Mattioncar, are you still working full time and what specialists have you seen so far? Have you been dealing with ACC? As far as social life goes = that is about the first thing that goes down the drain!! The noise is very difficult to cope with and the recovery time after wards is not worth it = took me a while to come to grips with this. I have also given up on alcohol loved red wine and rum previously - now one glass of wine and instant headache. One thing that I haven't mentioned before is that you certainly find out who your real friends are!!! The best thing that you can do for yourself is rest before you get too tired and all the symptons get out of control. Lucy