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manfredo

manfredo

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farmingfisherman said:
Do the hearing aids cancel out the ringing then? I know what you mean about stress adding to it. I was up all night coughing (please not covid) hard and after finally getting a little sleep I awoke to a sore chest and a pounding headache with ringing to match. Shit sucks.
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They don't cancel it out, completely...Sometimes they do, but they seem to help considerably. These were $6,000 hearing aids, but luckily my insurance covered the majority...So IDK if cheaper ones would work as well.

I first got tinnitus back 20 years ago, during chemo treatments. But it wasn't terrible and I habituated to it...I hadn't even thought about it it years really, until a few years ago it came back with a vengeance. At first just on occasion then soon it was 24/7, and it was loud. I was seriously thinking I can not live like this!! I have elevated levels of cobalt and chromium from 2 metal on metal hips replacements and that's what I believe is causing it, but who knows!! But if you look up these types of poisonings, tinnitus us usually at the top of the list.

I'm supposed to be getting them both replaced again...then covid hit...and now I need a shoulder replacement too...I'm in no rush to let anyone cut me again anytime soon!
 
Bareback

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manfredo said:
No it did not help at all...TMJ is some kind of jaw disorder. I was trying everything and anything I could to deal with the tinnitus because it got severe and was destroying me....Causing severe severe anxiety!! What finally did help, is really good hearing aids. And this was after 2 ENT doctors told me there was no help for tinnitus and to live with it.

My ears are ringing off the hook right now, like they most always are in the a.m....plus I just hit the oil cart and I'm thinking about it, both of which make it worse. But as soon as i take a shower and put my Widex hearing aids in, it will, for the most part, stop...thank God! Stress makes it worse...I've had to change my life!

https://www.soundrelief.com/hearing-aids/widex-hearing-aids/
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The ringing in my ears is so bad much like you described but in the evening for me. And the stress and anxiety combines to be like a time bomb just waiting to go off .
 
manfredo

manfredo

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Bareback said:
The ringing in my ears is so bad much like you described but in the evening for me. And the stress and anxiety combines to be like a time bomb just waiting to go off .
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That's how mine started...in the evening on occasion. I remember saying thank God this isn't all the time, and before I knew it, it was. Now mine is the worst in the morning, probably because I've had the hearing aids off.

Yes, living as stress free of a life as I can is super important to me now!! I'm prescribed xanax now too, and that really helps...Just having it helps! I take a tiny dose and not every day....and rarely during the day.

A LOT of people suffer from tinnitus, to varying degrees.

How long have you had it?
 
manfredo

manfredo

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raratt said:
Girls are watered. Going to try to make it to the hardware store to get what I put off from yesterday. Need to go grocery shopping also, possibly tomorrow. Joy.
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I did groceries this morning, just stirred my super soil and about to can it up, and then I need to water the girls!!

Good news possibly...the garage door place called...Tuesday they are going to install it ...I'm not gonna hold my breath!
 
Bareback

Bareback

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manfredo said:
That's how mine started...in the evening on occasion. I remember saying thank God this isn't all the time, and before I knew it, it was. Now mine is the worst in the morning, probably because I've had the hearing aids off.

Yes, living as stress free of a life as I can is super important to me now!! I'm prescribed xanax now too, and that really helps...Just having it helps! I take a tiny dose and not every day....and rarely during the day.

A LOT of people suffer from tinnitus, to varying degrees.

How long have you had it?
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Ten years or so but the last five has really ramped up in intensity. I think it started with too much repeated shooting of high powered rifles but a life time of construction has wrecked havoc. My last hearing screening was bad and the look on the poor technicians face painted a grim picture.
 
manfredo

manfredo

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Bareback said:
When I was young no one could make me understand how this would turn out. But hearing protection would have made a lot of difference. I can’t even stand load music or the wind blowing with the windows down in the truck.
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I too grew up in a woodworking shop and did construction my whole life too, and rarely wore hearing protection, so yes you weren't the only one!!. I mean they say you should wear hearing protection when running a household vacuum cleaner, and who does that?

I'm super sensitive to certain noises too now, and I sure do wear protection now when doing anything loud.

I see digital hearing aids for a few hundred bucks that look just like mine...actually they look better, they have wireless charging and mine use batteries! Might be worth a try. And probably during the day your mind is busy so you don't think about it much but when you are home, trying to relax and it's quiet, is when it gets bad.

There is a lot of research going on because so many suffer from this...I hope we all get some relief!
 
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