The Up and Down of My Habituation

Hey everyone,

I stayed away for a while and I quit my video journal I was doing and fell into a deep dark place. I have PTSD from being over seas during OIF and I occasionally go through flash backs and vivid dreams of things I couldn't unsee. Any way I my T took over my life to the point where I would plug my ears all day to see if I could still hear it. I had cold sweats and shakes all over. All this in about 5 months.

I finally had something in me break and I took my T and threw it in the trash where it belongs. I wasn't going to live like this and put my son and wife through it. My T since pushing myself and telling myself to stop this nonsense has gone down about 80%. I feel I have habituated pretty damn well so far. I still have a ways to go but if I can do it I'm telling you that you can too damn it. Don't let this beat you.

 

Rock on, @Mike L and thank you for serving!! You are on your way!!

 

Thanks!

 

Mike did you have hearing loss?

 

@Mike L did u have H also?

 

Dominic I also got SSNHL 10 months ago. Mine is idiopathic - no identifiable cause yet. For the most part the T was much more of an issue the hearing loss. But, I believe our tinnitus is the same type and intensity (varies from person to person) as anyone else who gets tinnitus from loud noise exposure. Ask me if you have any more questions.

 

Yes

 

No measurable hearing loss . all my hearing test are perfect and my bone conduction test were good too.

 

Have you been checked for autoimmune disease?

Most people I have met that have what you had were found to have autoimmune problems and it attacked their cochlea. Most have hearing aids and their T isn't a problem anymore with the use of hearing aids.

 

Yes I took prednisone for 2 weeks, no one knows why people get SSHL, could be viral, vascular, autoimmune. I did get an hearing aid too early to see if it helps