Recent content by Jupiterman

Understand that I am not a doctor. I believe that earmuffs are better than earplugs for extended wear since they allow your eardrum and ear canal to "breathe." Perhaps consider using earplugs while sleeping. An ambient noise level of 50 dB is quite loud for a room. Do you know what's causing...

Plugging your ears or using earmuffs often makes tinnitus seem louder, which is completely normal. Try to avoid crying, as it can create moderate-level sounds that may affect your tinnitus. Could the sound frequencies from the rustling of the bedsheets be triggering your tinnitus? It seems...

It sounds like you may be experiencing "reactive" tinnitus (a non-medical term), which refers to mini spikes in response to noise. Your tinnitus seems to be particularly sensitive to noise right now, likely because it's still very new and raw. It's important to avoid noise for several weeks to...

Which SSRI? What dosage?

This statement has been made many times: money is the cure for tinnitus and hearing loss. The problem lies in the fact that hair cells, for reasons still unknown, do not regenerate, repair, or replace themselves in mammals. If a treatment is going to be developed that causes hair cells to...

You reference wearing earphones. Do you mean earmuffs?

MRIs are very LOUD. Are you sure this is a good idea?

@wheatley, please describe exactly what your tinnitus sounds like.

This is an excellent analogy that effectively highlights the profound lack of understanding among health professionals regarding severe tinnitus. Audiologists and ENT specialists should receive training on how to identify suspected severe cases, possibly through the use of a questionnaire. If a...

You have artificial sound sensitivity. When you expose your ears to artificial sound and damage them, your body responds with tinnitus. There’s a strong chance this will worsen if you don’t heed the warnings your body is giving you. My advice: stop all exposure to artificial sound immediately...

What exactly were you hearing in 2003, during your breakdown? Can you describe the exact nature of your tinnitus at that time?

Do you double-protect when out in the city?

If there was a cure for tinnitus, it would be purely classified as a physiological problem and psychiatrists wouldn't be in the picture at all. Because it's not curable and makes the sufferer unhappy/depressed, patients are passed to psychiatry. Psychiatrists, not wanting to accept they are...