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    Seven Months with Sound-Induced Tinnitus: Is Anyone Seeing Improvements or Finding Hope?

    Let me rephrase that a bit. Improvement by habituation is the most likely outcome, meaning your tinnitus will become pretty much non-bothersome again. That may very well happen down the road. The perceived volume can be turned down by your brain as it processes it. All the “whys and what ifs”...
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    Seven Months with Sound-Induced Tinnitus: Is Anyone Seeing Improvements or Finding Hope?

    Sorry to hear about this. I know the place. It’s not easy to get back, but it is doable. Another good example is @Sonia554, related to what I mentioned before. Even though your hearing test is coming back fine, the auditory system is compromised in one way or another. So even if you improve a...
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    Seven Months with Sound-Induced Tinnitus: Is Anyone Seeing Improvements or Finding Hope?

    I don’t know what the initial cause was back in 2004, but most likely it was an accumulation over time that was finally triggered by stress or something else happening during that period. There was no particular incident. The worsening in late 2019 was due to high sound exposure. It has...
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    Seven Months with Sound-Induced Tinnitus: Is Anyone Seeing Improvements or Finding Hope?

    The thing is, it does feel lonely at times, but if you start opening up to people about it, you’ll discover how common it really is—especially after the kind of situation you mentioned. I think it’s important to understand that it’s usually not just one single thing that caused it. What you...
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    Seven Months with Sound-Induced Tinnitus: Is Anyone Seeing Improvements or Finding Hope?

    My best advice to you, if you want to focus only on the “getting better part,” is to stay clear of the stories you seem to come across most often. The more you read the “worst off” stories, the more you will suffer, in my opinion. You can ask any counselor or therapist who works with this, and...
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    Thats the relentless nature of t @BrOKeN_1 Embrace the good day you had, knowing that there...

    Thats the relentless nature of t @BrOKeN_1 Embrace the good day you had, knowing that there will be good days coming again. Don't let the bad days dwell too much in your mind.
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    How to Manage Reactive Tinnitus Setback?

    Hope you’re doing well, mate! It seems like you’re in a better place these days 👍 You’re absolutely right that small things, like adding perspective and not giving this condition so much space in our lives, can make a big difference. @Paulie87, it takes a lot of practice and inner strength to...
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    Desperate for Help with Severe Reactive Tinnitus and Life Impact

    Reactive tinnitus usually takes a lot of time and effort to improve, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can be helpful. But you can absolutely get much better. I’m living proof of that, now six years down the road. You also have to remember that this process is not linear. It never will be. I’d...
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    @RestlessNights Well, what you describe with vertigo and heart palpitations (and some fainting...

    @RestlessNights Well, what you describe with vertigo and heart palpitations (and some fainting, or close to fainting) is one of the main symptoms of POTS. So you should definetly get checked for this if these symptoms has been for a while. You would need a tilt table test or lean test by someone...
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    Have you had such issues before? Vertigo , fainting... Could be POTS related. Tinnitus is also...

    Have you had such issues before? Vertigo , fainting... Could be POTS related. Tinnitus is also quite common with POTS/dysautonomia.
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    Severe Two-Week Tinnitus Spike After Vacuuming Despite Wearing Earmuffs

    I’ve had tinnitus for 20 years, and reactive tinnitus with sound sensitivity appeared about 5 or 6 years ago after a major incident. I live a happy, normal life with this today, as I’ve shared in other posts, although I don’t attend certain events anymore, such as live concerts. But I came to...
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    Is My Experience with Amplified and Doubled Noises from Dysacusis, Hyperacusis, or Something Else?

    What you describe is reactive tinnitus, possibly in combination with dysacusis. In my opinion, reactive tinnitus is a subset of hyperacusis.
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    Severe Two-Week Tinnitus Spike After Vacuuming Despite Wearing Earmuffs

    Sorry to hear about your recent spike. Incidents like the one you describe are, to a certain degree, pretty much unavoidable unless you move out of the city and go somewhere completely remote. Spikes and setbacks are part of this journey, unfortunately. The situation you describe has happened...
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    Severe Two-Week Tinnitus Spike After Vacuuming Despite Wearing Earmuffs

    The more space you give your tinnitus, the more you’ll hyperfocus on it. The more the brain perceives it as a threat, the worse it will feel, and the longer you’ll feel worse. It becomes an endless loop. After 20 years with tinnitus, and the last 5 or so with sound sensitivity and reactivity...
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    Severe Two-Week Tinnitus Spike After Vacuuming Despite Wearing Earmuffs

    This will pass. If you try to leave it alone and treat it for what it is, a temporary spike, the sooner it will fade and return to baseline. The level of sound you describe is not harmful, especially with earmuffs at around 80 dB. So we are really talking about exposure closer to 60 dB or so...
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