twa

Still having headaches though.

Congrats!

That's wonderful, congratulations!!!

Wow! Wow! Wow! Massive congratulations @twa - you clever lady! <3

Good luck!!!

Best of luck @twa

Good luck twa!

For real Steph, you are a lizard! I should have remembered your future move to Italy, eh.

But yes, there is definitely a limit, even for those of us who enjoy the heat, and that sounds like it.

Don't get the refrigerated chocolate thing though. Have family who are into that too. Only chocolate that should be coming out of a fridge/freezer is a Mars ice-cream, if you ask me.

@Damocles , @Steph1710 we have had 100+ degrees F since the 1st of July. We are breaking records and Texas is in a drought. It drains all your energy. I've started drinking Vitamin water to replenish electrolytes. I feel dizzy every day. Swimming helps some. We are going into the dreaded allergy season combined with the 100+ degree heat. Ugh.

@Damocles, I am also of Mediterranean descent and lived here most of my life, but this heat is terrible. We try to stay inside from 10-2, even swimming earlier or later.

Sometime I wish I had a particular event to blame.. just general oblivious living is the culprit for this guy. Glad the T is being mellow for ya

@Wrfortiscue I've had some louder days lately. I think because I back to living with my two loud guys. I've also been going out and about, to dinners and parties. Swimming at the pool can be loud also. Its was nice staying the hotel by myself while taking classes.

@BrOKeN_1 I know what you mean, it's hard to place my initial soft tinnitus. After my acoustic event, there was definitely a life-altering change. Thank you, hopefully it will continue to mellow.

That's great and what's even greater is that you didn't allow your hyperacusis to stop you from reaching your goals!

Hello @twa are you still wearing plugs…. Whilst out etc
So glad your doing well
In what ways have you improved with hyperacusis x

@Eleanor yes I wear musician's earplugs when outside the house. This year in class, I took them out for brief amounts of time because we were in class from 8-5.

@Damocles love it! You made me laugh. :-) Thank you! Hope you are doing well. Take care~

Hello @twa
How have you felt removing them in class and for how long ….
Do you not wear them driving. Supermarkets etc x

Thankyou x

Hi @Eleanor89 I would remove them for 20-30 minutes at a time, just to give my ears a break. I do wear them in the car and at the grocery store. I have found grocery stores to be some of the loudest environments during my day, also family dinners with my extended family are very loud. I also have a rough day after having dinner with my extended family.

How's your T now? Faded since then?

I have good days when I can focus on other things like work, school and family. Days with constant ringing tone are more difficult. I would not say it has faded, maybe 10-20%. Mainly, my hyperacusis is better. I am careful, but can tolerate much more.

I haven't been to the movies but I was able to have conversations and watch TV. All changed from just a door slamming. I didn't think it could get worse

Not yet, but i'd eventually like to work my way up to seeing one and seeing if it bothers me/my tinnitus. I did go to a drive in theater the other night and it was fun. Nice to be able to control the volume.

My child is older, but yes I do. I take time for me everyday to go to a quiet place. For me quiet helps. I wear earplugs outside the house, always. I walk when I get stressed with my T/H. Wear you earplugs around your child, if needed. I do sometimes. It will get better, it took about a year to 15 months. I still have moments, but it is much more tolerable.

Same here.

My cubicle-mate at my last job always used to check volume levels on his apple watch. He always said things sounded too loud to him, so I think I may have met someone with a very mild form of it. This was when my tinnitus was mild and I didn't pay much attention to it.

