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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Tinnitus / August 2005is there a tinnitus prone personality type?
from the rececent postings on this board and research I've done and my own experience of T, I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that our own character type and ability to cope with ---often self generating--stress levels have a very significant effect on our initial detection of T, and our subsequent reinforcement of it.. > from the rececent postings on this board and research I've done and my > own experience of T, I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that our own > character type and ability to cope with ---often self > generating--stress levels have a very significant effect on our initial > detection of T, and our subsequent reinforcement of it.. Yep. I think it's part of the "fight or flight" response. The more we concentrate on it the worse it seems. An important element of successful habituation is accepting the condition as something that isn't going to kill us. I wasn't even aware of my tinnitus until I started contemplating your post and there it is, loud and annoying as ever. I've got a bunch of chores in preparation for company coming tomorrow. As soon as I get busy with those I'll forget all about it. > Yep. I think it's part of the "fight or flight" response. The more we > concentrate on it the worse it seems. An important element of successful > habituation is accepting the condition as something that isn't going to kill > us. If this is true in all cases, then why, when I lie down on my left side and my T goes away (completely) and I am listening for it *purposely*, it simply isn't there. I definitely know, after 14 and a half years ,that it ain't going to kill me! > I wasn't even aware of my tinnitus until I started contemplating your > post and there it is, loud and annoying as ever. I've got a bunch of chores > in preparation for company coming tomorrow. As soon as I get busy with > those I'll forget all about it. Mine happens to have been exceptionally loud today, except this afternoon when I lay down, but even though I have been very busy the past two weeks stripping off wallpaper and re-painting my hallway, the bloody noise is *still* there, even when I have had to concentrate on the finer points of painting! Ben Ingenuous wrote:"...there it is, loud and annoying as ever. " If it is loud and annoying as ever even after so many years of 'habituation', it means your t has not got healed an iodine! And you have accepted it as the way it is 'supposed' to be. No! that is NOT what it is 'supposed' to be. Get yourself some medical treatment rather than having to suffered in silence from time to time. Try a couple of acupuncture treatments from someone who has had the experience in this area. By the way, whatever nerve INSIDE the skull is effected through a needle inserted into the meridian points OUTSIDE the skull! Hollywood-induced IGNORANCE is no bliss! > from the rececent postings on this board and research I've done and my > own experience of T, I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that our own > character type and ability to cope with ---often self > generating--stress levels have a very significant effect on our initial > detection of T, and our subsequent reinforcement of it.. There is an element of truth but not the total truth in what you said. There is no question that a person who is stressed out will experience a greater impact from his tinniuts but then again he has to have his t to begin with. I am always a tense person but at this moment no matter how hard I try to listen to my t, I find it either dead silent or very small. And there are times I am very relaxed and t comes along without its being invited. In comparison to what I experienced about a year and half ago, the improvement has been 90%! I don't make any particular effort to habituate. In a nutshell, t does become less of a problem if a person is less tense and it becomes less of a problem by itself when it is well looked after _medically_! FP Many find relief by concentrating on the noises until they can no longer hear them. I believe your brain just gets tried of the noises and filters them out after a while like a crowd noise in a crowded room. I try to enjoy my noises, study them and see if I can make them louder. When I do this they seem to fade away or else I find myself distracted somewhere else mentally. Only being stressed or anxious about your tinnitus makes it bad. "Who cares" beats a full noise every time. > > from the rececent postings on this board and research I've done and my > > own experience of T, I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that our own [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > FP > Only being stressed or anxious about your tinnitus makes it bad. "Who > cares" beats a full noise every time. Again, this only works for some. I have been at my most stressed - e.g. this time last year my mother died suddenly and the shock to my system was terrible - and the T was dead quiet, both before she died, and after..Then again - re-reading your sentence - you meant being stressed about T? I never feel threatened by it - it just annoys me to death! Ben What if T is merely another part of the ageing progress---mine has got slowly but definitely louder over the last 20 yrs ? But only certain personality types will have a tendency towards noticing these very faint signals when the T initiallly starts...most people wont bother and so hence the T stays at a barely perceptible level. For example ,as a child I was always the first to notice any odd noises ---ticking clocks,whistling tv monitors etc .... So when the T kicks in ---with age?--I react immediately and therefore start a never ending cycle of detection/reinforcement. > What if T is merely another part of the ageing progress---mine has got > slowly but definitely louder over the last 20 yrs ? There is no question that as we age, the body organs become less able to function properly. This is where medicine and medical devices come in. I put myself on gingko daily(one tablet). But from time to time, I go back to my friendly acupuncturist for a few weeks of treatment(once per week). The purpose of 'needling' is to invigorate the old organs and in this case the cochlea. To each his own! FP > But only certain personality types will have a tendency towards > noticing these very faint signals when the T initiallly starts...most [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > ---with age?--I react immediately and therefore start a never ending > cycle of detection/reinforcement. Larry wrote:"Many find relief by concentrating on the noises until they can no longer hear them." EXCELLENT IDEA! Yes, when something is so bad that it ceases to be bad any more....but i still think it may not hurt to find out the cause of your t. It is not easy but the answer is there. |
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