Tinnitus fucks up with my mind

o shit my necks been fucked up for about a year now i'm near 6'5" and spend most of my day sitting down craning over a desk. Gonna book another massage + start stretching every day again!! thank u chassis

I have it pretty bad I think. I have to listen to music when I go to bed to get some sleep.I try not to pay attention to it to prevent insanity, but it's getting to the point where I sometimes have trouble hearing what people are saying because of the sine woosh.

Mines been bad recently.. is a fucker!

 

Though I also sometimes have stiff/sore neck so really interesting to know that can be a factor! Didnt know that cheers for the info, Will try some stretchs and massage

did everyone's have a slow onset or come about suddenly? Mine started out of the blue for a few seconds in either ear and now its a mild constant ring.

Update good news my tinnitus has sort of been accepted by my brain and doesn't seem sound like an exterior noise anymore. I had a spike yesterday because i was walking around the city listening to music at a pretty high volume on in ear headphones but it's since gone back to normal. I think acceptance of the sound really helped me forget about it, stress made it a lot worse.

  On 9/24/2017 at 8:17 AM, Lewps said:

did everyone's have a slow onset or come about suddenly? Mine started out of the blue for a few seconds in either ear and now its a mild constant ring.

i've had it since i was a teen to some degree but didn't realise it until i got it really bad a year or two ago. i used to think the noise i heard was electricity in the walls when i was younger but it was obviously fairly mild tinnitus.

 

mine got way worse after a particular gig. i'd always get it after a gig (obviously) but then it's fade after a few days but this time it just stayed with me. it's super loud but i usually forget about it, though at nights (obviously) it can be horrible.

  On 10/27/2017 at 8:30 AM, Lewps said:

Update good news my tinnitus has sort of been accepted by my brain and doesn't seem sound like an exterior noise anymore. I had a spike yesterday because i was walking around the city listening to music at a pretty high volume on in ear headphones but it's since gone back to normal. I think acceptance of the sound really helped me forget about it, stress made it a lot worse.

It is completely manageable. Mine was not sudden, I live in an urban area and I remember camping with friend and realising that you don't get silence most places. Low amounts of noises drowns out most of it,

 

As xxx said, price of doing business. Price of being alive you're body degrades, get used to it, it happens. Ive got some bad back pain I need to get massaged out, far less manageable than tinnitus because it actually affects working and daily life.

 

Every so often, maybe every 1 or 2 months I get a slight ringing in one ear. Subsides after 2 minutes but makes me really paranoid.

Hoes it ringing these dayes

Sometimes I feel like hearing music at very low volumes makes my hears more sensible at elaborate sounds (not very easy to explain on words) but for this reason, when I quit music, the ringing is perceived very strong, but just because I have lowered my volume standards

Hope someone understands what I'm saying

thats dark xxx hope you can cope okay

 

Ive realised that I've probably had tinnitus since a teenager because I remember often hearing a mild ringing noise while lying in bed and just assumed that was what silence sounded like. My tinnitus has just become noticeable after a few loud gigs.

I can tell you that if I hit 65, have nothing further to contribute to the world and face nothing but a decline into dead-end retirement and ill-health, I would go for one last ride and end it on the open road. that ain't no gallows humour or self-pity, just straight talk. everyone's got a right to choose how and when they go, on their terms.

What do you mean you'd end it on the open road? 

 

(sorry)

I've grown numb to the fear of the relentless swing of the scythe, take me now.

 

actually nah, unnecessarily violent. and it'd destroy the bike, which would be a grossly immoral thing to do. I'd give it away and then eat a pile of barbiturates or something.

today in my spam folder...

 

Had a really bad bout of tinnitus last year, felt semi-suicidal. Kept calm and realised reading about it wasn't doing me any favours. Alongside the tinnitus I also had that sound where high pitches would create this rustle effect in my left ear, super annoying. Was a drummer since I was a kid and really kind of took the piss with my ears so kinda felt like it was karma catching up to me. 

 

Anyway I just went all out and stopped listening to music over laptop speakers, started playing at a super low volume on headphones and on my monitors. Always wore earplugs anytime I went to a gig/club and if there was a moment i went somewhere and they were blaring loud music unexpectedly, i'd just up and leave. Started blocking my ears every time an ambulance would go past. Basically just did everything I could to protect my ears. 

 

After many months of sleepless nights and lots of despair it did slowly begin to fade, it would still crop up of a morning really quite heavily but as the day went on it would be begin to fade again. I avoided bad stuff about tinnitus on the internet and just kept reading this Kevin Shields interview about how he coped with tinnitus and to be honest that was a huge help, soon realised that it probably wasn't ever going to properly go away and i think that was the key to be honest. 

