My Hyperacusis Journal — Sound Therapy and CBT with Tracy Holcomb (Treble Health)

I don't think I was using her content. I don't know exactly who my therapist was trained by but I think it's all fairly similar anyway.

 

Finally tested my blood and yup, I’m diabetic. Crap.

 

Sorry to hear that. What's the treatment plan?

 

Lose weight. Exercise, cut the carbs and sugar, eat as clean as I can.

Blood glucose 260 before a meal and 400 after lol.

 

Not familiar with diabetes. Is there a possibility that getting that under control could help your tinnitus and hyperacusis?

 

There is... but if I don’t get it under control, there’s a definite chance of worsening tinnitus and everything else.

 

I had a consult with Treble Health yesterday morning. Can you tell me what you think of them now that you’ve been working with them for a few months?

I’m not sure I’m going to use the maskers because I just don’t think that some noise funneled into my ear is going to help. Particularly because my tinnitus is so high-pitched. I can’t find anything to mask it or anything that doesn’t cause it to react after a while. Right now I am considering the counseling.

TIA.

 

I hope you’re able to get it figured out then! From what I’m reading it appears that treating diabetes is reasonably doable.

 

I haven’t worked with them for a couple of months now. I found the counseling aspect a little lacking. It was mainly sound therapy and using ear maskers. Digital sound kept making me worse and the ear maskers kept causing itching and irritation I believe to my nerves. Protocol wasn’t working for me and so I didn’t sign back up. Reactive tinnitus is a bitch to treat and I haven’t seen a true moderate or severe reactive sufferer benefit from TRT. I would like to know so I can see what I’m doing wrong.

I’ve been stuck in limbo since, and then now finding I’m diabetic lol, probably why I’m worsening.

 

Hey you! Just read your thread. We are very similar in our tones and the ever worsening shit...

Diabetic... lots of sugar and caffeine??? CUT THAT SHIT OUT.

I'm pre-diabetic (been for years) and I used ACV to lower blood sugar. It absolutely works. Get some and try a diluted amount that works for you. Don't burn your throat with it.

Best wishes my friend!

 

Try keto in the short term first (2-3 months) and then transition into a low carb diet with exercise.

Staying committed and disciplined is the hardest part when following a strict diet.

Good luck to you man.

 

Type 2 diabetes is curable by changes in diet.

 

If you have the funds, I know that Allen Rohe out of Tempe Arizona has a really good program. It’s a combination of CBT and TRT but not necessarily with the maskers.

 

Thank you guys. Yeah I kinda knew something was up. Constantly thirsty, can’t hold my pee at all, skin was itching like crazy, wounds not healing, floater in my eye started to appear, extreme fatigue after eating carbs or terrible headaches.

 

Sorry to hear. Diabetes is tough.

 

Just read it’s permanent. I’m pretty depressed.

I’m intrigued. I’m gonna look it up. Just not optimistic lol.

 

Well the good news is diabetes can be managed with diet, exercise and medication. Unlike this %%€%}{ tinnitus we have.

Have a consult with Dr. Rohe. The consult is not that expensive. His program is costly. I am thinking of doing it. He is an audiologist who specializes in tinnitus treatment, and he has it himself. Very knowledgeable and super nice.

 

I skimmed through it and it looked like your pretty standard TRT protocol. I haven’t found a sound my ears don’t get irritated from yet.

 

Try not to feel defeated. You can still maintain normal blood sugar levels naturally, but it's going to require some permanent lifestyle changes. There’s hope.

 

I can’t do the sound component of TRT either as after a while any repetitive noise irritates my ears. I am doing his CBT component.

 

I see. What’s it like and how is it working for you?

 

I have not started yet.

 

Not sure what to do. Just sitting and trying to avoid sounds while living my life isn't working. I am reactive to stuff more and more, while the reactive spike is just getting shriller. Piercing and buzzing my brain to the smallest sound of a fan lol. I can't avoid those sounds 100%. Also, my tolerance drops as the day goes. Not sure if I should just keep resting my ears as much as possible (tolerance drops), try TRT again (not a popular option) or what.

 

Do you know whether Dr. Rohe will work remotely with someone outside of his geographic area?

 

@Wrfortiscue, perhaps a careful mixture of sound exposure and silence?

 

Yes. He will.

 

Has he helped you?

I was quoted a price for the program (usually six to eight sessions comprising ten hours of his time) that is five times higher than the price that I saw referenced in a post here (but it may have been an old post).

 

I’m not doing his program because he referred me to somebody local. I will tell you that the person I’m currently working with is much cheaper. I am in Boston. It’s a 12 week program about an hour a week. The rest of the work you do on your own, but I would have paid for Dr. Rohe. Try having a consult with him. Maybe you don’t have to do his full program, maybe you can just pay him individually for sessions. He charged me $125 for a consultative session. He’s really great. I felt my anxiety come down appreciably after one conversation with him.

 

@Forever hopeful, would you mind sharing the name of the current person you are seeing?

 

Tobias Hearing in Boston. Dr. Fligor.