What have anyone been doing to not have their mind on what the sound is like when you first get up. Curious!!! For some reason i periodically listen for it as soon as i get up. Never use to do that

Well, it happened again: non-lasting relief yesterday. Awoke very early am to silent T. Always a shock. It’s like I’m inhabiting someone else’s body at first. As the hours of the day passed, I remained silent. Once again the simple pleasure of sitting in a quiet garage cannot be underestimated. Anyway, bedtime came and still silent. What a wonderful experience - until it wasn’t. The 24-26 hours of no T symptoms now replaced by the usual this morning, albeit slowly and subtly at the outset. So, there was a little “mercy” involved.🙂

Hard to believe we've been here for 5 days already... Before the move we were in moving chaos. 😳 Now we're in settling down chaos! 🤣 Stable Internet connection is #1 priority I'm working on, with mobile backup. Then, there a bunch of things we need to get to feel comfortable in this apartment. Work in progress... Meanwhile, here are a couple more pictures from our trip and final destination. Warm regards from Peru! Leo, Luli, and Guy. PS - It's now winter here.

They turn tinnitus into a project. And not just any project. A high-priority, all-hands-on-deck, executive-level problem. 😧 They research it. They measure it. They compare it. They test theories. They track patterns. They look for triggers. They replay yesterday. They predict tomorrow. They search for the one missing piece that will finally make it make sense. That makes complete sense. Because this is often the same mind that helped them succeed. 🤔 The same brain that built a business, led a team, solved complex problems, handled pressure, analyzed risk, raised a family, managed responsibility, or spent decades being the person others relied on. Whether you are still working, running a company, leading people, or retired after a demanding career, this pattern can feel very familiar. When a problem appears, your brain goes to work. That is what capable people do. But tinnitus is different.... Because the more attention you give it, the more your brain may start treating it as important. Not because you want that. Not because you are doing something wrong on purpose. But because the brain learns from repetition. Every time you check the sound, you teach the brain: “Keep tracking this.” Every time you ask, “Is it louder now?” you teach the brain: “This matters.” Every time you scan a quiet room to see if tinnitus is still there, you teach the brain: “Put this in the foreground.” Every time you compare today to yesterday, you teach the brain: “This is something we need to keep measuring.” And over time, tinnitus stops being just a sound. It becomes a dashboard. A performance metric. A threat signal. A daily report your brain keeps refreshing. 🧠 That is why many smart, capable people get confused. They feel like they are doing everything right. They are learning. They are trying. They are paying attention. They are being responsible. But the very system they are using to escape tinnitus may be keeping tinnitus in the center of their life.

My latest 24 hours with “T”: Consternation most of yesterday: Should I attend a jazz show for which I purchased tickets months before the T saga began? Will I just trigger a new wave of more difficult T? At the last minute, I made it to the show - earplugs in hand. I enjoyed the show, paying as little attention to T as possible. I didn’t see anyone else with earplugs in, but I felt like I had no choice. I had an appointment with a tinnitus-focused audiologist this morning - mere coincidence. Unexpectedly (of course), I awoke at 3:30am in total relief from T. This hasn’t happened in a few weeks. It was a bit startling based on my “usual” buzzing symptoms at bedtime. Well, I drove the 50 miles to the appointment - still silent six hours later. I felt a bit awkward with no present symptoms, like, “hey, I’m cured, so I won’t be needing anything you have to offer.” Unfortunately, with no ringing or buzzing, the AuD couldn’t run his tests for tinnitus. He was left going through much of what I’d already heard from other audiologists. Made the return 50-mile trip. Still T silent, now 10 hours in. Arrived home to exiting the car into a silent garage. The best things in life are free! I had something to eat, still afraid to move the wrong muscle, but enjoying the gift of silence as if I were the only one on earth to experience it. Epilogue: I Decided to lie down for a quick nap. Twelve hours after my T silent session began, I awoke from the brief nap to the gradual but distinct tingling of T returning to my skull. So, who really knows how this will go? I certainly don’t. I rejoiced in my little miracle - boy did I need it. I hold out hope for future relief. 😇