Habituation round 2

[Findingthecure]

Hello group! Fellow warriors battling and managing T ..

14 years ago… i developed T, it was after a very loud gig. At the time i was young and confused but over the years it never went down however i stopped dominating my life.. the tone was not particularly nice, however it wasn’t the worst.

14 years later a trip to the dental hygienist changed my life. . From upbeat, loving life to living in a hell hole..

An ultrasonic tool in my mouth for 25 mins essentially gave me tinnitus at super high frequencies across both ears, distorted speech sounds and daily torture.. i moved back in with my parents, had to leave my job and am now surviving each day instead of living..

2.5 months in , after a round of steroids, therapy 2 times per week… I am still in trauma stage ..

I pray this gets better… i dont want to go on GP prescribed drugs… but i am slipping each second…

overall i hope i can habituate to these monsters…

[Ray200]

"i dont want to go on GP prescribed drugs"

Reading what you've put, you need to go on GP prescribed drugs. My advice to you, for what it's worth. I've been around a long time and know what it's like to be brought to your knees. Time for you to go to care - and what medical pharmaceutical science can do to mitigate.

[Findingthecure in reply to Ray200]

Hey Ray - Benzodiazapines are a really big step…. I’ve discussed it with my therapist and GP and it an option on the table.. i have heard some of them making the condition worse … not to mention some a host of other side effects including taking years to come off them …. its a lot to take in when you are already mentally drained..

[Ray200 in reply to Findingthecure]

You're in a 'hell hole' aren't you? Your words.

Perhaps you are not. I can only go by what you've put.

[SeashellSara in reply to Findingthecure]

It's so hard to think what's for the best with all that noise isn't it....... would it be worth trying the benzos as a PRN as required occasionally to see if it gives you a break? The constant T is mind numbing and can be hell on earth.

[WildIris]

For most of my life, I felt like the constant ringing in my ears was a curse. I got so I could ignore it, but I can hear it all the time. I do hope you can habituate to it. None of us can know what another T sufferer hears, but I recently decided to feel more positive and welcoming to my own T sounds, because my usual negative response kept me depressed and tense and I was sick of THAT feeling for all these years. Its working. I'm hearing it now, same old sound and refusing to feel bad about it. refusing, refusing, refusing....

[GrimGraze]

I've only had tinnitus for 1 year but i know how hellish it is at first. Mirtazapine is helping me, specially to sleep. It isn't a benzo at least and for all i researched is the closest thing to "safe" in not worsening tinnitus.

Do you have hearing loss? Maybe the dentist made it worse

Also just wanted to say... remember, if you habituated once it proves you CAN do it again. Dont lose hope.