Recent content by Paul Wilson

I don't know if what I can say will help, as my tinnitus doesn't feel like its in my head, but when my tinnitus got unbearably loud a couple years ago I experienced high stress, depression, and hopelessness. I asked doctors and psychiatrists if my tinnitus was an hallucination or something of...

Well thats the tricky thing about sound induced tinnitus- Yes, it can last a day, a week, a month, a year, or even years. Its hard to tell how long it'll last. But its entirely possible that your case of tinnitus is temporary. Just avoid those loud noises and headphones/earbuds. Also if you...

Unfortunately, yes. To be fair I haven't sought any further treatment since my psychiatrist put me on Ativan (no health insurance- U-S-A! U-S-A! lol but I do intend to seek further treatment when I can afford it). But yeah both ENTs, general practitioner, and two shrinks haven't been able to...

Offering my opinion based on personal experience and research. If something I say offends someone, that's not my intent. I've had tinnitus for about as long as I can remember. But it was only audible in complete silence. For both of these reasons, it never really bothered me and I thought it...

I have high pitched tinnitus and at its worst it was screaming loud. Fortunately, with a variety of things, I've been able to cope pretty well and usually reduce the volume of my tinnitus. As far as white noise goes, the noises that help mask my tinnitus best is just about anything involving...

Ear buds can be a cause of ear damage that leads to tinnitus. It could be something else, and from personal experience I haven't had any issues with ear buds. In fact, I use them to listen to white noise on Youtube (usually storm or beach sounds), but I never have the volume much louder than my...

If it's something you can only hear in a quiet area, and you have to focus on it to hear it, try to keep some noise going. Before my tinnitus got extremely loud, when it was only audible in silence, I would have a fan on at night as I went to sleep and that used to mask the high pitched whining...

I've had tinnitus since at least 5 or 6 years old. But it wasn't until two years ago that it got unbearably loud. And what's worse is that it sounds like a high pitched whining noise. Have you ever watched a movie or TV show where an explosion goes off and all you can hear is a whining noise...

One way I cope with my tinnitus is listening to white noise on Youtube. Usually the Ativan I take keeps it at a very bearable level, but sometimes it'll get louder and I'll listen to the sound of a rain storm or sounds of waves on the beach on Youtube. And don't worry about advertisements. While...

Hi all. I'm Paul from Georgia. I first noticed my tinnitus as a high pitched whining sound when I was about 5 or 6 years old. It wasn't very loud and as long as there was some kind of noise around me, like a fan or air conditioner, I couldn't even notice it. The first time I brought it up was...