Tinnitus, Deafness and Ear Problems Support Group
This group is for those coping with Tinnitus (ringing ears or ear noise), hearing loss, and all ear issues. Join to find support and get advice from others.
I haven't been here in awhile I have been trying to cope with my tinnitus using several different types of relaxation techiques, exercise, and eating healthy. I avoid loud environments and always have several pairs of ear plugs with me at all times just in case. I would have hope by doing all of these things that it would prevent my tinnitus from getting any worse, however I was wrong and I am currently going through a really bad flare up. I pray that the volume goes down soon, but with each passing day I feel more and more depressed. I am trying not to let my tinnitus take over my life, but it is difficulty when all one hears is a consistent loud hissing and whistling sound coming from ones ear and head.
Sue
. No reason to go on with this misery.. Thats what my mind keeps telling me..
Only staying for 2 reasons...
1- I believe it is against God's will to take a life, even my own...
2- My wife is pretty much unable to anything anymore.. She can barely walk some days due to a failed back surgery...
She would be totally lost and unable to function if I weren't here..
so I stay here until one day I fall asleep for good,and don't wake to screaming sounds in my head... what a MISERABLE affliction we share. bob
. I can say with all sincerity that " I feel your pain"... No one can ever understand what we endure every day... Only those that have it, and have it bad..
I almost laugh when I see a new T sufferer all freaked out by the new noise in their head, ready to kill themselves, and with terrible anxiety.. They will write things like..
" I can't hear it outside, but when its quiet I hear it"
" I need a fan to mask the noise"
" I have to sleep with the radio on"
etc etc..
I would give anything for that kind of T... anything.... bob
My guess is 99.9% of the people who say they have habituated it's because there tinnitus got much quieter. But they want you to believe that somehow there just a little bit stronger than you. Don't buy it for a minute. To hear my tinnitus I have to listen for it. BS.
I can so relate to the increase in depression as day after day of the sound from your ears and/or brain is like sitting next to screeching teakettles. I am so so so sorry. I had a month-long spike that was very bad about a year ago and every day was like an endurance test just to hold on until bedtime. Truly torturous. I will keep praying for you!!
Julie
I hope I'm getting my message across. It's harder to put it in writing that I expected. I just don't want anyone to think they shouldn't come here because they think we think they don't suffer enough to be here.