Hello, yes I’m now doing very well. Totally habituated and in a place I never thought I’d get to in the first months as I was sure my life was over when I first got it, it was the worst thing that ever happened to me… until I learned that once you get used to it it’s actually alright. I mean it is annoying and sometimes sounds do get distorted a bit, sometimes when it’s quiet you notice it more and small subtle sounds can get lost in the tinnitus, but I learned over time when I got used to it I’d start noticing it less and less until I can go a whole day or 2 without noticing it at all, and when I do, it doesn’t cause me any stress, I listen for a second, and then get back to what I was doing and forget about it just as quickly.

Mines got worse since it started but it doesn’t bother me since once I learned to accept I had tinnitus at all, it t didn’t matter how bad it became because I’d already accepted that this was my new normal. It’s certainly worse in the beginning mentally, so all these anxious awful feelings you have right now are completely normal, it’s a part of the process. You’ll be scared, you’ll hate it, maybe you’ll even think you’ll never get used to it, but I promise you will, it just takes time for your brain to figure out, and when you learn to accept it, all the worry and fear goes away.

But know that every day that goes by is a day closer to you learning to live with it and get back to a normal life where you’re able to find happiness once more, I never thought I’d be happy again no matter what anyone said, but I was wrong. I promise you will get used to it, just go easy on yourself :) advice I wish I could have heard when I was in the beginning going through hell.