THANK YOU! I ordered the audio book Rock Steady and am loving it. Aha moments. Tiinitis is an emotional issue for some - mine came from ptsd of having Rheumatoid Arthritis. Just getting started but WOW already feel so much better. Slept without any sound therapy last night and slept thru the night. Also prayer is making all the difference. Its a low buzz and not the high distressing tone now. I fully believe it will resolve or at least be just an occasional annoyance. Don't give up guys it can get better and become non-bothersome. BUT YOU MUST COMMIT TO DOING THE WORK
I’m so glad that you’re enjoying the book and already feeling a difference! I found it incredibly helpful and as you said - many aha moments. I wish you all the best!!
Ive had Tinnitus for around 5 years. I just use a brain hack and when I notice it, I just tell myself I love the sound, I don't fight it, I embrace it. 5 years later, when I notice it, it warms me, makes me smile. I can hear everything else perfectly fine, just, I have white noise in addition to everything else. These days, I don't even notice it. Some days its louder than others but tje trick is to not fight it. All that does is create stress and hate and annoyance. Instead, you have to tell yourself over and and over, it's no big deal, that you like it, that it's normal, that it a good thing. After you tell this to yourself a hundred thousand times, the conditions the brain and you mindset. Eventually, you really do not mind it. Also, sleeping has never been an issue because I use RU-vid Tinnitus Mask 10 hour soundtracks to sleep. It really does scrub the sound away. I use over waves and Tinnitus scrubbers running at the same time and it literally vanishes for me.
I am wondering what the link is, too. I googled and found something about the mask. Would love to know what over waves and scrubbers are. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9dj5z_wDCo0.html
I've had tinnitus for seven years now. I really had a difficult time at first. Went to doctors, one even injecting steroids into my ear. Nothing worked. What did help were the words spoken to me by an ENT. He told me that after a month or so my brain would adjust and the sound wouldn't be as noticeable. This brought me so much hope, and comfort, and you know what...he was RIGHT. I still have it but not the anxiety that at one time made me feel like I couldn't bear to live with it. God heard my cries and answered my prayers. My heart goes out to anyone who is experiencing tinnitus especially the first few weeks. It can seem unbearable.
Beautiful you overcame it! ❤ I am so happy for you :) God did hear you and hears you 24/7 and you are here now living out your destiny! Sending my love to you ❤❤❤
If only every doctor and ENT would tell people that you will eventually habituate to it. Unfortunately many just say "there's no cure" and leave it at that, which causes so much anxiety. The anxiety makes it hard to habituate.
This was amazing thank you. I have had it all my life was born with it, now it’s louder and I feel I have to rewire my brain to block it out like I have. It’s from my TMJ and teeth clenching at sleep from my anxiety
Bingo!!!! I wake up with a very tight jaw. My dentist says she believes jaw clinching causes it. Muscles inside the tissues get constricted. Reduce lectins, caffeine, meditate, exercise and reduce salts. Drink celery juice often. Seems to help greatly
Thank you Alice , I've had this ringing in my ears for the second day now & it was making me anxious to the point of panic. My wife kept telling me to tune ( no pun intended ) it out, and to stop worrying about it. What you said makes so much sense to me , so thank you for giving an old man hope & I'll try to ignore it as much as possible. God Bless.
I hope you are doing well! ❤ I got tinnitus about a year and a half ago and i felt like it was the end. But really little did i know i would overcome it and be happy again truly! I know this will be the exact same for you! Stay strong and dont give up! It is a process and it will take time! Youve got this! If you ever need anything i am here! Have a good day :) ❤❤❤
Tinnitus can be cured, I know who, besides me, had it and now doesn't hear it anymore. Some people write about when they have them but then don't write about when they no longer feel them. I had them and the ENT told me that I had to get used to them and I was scared of them. I am very anxious. I remember that one evening I thought about going to the emergency room to ask to fall asleep so as not to hear them and I realized that the more anxiety I got, the more I felt them. I prayed to God crying to help me, to guide me to find a way to heal, to never feel them again. I started drinking more water, walking more, taking supplements to treat tinnitus, vitamins, and dedicating myself to relaxing and pleasant things. One morning I woke up and I couldn't hear them anymore, I thought "heaven". For a few days I sometimes felt them and sometimes not, then I felt them less and less. I don't know if I'm healed or if they'll come back but I haven't heard from them in a long time.
I've had it for 35 years! First 10 years it rang and was very bothersome to say the least 10-20 years the noise increased 25% 20-30 years started ringing even louder and air rushing sound on top of that and 30 years till now it rings very loud, whooshing sound and in the last few months now something new on top of everything else, a clicking sound. I've done the worthless doctors routine and wasted my time and money! At 61' years old I've tried 100's of things and I deal with it the best I can. The worse part is the dread part of knowing I have to try and sleep Good luck in your future with dealing with Tinnitus! By the way, try using a floor fan in your bedroom at bedtime, takes your mind off of the ringing
Ive had tinnitus for 6 years in both ears due to ear infection and noise exposure and my advice is don't let it get worse with the biggest offender being ototoxic medication which in my three experiences has made my tinnitus sharper, louder and rawer/ more piercing and, although after 2 - 3 months it subsided to a base/ manageable level, each time it failed to settle back down to what it was before taking the medication. Second offender is sudden sharp loud noises which I have had quite a few of but never lasting damage/ always settled back down to what it was previously after 2 - 3 weeks, sometimes it’s only lasted hours then settled back down (I carry foam ear plugs to go out and if I'm going somewhere I suspect could be loud I also take ear defenders). Second bit of advice is make sure that you don't have wax in your ears or near or on you eardrum as in my experience multiple times after getting wax out my tinnitus has become almost inaudible (wax removed via an ENT using manual extraction as apparently microsuction is too loud near the eardrum which can aggravate tinnitus). As well using distilled water ear drops put in a glass pipette bottle helps to remove ear wax. I have experienced severe tinnitus in both ears for extended periods but as for my tinnitus now my left ear is pretty inaudible its only when I lay on the pillow is when it becomes louder and bothersome but I can sleep through it, however my right ear is mild/ moderate and when I lay on the pillow it