 

As soon as I started to not fight it and kind of accept that it was a part of me, it went away! Now when i saw it went away I can't be sure it really has but it just doesn't register in my psyche anymore. However If i go to a gig or anything i still always wear earplugs and try to maintain a decent volume when making music at home cause if i let my ears get to the point of ringing again it takes at least a week for it to die down again. 

 

Obviously everyone is different and probably some people have very strong tinnitus for years that will just never go away. Just thought id mention my story for anyone who may have acquired it recently and is suddenly panicking that it could last forever. 

  On 10/30/2018 at 3:48 PM, ceiling said:

Had a really bad bout of tinnitus last year, felt semi-suicidal. Kept calm and realised reading about it wasn't doing me any favours. Alongside the tinnitus I also had that sound where high pitches would create this rustle effect in my left ear, super annoying. Was a drummer since I was a kid and really kind of took the piss with my ears so kinda felt like it was karma catching up to me. 

 

Anyway I just went all out and stopped listening to music over laptop speakers, started playing at a super low volume on headphones and on my monitors. Always wore earplugs anytime I went to a gig/club and if there was a moment i went somewhere and they were blaring loud music unexpectedly, i'd just up and leave. Started blocking my ears every time an ambulance would go past. Basically just did everything I could to protect my ears. 

 

After many months of sleepless nights and lots of despair it did slowly begin to fade, it would still crop up of a morning really quite heavily but as the day went on it would be begin to fade again. I avoided bad stuff about tinnitus on the internet and just kept reading this Kevin Shields interview about how he coped with tinnitus and to be honest that was a huge help, soon realised that it probably wasn't ever going to properly go away and i think that was the key to be honest. 

 

As soon as I started to not fight it and kind of accept that it was a part of me, it went away! Now when i saw it went away I can't be sure it really has but it just doesn't register in my psyche anymore. However If i go to a gig or anything i still always wear earplugs and try to maintain a decent volume when making music at home cause if i let my ears get to the point of ringing again it takes at least a week for it to die down again. 

 

Obviously everyone is different and probably some people have very strong tinnitus for years that will just never go away. Just thought id mention my story for anyone who may have acquired it recently and is suddenly panicking that it could last forever. 

Hi ceiling

 

whaddya mean by the "rustle effect", cud u please explain it a lil more?

Edited October 30, 2018 by cheeseburgerwalrus

I've had it really bad since a party last December. Woke up the next day with my ears ringing like they usually do after a gig, but they never stopped. I have good days when I'll only be aware of it if I'm somewhere quiet, and bad days when I can be on the noisier parts of the London Underground during rush hour and still hear it. Seems to be correlated with the weather for some reason - it was particularly bad during the abnormally cold parts of Winter and the abnormally hot parts of Summer, and has been relatively good when it's been mild.

 

  On 10/30/2018 at 3:48 PM, ceiling said:

Anyway I just went all out and stopped listening to music over laptop speakers

Is there something bad about laptop speakers in particular? I use mine a lot.

  On 10/30/2018 at 7:07 PM, cheeseburgerwalrus said:

 

  On 10/30/2018 at 3:48 PM, ceiling said:

Had a really bad bout of tinnitus last year, felt semi-suicidal. Kept calm and realised reading about it wasn't doing me any favours. Alongside the tinnitus I also had that sound where high pitches would create this rustle effect in my left ear, super annoying. Was a drummer since I was a kid and really kind of took the piss with my ears so kinda felt like it was karma catching up to me. 

 

Anyway I just went all out and stopped listening to music over laptop speakers, started playing at a super low volume on headphones and on my monitors. Always wore earplugs anytime I went to a gig/club and if there was a moment i went somewhere and they were blaring loud music unexpectedly, i'd just up and leave. Started blocking my ears every time an ambulance would go past. Basically just did everything I could to protect my ears. 

 

After many months of sleepless nights and lots of despair it did slowly begin to fade, it would still crop up of a morning really quite heavily but as the day went on it would be begin to fade again. I avoided bad stuff about tinnitus on the internet and just kept reading this Kevin Shields interview about how he coped with tinnitus and to be honest that was a huge help, soon realised that it probably wasn't ever going to properly go away and i think that was the key to be honest. 

 

As soon as I started to not fight it and kind of accept that it was a part of me, it went away! Now when i saw it went away I can't be sure it really has but it just doesn't register in my psyche anymore. However If i go to a gig or anything i still always wear earplugs and try to maintain a decent volume when making music at home cause if i let my ears get to the point of ringing again it takes at least a week for it to die down again. 

 

Obviously everyone is different and probably some people have very strong tinnitus for years that will just never go away. Just thought id mention my story for anyone who may have acquired it recently and is suddenly panicking that it could last forever. 

Hi ceiling

 

whaddya mean by the "rustle effect", cud u please explain it a lil more?

 

I've had it on and off for years now, just in my left ear. Certain high frequencies cause this weird rustle sound, difficult to explain. 

