Another gym incident. I am so frustrated. Some guy noisily adjusting the squat rack and then crashing the machines even though I asked him not to. And I went during the off-hours. Losing hope.
Ahh... two minutes strolling round the peaceful garden to get a bit of vitamin D and decompress... Oh, hello mister helicopter wonder where you're flyin-OH MY GOD MY EARS HURT!
When i was digging without earplugs i hit a stone extremly hard with my shovel and it made a superloud KLING sound... Im trying to just "go with the flow" more now and not go into panicmode everytime i hear something loud, i also try to not overprotect when i do normal not loud stuff (under 70 DB). Hope i dont spike, just wanted to do some relaxing gardening. -.-
Its hard to do stuff in the garden atm. Need to cut stones with a grinder so i have had my dad come to cut them for me since its to loud for me. Tried drill and use a chisel but got around 110DB so i didnt dare to challenge it. Third time my dad is here now to help me cut for like 2-3 minutes each time... Man he most think im supersilly.
I love my life, my wife, and my kids. So its a shame tinnitus gets to steer the ship. Everything now revoles around this horrid condition and I hate it.
My noisy left ear really sucks. I get relief when I sleep but when I wake up it rears its ugly head in my left ear. I m still looking for some permanent relief.
3/3:Just wanted to come on here and update.. It doesn't always resolve itself. Ive read that for most people it gets better with time, for me it didn't. Astonishingly, I don't have tinnitus and I don't think I have hearing loss so at least I have that. Also, I get some pain but not that much and, like I previously mentioned, my condition never worsened.
2/3 My tolerance is not good so I am constantly 'on guard' but I am pleased to say I didn't get worse? I also struggle with high frequency sounds which means I always need to be wearing ear plugs when I leave my house because those noises are distressing, not because I believe they are harming me. I think I have TTS too because my main symptoms are aural fullness and feeling my ear drum 'jump'.
1/3: I don't know if anyone remembers me but I was 16 and developed Hyperacusis back in 2022. I received support here but I also scared myself silly reading all the posts I did, I wish I had just pursued medical help. I remember some of the people I spoke with but a lot of them seem to be inactive now . I'm back here again at 19 because I never improved unfortunately and I'm pretty sure my condition is permanent.
I am really trying... but I am not sure I can "recover" from this more than once. I should of been more careful. Water under the bridge as they say. Every time it seems like things are going in a positive direction, T smacks me down again. Life can be cruel.
Hi Erika. I hope you're doing well. I saw that you mentioned your distortions came back. Did they go away a second time? I'm dealing with my own second round of distortions after beating the first.
Ive actually had 2 days of VERY calm and good tinnitus. Ive even manage to hammer down conrete stuff that you walk on with a rubber hammer (ofc with earplugs) and no spike! So nice being outside in the warmth and do "labour" and just be able to be to good use for once!