This community can become a bit of an echo chamber. For good, or for bad. There is hope for all of us. What is more likely… we all wither away and die? Or, we all find some way to manage our lives, help each other, and make the best of our situations? If you haven’t watched Ronnie’s two videos posted on his profile, before you comment anything, watch BOTH of those.

I’m hopeful. And I’m two years in as of yesterday. Reactive bilateral invasive tinnitus, and Pain H all day long, disturbed sleep. Accompanied by correlated mental health conditions - like playing mental health whack a mole. Tried dozens of medications and only one that mildly makes my symptoms worse but allows me to get stage 2 sleep. All others made H worse. Still, my sleep is often disturbed and almost never recovery state sleep (stage 3). Constant stress, adrenaline, cortisol.

“In chess you don’t sit there and go “I’m losing. I wish a pawn could move that way.” That’s stupid cause that’s not the game. What I do believe in saying is “Okay. I’m fucked. But what’s the best possible move?“