becomes quite severe, although I can still sleep through it depending on how tired I am (I sleep with 9000Hz white noise and a fan). The best way I can describe the tinnitus in my right ear when not laying down is by using audionotch's tuner on 9550Hz at 1% volume and computer volume at 26 although the tinnitus doesn't sound quite like that and it’s not as pronounced or as piercing as the pure tone/ the tinnitus has more of a dispersed effect. My lifestyle habits • Only drink and cook with distilled water (removes 99.9% of contaminants from water leaving just H2O) (two Megahome 316 deluxe distillers (£180 each) - 4 litres each = 8 litres in 5 hours (every day/ every other day at 550 watts each = around £50 per month electric cost)) - municipal water comes from the river Thames and the filtration process cannot remove particles below a certain size so unless the water is distilled it can’t remove toxins such as heavy metals, medications (such as agricultural run-off; antibiotics, hormones, vaccines, pesticides such as glyphosate and atrazine (study showed male frogs exposed to atrazine grew ovaries and could bear offspring) etc.) and medications urinated by other people), microplastics, bacteria, viruses, salts, etc. (it is estimated there could be more than 50,000 different chemicals in municipal water). Then it is treated with chlorine, fluoride and synthetic vitamins. Plastic from bottled water can leach into the water and is also non-distilled except nestle smart water but is in plastic and has agents added which are mentioned next • Chlorine (chloride) (swimming pools, municipal water, bottled water), fluoride (toothpaste, municipal water, bottled water), salt (diet, ocean, municipal water, bottled water), synthetic calcium (calcium carbonate (chalk)) (synthetic vitamins, toothpaste, white flour, municipal water, bottled water) are calcifying agents which means they accumulate deposits in the pineal gland which is located in the center of the brain and is responsible for producing and secreting melatonin (energy levels and sleep) and I would also say mental lucidity and so I avoid these sources to avoid these agents Don’t put anything on skin that you wouldn’t consume because skin just absorbs it into system - • Don’t use any or only very minimal use of non-harsh/ non-toxic chemicals • Wash with distilled water (small bowl and flannels), wash hair by leaning forward into a big glass mixing bowl and scratching/ massaging head then use Green People scent free shampoo on my hair minimizing contact with skin then rinse thoroughly, I brush teeth with Oral-B pro 3 electric toothbrush without toothpaste (sometimes with Eclat Skincare food grade charcoal powder) and use Humble Co plant-based floss picks (occasionally swish with Freee bicarbonate of soda), wash hands with distilled water and sometimes small amount of diluted Sugarflair food grade ethanol (100ml mixed with 37ml distilled water then put in 10ml glass vial bottle to carry) • If I get any municipal water on my skin I rub it off on my clothes • While you can absorb water through clothes by doing laundry and so I used to wash my clothes the old-fashioned way by rubbing them together in a bowl of distilled water but I tried washing them in the washing machine on high heat to kill bacteria then tumble-dried them then rinsed them in distilled water but after a while stopped rinsing them in distilled water and just wore them and I experienced no problem so I don’t rinse them anymore and just wear them, I also now use a 15l stock pot and boil my clothes with 200ml 5% white vinegar for 15 minutes to kill bacteria and spores. Spray shoes with Dettol disinfectant crisp linen • Only use pure cotton clothing (or pure wool) and pure cotton bed-linen because plastic (polyester, nylon, polyamide etc.) off-gasses (chemicals released as gas) which enter the body (I use; M&S 10.5 tog duck feather double duvet with cotton outer, M&S firm duck feather pillows with cotton outer, in summer soak and sleep 2.5 tog pure cotton double duvet, amazon NIYS cotton sheet king £14 (I use mattress suspenders to hold it on), amazon linens world cotton duvet cover double with two pillow cases £20) (take linen if go to a hotel) (also boil bed linen in white vinegar and use Dettol disinfectant crisp linen to spray duvets, pillows and mattress) Diet • Try to eat only organic whole foods (free from pesticides and in case of animal products antibiotics and hormones) • Don’t eat fish because of heavy metals, microplastics and fluoride content • Don’t eat added sugar or sugary foods • Don’t eat added salt or salty foods • Use distilled water and wipe cooking-ware, plates and bowls with a cotton tea towel before using and wipe cutlery with a tea towel to get soap film off before using which can damage gut lining and kill the microbiome • Use BPA free plastic for water bottles and food containers (sistema) and use PTFE/ teflon and PFOA free cooking-ware (procook professional ceramic) • I have noticed in the past some foods can have an associated effect (such as heavy metals or calcifying agent), because of this to try new foods I take a small bite and wait an hour and don’t eat at restaurants Reducing stress and blood pressure • Mindfulness moments of stopping for periods of deeper breathing and checking in with heart beat and blood flow • Slowing down thought - maybe try thinking or talking like Severus Snape from Harry Potter or agent Smith from the matrix: clear, calm and calculated Exercise • Jogging, light-weight and bodyweight exercises • Increases feel-good chemicals to improve mental health and helps with feeling tired for better sleep Fasting every so often • Eat last meal early then don’t eat again until same time next day • Fasting makes the body go into autophagy where cells that are dysfunctional undergo ‘pruning’ and processes that are unnecessary are put on hold because the body prioritizes survival • (Consult with doctor if necessary and increase calorie intake so to not lose weight) Blue light • Minimize/ eliminate blue light exposure which is strong enough to damage the eyes and suppress melatonin production which prevents sleep (bright tells circadian rhythm its sunrise/ daytime and time to produce energy) • Use a low lumen projector (ViewSonic M1 mini (120 lumens)) with settings on low brightness and orange tint • Put night light mode on laptop • Wear orange tinted blue light blocking glasses (UVEX skyper glasses with a pair of no cry glasses over the top) • Put night light mode on phone and use anti-blue light tempered glass screen cover Sleep • No blue light sources one hour before bed • Don’t sleep with phone by bed/ put it furthest away or on flight mode • Turn off electricals that don’t need to be on and don’t sleep with head on side of the bed next to a wall because electrics are interpreted by the brain the same way that light is and so it’s like trying to sleep with a light on • Sleep with a fan (EasyAcc mini)
You got to be joking man , accept in and move on , you just wrote a book on how people should deal with Tinnitus and it's quite obvious that nothing you've done actually worked cause your so focused on it and your still struggling with the mindset of it . Tinnitus is different for everybody , you wasted a half hour giving advice that obviously didn't work for you .
