Mal25

How bad and debilitating was the H and T was that you had for 9 years if you don’t mind me asking? How long has it been really severe ?

@Ava Lugo it gotten severe recently when I also got TTTs everything just worsened

Have you tried a muscle relaxer like Cyclobenzaprine

I'm in the same boat guys. Stay off benzos too and all drugs. I got put on benzos and made it all worse. Much love . I'm in hell

Thinking of you two. Hang in there <3

Hang in there man. It gets better.

Idk whether to put the earplugs all the way in and rest from all noise or partially and try to recover some tolerance. I have a bunch of cofactors like ETD or PET and ear popping when I swallow or move my head. I feel tingly in my throat when I swallow

Also I have tingling in my whole body from heat or cold adjustment. Also my autophony or loudness is very bad. I get slightly dizzy from sounds and when I breathe I feel the wind in my ears and soreness

It's been 6 months for me. I can't drive without worsening and ridiculous spikes can't go outside currently. Hopefully God doesn't condemn me to hell. Previously I owned a clothing line, sold cars, played chess, boxing trained, was a workout junky, and pescatarian for almost 10 years, I'm 43 and my life is done. I sit in bathrooms majority of the day avoiding road traffic noise and planes God bless

What is with the breathing and scratching. Mine has been reacting to that to, luckily that settled down. My right ear also twitches/has a spasm if I touch the right side of my face... Surreal

Sorry you are going through all these things @Mal25. Are you on any medication? Are you seeing anyone about all this? You are not getting enough sleep and that is a big factor with T. We are all here and we are all battling our own battle. You are not alone.

4-5 hours on a good day of sleep. Usually 2-3

Can you take naps throughout the day at all? I doze off sometimes on the couch and I feel a bit better for it even if it's for an hour.

@Mal25 - That's not a lot. a What's your sleep routine like? Getting better sleep may improve things

Sounds like a spike, yes, it can decrease, it might take a while. Some people experience spikes for minutes, some for hours, some for a few days. Has your T ever permanently increased from its baseline?

Yes it will most likely go back down. It's not uncommon here.

when I'm around noise even low level sound more than 1 or 2 I get confused and sleepy brain fog almost. So also my legs have weakness and arms sometimes too so he yes I'm losing patience when I can't even talk without nerve pain and people talk for me and make appointments. Also when I eat I cannot eat anything crunchy or hard rattles my ears and makes em sensitive and when I swallow even soft foods

I can feel the tingling in my throat

For sure is a nightmare and a lot of suffering, but believe me with time it will get better. The issue seems ears take long time to heal.

If it's autophony, it has most sounds to be abnormally and uncomfortably louder. A booming, echoing sense inside ears, alike being enclosed inside a small thin-walled container. Is this what you have?

@Mal25 Sound therapy isn't a good idea for nox, brother.

^^^

Then how can I recover I'm going for nerve block injection test today. Otherwise just don't talk forever? My auditory gain is enormous. Sounds hurt this thing

after my biggest setback everything hurt and i couldnt even click a pen withouth being in pain. My pain also used to be so bad it spread throughout my face and kept me awake at night luckily it went down. I still have H but i can do alot with a foam earplug in. I couldnt even talk with foam earplugs in 4 months ago now i can talk alot withouth them. I hope my case gives you some needed energy Mal.l.

My auditory gain or autophony is so loud and idk why is it the hyperacusis doing this or me protecting my ears. I can hear clicks and pops in my ears and chewing and breathing is really loud. I can't even talk without nerve pain. I've contemplated offing myself several times.

I appreciate you bro

Im working on this too...best i can gather is simply allowing your ears rest, dont over protect them with earmuffs/plugs in your house and slowly exposing to outside sounds again. A quiet night or early morning is best to do this.

I also have read that speakers hurt our ears and if you need volume to buy good high fidelity speakers. I just got one, Ill try it out later and see if I can tolerate it. My other cheap speakers tear my ears up. When this 1st hit i was able to watch things that relaxed me, Then the reactivity started. Hopefully I can relax again watching stuff with the better sound speaker.

Nothing I do is working. I'm getting worse and worse

Amoxicillin is better

I second that - Amoxicillin is better.