EternalRinging

So tbh my cause isn’t clear but it happened suddenly two days after an ear wax removal, so highly likely related to the procedure or maybe the wax that impacted my eardrum.

It’s very unfortunate that our tinnitus came suddenly without a warning.

There's extended hearing tests?

Same here - I am a follower of Thich Nhat Hanh and Zen Meditation

I miss being social like that too.......... :(

@Strawberryblonde as Joshua mentioned, perhaps maybe one day :(

I refuse to believe that such intrusive beast may last forever.

There needs to be an improvement at some point which should allow us to live a more normal life.

My father and brother have had it for 30 plus years and I never knew until I got it. They go to concerts and live a regular life. So I wanted to let you guys know it's possible.

Dang.

It’s very easy to be caught up in things we can’t or shouldn’t do now. But in the grand scheme of things, not being able to use AirPods isn’t a big deal. At the moment I’m struggling with the fact I can’t go and watch Guardians of the galaxy 3. I’m hoping this settles in the near future

I saw some of your posts and noticed that when you first got tinnitus, it eventually got quieter.

So that’s a good sign, meaning it can get quieter again. I’ll be hoping for the best for you!

I had mine for 11 months, with some days better than others and I was getting fleeting silence until I got the flu about a month ago. Learned my lesson on not to consume ototoxic drugs since that spikes it for me tremendously.

In my office I notice the T minor than in my flat too

What happened, that it didn't work?

My reactive tinnitus used to be only unilateral at the beginning, so I tried plugging my bad ear but it always sounded worser when exposed to sounds that trigger the reactivity, despite being plugged.

My tinnitus may react up to a certain level of noise (lets say up to ~75 db, but it depends on the frequency and if I’m having a good or bad day) and then sounds louder than that may mask it.

Probably a sound generator with a certain non reactive frequency might be a better solution for me, if I notice that my reactivity dominates me in office. Downside is that I found out that insurance doesn’t cover it, so may have to spend $4K.

might be something that happens till it goes away completely. Congestion can stay even when the flu has cleared

Makes sense, when I got COVID a while back my tinnitus stayed flared up for a few weeks even after COVID “went away” till it returned to baseline. I hope this time it’s no different and my reactivity/volume can calm down.

If it went away before it'll go away again. Chin up

I have this too. Crowd noise draws out the reactivity most of time.

Yeah it’s non sense. I wouldn’t even be here if I had non-reactive single tone tinnitus under 30 db. I think it might be likely that the reactivity issue gets activated with a range of specific frequencies such as crowd noises.

Yeah I think you’re on to something. I feel the same way

Man I know the feeling, I’m 15 months in and only now feeling like I can stand this. I spent lastnight riding bikes, playing pool and seeing friends at loud bars. I never thought that would be possible again. In all these months it has never stopped or decreased but you will learn to ignore it sometimes. It will be loud, it will be quite, nothing to be done

I agree, at this point, it’s the best we can do. Try to reclaim normal lives despite having an orchestra cuz if we try to wait for a miracle to happen, we will spend the rest of our lives miserable.

It’s unfortunate having this because normal people will never understand how miserable a phantom noise can make us. Pretending that everything is okay while having a tinnitus flare up is not an easy task.

It has been in remission ever since December 22.

Two flights and constant relatively loud noises from a few parties (70-90 dB’s) are probably the reasons of having the hum in remission.

I still hear intermittent light bass sometimes with very specific frequencies (something a bit new since initially I heard it in silence only) but nowhere near bothersome as the constant hum in silence.

I hope it will be gone forever for you. Keep me updated, pls.