@@seanburdelik5216 this is an old post but doing this stuff has let me keep the tinnitus at a low level compared to if I get exposed to ototoxic medication, sharp loud noises, and ear wax build up which are the three main offenders which I have avoided for a long time now
I've had Tinnitus for 57 years. I have no hearing loss.Some days are good and some days are not. The more stress in your life the worse the ringing.Also caffine and high salt content food triggers it for me. When it gets louder I just tell it to f**k off. It helps!!. I also take alplazalam when it gets really bad.Good luck and be strong!
I've had tinnitus for 4 years and the most annoying thing about it is that all the Doctor's I saw insisted that I had hearing loss. I did not have hearing loss but could not convince them otherwise. Even after a hearing test that showed I didn't have hearing loss they still persisted in saying that it was a hearing issue. The truth is that Doctors don't really understand the cause of Tinnitus, and all they want to do is get you out of their office as fast as they can.
Honestly this makes a lot of sense. For the first time in my life I experienced panic attacks that rooted themselves in health anxiety. Had a solid few months if thinking I had everything from heart disease to MS. Then after worrying about getting tinnitus because I was starting to have more frequent fleeting tinnitus episodes, I got tinnitus. And man, things have nwver been that dark for me. Thankfully mine doesn't seem as "loud" as a lot of doom and gloom redditors, but it can still make me profoundly sad to think I'll just have this all the time now. But it absolutely does fluctuate worh my emotional and physiological state. I'm thinking I can actually start on this path and mive on from the emotional impact of it all.
Thanks for sharing! I completely relate to your struggles. Health anxiety has taken over my life at times and still has a hold on me every now and then, just nowhere near as intense as a couple of years ago! It usually peaks when i have a lot of stressors going on at once i’ve found. Wishing you all the best!
sounds just like mine low frequency but on an anxious day it seems louder. had it now for near 2 weeks but i have been in a very anxious state for about three months. health anxiety. i started with dr google and that led me to self diagnose things like ms etc. this is a big help.
I've had tinnitus for at least 15 years. I don't believe there is a single cause, but, in my case, there is a stress connection. Sometimes, I wake up, and the sound is very faint. But, if something sets me on edge, the tinnitus gets louder. I have some control but it's not easy.
Thank you for sharing your story. I do love Jillian Hill Cowan he was the first to give me hope. Or stories are so similar. 8/18/21 lost my mother. Went to funeral evacuated the next day for Ida was able to get into my neighborhood on my birthday but not my home. 3 days later the water had receded in the back of my neighbourhood was shit to get to my home. My home was destroyed several feet off water and the eye can over us 180-200 mph wind. The the real fun began fighting insurance companies. Did I mention I've an 87 year old father and this was out 3rd hurricane first Just Katrina our home under water and I'm the oil spill zone. Moved all the way in the opposite side in New Orleans in another city. Only to be rescued out 5 ft of water my street 2 plus feed in my house hurricane Issac. Homes DESTROYED 3 times in 16 yrs. Did no wonder Ñov of 2022 my heart went through the roof. Heart monitors doctors over doctors atrial fibrillation heart palpitations panic attacks everything. Test over test months of testing and I'm informed my health is great especially for my age. In construction and the gym every other day great wait good blood pressure good cholesterol good bad cholesterol good. Doctors said we're so happy to tell you you are very healthy. It's STRESS. NO WAY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. I woke up every morning not good God it's morning but good morning God. I viewed my home situation like s total remodeling project. Didn't feel stressed. But that's why they call it the silent killer. Then April of this year My right ear goes crazy super shit show. Freaking out go to several Dr they all day is stressed and there's nothing they can do. Unbelievable the Tinnitus is a mind &$(/! Sometimes it's like a chorus of tea kettles screaming. I dangle with my faith the challenges are sareal. I'm sorry I'm rambling. At present I'm on over load and we'll it off helping distracting if nothing else. You are an inspiration. And still I thank you. Also already got the book I DL audible the second you recommend it. I have heard of her and watched a couple of videos. It's just all to much to asdorbe and trying keep up. Any way Bless you and I thank you. Last but not least I became single and going it alone. Which totally blows. But thinking about I've not been alone I've had God, Jesus and the holy Spirit. If not I'm thinking of probably not be here. Ok rambling ok. Again I appreciate you. I Am... Sending you all positive energy, healing and love ♥️🙏
I am so sorry to hear about your struggles. That all sounds absolutely chaotic. You are incredibly strong to have made it through everything and still come out the other side. Thank you for sharing your story and your kind feedback. I wish you all the best and good luck with the book! You’ve got this and I hope it helps. ❤️
I became very distressed with a story in my head that said ' I will never experience quiet again...' only when I accepted my new reality with a new story that said 'this is my new silence' I began to allow it to be present...alongside a holistic approach to health this really helped ❤
She's right about everything she says! It's always there but I barely hear it after six weeks, and then when I do, it barely bothers me. Stay away from the forums!!!!!
I try to stay away from forums. I have tinnitus 6 months now without hearing loss. High pitch ringing change my life. Only one ear is affected and i didn’t find something to cure it… I am so sad about it. I need my silence back
Thankyou so much. I'm 50 and it started 5 weeks ago during the worst time of my life. It has made me suicidal. I'm struggling so I'm going to get the book. Thankyou for sharing your story, you are very kind and inspirational
I’m sorry to hear about your struggles. You’ve got this. Don’t give up! Keep learning about how to look after yourself and understand tinnitus and read the book and remind yourself that you’ve got this. It will get better ❤️
My tintus started after I had covid in my right ear but very very quite then went away came back jan 2023 It was so loud I thought I was going to have heart attack I had mri ent doc could not found any thing I had blood test show j was healthy for the 1st 3month I thought my life was over but slowly got better I use sound therapy which help me out alot now 8month on some days I don't even hear it I got my bad days and good days but volume ring has decreased alot my bad days I will say 4/10 and some days I can't hardly hear it but stil bother me that stil there I learned that no1 will actually understand wat we going through I hope cure be out there 1 day that person name will live for ever is legend God bless every one with tinnitus
God bless you, have faith and believe that what’s impossible for doctors to resolve, with Jesus it’s a peace of cake, pray and trust that Jesus will remove this tinnitus one day, it’s just a matter of time. Be happy, enjoy every moment of your life, surrender everything to Jesus because Jesus our God is the best Doctor all the Glory to the king of Glory Jesus Christ of Nazareth
It's a brain condition, not an ear condition. There is no cure, only coping mechanisms. Anyone telling you otherwise, is lying to you. Most people with tinnitis, have had some sort of brain trauma in their past. Stress certainly increases your awareness of it's presence. Tinnitis sufferers also share common traits as mentioned here. OCD and Vertigo are the two most prevalent.
