my tinnitus is worsening. especially upsetting is it happened after sitting along at a relatively low-volume karaoke for two hours — now my right ear has worsened. i had grown accustomed to how it was the last decade or so since i had sat in an orchestra, then played some electrical instruments with various people, then had sat around on bad fucking conference talks with obnoxious speakers.

now in this one fucking moment of weakness i join a karaoke and it seems okay then i wake up next day hearing such an awful loud pitched screeching constantly in my ear.

i am literally dissociating and losing track in conversations because of this: i have been everywhere in my answers.

i am so fucking hard of thinking now. it’s like a constant distraction from living and thinking and relaxing. please send help

  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Let me save you time. Tinnitus treatment is an industry of charlatans.

    Those neurons in the brain are gone, it leaves a gap in your auditory range which the brain fills with noise. It also makes the remaining neurons more sensitive so you need to wear hearing protection for areas like movie theaters and music venues.

    There is no treatment, other than behavioral therapy to teach you to ignore the tinnitus. There are no upcoming treatments, nothing even at the lab stage so nothing is coming for at least a decade. What research was being done on tinnitus has been cut completely by Trump, so there is no hope for the future.