I feel like it's underreported but more common than we think....at least that's what I choose to believe so I don't feel so unlucky lol

@twa you’re smart. It sucks but not worth it… maybe we get a happy medium soon. <3

I’ve had T since June 2022 from covid and I found that hyperacusis would come and go but when it went away, my tolerance became better. I found wearing earplugs too much makes ears more sensitive. Have you tried reducing your use of ear plugs and slowly getting accustomed to louder noises? If you have an iPhone, the Niosh SLM (sound level meter) works pretty good at checking decibels. aim to be less than 80db.

pc1 I am exposed to lots of sounds around my home. I have a very loud family and dog. I rarely wear earplugs at home. I will go outside or to the mailbox without earplugs. What I'm doing works for me. I am able to function somewhat normally, work, go to school, take care of my family with my system. It seems to be working relatively well. I am going into my 3rd year with T/H.

Hello @twa
So glad your doing well x
Happy achievement x

Hey, so good to hear from you again and congratulations on all that you have achieved! It's great that you stuck with your plans and refused to let tinnitus and hyperacusis drag you down!

@Damocles, thank you, that really is encouraging knowing I might be able to encourage others.

Thanks so much! Glad to hear you are improving! Praying for both our recovery and healing.

It's about the same. Some days it buzzing and not bad. Today I've had ringing all day. Those days are harder. Overall, I'm much better. I try to stay very busy and that helps. Blessings to you~ hope you are doing well.

@twa I also try to stay busy too especially when it’s bothering me more. Glad you’re doing better! Stay strong!

No worries so very happy to hear that! I am doing better at month 3 of T & H.

Hello @twa
Do you not get sensitivity at all now….or does it still go up and down….
Glad your improving

Hi @Eleanor89, I do still have sensitivity and wear earplugs, but my ability to tolerate most sounds is much better. I still do not saturate myself in loud sounds, but I do not walk in fear like I did before.

Hi there! I still wear my musician's earplugs everywhere I go. I'm confident, but only take them out at home. I get plenty of time at home listening naturally.

Well done @twa! You pulled through!

Now welcome to the natural immunity club! ⧹(⦁ᴗ⦁)⧸

My ears are still ringing so bad since covid =(

@Robster I talked to my dr, who usually has no opinion and he agreed that I should not get the booster. I still have vertigo and dizziness from both shots. @kingsfan, so sorry, me too, more clicking. @Damocles thank you! Yay!

Oh no. Sorry to hear. Feel better.

Thank you all! I feel much better, I have a slight cough still and the back of my head hurts. Weird, isn't it? @kingsfan I also have mild asthma. The dr prescribed Budesonide with a nebulizer. Drinking lots of liquids and Mucinex like clockwork with a humidifier helped too.

I take Trelegy and singulair daily. Doctor has me on a short course of prednisone right now. Wanted me to take Levoflaxin in case I have pneumonia but I'm not risking my tinnitus with that nasty drug. Also got a chest x-ray which I'll get the results for tomorrow.

Day 21?? By day 14 I was almost back to normal. I wish you the best in your recovery.

Hi Eleanor89. Sorry for the delay in responding. Still battling Covid. I'm about 15 months in, I'd say some improvement, especially in the area of hyperacusis. The first 10 months were difficult with a loud family and friends just couldn't understand. I think overall my ability to tolerate both T/H is better on most days. Prayers you are improving.

Thank you for the prayers!

Hope you'll be feeling better and that your tinnitus and hyperacusis will be back to baseline soon!!!

Thank you! My classes are starting and I'm still coughing, not fun. Thank you for the kind words.

I’m good, recovering from 3 weeks of grading and finals. I finished my statistics class! After that holiday events were in full swing. Hope you are doing well!

Have to say, it helped for me, that when I got my tinnitus, there weren't any support forums as friendly or positive as Tinnitus Talk. All I had was the RNID tinnitus forum; and f*ck me was that a scary and depressing place to spend your time. Pretty much had no choice but to stay off forums and learn to habituate elsewhere.

That's exactly what I did several months ago and it was very liberating. Now I just check back every once in a while.

Great advice

Thanks so much Eleanor. Had a rough evening, but with a few hours of quiet, I was feeling better. I'm doing ok. I am having more ringing today. Trying to press and get my paper done that's due tomorrow.