I have TMJ, got it in my 20's after dental surgery to remove 2 impacted wisdom teeth. I have developed tinnitus in the last few years and have just turned 60. Mine sounds like the locusts you hear in the summer-time. Last year or so ago, I got the idea it may be caused by WiFi signals so I did some experiments. I turned off all my wireless devices and actually closed them up inside my microwave oven, not turned on, just to make sure they weren't emitting a signal. I also disconnected and turned off my internet devices, router, etc. Once all of that was done the sound decreased significantly. Sadly it didn't decrease enough. It was still unacceptable. There have been times it made me unable to sleep or think clearly. I figured there was so many WiFi waves around my neighborhood that there was no way to tune it all out. However, I do have to say that for the last 3 months, I have been in a very rural area where they do not have internet access. Since I've been here, I've noticed the ringing has lessened considerably. Is there a connection? I just find it hard to believe that mine is being caused by anxiety and or my OCD, and I also am ADHD, when I've had all those my entire life but I've only has tinnitus for the last 3 or 4 years.
As Doctor Ben Thompson said, unfortunately the world's governments especially in the U.S where there are over a billion people who suffer from tinnitus but as the doctor and other specialists dedicated to tinnitus said there is no financing, he doesn't even care just because it is not something deadly like cancer in other diseases etc.meanwhile millions of people commit suicide because they cannot lead their normal lives. Because every moment when exposed to the noises of the city and of daily life, he has enough headaches and unbearable acoustic traumas
I've been brought up in a cult, living in constant fear of demons, Satan, and how god judged everything I did and could read my thoughts. Eventually as an adult I figured out it was all a lie, and me and my family have taken steps to get away from the cult, after my wife also woke up. We have now moved far far away and as things start to settle I hope to see my tinnitus finally go away eventually.
Great story. Like you I found tinnitus is strongly linked to anxiety. I got tinnitus from being a drummer in rock bands over 20 years ago but it got worse over the last few years. I’ve had generalized anxiety disorder for that same time, and when I treat anxiety (for me Zoloft was a life saver) the tinnitus fades into the background.
Thank you for this video gave me some hope! I have that and Eye Floaters 2 things i have to deal with but after watching this now I will be rethinking how I need to take control of my life. ❤
I've had tinnitus for about 20 years but it was very low so i didn't pay much attention to it, then late in August 2023 it became loud and i was panicked depressed, sad, lonely, dark thoughts for that 1st month, then i found Julian Cowan Hill, began Cranialsacral therapy, home yoga-taichi, but its still with me constantly, i have had spikes, and now i know i will get thru it, i don't like driving it gives me anxiety, i like with a husband who drinks heavily 35 years i feel that's my trigger of the onset of tinnitus, ive pushed all that fear and stress down so deep .. the Tinnitus is with me ..i understand i need to self-sooth and calm myself but its hard when you live with a drunk. I hope you would give me some advice. I really need it..i do love him and ive explained this to him but of course he doesn't believe its him. I believe it is him.. your wonderful and i hope to sleep better tonight..im hopeful and i pray alot everyday.. thank you ..im so happy to find you ❤🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤🙏
I am sorry to hear about all of the challenges going on in your life. It is so challenging to manage it all. I can't comment much when it comes to your husband, however, at the end of the day, we need to heal ourselves and we only have the power to do that. We can get support from others, but it is an internal journey of regulating our nervous system and moving through our experiences. It also isn't possible to change other people unless they want to change themselves, which is incredibly hard to cope with. It sounds like there are a lot of things going on within your environment that are causing stress and anxiety which will not help with healing or overcoming tinnitus and so that can be really challenging. It is definitely hard to self-soothe when your environment isn't soothing, however, it is still possible to find ways. It could be a good idea to speak with a local therapist in your area to find ways to cope with or change your circumstances given the heaviness of your situation. I wish you all the best and remember that you can overcome this.
Thank you Alice, I started seeing a therapist last week, for the past three weeks I've felt disconnected and not grounded just not in myself if you know what I mean, I feel like I'm thinking to much about this anxiety, its hard right now, I feel this happened to me cause I needed to get closer to Jesus Christ, so I'm on that journey, with this anxiety, I hardly notice the tinnitus now, my therapist feels the tinnitus brought on the disconnected feeling. I believe that to be true. And I hope to feel better soon..I love your videos keep them coming.. your wonderful ..God Bless You ❤🙏✝️
Just watched your video and it does give me hope. However the constant roaring is making it almost impossible to hear and especially to understand my students in my classroom. That’s my dilemma at this point. Do you also have hearing loss?
I hope you are doing well ❤ I think it takes time to let your ear’s physically heal and also taking the time to work on yourself as well, as she says in this beautiful video. You will get through this! Do not give up! I have seen many people who have tinnitus and hearing loss and come out of it completely on top, like myself! If you ever need anything i am here! ❤❤❤
Sorry for the late response! Im sorry that you have been experiencing the constant ringing. I don't have hearing loss as far as i know! I got my hearing tested when i first got tinnitus. I am glad that my video has offered some hope. :)
Very interesting story. From my own experience as a musician and being plagued with a type of hearing 'distortion' following a routine ear cleaning procedure at a local clinic, your story shares some similarities. I totally agree that stress/anxiety seems to exasperate the problem, and that these types of hearing issues can potentially be overcome by re-focussing and continuing to move forward. In my case, the best assistance came from reaching out to a specialist at the local university (here in NZ), whose response to my email was the positive lift that I needed. It does appear that we 'hear with our brains' and that the ear, as the conduit for that, is not always where the hearing issue resides. Like you, I made a video of the experience I had as I felt that the information was worth sharing, and that other musicians in particular might find hope in recovery.
Thank you so much for making this video. I've been struggling with really bad general anxiety, ocd, and agoraphobia for many years and I've been dealing with constant Tinnitus for about 3 months now. Knowing that they're connected gives me hope that I'll be free of it some day if I can work on alleviating my anxiety.
