Recent content by Ahlstrom

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    Working as a Phlebotomist — Scared the Health Industry Makes Me Get Another COVID-19 Vaccination

    I got the J&J COVID-19 vaccine and 17 days later I my nearly-non existent tinnitus got way worse. I'm not saying the vax caused it for certain, but I heard that J&J reaches its full effectiveness after 14 days... so I mean, when it happens at 17 days how can I do anything but come to a...
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    Back to Silence

    I'm new to tinnitus and have only had it a week; sorry if the answer is somewhere in this thread but it's 24 pages so I'll ask again: What if you describe to yourself how you feel, but no more than 5 seconds later you find yourself checking for the noise again? Do you just describe again? And...
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    Hello. New to Tinnitus. Bad Habits Finally Caught Up with Me.

    @Stacken77, thanks for the response. Sure. It sounds very very high pitch. If you've ever used one of those dog-whistles only they can hear (technically you can too if you put it up your ear close enough -- brilliant idea on my end lol) It seems pretty persistent but there are hours where I...
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    Hello. New to Tinnitus. Bad Habits Finally Caught Up with Me.

    I'm Ahlstrom and I'm 27. Been listening to loud rock and metal since I was a teen. Concerts (stopped those years ago), loud headphones at gym, playing guitar loud... and my favorite: blasting it in my truck. It all caught up to me. I started having problems several months ago to where it would...