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This might confuse some people but I wanted to ask if anyone else feels this with their anhedonia after something might have worsened it. I got tinnitus in November 2025 and I have had my anhedonia since the beginning of 2024 I noticed very quickly that my anhedonia worsened since tinnitus. When I look back to let’s say march of this year or April I feel worse thinking back to that particular time. Nothing bad happened but it’s like my anhedonia was worse since having the tinnitus making me more miserable since I have to stop doing a lot of things because of loud noise. But when I look back to most times with the tinnitus and anhedonia I get an almost sick feeling. But if I look back to memories before the tinnitus those feel so much better even though I couldn’t feel happiness from the anhedonia. I do the same things constantly though like I sing random song lyrics or open an app I just checked it’s the same things and I became really aware of my personality since getting the anhedonia it’s so weird

My anhedonia started in 2024 when I was 14 no big anxiety episode or depression episode it just started happening then for sure. Since before 2024 my baseline definitely wasn’t feeling dead inside and I could easily feel happy or really into certain things I was doing. It took me a while to realize I had anhedonia. I notice for some reason if I wake up after a nap in the middle of the night it kind of feels worse. Like a hollow dead inside feeling in my head and chest area. What does this suggest since there was no long period of intense negative emotions before this? I wasn’t on ssris for a long time like months leading up to it so I really don’t know what happened. That dead inside feeling I described is with me always unless I’m going through negative emotions which I clearly feel

I turned 17 recently I’ve had anhedonia for a couple years and I had no big depression episode or high anxiety episode leading up to this it happened in early 2024 when I was 14. I know for sure I felt happiness and positive emotions before 2024. When most people who don’t really understand anhedonia talk about it they seem to think it’s feeling bad from depression causing anhedonia and treating the depression would make you feel better. But that’s what scares me there’s nothing causing me to feel anhedonic so I wonder what kind of anhedonia this is called and if it can get better.

Hello I made the post yesterday about the ent trying microsuction when I wasn’t comfortable with that. She tried Manual removal at first and got a little bit out but she stopped quickly because of the “consistency” now that ear feels full with wax. And I don’t want to do irrigation or microsuction. But I don’t know where to go for a manual removal with the camera. I’ve had the tinnitus since November and I don’t know if a few months of music with earbuds caused it or earwax. Also if it was music and I have sensitive hearing now wouldn’t removing it make me more sensitive to noises?.

Hey guys I’m a long time lurker I’m 17 and I’ve had tinnitus since November. And I was at the ent less than 20 minutes ago and it was crazy. Let me explain what happened the first time. I read not to do microsuction or ear irrigation. So I requested manual removal but the wax was too hard and I was told it would be too painful. I was pressured to do microsuction but I refused which caused it to be very awkaward. I was told to put 5 debrox drops in both of my ears twice a day for around 5 days which I did. And today I returned the ent started doing it manually and got some wax but she stopped and said she couldn’t do it because of the consistency or whatever and could only do microsuction. I refused even when she said it would be 10 seconds. I still refused because that’s not what I asked for. And it could still make my tinnitus and sensitive ears worse now I don’t know what to do what are your thoughts?.

I’m 17 I used to feel happy back before 2024 but when 2024 started when I was 14 that’s when I noticed I wasn’t feeling happy. Nothing traumatic happened in 2024 but that’s when I noticed my tinnitus starting for sure. Because even at the end of 2023 I felt happy. Currently I feel dead inside constantly the only emotions I feel are anxiety panic embarrassment anger and maybe a small bit of sadness sometimes. Other than that I’m completely dead inside it’s that same familiar feeling like a dark cloud. Interestingly enough before I got tinnitus last November. I couldn’t quite feel happiness but when I look back on memories before the tinnitus even with my anhedonia I have a lot of nostalgia. Because my mind could fully focus on things in life without the constant noise. But when I got the tinnitus it worsened the anhedonia . My questions are why did this seem to start for no reason. And does this sound like depression?.