Thanks for watching! You are more than welcome. I am glad that it has offered some more insight into tinnitus and the link to OCD and anxiety. I definitely believe you can overcome these struggles. It just takes deeper self work and its a journey. It is possible to get better and heal, even if there are struggles and hiccups along the way, which is to be expected being human. 🙂
@@hebaadel4034I think it can help if for any reason (construction ugh) your environment is subjected to harsh noises and then you don't want to experience more of that when you go out into areas of heavy traffic etc but sometimes the earplugs make it worse because they block out tolerable noise that covers the ringing. Or maybe getting out and about is part of the solution idk exactly it's a weird phenomena. Earplugs can make tinnitus worse by pushing wax deeper into your ears causing infections or dulled hearing or hearing loss all of which can apparently cause or contribute to it. The brain can effectively invent tinnitus to counterproductively "make up" for hearing loss. Look up "ototoxicity" as there are some common things like aspirin that can apparently harm certain parts of the ear or involved nerves and cause it too. Caffeine can make it worse. But also caffeine is a neurogenic agent so in some cases where aural nerve damage is involved it might actually help. It really is a complex, individualised thing. Hope you find some way to get relief.
Hello.. please reply, I had a very bad ear infection in November it ended up in tinnitus however It went away in December but came back in January then it went away again but since February it started again as I suffered from tonsillitis and now its not going away completely, I have cold right now too but I'm recovering from it and I also have wisdom teeth extraction tomorrow.. there is a lot going on in my life but I genuinely wanna ask you only one question please reply.. will it really go away ? And how long can it take ?? How long it took you to heal ? Look I am a very positive person but sometimes it feels like it will stay like this and when I feel overwhelmed or stressed it just gets triggered, um I know I kinda sound dumb but u know how it feels 😢
I went to a open air gig and headbanged like crazy march 23 24, gig was loud but not that loud. Woke up the next day with bad Tinnitus. It was dark for a week, seeing a therapist now and have turned my life around. From diet to excercise and just getting off my arse at work and at home to do more things! , i do have a bad back already, after that night i get sore neck all the time. Trying chiropractor monday. Got a hearing aid, but ive had hearing loss for a long time before it. Started not to go into panic when I hear it now. Sleeping is getting better Now trying to fix my back and neck and see if that helps. Among moving forward. Differently my inner me telling me to change my life for the better. I will get to a point, when that sound will be gone for good.
I wish this would work for me, but mine is so insanely severe that I could have 3 box fans on max volume and still hear it. Never been exposed to loud sounds or used drugs that could cause it, I just got it in May 2021, had sinus issues and surgery on sinuses in May 2022, went away 100% for 3 months and ever since mid August 2022, it's been downhill and I'm on the verge of suicide often because of it... A milder or moderate tinnitus, fine, I'll take that, but I would literally cut off an entire leg to get rid of mine and I'm an avid runner. That says a lot.
I am so sorry to hear about your struggles with tinnitus. Please reach out and seek help from someone if you are ever feeling really low and don't know what to do. I know how horrible it feels and I have had all kinds of loud and crazy sounds with my tinnitus as well. It could go from being extremely loud for quite some time to the point that I felt incapable of doing anything and then it could be much quieter if I was feeling more relaxed and practising more self-care and taking care of myself. No matter what the trigger is or how long you have experienced it, it is possible for it to change and sound more quiet...I wish you all the best.
I remember the dark place! Yes, the dread and terror still haunts me. I would have killed myself had another tinnitus sufferer not coached me on how to cope. Tinnitus still pisses me off but I’ve been able to function by the grace of God.
I am interested in All the tinnitus stories BUT people please mention HOW you got it in the FIRST PLACE!!! This may educate people: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!!
11:38 You mentioned the word holistic and how each one of us is different I had ringing in the ears my whole entire life ever since the age of about 21. Im 49 now. In 2021 Jan, i got covid. It could have been the very next year 2022. The month was january I remember that. And I remember my ear ringing. Got worse after I had that infection. But the only thing is my infection is not like " the news" says. My covid was 5 things: Sinuses blocked 6 days Extreme Fatigue 5 days No hunger/not wanting to eat Burning joints 5 days Sore throat 1 day I was in so much pain from the fire in my bones that I wanted to die. After this seven day or six day ordeal, I noticed them ringing in my ears got much worse. But there's something else that happened before covid My diet! In 2018 my mom passed. And I had a life coach and she was also a health coach. And she helped me with my diet. And she taught me things that can cause inflammation in the body. She kept And held me accountable for the things that she told me to do. And then I told her I would do him, but she helped me accountable. And there's three big things that I cut out of my diet in 2018. And if people want to do this to try it to see if it helps their ringing in the ears to go away. Okay, fine, but i'm going to tell you it takes a lot of discipline and dedication for you to be held accountable to yourself. I cut all guten Dairy & sugar out of my diet They all cause inflammation in the body. And if they cause information in the body, they're going to cause inflammation in the brain as well. The thing about sugar is people don't understand. Many sugar substitutes are carcinogens or have known carcinogens in them. So Things like sweet and low aspartine. Those are horrible and I did not take those. Before diane came into my life as my life coach, I was using stevia as a sweetener. After she started coaching me, I stopped all stevia. I was only putting one type of dairy in my coffee and that is butter. I stopped drinking cow's milk in 2001. Best thing i ecer did! Now. 2919 comes. I live alone. My mom is decreased. And it's Thanksgiving, and I'm wanting to spend time with friends and not be alone on. Thanksgiving day and what happens when you go to other people's homes? If there's a potluck, you don't know what's in the food. And what I noticed was, it was extremely difficult to be able to continue on with this. No gluten, no sugar, no gluten, no sugar, no dairy lifestyle. What we eat is our diet. You do not go on a diet. Because if you went around saying i'm on a diet then that means you have an eating in however many years. Usually people mean. I'm going on a low calorie diet when they say i'm going on a diet. No. Everyone is on a certain diet. What I am saying is a gluten-free diet, a sugar, free diet. No sugar, no sugar substitutes, either. And no dairy diet is the best diet I have ever been on and it is a lifestyle. It changed my life completely. I noticed the ear ringing dot a lot less. It didn't go away completely. It just made it less intense. But by thanksgiving 2019? Are you kidding me? Did you know that that sauces and creams that are bought in a store HAVE GLUTEN in them Soy sauce Barbecue sauce Cows mulk Is in every single salad dressing on the market. None Are made with coconut milk or oat milk. I love blue cheese dressing. And I will eat it, but I have made my own flu cheese dressing. Yes, blue cheese is dairy, but I'd rather have my own homemade blue trees dressing with coconut cream in it. Mixed with chunks of blue cheese. I started making my own homemade broccoli cheddar soup. I was getting a gluten. Free flower alternative usually coconut flower... Or some other alternative to flower? Because I Didn't want the wheat or the gluten. And I started making my homemade soups in 2019. I lost 80 puunds between 2018 - 2019. 