Mister Muso

Glad to hear/read that!

Always good news when someone's spike goes back down.

@kingsfan True - we need all the"good news" stories we can get!

Mine too. Maybe our ears will battle each other.

No....they dont :(

Easily done my friend. Hopefully recovery won't be too long.

Having a better day today. Haven't noticed my T for 3 hours

And it's back. T was just starting to fade but I've had to use headphones a lot for work calls recently. Back on the acoustic modulation tracks to keep the internal noise bearable

Hey thanks for asking. My tinnitus was noise-induced so I guess I've got to live with it, and the hyperacusis too. They are both manageable with care. At least with all concerts off this year, we are all in the same boat with normal-hearing people, for this year anyway. Hope you're doing well today.

Ahahahaha! This made me laugh!

@Steph1710 I often get random song lyrics flying round my brain. I was going to add "stuck in the middle with you" in case nobody got it. Then thought about "Stuck in the middle with VROOM" to represent my low-frequency pulsatile tinnitus but thought that might be too confusing for those who don't experience that. Did I mention I'm an over-thinker? :-)

This happened to me a few months ago. Got blasted by my TV at a full volume.

@pinklights98 Were you OK? Happened to me a handful of times but I always managed to kill the volume within about a second and suffered no lasting damage.

I spiked for about two weeks when it happened, but it went down. I ended up never using Alexa again

Well things calmed down a bit in general. Found a dentist that would treat me as an emergency. Still battling the breathing problems but getting more exercise helps a lot.

Check with the drummer, maybe he has T in both ears :D

@Julien87 Haha Last I heard he was still playing the drums. He also has Huntington's disease so he's probably just glad to be alive!

I do still have problems with plastic bags rustling, ripping cardboard and sellotape, pots and pans in the kitchen, supermarket trollies and bleeping checkouts. I always carry earplugs with me for such events.

Does these spike you or do some make a glassy sound? Last week a pressure washer motor gave me a high piercing spike. It took two hours to come down.

@James1977 I can get a spike or more likely ear fullness lasting up to an hour from plastic bag rustling. Up to a couple of days from a door banging or cutlery falling to the floor. My susceptibility to such incidents is gradually reducing thankfully.

So sorry about your mom. :( I suggest you don't add another sedative. Mixing meds can complicate things.

Thank you @OnceUponaTime. My mother passed away this week. Finding sleep very difficult.

I'm sorry for your loss. :(

They can be quiet loud.. drums are the worst instrument though

I do always use at least musician's earplugs. Sometimes foam. Sometimes with ear defenders on top depending on what I'm playing. But yes we must always still be careful... Sucks doesn't it?

Two in my bad ear and one in my good ear. I then got all kinds of TTTS symptoms after this. I’m not really sure what brought on these strange spikes. I’d never had them before or since (so far anyway).

Perhaps my kids. I don’t protect enough around them

It must be hard having young kids with our conditions. Mine are teenagers now so they aren't as bad usually, but sometimes my daughter gets over-excited.

Was it a hiss earlier? If so, how long have you had it?

Hey Bill, yes the default tone is a reactive hiss, sometimes more in one side than the other. But about once or twice a week it will solidify into a loud ringing that fills my head and needs some loud masking to keep me sane.

Here on TT, we've got 24/7/365 Christmas spirit.

What happened?

Tired of being tired all the time. Crazy dreams every night. The return of my stress related breathing difficulties. It's not been helping much with anything lately so I may as well come off it and see what happens. Feeling pretty good physically after one week off it, sleeping ok, but starting to feel moody and broody again.

Thanks for asking btw.