taken. These are not traditional medicine doctors, they are all functional medicine and those who have literally become long haul covid specialists. This may mean nothing to you, but thought I’d bring it up if you think the vaccine could have been “ground zero” and worsened from there.

 

It needs to be medically documented that tinnitus has no limit to how loud it can get and how hyperacusis can get so bad you can't tolerate any sound at all and that's why people take their lives. All sounds can become damaging and cause tinnitus to rise. Sound therapy is not the answer for everyone and it being pushed on people has worsened so many. Like pushing people to walk on a broken leg. I was told not to overprotect when, if I would have protected and known how bad it can get, I would have changed my life completely and hid from sound for the rest of my life and always wore protection outside of home and doing anything remotely loud. How do we get this more widely broadcast?

They didn't take their lives because they were depressed or wanting to die. All coping tools were taken from them and the ringing became so unbearable that even the strongest mind would crumble. In a way tinnitus and hyperacusis can kill you and it's not fair to the ones who have died while having it to put it any other way. There needs to be more awareness of how bad it can be so doctors and people stop gaslighting people and pushing them to get worse because it's just anxiety or depression. When it takes your ability to listen to any sound and your head is ringing over 100 dB with 10 different wavering tones, what is left?

 

So few get it this bad that it doesn't matter how widely it is broadcast. Most people think there are worse things in life. They can never empathize with the turmoil we face.

 

Seriously dude. I wish I would have used my savings to buy a camper and a piece of land in the middle of nowhere instead of staying in the city and wasting all my money on rent while continuing to worsen. Protecting doesn't help. Need to just stay away from everything.

 

@Travis Henry, any updates? It has been quite awhile since you have posted in this thread.

 

Only updates are I am doing worse than ever & we lost this man D'Angelo, an amazing man.

Never let anyone talk you into taking any medications for this shit and never expose to sound if you have lost sound tolerance. Sound therapy is a joke. Resting ears and protecting them will never make things worse. Live straight edge life if you have tinnitus. It's the only way. They have poisoned me to death. Head ringing at 120 dB and all sounds causing a pain sensation deep in the brain. COVID-19 vaccine, benzos, eerything suggested and pushed by family and doctors. "TRUST THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS" when there is no such thing for us. We are the medical professionals. The catastrophic cases are the only people you should consult and I hope they advise you like I have here. LIVE CLEAN and,if anything, try dry fasting, eating healthy and protecting your ears as if they were glass. Never push through any discomfort. If you have tinnitus, retire from all loud stuff. All sounds can become damaging.