Poll: How Often Does Your Tinnitus Make You Wail and Weep Uncontrollably?

I cried one or two times back when my dad was diagnosed with brain cancer at the age of 42 (over 25 years ago).

It is a good thing that back then I didn't know that watching my dad die over the following 5 years was not going to be the most challenging phase of my life.

 

I'll be honest here, when i first got tinnitus it was very frustrating and i use to ask my mom if she heard the noises i was hearing. I did question many things and wondered why this was happening. This was when i had a low..not noticeable hiss in my left ear. Over the years it has gotten really bad in both ears and it is what it is. No point in dwelling on it. I just accepted it and live my life. Accepting takes time and some don't, if you accept it and not fight it, it becomes much easier.

Living with tinnitus is cake walk compared to getting of a medication that a clown Dr gave me. It took 1 full year of mental and phsyical pain to get off those pills and the side effects and withdrawls were beyond scary and painful. Once i did get off those meds, i must have slept 1-2 hours a day for 90+ days and it was beyond crazy.

So tinnitus is no big deal for me..

 

I cried every day in the beginning, when I first lost my hearing and acquired T and H. I was so completely frightened and overwhelmed! I feel like I had to go through a grieving process. I very rarely cry nowadays, perhaps twice a year.

 

Not much nowadays but when I first got it I cried almost every day til I got used to it

 

How long did it take to get used to it?

 

A few months. I dunno tbh I was a bit distraught so I kinda lost track of time

Just one day I stopped and said to myself that it wasn't going away and it would get better after a while

 

The events of 2016 rarely leave my thoughts, I am constantly trying to change the past. When I suffered the acoustic trauma I didn't realise the damage that was done to my hearing and it was three months later that it finally hit me. I did cry then outwardly but now I cry inwardly 24/7.
I still cannot believe all the things that happened in 2016, absolutely mind blowing yet all self inflicted!

 

For the most part I stay busy and my T fades into the background. When not busy try to keep music or nature sounds to blend with it so its not so annoying. As time goes by you make small changes and adjustments to protect your ears and go back to life pretty close to what it was. I have friends with serious health problems so we can handle the T......

 

When I spend time in quite rooms I tend to cry and panic. I used white noise machine in my bed room it helped me last 2weeks. But Now I feel I got used to white noise and hear my T again over the top of white noise or fan. 2weeks back that was not the case. That makes me cry and weep a lot. I avoid silent places but can't avoid bedroom. It feels quite even with whitenoise and fan.

 

I think I have cried only once since I got tinnitus, and not sobbing at all. I have had chronic pain for 2 years and that condition had already made me weep for so long that I no longer have any tears.

 

May I ask if the pain is related to muscular tensions?

 

I don't recall to have wept. But I do reflect quite a lot over how I am, more or less, inevitable doomed. Not exactly a level headed reaction.

 

I’ve cried with fear. I’ve had T since 1992!!!! It’s changed, gone to both ears with several different noises. I’ve had a breakdown from the anxiety and panic it’s caused me. I can’t believe everything has fallen apart in only six weeks. So scared and it’s taken over my life again. I have hearing loss but it just changed over a couple of days. I thought I was strong but now I’m not.

 

I'm sorry you had to go through that with dad even if it was 25 years ago, I lost a aunt to brain cancer. I have never cried over my tinnitus and severe hearing loss.

 

I do not have a diagnosis. Most likely I just have really screwed nerves and probably a bad back.

 

An added response could be "It doesn't...anymore".

 

Going to the gym fixes most backs, but won't work if the tensions run very deeply and have had time to settle.

Combining with Yoga is likely to have an impact, though. But you'll need to sidestep the gymnastics and focus on the relaxation applications.

A short cut:

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/meditation-practice-to-deal-with-tinnitus-suffering.8165/

(In hindsight, the post is written so-so and too preachy, but the info in itself holds up)