@cher27, You are singing my song. The universe seems to have set it's sights on me. My hearing and audio discrimination tests perfectly; however, I often can't hear my husband sitting three feet away because the tinnitus gets so loud.

Why would the jerk bring me back three times if he knows there is no treating it? That is just ... wrong. Really, really wrong.

I could handle the noise (I now sleep with headphones and meditation music all night to get my 3-4 hours' allotment.... My tinnitus comes with a lot of ear pressure and pain. Nothing shows on the MRI.

I think I've now achieved the unenviable status of having pain in every part of my body. Usually, simultaneously. And my husband wonders why I feel sad and negative all the time.

Constant pain wears down everything about a person. Pins and needles make things worse.