207 pounds to 127 pounds But. My weight started going up Christmas 2019. By march 2020 i was 135 14p. And and of course 2020 What's the air we all? We were all told to stay home and do nothing & get fat & not exercise! Worst advice. Anyone can tell anyone is to stay home and sit around and do nothing. Motion is lotion and my life. Coach used to say that all the time. I used to go to zumba class 2- 4x a week. But by fall 2020 i was 150 pounds. Slowly. I began to not be responsible and not be accountable to myself. And I had to be accountable to myself, because diane passed of breast cancer in 2022. It's very difficult to be held accountable to yourself if you're not that determined. Im now 174. And i was 165 in October 2023. Im now Returning to my gluten free & sugar free Lifestyle. Oh, and I decided to stop buying cheese. And I mean stuff like Colby, Jack. Cheese cheddar cheese. I'm going back to buying vegan cheese. Which of course, I understand the implications of Eating too much soy. As a woman I need to be careful because too much soy can lead to breast cancer and estrogen dominance. And I don't need that! . When I gain weight I gain weight in my belly and in my face. If you want to try a gluten-free and sugar-free and dairy free lifestyle, go ahead and try it. It probably will help with the inflammation in your body. And if you want good brain health, you need to have good gut health and that starts with your diet and your diet. Remember is what you eat. Not how much you eat
I’ve had tinnitus for the past 8 to 10 years. It comes and goes, but it’s always in the form of a crackling in one ear. It’s as though there’s a tiny mouse on a typewriter typing in my ear. I noticed it most loud when I’m laying down and trying to sleep. I would like to say however, that I recently recovered from a four month spell of tinnitus, as I developed Covid for the first time. I noticed at the onset of my Covid contagion that my sinuses were feeling strange. Right along with that the tinnitus disappeared. I am three weeks out from the onset of Covid and recovered from Covid after only one week. And I’m happy to say no sign of tinnitus.
Alice, your story is a godsend. I feel very fortunate to have seen your video and listened to your story this morning. I’ve had tinnitus for a long time but recently crossed that invisible line where I began to recognize it a much higher percentage of time. And for the past week I had a flare up of intensity that created a feedback loop of worry. Two days ago it calmed slightly, but I was in a panic state for a solid week. Everything you have expressed rings truth. I’m so happy to have heard you. Thank you! I’m going to basically follow your path and examples. It’s given me a new perspective and hope.
Thank you so much for your feedback and i am so glad that it has helped you in some way. I’m sorry to hear about your struggles and I wish you all the best ❤️
Hola Alice, soy Walter vivo en Uruguay y como músico no profesional me provoque un trauma acústico y tengo tinnitus de 70 db y 60 db. Nose que hacer, en mi país no prácticamente nada. Muchas gracias por tus alentadores video.
My Tinnitus started around 4 months back and my life has subsequently spiraled downwards I have suffered with PTSD & Anxiety for some years now and the Tinnitus has just made things a thousand times worse I've been experiencing sensations of pressure in the side & very top of my head not so much pain but more as if someone has a hand on my head or as if I'm wearing a hat don't know if this is simply caused by stress, I was wondering if you or anybody else has experienced the same My doctor has been absolutely useless, any advice would be deeply appreciated, many thanks
I am sorry to hear about your struggles. I have experienced all kinds of sensations and physical symptoms from anxiety, it's almost unbelievable! I can relate to what you have said regarding pressure on the side and top of your head. I have also experienced this. Stress can cause so many symptoms and definitely cause all kinds of headaches and pressure. I hope my videos and videos to come continue to offer some insight and possible help!
What is that book the mother in-law about ? Are you having trouble's with her? Im a so called mother in-law myself and have experienced first hand The daughter in law ! If the daughter in-law happens to not like you 😫run for your life.
I have had it for 6 years now, got it when I had Lyme disease. Sometimes it’s so loud and really bothers me, at other times especially during the day I don’t notice it. The nights are the worst because of the quiet, it really sucks! I hope someday I have peace and quiet! I do have a lot of stress and when my stress is high it’s definitely louder
Well said !! I've had Tinnitus for about 5 years now and pretty such went through the same issues you did. Thankfully Ive learned to accept it and realize it cant kill me. I live my life and not think of it. Sure it spikes on occasion. I just ride it out and move forward .👍
Thanks alice I can relate your storey to my experience. I had prostate cancer which caused anxiety and then tinnitus started. I have tried everything but nothing worked. I would appreciate talking to you if it is possible.
I can handle the low sounds of tinnitus but in periods when the tinnitus gets louder it scares me.I'll pray to God to heal me and for everyone who's suffering from tinnitus 🙏Also i wish i had someone to talk to about it sometimes.
I can totally understand that it can make you feel scared. I felt scared very often when I first heard my tinnitus for quite some time. Keep reminding yourself that you've got this and so many people have overcome tinnitus. It no longer has the control that it used to have over me. I will be offering 1 on 1 mentor sessions in the future to help me support this free RU-vid channel and connect deeply with all of you which is what I care about the most if that is something you might be interested in one day. Otherwise, continue watching my videos and hopefully they can help! I hope you are doing okay! Wishing you all the best.
'Control' - yup - WE control our friend tinnitus - IT does NOT control US! For me - an important step, welcome it - but tell it who's boss! Sounds (sic) daft - but you see what I mean?@@alicemoyle
Going through a big spike atm. Last time this happened was when my baby was first born, I was happy but definitely stressed. Now she’s almost 2 and I haven’t had a decent nights sleep in almost that whole time. Work is busy and we’re struggling financially not to mention the world is just constant negative news atm. I know what I need to do but this is so reassuring knowing we’re not alone.
