Hello,
@David, i would like to know your thought's based on you full experience about this:
I've started having tinnitus from 3 month's, one thing i notice is that the sense of loudness is gradually increasing, for example, before i would travel by car or stay in outdoors and not noticing it, and gradually, now i can. I try not to stress about it.
I resemble very much like you in the way that i have always been very anxious, health obsession, catastrophizing, and i went down with the tinnitus with anxiety and panic attacks, so 1 month ago i was prescribed with Zoloft and rivotril (have hard time in sleeping). More stable now.
Going to the point: when i'm working and focused, i hear the buzz, sometimes more louder than other's, and sometimes when it starts to be anoying i put some sound (few times), but i do the work, or if i'm at home doing stuff or playing with my kids, i tottaly hear it. In those situations even that my mind is not forgetting the sound, i'm doing the things while hearing it but not putting any thought's or judgments nor even trying or forcing those, just in a neutral state, but always noticing that 'is there' and sometimes, mostly when i'm more anxious or nervous, i feel more distressed by the sound, then i put some sound.
I try to do all the things that was doing before, commitments, social, etc, even if sometimes and don't have the willing to do so, and soccially speaking most of the person's don't even realize my condition.
From your point of view, am i on the right path even that it's only the beginning or i'm deciving my self because i'm pushing forward while earing very well the sound (and some times feeling distress) even if i on the conscient level have a neutral thought? i'm afraid that because of my anxious personality, my sub couscious at the same time, maybe is continually putting the alarms on, playing tricks one me.
Sorry for the long text and i hope that my question was rather clear.
Thank you!
@David, i would like to know your thought's based on you full experience about this:
I've started having tinnitus from 3 month's, one thing i notice is that the sense of loudness is gradually increasing, for example, before i would travel by car or stay in outdoors and not noticing it, and gradually, now i can. I try not to stress about it.
I resemble very much like you in the way that i have always been very anxious, health obsession, catastrophizing, and i went down with the tinnitus with anxiety and panic attacks, so 1 month ago i was prescribed with Zoloft and rivotril (have hard time in sleeping). More stable now.
Going to the point: when i'm working and focused, i hear the buzz, sometimes more louder than other's, and sometimes when it starts to be anoying i put some sound (few times), but i do the work, or if i'm at home doing stuff or playing with my kids, i tottaly hear it. In those situations even that my mind is not forgetting the sound, i'm doing the things while hearing it but not putting any thought's or judgments nor even trying or forcing those, just in a neutral state, but always noticing that 'is there' and sometimes, mostly when i'm more anxious or nervous, i feel more distressed by the sound, then i put some sound.
I try to do all the things that was doing before, commitments, social, etc, even if sometimes and don't have the willing to do so, and soccially speaking most of the person's don't even realize my condition.
From your point of view, am i on the right path even that it's only the beginning or i'm deciving my self because i'm pushing forward while earing very well the sound (and some times feeling distress) even if i on the conscient level have a neutral thought? i'm afraid that because of my anxious personality, my sub couscious at the same time, maybe is continually putting the alarms on, playing tricks one me.
Sorry for the long text and i hope that my question was rather clear.
Thank you!