Stressed

I just need to vent. Tinnitus has been spiking for last few days and am having a hard time coping. Can't focus, I'm irritated by everything etc. Lots of you can relate.

I go to sleep wishing I will either not wake up or not hear the ringing.

I guess I have to search for help. I am disappointed with the ENT doctors I have seen. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. Let's hope a cure or something will happen to get rid of this sh#t.

 

Hi John
It’s so difficult to live with, I know. Every morning it’s there and needs to be coped with. No wonder we get depressed and angry if we have the energy. The constant din is unbelievable and draining. I’ve had mine for a long time but now it’s worse due to sertraline. It would be good not to have to wake up but we’re still here and carry on. Hug

 

You are going through the tough initial phase of T suffering. Most of us have been where you are so we understand. Perhaps if it really bothers you to cause you high anxiety and stress plus symptoms of depression and sleeplessness, then you may consider masking your T. Set the volume slightly below that of T so your brain can still get used to T over time. Here are some masking suggestions. Take care. God bless.

1) Mask at bed time if having trouble sleeping, by using a sound pillow or sound machine with pillow speakers. There are good sound machine & pillow therapy systems like this one: https://www.amazon.com/Sound-Oasis-...d-Oasis-Therapy-System-Speakers/dp/B00MH5HKTA

2) If you need masking on the go, try load an ipod with nature sounds or music using itune. If you have a smart phone, you can download free APPs for soothing or T-masking sounds. Use wisdom in the use of headphones or earbuds as extended use or excessive volume may hurt your ears. Try set the volume slightly below that of your tinnitus.

3) With PC & speakers, you can try these excellent masking sounds to see which one masks best:

TT's excellent audio player: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/audioplayer/

or this online sound library, particularly the self-mix nature sounds: https://mynoise.net

or download free sound generator ‘aire freshener’: http://www.peterhirschberg.com/mysoftware.html

or click play to mix these sounds with this simple sound generator: http://asoftmurmur.com/

or search youtube with words like 'tinnitus masking sounds', 'white noise', 'rain sound' etc.