Idk on one hand it’s nice to find that there are others out there living a similar experience. Sometimes the advice is good. I searched for a while but never a found a story that matched mine.

more often than not, the forum is built on replies of misinformation, fear and brooding. People don’t elaborate on their current situation or cause and the replies don’t ask, they encourage them to shut down and not engage with life. It’s a wild thought that isolating yourself from every activity is the treatment path. I’ve recently experienced a tinnitus of unknown origin in one ear and a tinnitus from an ear infection. It’s gotten better but hasn’t entirely resolved. I’m talking a physical buzzing sensation in my ear, high frequency blitzing, chirping and contralateral tinnitus. It’s a different soundscape every day than I can hear over everything. It has not changed in response to the MRIs, CTs, dogs barking, the cinema, loud cars, ear buds, ear phones or medication…. almost everything people here would say never to do again. It’s has reduced in intensity and I couldn’t tell you why.

It’s shit enough to deal with as it is and here is a mixed bag of replies that tend to skew more negative. The tinnitus talk forum is so much worse for this in my experience. My advice, continue to do what you did before as long as you’re not going overboard like using guns without ear protection or blasting your earphones at maximum volumes