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My name is Anna-Stina (people mostly call me Anna). I am a 23-year-old woman from Estonia (it is a small and very cold country located next to Findland). My background is listening to my MP3 really loud from age 12-13 to 22. I always used cheap earplugs so the noise probably was not extremely loud (I couldnt hear others talk through it but I could hear noisy street traffic and the vacuum cleaner above it). Since the 16th of November in 2013 I started noticing a ringing in both my ears In the beginning both of my ears were occasionally locked, but that passed over time. Ironically, a month earlier I had quit listening to my MP3 and thrown it away. I was hoping that it would pass but it didnt. In Estonia the medical system is not so great - so far I have only managed to visit my GP. She told my that it was probably from stress (I did have a very stressful year with many other health problems (unrelated to tinnitus) and I tend to be a very anxious person) and it would probably pass on its own. Also, she said that noise-induced hearing loss does not come that fast. Based on the information I gathered online I feel that it is probably from excessive noise. I have therefore made an appointment with an ENT and will also try to visit and auditologist.
The good thing is that I can only hear my tinnitus in the quiet. When I walk on the street, spend time with my friends or watch TV I do not notice it. In the beginning I had trouble realizing where it came from, unfortunately by now I have trained out my brain to recognize it very fast. I cant really say that right now the T itsself is bothering me. It is mainly the thoughts and anxiety. When I listened to loud music at home my parents always told me not to do that since I would ruin my hearing but I told them I didnt care. Now I see that life is difficult anyway and that I was willing to exchange my healthy ears to 10 years of pleasure from loud music. I feel as if I have ruined my life and keep having anxious thoughts about my future and career. I realize that these thought arent making it better and I would therefore like to find a little support and advice on how to cope with an incurable condition.
Hope I didnt bring anyone down.
My name is Anna-Stina (people mostly call me Anna). I am a 23-year-old woman from Estonia (it is a small and very cold country located next to Findland). My background is listening to my MP3 really loud from age 12-13 to 22. I always used cheap earplugs so the noise probably was not extremely loud (I couldnt hear others talk through it but I could hear noisy street traffic and the vacuum cleaner above it). Since the 16th of November in 2013 I started noticing a ringing in both my ears In the beginning both of my ears were occasionally locked, but that passed over time. Ironically, a month earlier I had quit listening to my MP3 and thrown it away. I was hoping that it would pass but it didnt. In Estonia the medical system is not so great - so far I have only managed to visit my GP. She told my that it was probably from stress (I did have a very stressful year with many other health problems (unrelated to tinnitus) and I tend to be a very anxious person) and it would probably pass on its own. Also, she said that noise-induced hearing loss does not come that fast. Based on the information I gathered online I feel that it is probably from excessive noise. I have therefore made an appointment with an ENT and will also try to visit and auditologist.
The good thing is that I can only hear my tinnitus in the quiet. When I walk on the street, spend time with my friends or watch TV I do not notice it. In the beginning I had trouble realizing where it came from, unfortunately by now I have trained out my brain to recognize it very fast. I cant really say that right now the T itsself is bothering me. It is mainly the thoughts and anxiety. When I listened to loud music at home my parents always told me not to do that since I would ruin my hearing but I told them I didnt care. Now I see that life is difficult anyway and that I was willing to exchange my healthy ears to 10 years of pleasure from loud music. I feel as if I have ruined my life and keep having anxious thoughts about my future and career. I realize that these thought arent making it better and I would therefore like to find a little support and advice on how to cope with an incurable condition.
Hope I didnt bring anyone down.
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But I can here everything till 10 000. I think I might have some loss in upper registers. I have noticed that I have have difficult hearing right next to a very noisy street (up to 85-90 db street) but that could have always been that way. Otherwise I havent really noticed any hearing loss. I here music fine, also I went to the opera recently - everything was clear. At night I can hear my cat wlaking and clock ticking ( also some very stupid birds flapping behind my window). But it could be that I have some sort of less still...
Actually the doctor said that the hearing is "perfect" (most around 10db , some 5 if i read it correctly). Since I had a quite bad year (a lot of extreme stress and physical trauma) the doctor thought that it could be a reaction to stress. So im receiving 0,5 mg Xanax for 30 days and smth called the eardrum massage (it is spposed to make my eardrum more flexible or smth). Anyways.. Ill see how it works
) How is your T today??
