Recent content by Brendan H

My non-medical opinion is that unless this has been happening for years, it may be evolving in to something consistent. Something similar happened to me: after getting up in the morning to use the bathroom, I'd lay back down again for another hours worth of sleep just to have my normally...

What's not clear to me regarding stem cell or gene therapy, is whether or not either approach can treat those with loss in one area; high frequency for example. In other words, would one need to have a certain degree of loss across all frequencies in order to be a candidate for these therapies...

I was able to get about 4 or so hours of sleep last night before waking up for my usual routine for the past few months; taking another melatonin tablet, having a sip of wine, warm milk, etc. to be able to fall back asleep. The remainder of the night were cat naps, which has been the case for...

It got better the day after being cleaned, then got worse the next day and I also developed sensitivity to normal sounds (or became more aware of it once my ear canals were clear).

As long as it's done properly, it's probably never a bad idea to have excess ear wax removed though, right? I think I know how you feel though. My T elevated 2 days after having 70% blockage removed from both ear canals (yuk, I know), but I just wonder if the blockage was masking something as...

Manual scooping out. I've been told it is from noise or medication. I hope you're right! An ENT also told me that my Eustachian tubes are sticking together and that could be amplifying things. He said to give it a few months. Thanks for your responses.

Manual scooping out.

Regarding ear wax removal; I'm not sure if the timing with what's happened with me was coincidental or not. I noticed elevated volume of the ringing in my ears, so went to an ENT about a month ago and had what I was told was about 70% worth of blockage removed from both ears. Having the wax...

I am hoping (praying) that's the same cause of my elevated tinnitus. It was at a tolerable, almost unnoticeable level until about a month ago, which pretty much coincided with what my ENT recently confirmed was an issue within my eustachian tubes. I was prescribed an oral steroid though. Fingers...

AuntSally - I started doing that as well, accompanied by 1 or 2 melatonin pills. I personally would get through about 2 hours of sleep before having to get up and repeat, so I've discontinued that. I saw that as taking me down the wrong road. But if just one glass of wine well get you through...

Glad to see the success stories related to TMJ treatment. I could have been listening to my music too loud all along, but I hadn't changed my listening behavior prior to my T's volume increase. What did change though was the degree to which TMJ affected my jaw. I did hear an extremely loud CRACK...

Sounds nice. Thanks!

So do people hear the clicking when swallowing because of hyperacusis? This has accompanied the elevated volume of my tinnitus over the last month and I haven't received an explanation from the medical professionals I've seen.

Thanks, Mike. That's a good idea. I visited my dentist and he wants me to wear a night guard for 2 weeks to see if there's any improvement in the TMJ. If not, we were going to try a different design. However, he said he's heard of TMJ causing or exasperating tinnitus, but has never seen it. I...

Thanks for the information, Michael. I may be in denial, but I'm going to forge on in trying to get off of high blood pressure medications I take, alleviate my TMJ that has worsened over the last month, cut back on the insane pace at work, and protect my ears from any loud noises in hopes that...