Member- Mar 17, 2019
- 47
- Tinnitus Since
- Early 90s
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Bowie, The Chameleons, etc.
Hello. I'm new here. My name is Geoff.
I live in a suburb that is less than one kilometer outside the corporate limit of my city. There are still woods in the area, though it was developed decades ago. Target shooting in people's backyards is technically illegal here but unenforced. The same ordinances that apply within the city proper extend out for several kilometers. But I don't even call the authorities anymore. They couldn't care less.
I live in an old house with basically tissue-thin walls. Since all this shooting began in 2015, my tinnitus and hearing sensitivity have worsened significantly. For the first time in ten years (tinnitus first kept me awake all night in 2007, and chronic insomnia led to depression), I am again fighting depression. My ears feel raw and "burned" inside. I pop on my Peltors immediately upon hearing the first shot, and leave them on for a half hour and it has usually stopped by then. But my ears react to the one- or two-shot exposure that I get before I can get my muffs on. And I can't leave them on all the time, inside my own house. They get hot and start to hurt after a while. Not to mention that I love them and am grateful for them, but I also hate wearing them.
I've asked around and found out who was doing it, and simply gave them my number and asked them to phone me before shooting. And they did call me, and I put my muffs on. And these people eventually stopped shooting. Perhaps they decided to go to a range instead. But other people are still doing it, and word hasn't gotten round that a hyperacusic lives here. It still goes on, and I don't know who is doing it or I would contact them and ask them to warn me before they begin. One neighbor has said that these are probably people who drive up and shoot in the woods but don't live out here.
I have symptoms that point to TTTS. Distortion. Tickling within my ears. Thumping. Spasms. Tinnitus spikes and pressure. Internal ear pain. Sometimes even balance problems. To be uncomfortably frank, I sometimes think about dying and wish for it, and would do it if it were easy.
I know about Neuromod and wait. That sort of keeps me going, the fact that there may be something that may make this better. I am trying to be patient. I think they are progressing remarkably fast, but I am holding on by one finger and it is starting to slip.
There's nothing that can be done about my neighbors and I am not asking for advice. I've had it easy for a couple of months and developed a false sense of well-being. No shooting. But it started again out of nowhere this morning while I was making my coffee. I went from reasonably happy to shit within the space of a minute. In my weaker moments, I wish they would do me a favor and use their damned toys on themselves.
Thanks for listening. Having a bad day. Not feeling very strong today.
I live in a suburb that is less than one kilometer outside the corporate limit of my city. There are still woods in the area, though it was developed decades ago. Target shooting in people's backyards is technically illegal here but unenforced. The same ordinances that apply within the city proper extend out for several kilometers. But I don't even call the authorities anymore. They couldn't care less.
I live in an old house with basically tissue-thin walls. Since all this shooting began in 2015, my tinnitus and hearing sensitivity have worsened significantly. For the first time in ten years (tinnitus first kept me awake all night in 2007, and chronic insomnia led to depression), I am again fighting depression. My ears feel raw and "burned" inside. I pop on my Peltors immediately upon hearing the first shot, and leave them on for a half hour and it has usually stopped by then. But my ears react to the one- or two-shot exposure that I get before I can get my muffs on. And I can't leave them on all the time, inside my own house. They get hot and start to hurt after a while. Not to mention that I love them and am grateful for them, but I also hate wearing them.
I've asked around and found out who was doing it, and simply gave them my number and asked them to phone me before shooting. And they did call me, and I put my muffs on. And these people eventually stopped shooting. Perhaps they decided to go to a range instead. But other people are still doing it, and word hasn't gotten round that a hyperacusic lives here. It still goes on, and I don't know who is doing it or I would contact them and ask them to warn me before they begin. One neighbor has said that these are probably people who drive up and shoot in the woods but don't live out here.
I have symptoms that point to TTTS. Distortion. Tickling within my ears. Thumping. Spasms. Tinnitus spikes and pressure. Internal ear pain. Sometimes even balance problems. To be uncomfortably frank, I sometimes think about dying and wish for it, and would do it if it were easy.
I know about Neuromod and wait. That sort of keeps me going, the fact that there may be something that may make this better. I am trying to be patient. I think they are progressing remarkably fast, but I am holding on by one finger and it is starting to slip.
There's nothing that can be done about my neighbors and I am not asking for advice. I've had it easy for a couple of months and developed a false sense of well-being. No shooting. But it started again out of nowhere this morning while I was making my coffee. I went from reasonably happy to shit within the space of a minute. In my weaker moments, I wish they would do me a favor and use their damned toys on themselves.
Thanks for listening. Having a bad day. Not feeling very strong today.