 

It sounds like someone crinkling a rizla inside my ear, literally sounds like my ear drum has been slightly perforated. Wouldn't worry about it if you don't have it, not sure if it has any link to tinnitus. 

  On 10/30/2018 at 11:27 PM, Rotwang said:

I've had it really bad since a party last December. Woke up the next day with my ears ringing like they usually do after a gig, but they never stopped. I have good days when I'll only be aware of it if I'm somewhere quiet, and bad days when I can be on the noisier parts of the London Underground during rush hour and still hear it. Seems to be correlated with the weather for some reason - it was particularly bad during the abnormally cold parts of Winter and the abnormally hot parts of Summer, and has been relatively good when it's been mild.

 

  On 10/30/2018 at 3:48 PM, ceiling said:

Anyway I just went all out and stopped listening to music over laptop speakers

Is there something bad about laptop speakers in particular? I use mine a lot.

 

Probably not no haha, I just did it myself cause high frequencies just send my ear awol. For me I can clearly feel that high frequency stuff just really bugs my ears out so i dropped the laptop speakers for a while. 

 

For me personally, having a fuller sound just sounds more gentle on my ears. 

The worst thing is that I'm realizing that the less I listen to music the more I feel free from T. 
Not sure if it is due to a lower exposure to sound or just me less focused on hearing...
 

  On 10/31/2018 at 3:23 PM, ceiling said:

 

  On 10/30/2018 at 7:07 PM, cheeseburgerwalrus said:

Hi ceiling

 

whaddya mean by the "rustle effect", cud u please explain it a lil more?

I've had it on and off for years now, just in my left ear. Certain high frequencies cause this weird rustle sound, difficult to explain. 

 

It sounds like someone crinkling a rizla inside my ear, literally sounds like my ear drum has been slightly perforated.

 

Dunno if it's the same thing, but since the party that gave me tinnitus I've had this thing where some sounds cause a sort of buzzing/gurgling in my left ear. It seems to happen when I'm making sawtooth sounds with my laptop speakers, so maybe there's something to your wanting to avoid them.

Hey people

 

Tinnitus still sucks and is a big "life sucker". Even though Sean has tinnitus not everyone is cool with tinnitus. Sometimes it makes you suicide and shit, not just make awesome IDM.

Came across this on bandcamp the other day.. wasn't sure whether to be impressed or terrified!

 

https://m3ds.bandcamp.com/album/twenty-ongoing-tones

  On 12/9/2018 at 5:46 PM, kirm said:

Came across this on bandcamp the other day.. wasn't sure whether to be impressed or terrified!

 

https://m3ds.bandcamp.com/album/twenty-ongoing-tones

 

Good artist but the release is really just fukkn stupid... he has good music but that just sucks (i mean it)

Tinnitus is weird. I've had it since I was a teenager (6-8 hours of band practice every weekend for a few years with no ear protection and my head a yard away from the drummer's ride will do that) and it can be really overwhelming sometimes but it also doesn't seem to actually interfere with my hearing noticeably.  Like, just a few minutes ago I was making oatmeal and I dropped one oat onto the kitchen counter.  When I picked it up to throw it out it split in half and I didn't see where the half that went flying went, but I pinpointed it to within a couple inches by hearing the sound of it landing on the floor a few feet behind me, even though the tinnitus was pretty loud today. Things like that aren't unusual at all, so in my case at least it doesn't seem to really have any masking effect.  I don't really get it.

 

 

 

It's kind of like the audio counterpart to floaters (which I've also had since at least middle school) for me, actually.  Sometimes it's REALLY noticeable and distracting, sometimes I can tune it out, and in both cases it doesn't really seem to be about how bad it is at any given time. A lot of the time tinnitus is worst for me when it's barely there but I've got nothing else to keep me from focusing on it.  Music probably makes it worse but it also makes me almost completely tune it out.  Being in a quiet room is the worst for it.

 

For me it's high pitched whines in both ears, a lot like the sound you get if you clench your jaw REALLY hard.  The closest real-world sounds I can compare it to are the whine from an old CRT television (not a computer monitor, something with a lower refresh rate - I can't really hear the sound of CRTs when the refresh rate is over 40hz or so but at 30hz and below it's really obvious) or the sound of the flash recharging in an older camera (or one of those disposable 35mm cameras that you could still find until a few years ago), where youhear the sound of the flash going off and then there's a high pitched whine that sweeps upward for a second or two while the capacitor recharges.  Can't think of anything more modern that sounds like it,maybe the EMF sounds you get bleeding in from your hard drive when you use the on-board headphone output on a laptop, but higher pitched. 

 

 

But yeah, even when it's really loud it's like real sounds ride on top of it, and I don't notice it interfering with my ability to hear anything, although sometimes it can make it harder to focus. 

Edited December 9, 2018 by RSP