Ylva

Welcome to 1-year-covid-fucking-with-your-tinnitus club! May I take your coat?

Has anyone's 'spike' from covid settled down? Or is this a new baseline I'd just have to get used to.

I'm giving mine 6 months, as that's how long it took for my vaccine spike to settle. It did never go completely back to baseline though, but I take what I can get.

Hey, unfortunately for me it only got worse. I have my new base level for a year now. I hope yours did get better!

That sounds fun. I've always wanted to try it.

You will get there again!!

Give betahistine a go. Super safe. Best thing for cochlear bloodflow. You sound like you've got either something autoimmune or vascular going on.

@Matchbox yes thank you! I definitely feel like there's something off there and doctors keep ignoring it. A psychiatrist said it could be trigeminal neuralgia and prescribed tegretol. Looking into that now..

It's just hard to feel like there is something medically wrong (in the end we know our bodies the best) and not being taken seriously. For me, I'm not giving up the search yet. And in the meantime I'm trying to accept the sounds.

I don't know. But my T is pretty unmaskable because I have so many different tones and pitches. I have habituated 90% within 10 months. I very rarely try to mask.

From past experience, my T can become aggravated and pretty much gets 'louder' with anything that I try to mask it with. I do end up habituating despite this but my concentration is always hell until my brain decides to fade the sound into the background.

I'm in a 'spike' that is getting constistanly worse. When I say this it's not about what I experience in a short time such as a day/couple days. I've had it 20+ years.

Yeah, same here. I had tinnitus for more than 15 years. It has worsened almost a year ago for unknown reason. It was really, really bad at first. I've been off work for five months Since then I had numerous ups and downs, speaking of volume and mood. Most recent spike, the worst I had, settled down two days ago, has lasted for more than a week and almost knocked me out.

So sorry to hear this, hopefully it will settle down after a while.

Yes, it changes pitch and times with my heartbeat. I can feel it as well. Gets worse when I exercise, which is the worst because that's one of the few things that distract me :( Where should I press my neck? Also everything keeps getting worse. It's really hard to try and stay positive here. The fact that it's unexplainable makes me go crazy sometimes, because I'm a person who likes to get to the bottom of things.

Do you hear it in both ears or just one? I have left sided PT, and If I gently pressed on the left side of my neck, where the jugular is, then the sound stops, because I'm stopping the blood flow.

Oh I understand the frustration! I lived for exercise and being outdoors - PT completely destroyed that for me. If I even go for a walk, the beating is through the roof!

Is it causing you problems? I don't think it would need to be removed unless it's causing pain, pushing other teeth out of alignment, or is at risk of causing any sort of tooth/gum decay. Your dentist would know best.

Interestingly enough, I'm also going to the dentist in 2 days. It's just to complete the crown I'm halfway done with. I also saw my dentist loads last year. I was really worried about the drilling noise, but that turned out to be fine. My T doesn't react to other sounds at all for some reason.

I was wrong, my appointment is the day after tomorrow lol (ADD brain). I will call and see if they can first examine if it is truly necessary. Thank you all!

It's true that hearing is getting damaged over time, from noise and aging, but that one time event is not supposed to cause cumulative damage.

You should be fine. Remember, try not to stress. X

I don't reckon it will stay the same. My spike lasted five months! But it's now back to the original volume. Just try to relax (super hard, I know!) and tell yourself it will be fine. Honestly, the only way to conquer this, is with determination and positive thinking.... God, that sounds lame haha.

Hey @Ylva sorry no one is responding. I usually try and speak to people - but I've been super busy with work lately. I can't see what ajc has said to you, because I blocked him. Don't ever listen to him. He can be a right pain. Is there anything you particularly wish to talk about? Or questions that you need answered? Steph x

Hello @Steph1710! Thank you so much but no need to apologize :)

Sometimes you'll get responses right away. Sometimes it takes a little time, but my experience is someone usually chimes in and helps.