sorry to hear

pun intended?,
now seriously , thanks

u welcome

WHAT!? Oh my god that's really awful to hear! *hugs* I'm so sorry to hear that you have! I had a feeling that you started to get tinnitus from your previous Journal.

yeah, it sucks, now i have to get used to it, atleast i dont have one of the most extreme cases, i have the single tone tinnitus, which is rare but also more "manageable" apparently

Yeah I saw the clip and know. I'm here if you want comfort. I care about you after all. ;n;

While there is no cure for it, there are things you can do that can help teach you tune it out.

looks like i have a lot of new thing to learn, it's like starting a new life, but not on the good way

Get a fan in your room and always have it on. Better than any white noise machine.

I understand your feeling Shocking, I had (luckly) a temporary Tinnitus as well. And that was annying as fuck !
At least your isn't very loud and seems managable ^^
Sorry to hear anyway.

thanks, well, i can draw out the noise with other noises, so at least my brain doesn't get too tired, hearing the same noise endlessly.

i know a guy who's ex-military who has tinnitus pretty bad from a bomb blast. He wears headphones with nature sounds at low volumes and he claims it helps him somewhat. I don't know if that could be something you'd want to try

thats what im doing right now, well at least i'm hearing different noises, and not the same one eternally

I've had/kinda still have a mild from of tinnitus.

Only comfort I can give, from my own experience, is that the brain eventually gets used to it in a way, and thus it will be slightly reduced over time and not be as bad.
Alternatively, what you could do, is find something else to turn on during night, that isn't very intrusive but also maybe keep you from hearing it/thinking about it.
Like a fan on low setting. That's something I've done myself

yeah the time to sleep it's the worst, because everything gets quiet

Sorry to hear about that. Hope you cam adjust and make do. :)

Sorry to hear. Hopeful for a miraculous recovery / peaceful transition! Best of luck! ; ;

oh god I'm so sorry thats horrible I hope it gets better in the meantime take your time

I hope that eventually we’ll be able to cure stuff like this in the future. But I feel very sorry for your suffering.

Welcome to the club

Good luck getting through this difficult transition. I wish you the best.

thanks

I'm so sorry, dude... I hope things will get better!

Mawp

Exposure to loud noises can cause it as well. It comes and goes

Hope you don't start going insane on us. Hearing noises in your head is the first sign of insanity.

I was born with tinnitus so I know how obnoxious it can be. I use to hum along with it in the bathroom when I was a little kid and I didn't even know I had it until 2009 because I thought that that's just how everyone hears, so I'm sure it's much worse to get it later in life. There's a few things that you can do to drown it out. 1. Never be in a situation of complete silence. The quieter it is the louder it becomes. Listen to music or put on the TV for background noise. While sleeping turn on a fan or get a little portable speaker and turn on calming music or sounds of rain. 2. TRY not to think about it too much. The more you think about and focus on it, the more you notice it and it just gets worse. Keep your mind occupied with other things to forget that you even have it. It will eventually be unnoticeable.

Remember that it's a condition, not a disease so you'll be fine. I much rather have tinnitus then cancer or an STD.

I use clocks, the ticking helps me.
I have 9 of them in my bed room alone.

Oh dear, I'm so sorry.

Form what I know, one reasons to get a tinnitus, is by overloading your ears with a to high volume on sound/noise. With causes a irrepairable damage. But further then that I know very little on the subject.
I just know my boss who also has a tinnitus told us that over time he got used to the sinus like noise that he dosnt hear it at all anymore under good conditions.
He also told me that the noise of the tinnitus increases from stress, and decreasses on the opposide.
Maybe familar terms happen to you?

Now that is scary!

So sorry to hear that!!

:c ugh that's awful. I hope you can cope it it alright. a fan or something else that creates a pleasant white noise would help a lot when you sleep.

Damn, sorry to hear that.

hmm some time ago i heard there is a cure for this.
They Analyse your Tinnitus and give you something like a counter-Sound for this and you have to hear that for some time and the Tinnitus should be gone.
but i dont know how far the Research is.

It's not 100% effective, but it does work.
It teaches your brain not to hear the sound.
So not a cure, but it is a helpful aid. :)

I have it too!

It is something you will have to learn to ignore, but it's not easy.
Everytime you think about it try to do something to distract yourself.
The more you listen to it the louder it gets, so dont think about it.
I know that is a hard thing to do when the sound is literally in your head but you have to learn to do it or you may find yourself going a bit crazy.
I am not making a joke or trying to be funny when I say this, but my tinnitus drove me mad when it first became apparent.
I was unable to sleep and felt like someone was torturing me, I would start crying and holding my head.
It was not good.

There are lots of ways people have found to cope with it, you may want to look into them.
But I have found that the best way is to try and relax and just not think about it.

DO NOT TRY TO DROWN IT OUT, loud sound can make it worse!
Also do not use in ear headphones!

If you do need to use headphones use over the head ones that let air and sound out, so you do not have loud sound pressure close to your eardrums.
In fact try to avoid loud noises, loud music game sounds and so on.
A reasonable volume is the best thing, so no more death metal blasting at you ok .

If you need any advice let me know, I have had it for going on 12 years. :)

Advice so you don't get severe tinnitus or deafness:

-Don't play your music too loud on your phone/music player and headphones/earbuds

-Wear earplugs in concerts

i wish you luck

Well that's horrible to find out. I hope you'll be okay going forward.

i've had tinnitus all my life. the real kicker? I'M ALSO HALF DEAF!

so not only do i have (from birth) hearing loss, i have to put up with the constant ringing tone in my good ear.

as others have mentioned already, just turn on a small fan, the white noise helps you tune it out.

I'm sorry.

Oy, I know exactly what you're going through, I suffer from it too.