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How do you cope with tinnitus? I suddenly developed one a few days ago and am devastated. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 4 hours ago by Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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A few days ago I randomly got tinnitus out of nowhere and I didn't understand what's up. An hour or so ago I finally understood/learned what's happening to me and read up on tinnitus and I'm devastated. I'm only over 20 and having this for the rest of my life as it becomes worse is heartbreaking to me. I was already overly sensitive to certain noises and am in love with music but with tinnitus I lost something precious and permanently gained somethimg that I just will need to live with. I'm heartbroken and scared. I know I will learn to accept it within a week as my brain processes this new experience but right now I just feel gutwrenchingly horrible. Especially so when I was already having some other physical and mental health issues that I'm unable to cope with and this adds to the burden. I need some advice on how to live with it and some comfort in knowing of other people going through the same. Thank you. :(

(I don't live is US if that matters in any way.)

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[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Ugh I’m so sorry. Tinnitus blows and in the more than 30 years I’ve lived with it I will say I’ve tried everything, spent all kinds of money on apps and gadgets and tests therapies of all kinds, and nothing works for me.

Maybe something will work for you, but the only advice I can share is do everything you can to protect your hearing from loud noises now to reduce the chances of getting more damage and making it worse. You only get one hearing capability and it doesn’t seem to regenerate and there’s currently no treatments to help it do that, so save what you have now!

I was an idiot in my 20s a loud concerts right next to speakers because it felt awesome, and I’ll pay the price for it till I die.

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 59 minutes 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.