Recent content by matilda

Thank you so much for sharing. I really hope I will have the same experience! I’m not a musician like you but I hope to be able to go out to bars and such with my friends, with earplugs.

Could Vitain B12 levels have an impact on tinnitus? I had tingling/zaps in my feet and hands a while ago, and had blood levels checked. My B12 was 131 and the deficiency limit was under 130, so my doctor said it was fine. But after searching around it seems like other experts consider <200...

Thank you! I hope so. And I hope your distortions improve. I have read several posts where people got rid of the distortions after a while.

My tinnitus is fluctuating a lot and new tones come and go, but it is still pretty mild at 3/10. It’s only been 6 weeks but I feel really defeated right now. I do not know how I will walk this tightrope for the rest of my life with an anxiety disorder.

Thank you! I’m a bit sad that I never even got to step inside a club since I just turned 18 last year lol but yeah it’s not worth the risk. Also worried about university life and how limited I’ll be socially. I’ll take a walk in the forest tomorrow, that’s good advice.

Hey! Thank you for the advice. I don’t have distortions. It’s a constant hiss and/or eeeee beep. I will definitely not mess with any medication. Swedish doctors don’t seem to hand out steroids in the first place anyways. I’ve been considering trying SSRI before tinnitus but I’ll avoid it for now.

Thank you for the comforting words. They help. The loud wine glass sound did go away which is a relief, now it just switches between the beep and the hiss (kinda sounds like wind blowing in trees.) Right now it is the catastrophic thinking that is the worst. Reading about people who had mild...

I didn’t say that the doctor was useless but the visit was. He also told me to continue going to parties (for graduation) without earplugs as long as my ears didn’t hurt since I had no hearing loss. That’s not just him being unknowledgeable but straight up offering dangerous advice.

I went to the ENT today. It was almost shockingly useless. I wonder if they're usually that bad or if I was unlucky. He basically said it can't be the headphones since I didn't have any hearing loss and a perfect audiogram. He said I should just mask it and not think about it. I know about...

Thank you for the advice. I will look into that company. There won’t be any studentflak because of COVID-19 so we will just walk around town, with good distance from the speakers. That should be fine, no? And with earplugs. We are also talking about going to Laserdome as a last fun thing to do...

Thank you very much for your reply and advice. It’s really helpful :) As you say I really need to stop reading the scary stuff for a minute. I must say OCD and tinnitus is a really unfortunate mix, I was just getting better with my last year-long theme (bacteria) so this will be hard. Just...

Thank you for the advice. I will not wear earplugs to school, but will buy some for graduation (which will be held outside).

Hello again! I spoke to my GP again today. Unfortunately, she does not know a thing about tinnitus. She recommended yoga to relax (?) and told me to just wait it out and see. Still did not want to give me steroids. I actually do not feel sensitive to sound at all. Car doors, dog barks...

@Matchbox, @buttercake, @Tanni, @Stacken77, @Michael Leigh: Thank you all for you informative replies. I’m not doing too well with the emotional side of this. Can’t help but feel like my life is over, I’m so scared. I’m confused about what noise to avoid. Should I wear earplugs at school? Or...

@BigNick, @Stacken77, @Michael Leigh, @buttercake, thank you all so much for your answers. Unfortunately things have somehow gotten worse. Just as I was somewhat more okay with the high eeeee in my left ear after a week, my right ear that was previously quiet is now much worse. It’s loud, like...