tinnitus depression
haven't posted in the tinnitus blog for a while.
tinnitus causes depression -- severely.
people write me. i got active in the tinnitus online community a while ago. hoping to get in contact with people whose tinnitus had improved. hoping to find out what meds they took, etc.
unfortunately, nearly everyone emails my tinnitus page in a PANIC. HELP! doctors don't understand it; no one's studying tinnitus. most have severe depression - we can call it Tinnitus Depression. and anxiety.
a guy wrote me, "I'm a nervous type. Do you think this contributed to my tinnitus?"
i wrote back, "No." saying depression or anxiety causes tinnitus is like kicking a guy who has a broken leg; you might make him MORE AWARE he's got a leg problem, but you're not the cause of the break.
if a guy falls off a roof and snaps his spine, a doctor will treat his depression. if a person with TINNITUS is depressed, that same doctor may consider the tinnitus a psychiatric problem, and refer the patient to a shrink.
why is this?
i got severe tinnitus and recruitment when an apartment complex (jefferson canyon apartments in austin texas), trapped me inside a building while they "tested" fire alarms.
i didn't have tinnitus or recruitment before, but i certainly had tinnitus and recruitment after.
it's called acoustic trauma. i get letters from people who got their tinnitus when they car airbags inflated, or from being near a gun blast.
it's a PHYISCAL condition.
which usually leads to depression.
it's unrelenting. you can't sleep without medication, as the tinnitus noises in your ears are too loud. you can't turn up your stereo etc loud enough to drown those sounds out.
tinnitus depression. i can't really even take care of myself anymore. recruitment = sensitivity to sound. the sound of a car engine is fantastically painful; even indoors, the sound of airplanes, etc drives me crazy. it makes me depressed. tinnitus depression.
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no one would question depression causing a broken back. but some doctors (the BAD ones), think tinnitus is a psychiatric problem. because SO MANY OF THEIR PATIENTS WITH TINNITUS HAVE DEPRESSION ( or anxiety ).
disturbing
tinnitus causes depression -- severely.
people write me. i got active in the tinnitus online community a while ago. hoping to get in contact with people whose tinnitus had improved. hoping to find out what meds they took, etc.
unfortunately, nearly everyone emails my tinnitus page in a PANIC. HELP! doctors don't understand it; no one's studying tinnitus. most have severe depression - we can call it Tinnitus Depression. and anxiety.
a guy wrote me, "I'm a nervous type. Do you think this contributed to my tinnitus?"
i wrote back, "No." saying depression or anxiety causes tinnitus is like kicking a guy who has a broken leg; you might make him MORE AWARE he's got a leg problem, but you're not the cause of the break.
if a guy falls off a roof and snaps his spine, a doctor will treat his depression. if a person with TINNITUS is depressed, that same doctor may consider the tinnitus a psychiatric problem, and refer the patient to a shrink.
why is this?
i got severe tinnitus and recruitment when an apartment complex (jefferson canyon apartments in austin texas), trapped me inside a building while they "tested" fire alarms.
i didn't have tinnitus or recruitment before, but i certainly had tinnitus and recruitment after.
it's called acoustic trauma. i get letters from people who got their tinnitus when they car airbags inflated, or from being near a gun blast.
it's a PHYISCAL condition.
which usually leads to depression.
it's unrelenting. you can't sleep without medication, as the tinnitus noises in your ears are too loud. you can't turn up your stereo etc loud enough to drown those sounds out.
tinnitus depression. i can't really even take care of myself anymore. recruitment = sensitivity to sound. the sound of a car engine is fantastically painful; even indoors, the sound of airplanes, etc drives me crazy. it makes me depressed. tinnitus depression.
***
no one would question depression causing a broken back. but some doctors (the BAD ones), think tinnitus is a psychiatric problem. because SO MANY OF THEIR PATIENTS WITH TINNITUS HAVE DEPRESSION ( or anxiety ).
disturbing
posted by bayofpigs at 8:57 AM
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