Recent content by Meinz89

Hi, I just replied to your comment on my thread but thought I’d respond here as well. I forgot to mention that I also had an ear fullness and pressure sensation after my MRI. My tinnitus spike and that pressure feeling subsided after about two to three weeks. The ear pressure went away first...

Hi @Emmadx! I’m happy to say that the spike settled after about two to three weeks. While I initially thought my tinnitus was getting worse in my right ear (I primarily notice it in my left ear), that also eventually faded. I recently had two very quiet days, but now I’m back to my usual...

Hi, I was wondering if the reactivity or worsening of your tinnitus has improved since you made this post, @hopefulmomma? Also, as a mom, I’d like to know how you managed tinnitus while caring for a newborn. I’m about to be a first-time mom next month, and I’ve had tinnitus for six months now...

I’m always glad when I see that you’ve replied to my posts. Your insight and wisdom are consistently grounding and encouraging. Your reply came at a good time too, since this week has been especially difficult. I recently found out that I’ll need to have a scheduled delivery three weeks earlier...

Hello friends, I’m hoping to hear any positive post-MRI experiences that might help calm my nerves. Last week, at 30 weeks pregnant, I had a 20-minute MRI without contrast on the advice of my ENT and OBGYN. I’ve had unilateral tinnitus for 5.5 months, and they wanted to rule out anything...

Thank you so much for taking the time to read and reply to my post, and for sharing your experience. I really appreciate it. I’m hopeful that my tinnitus might calm down once my pregnancy is over next month. It has felt worse since August, but I’m also 30 weeks now, so I know hormones may be...

Thanks for your reply @Nick47. Mine has been reactive since the sudden onset 5 months ago. I am in my third trimester of pregnancy and I am hoping that maybe my hormones have something to do with the increased intensity and reactivity. While tinnitus has made this a very challenging pregnancy...

@MindOverMatter, thank you, friend. I’ve read many of your posts and truly value not only your sound advice but also the kind, considerate, and honest way you approach others. I’m still in a spike today, but I believe it will eventually calm down. I don’t have ear pain and only moderate sound...

I wanted to reach out to you because I feel I can trust your judgment and advice. There are many longtime tinnitus sufferers here with incredible insight, and I’m so grateful for all the comments I’ve received on my posts. Yours, in particular, really stayed with me and meant a lot during a...

Hi @Nick47, have you also experienced this type of intermittent beeping tinnitus? I have had it since the beginning, going on five months now, although mine is only unilateral. If so, did yours stabilize after a while? I have accepted that I likely have tinnitus that is not going anywhere, but...

Hi, I have this too in my left ear and have had it for the last five months. I am also seeking advice and understanding. Commenting in hopes that this gives the post a boost.

@Zigs, @Daphne91: Hi, I’m a newer tinnitus sufferer (five months in) and also expecting my first baby this November. To be honest, I’m scared to death. I try to stay off forums because there’s often so much doom and gloom, but I’ve written a few posts here during tough spikes and always found...

It truly means a lot to me that you took the time to read and respond to my long post during such a difficult moment for me. I agree there is probably no exact playbook for managing reactive tinnitus, and I know I do not want to spend my life in earplugs. My morning and evening walks have...

Thank you for your reply, and for your kindness in reading and responding to my other thread that I posted today. As it turns out, I received a false positive Lyme test. I was retested last week and got the results yesterday. Since I am pregnant, I have learned that false positives for Lyme are...

Hi, would you still say that Zoloft helped lower your perception of your tinnitus? I was just prescribed it today. I have been suffering from tinnitus for four months. I am pregnant, and it has sent me into a major depression, so I feel I have no choice but to take the pills in the hope that I...