Stay strong ❤ Its beautiful you already know that to do! You are going to live out your destiny! This is not the end of your life! I had a spike as well this past summer and had to overcome it. And i did! And you can too! You are so powerful don’t forget that ever! Sending my love to you ❤❤❤
Thanks for sharing this! You said it all. I agree, it feels like "an alarm" going on. This started for me 2 months after I experienced a mild heart attack... The heart attack was nothing compared to the morning I woke up to this train in my head! I have high anxiety and a bit of OCD too, which makes this more complex. This brings tears to my eyes, thanks.
Mine started when I self injured the side of my head nearly two months ago due to anxiety over family issues. It knocked wax into my ear and I got my ears irrigated but I still hear the ringing sound. It brought up occassional suicidal feelings despite only hearing it in quiet places and anger at myself for causing it. I'm trying to get into a better headspace and believe that healing is possible.
Cheers for the video I also have OCD and health anxiety. So I had the perfect cocktail for tinnitus. Your video is a good reminder of the work I need to continue doing it really does work.
Hi Alice, thank you for making this video. I am just curious, at the beginning you said you found it discouraging and hopeless to hear people say that the only way is to "learn to pay attention to it less and focus on other things", so I thought your solution would involve actually getting rid of the tinnitus. But as I watched on, it sounded like you were saying something very similar in the end, that it's about training yourself to not worry about it and that makes it go away in a sense. So I was wondering, did it really go away or did you just learn to shift your attention away from it while it's still there? Thanks.
Hi Alice I was very encouraged after seeing your video .i have done rock steady whole program but not been able to get results.would appreciate your guidance. Thank you 🙏
Tinnitus in my opinion is always TMS / anxiety disorders / you name it. I had tinnitus for 1.5 years and nothing helped, treatment protocols, fasts otd. Circumstances changed in my life and it forced me to completely ignore the symptom, during this time I also had neck pain. The tinnitus and neck pain completely disappeared, I don't even know when because I forgot about it. Now I am back again with neck pain and tinnitus. I had a year of silence but had a very hard time in my relationship and at work, at work a lot of unexpressed anger towards a certain person. I started hearing tinnitus again sometimes and feeling neck pain but ignored it. In February I got sick with covid and boom the neck pain and tinnitus came back as chronic from that day on. This is all proof that any chronic symptom is just TMS / anxiety
You are right , it only sounds good to hear motivation but when you r really in middle of bloody tinnitus battle that's when game begins or ends, not easy , but does hearing aid help ?
@@yasinv3743 There is no outside thing that cures tinnitus because it is not a disease! It's just an overload on the nervous system. No matter how loud is... So many people have cured tinnitus and I still see so much bad information about it.... I know it's hard to believe that an overloaded nervous system from stress can give such strong symptoms but as someone who has never experienced an anxiety disorder has the right not to know. Until you understand what you have it from and look outside for a solution you will not recover....
@@jakerama9000 1. Awareness of what tinnitus is - it is an overloaded nervous system with various factors - physical, mental, emotional, psychological. 2 Recognizing what overloaded the nervous system in you - what stress? what stressful situations? Too much work? Not enough sleep? Maybe some unexpressed emotions? People most often get tinnitus after some chronic stressful situation that lasts for some time. 3. Totally ignoring the symptom, not fearing it, accepting that it will be there now for a while but will eventually go away as the nervous system calms down. In addition, as much relaxation as possible, happiness, do what you love, sports, hobbies, sunshine, being in nature, being with people - going out parties otd. As the brain sees that you are not afraid of the symptom it will start to make less volume in the brain and the natural sound that everyone has in them - our body makes a lot of sounds - the brain will start to turn down and apply filters that you won't hear it, It's like you have music in mp3 but you turn it down to zero, the music is playing but you can't hear it.
You can over come tinnitus if u dont acquire catastrophic damage. Best way to do that is to wear protection, stay in quieter environments and address cofactors .. stay away from all meds.
Just a thought 🤔 Could it be at all possible that sufferers are actually able to tune into frequencies around us that most can't hear? After all, dogs respond to a dog whistle that most humans cannot hear. I watched a guy online tuning a device to pick up EMF and translate to sound waves. Swear to god one picked up close to an airport was exactly the sound in my head. So many more cell towers being erected for 5g now plus so many coms between systems. More and more sufferers than ever, many say after covid infection, but here in Australia thst period seemed to grow more towers than ever before.
Do NOT LOOK at the COMMENTS. Dear viewer, if you are stressed about tinnitus, don't read the comments! There are just bad stories! Remember that desperate people comment searching for someone to help them. There is no hope in this side. Search for other place, like this video for hope. Not in the comments, not in the forums, not in the internet. You can overcome this, take care ❤
Hi Alice, I just stumbled upon your video and at one point it almost made me cry. I went through pretty much the same since the winter of 2021. I lost my father and still can't cope with my grief, at times it's just so overwhelming.. How did you manage to live with yours? Did you observe your tinnitus got any better, when you learned to cope with the emotional overwhelm of the loss?
Hey there! I am so sorry to hear about your struggles and the loss of your father. I can obviously relate. Honestly, my grief has been somewhat complicated (as the connection with my dad was) and it took some time for it to really hit me. I guess i went into survival mode for some time. My tinnitus definitely got better when i felt less overwhelmed, the more i was able to heal through deeper inner work, mindfulness and i tried to focus on the good things in my life and what i felt grateful for. Grief is really difficult and everyone experiences it differently . I think it just becomes more manageable over time. You don’t move on because that feels impossible, but you learn to accept and deal with the loss and adapt over time. ❤️
Hi will it go away been suffering long time fill like going mad do suffer with persantly disorder anxiety making me worse don't now how many time I open my door thinking someone knocking
Hi, in the video you say that 90 percent of the time you don't hear the tinnitus. Does that mean it's completely gone and if you're in a room with no other sounds you won't hear it?
I started hearing the ring all day long 19 days ago. Went to audiologist and they said getting hearing aides would help. Not going to stress hopefully I too will forget it
The issue for me and I think many others is that it is not just a sound. There is a lot of pain in the ears and headaches and other symptoms. If it was just a sound, it would be a lot easier.
