Hi everyone,
I've visited the forum many times before, but I thought this is the time to join.
My tinnitus started around 2017 as a low fizzing sound in the left ear only, from what I'm sure was an abuse of prescription pain killers (Co-Codamol) after a spine surgery.
It was also around this time that my marriage broke down and I started on an extremely stressful path of class A drugs and in and out of careers to eventually then losing my beloved position as owner of a tattoo business. After that my tinnitus went through the roof in volume and gradually moved to the right ear also.
Now I feel it is increasing incrementally year over year. It's getting worse and I go in and out of the feeling of "I can cope" or "I cannot live with this anymore." I find tinnitus completely consuming every moment in my life over the last few months.
Two years ago I was given hearing aids due to my hearing dropping down somewhat and to help with the tinnitus. I was told that it may help reducing the stress on the brain trying to hear over the tinnitus. After a week I was amazed and so happy, my tinnitus literally went down by 50%. But over time the brain got used to it and it came back even louder then before...
No one I know has tinnitus. I guess in all truth that's why I'm here. I didn't want to ever reach out and admit I feel I needed help, but hopefully I can offer some too.
Cheers,
Sean
I've visited the forum many times before, but I thought this is the time to join.
My tinnitus started around 2017 as a low fizzing sound in the left ear only, from what I'm sure was an abuse of prescription pain killers (Co-Codamol) after a spine surgery.
It was also around this time that my marriage broke down and I started on an extremely stressful path of class A drugs and in and out of careers to eventually then losing my beloved position as owner of a tattoo business. After that my tinnitus went through the roof in volume and gradually moved to the right ear also.
Now I feel it is increasing incrementally year over year. It's getting worse and I go in and out of the feeling of "I can cope" or "I cannot live with this anymore." I find tinnitus completely consuming every moment in my life over the last few months.
Two years ago I was given hearing aids due to my hearing dropping down somewhat and to help with the tinnitus. I was told that it may help reducing the stress on the brain trying to hear over the tinnitus. After a week I was amazed and so happy, my tinnitus literally went down by 50%. But over time the brain got used to it and it came back even louder then before...
No one I know has tinnitus. I guess in all truth that's why I'm here. I didn't want to ever reach out and admit I feel I needed help, but hopefully I can offer some too.
Cheers,
Sean
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