Recent content by Mick82

Hiya. Just an update for anyone who's curious/cares. It seems to be mellowing out some during the waking hours. Overnight I think I'm waking up maybe three or so times vs on the hour as it was earlier. This is with the exception of some pre-bedtime napping... Last night, napping on the couch...

Bump on this. It’s almost two weeks for me and I’m torn if I should attempt a course or not. My second opinion ENT yesterday was ready to prescribe a low dose one (lower than the one I have on hand I guess) but I was all hesitant for fear of making things worse.

Maybe I’m noticing it getting a smidge calmer throughout the day with less muffled feelings, but it’s now waking me up systematically throughout the night, at some points on the hour. This is garbage.

Hi. How is it now with taking the steroid?

Down the hatch. Wish me luck!

Just got off the phone with the office. I asked if they could recommend and prescribe this. Awaiting a response.

I can request this, sure.

Sounds like you’re on a good path. I think tinnitus is waking me up throughout the night. Or from what I’m reading, the anxiety of it is. I have little problem going to sleep, but once I have a slight normal awakening, the tinnitus keeps me up for awhile, until I’m able to doze back off, only...

I completely agree with your stance. And no, I’m fine with a few days of bad effects, my apprehension comes from a fear of making things worse, or permanent side effects. I seem to recall the doc saying no to prescribing a new steroid because I wasn’t ailing from a virus. Something to that...

A couple questions, please. 1. Is the whole diet relation to tinnitus intensity benign? Is your tinnitus a baseline and is tuned down or up depending on diet, or does diet help and hurt the baseline? 2. Is listening to soothing ambient sounds in the AirPods Pros ok or should I just plug the...

This is hella insightful. I don’t feel as lost now... So yes, when I’m out and about walking or driving, the noise is practically not there. I have to look kind of hard for it to faintly notice. In a quiet room it’s pronounced enough to put me in an anxious, bad mood; it’s not...

Thanks a ton for this Bill. Very useful advice. Right now I have my AirPod Pros in, active noise cancellation activated which I feel does a nice job of filtering out noise—especially the high pitched clangety stuff like dishes—listening to tinnitus stuff off Amazon music, basically nature white...

Also I’m protecting at the moment using AirPod pros and their noise cancellation feature. I disable Bluetooth so that no calls texts etc come thru. A couple times I have put tinnitus tones on at very low volume. I hope this is ok?

Thanks much for the super fast response. I already have Turmeric (Curcumin) on hand and have been taking it since yesterday, twice daily. I’m going to run to my local vitamin shoppe for some of the other things you recommended. I’m super paranoid about taking the steroid but maybe I should just...

Following listening to some loud music and movies last Monday, I developed a ringing in my right ear. It started as some very minor discomfort sort of underneath my ear on the outside if that makes any sense, then progressed to a high-pitched EEEEEE. There’s also some muffled feeling in that ear...