Of course. Mine isn’t just a sound either, my main concern has been the sound - however i have gotten many different things including pain, ticking and popping sounds, blocked ear/fullness and discomfort as well.
keep the ear buds out bad situation buds not good for ear structure which is not designed to deliver sound in this concentrated form which can be as innocent as a regular phone conversation not loud music. putting a 5G cell phone to ear is causally associated with brain cancer. So this tech seems a lose lose situation Good luck nice to hear the destimulating techniques can be effective. Poor thing. I was old when this started but in university in the late 60s and early 70s I seemed to intuitively know that the amplifiers were a threat. I passed out at one concert given by johnny winter and between that experience and hating rock i never attended one again. I have left any number of weddings due to amplified music.
Great and very informative video Alice, I like that you keep it real and dispel the phoney treatments out there which give people false hope and skewed perspectives on Tinnitus...I know what your saying to be true as I have been through it myself, thanks for your wisdom & understanding.
Hav😅ng my tinnitus for two weeks and watching different stories, medical advices. Love your advices and thanks for sharing your personal experiences. GOD’s heal. nothing is imposibble. We will overc😊me it, with GOD’s grace and blessings. Thanks al😅ce for this informative video of yours. God bless you .
Wise words- thanks Alice- I identify with everything you are saying. I think as there are many different reasons for tinnitus - in my case a combination of stress and sudden sensory hearing loss- I also have constant congestion and head aches- but regardless of cause everyone can improve things for themselves by the quality of their thoughts- and that’s not easy as some people are really suffering- thanks for the kind act of sharing your story and giving hope to others that they are not powerless.
Yeah absolutely! I should have made it clearer that there are many causes for tinnitus, however my focus was more on the attachment made to the sound regardless of the cause and then how to try and overcome it. Thanks so much for your lovely feedback! I appreciate it :)
I'm pretty new to this, its been almost 4 weeks since I was exposed to loud sound (speakers) and my life has changed completely. I wish I could turn back time and appreciate life more as it is, I really can't handle it. I've got fluctuations and 2-3 different sounds on my right ear, the left one tends to get that annoying white noisey tone after a visit to ent. I pray it gets better, thank you for this video.
This is a phenomenal video. I feel like I've had it for years, I cant remember a time where i didnt have a little bit of ringing going on. I always thought it was normal. It is only when I started to give it meaning and freak out that I heard it.
In August 2023 my 38 year old daughter passes away. I’ve been very depressed and stressed. I noticed about 3 to 4 weeks ago a ringing in my ears (tinnitus) Watching your videos makes a lot of sense to me now. With everything I’m going through I can see it’s my brain and body sending out signals that I need to make changes and maybe meditate or just relax And to stop focusing on the noice in my ears 😔 I can’t thank you enough for this video. It’s really calmed my thoughts and gave me hope. 😊
I am so sorry to hear about the passing of your daughter. Please be kind to yourself and remind yourself that it is normal to feel how you have been feeling going through such a loss. It will take time, however you will get through this. One day at a time! I am so glad that my video offered hope and I wish you all the best.
Thank you so very much for sharing your insights on how to cope with tinnitus. I'm slowly but surely learning that is possible go on living despite the constant buzzing in my head
You just explained my life story. I lost a very dear friend of mine and my brother passed 6 months within each other. My sister went into cardiac arrest and I got my Tinnitus the next day after my sister had her cardiac arrest but thank God she’s fine. That was three months ago July . I went to an ENT I have no hearing loss. All he said was you have tinnitus. It’s been so loud. I try to ignore it but it’s not easy when you have ringing 247. I believe one day it will get less. I have arthritis in my neck. And I’ve been going to a chiropractor and I also started acupuncture ,also I use sound therapy. 🤷🏻♀️thank you this video was very helpful ❤
Stay strong ❤ Im very sorry to hear about your friend and brother. They are both my thoughts and prayers. I am glad your sister is okay! I can definitely see why it is tough to have tinnitus come into your life during these times. But that isnt going to stop you! Dont stop believing! The beginning is always the toughest. I got it about a year and a half ago, and i never thought i would get out of it. Now i enjoy days where i do not notice it AT ALL. It is possible. Do not give up. It takes work and is a longgggg process. But absolutely absolutely worth it. Do not stop. I am here for you ❤❤❤
Thank you Alice I really needed this. I got tinnitus last May from loud noise exposure and was able to heal myself within 3 months with Julian’s advice too. But I went scuba diving last week and know its back in my right ear 😢 its been tough for me because im scared to end up in the dark place i was last year, but I know that if I can heal myself once I can do it again ❤
You’re more than welcome! I know what you mean about being scared to get back in that dark place, but i believe that you can definitely heal again 🙂 I wish you all the best!
@@susy841 way better . I can only hear it at night when it’s really quiet . Not fully gone and I get some tinnitus spikes here and there. Hopefully fully gone in 1 month or so 🙏🏼
Alice, Thank you so much for this. I was afraid to get on RU-vid and learn about it in case it was really bad news. I'm glad I found you first. What a blessing ! I seem to be able to ignore it pretty well all these years. It started when I was about 20 and went to a way to loud Rock concert. It literally hurt my ears and my head, but I didn't get away. Warning to all human beings. If you are in a situation where it's really loud, run away. It seems to be getting a little bit worse lately (56 years old). Anxiety part you mentioned really makes sense. Kind of let some stuff go on the back burner work-wise , and I'm sure that's what's causing some mild anxiety. Love your whole stream-of-consciousness. This is truly a gift for everyone out there. Have you heard of Samaneri Jayasara Wisdom of the Masters on RU-vid? You may like it. Thank you again. You're wonderful.
This was so interesting. I have had tinnitus for several years, but for some reason even though I'm highly excitable and anxious I never recall a moment when it started or having an initial bad time with it. I'm well habituated, so I find some of the variations more curious than scary. Mine sometimes gets louder and quite noticeable when I drive. From what you said, I wonder now if maybe this is heightened anxiety?
It can definitely be a symptom that is an exacerbation of anxiety for many people. I noticed that my tinnitus would always be worse if anxious, tired and run down. Even though i hear it way less today, it is usually when i am overwhelmed and stressed out that it can become noticeable or when i am talking about it/focusing on it. Thanks for sharing!
