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6h ago

How do you cope with tinnitus? I suddenly developed one a few days ago and am devastated.
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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 6h ago
Thanks.

12h ago

How do you cope with tinnitus? I suddenly developed one a few days ago and am devastated.

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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 12h ago

Am at hospital right now waiting.

13h ago

How do you cope with tinnitus? I suddenly developed one a few days ago and am devastated.

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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 13h ago

After a few tests the SYS is in the range 120-140+ while pulse is consistently _{115-120. So per this chart it's stage 2 as I understand. But I think I put the device wrong initially (or I do now) since the last few results after correcting have consistently been 120-}127 for SYS. I don't understand the results and am not sure what to do with them. :(

Edit: I'm about to depart in the middle of the night for emergency visit.

15h ago

How do you cope with tinnitus? I suddenly developed one a few days ago and am devastated.

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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 15h ago

Thanks, I hope that my brain digests things well over the coming days.

16h ago

How do you cope with tinnitus? I suddenly developed one a few days ago and am devastated.

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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 16h ago

I'm cured, gg guys.

E: Or so I fucking WISH.

16h ago

How do you cope with tinnitus? I suddenly developed one a few days ago and am devastated.

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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 16h ago

I've been listening to music in the background for over decade and have a small fan running 24/7 because I can't stand hearing certain sounds in silence so I get at you mean but also here's the thing that for me the pitch intensifies with sound which makes it hard to find balance between the two problems. :(

16h ago

How do you cope with tinnitus? I suddenly developed one a few days ago and am devastated.

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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 16h ago

I've been procrastinating on meditating and yoga for years but this may finally prompt me to train my mind to keep comtrol with the experience.

Regarding visiting multiple doctors it's something I haven't thought of and is a great idea!

I also talked with my psych earlier via phone and she said that the meds she gave me are safe and that she never heard of something like this so I guess it may not be entirely related to them but I don't take her full word for it.

16h ago

How do you cope with tinnitus? I suddenly developed one a few days ago and am devastated.

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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 16h ago

I'm definitely going to treasure it now now that I experienced how bad it is when you throw out the sense of hearing of the equation. I realised just how much I rely on sound for everything and how disabled I become without it. I will be adding todo's to improve my nixos config in terms of different accessibility features regardless of accessibility type or whether i'll be able to adjust to the pitch. Better to be ready for other scenarios in advance and it's not like I can't benefit from accessibility if it's not the only way for me todo something. I've stopped using mouse years ago due to wrist issues so I'm (un)luckily already somewhat familiar with hunting down for niche accessibility stuff.

16h ago

How do you cope with tinnitus? I suddenly developed one a few days ago and am devastated.

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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 16h ago

Will absolutely do. I just wanted some immediate psychological relief to cope with new experience since getting an appointment will take some time and especially so when I live in a village. I also wanted to learn more on the subject and being able to talk with people that share experience and had it for years would naturally be informative. I'm not planning to use it in place of a specialist obviously.

16h ago

How do you cope with tinnitus? I suddenly developed one a few days ago and am devastated.

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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 16h ago

It's not loud luckily (by default and most of the time) but it does intensify with exposure to noise (but doesn't completely go away) which I'm not sure if it aligns with experieces of other people in the thread. I'm not sure how diverse the experiences can be. Someone in the comments tried to convince me that it's very likely temporary due to my new meds I tried but I'd rather start adjusting regardless and make additional decisions after hearing from the doctor soon.

Great to hear that it doesn't have to become worse. The experiences I've encountered when looking things up were consistent on that so it's a bit of a relief that it isn't a guarantee.

16h ago

How do you cope with tinnitus? I suddenly developed one a few days ago and am devastated.

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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 16h ago

Great to hear that there's something that may help a bit. While trying to find the tool you mentioned I also found this which I guess trains your brain to ignore the sound? https://www.reddit.com/r/tinnitus/comments/1pqeywt/i_built_a_free_web_tool_for_tinnitus_relief_based/ I found 11khz to be close-ish to the vague "sound" that my brain feels. Not the same though but it would be obviously hard to replicate it with sound (if possible at all). For now I will not try it till I've consulted the doctor and to give the experience time to settle in. I need to have something to compare against to even know whether the tool helps in any capacity or makes things worse. Thanks for the info.

17h ago

How do you cope with tinnitus? I suddenly developed one a few days ago and am devastated.

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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 17h ago

Shoot! why didn't I think of that?! Will update ya in 2 minutes.

18h ago

How do you cope with tinnitus? I suddenly developed one a few days ago and am devastated.

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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 18h ago

Shit, I'm essentially always stressed out and live in a bad environment. 🫠

18h ago

How do you cope with tinnitus? I suddenly developed one a few days ago and am devastated.

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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 18h ago

Yeah, will be seeing a doctor about that and already contacted my psych. I just wanted to hear people's experiences and find comfort in conversing with people that experience similar/the same. I see a lot of bad takes from this user on a regular basis so I'm mot too bothered about them. I should apologise to them for wanting to converse with other people instead of closeting things I guess.

18h ago

How do you cope with tinnitus? I suddenly developed one a few days ago and am devastated.

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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 18h ago

meaning it is very likely not permanent

I honestly don't believe it with my luck and I'd rather not give myself hopes and prepare myself for the worst. Today I will rest to let my brain process things and tomorrow I will investigate things more about what's going on. I'm so disappointed with my body/situation in so many ways... :/

I just realised that I should message my psych about that as well since she brought it up unprompted and recommended it to me to try for my sleep issues.

19h ago

How do you cope with tinnitus? I suddenly developed one a few days ago and am devastated.

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Martineski @lemmy.dbzer0.com 19h ago

Just before that happened I was taking new meds to help with my lifelong issues of falling asleep and went to sleep with noise cancelling headphones on top of that. It was just for 2 weeks where on some days I skipped them so I took them 10 times. That's the only major thing that changed recemtly that comes to my mind and I suspect it being the case but it may be unrelated and I will be seing a doctor rbout that. The substance is trazodoni hydrochloridum. I wasn't listening to music very loudly but given I've been listening to it almost daily for ever decade as background sound to calm me down I expect my ears to have worn down and it to just have hit me in one go. D: