Bry

Eustachian Tubes from allergies

I just flight for over 12 hs and my sit was next to the engine, I was scared as hell but luckily I'm okay.

I flew recently. Used Earplanes, Peltor Optime III ear muffs, and paid extra for front-row first class seats. All good! My T is severe so I likely took more precautions than most.

None that I know of.

You could
try plugging one ear and see which one is louder

It absolutely can. If your all plugged up

Peachy

T is actually behaving itself, but mentally, I’m a fricken mess atm. How are you @Bry

Bright eyed and bushy tailed

Yes it resolved, it was pretty scary going through that part.

What is reactive T?

We are closer than we have ever been but still a ways away. Hopefully we have a treatment for decreasing the volume in a couple of years :)

@Rockman doing better, thanks for asking. How are you?

Still kicking

@Bry I went from 8/10 T to about a 1 or 2/10. So, there’s so much hope for you yet. Focus on each day at a time. Force yourself to do things that you enjoyed before T (obviously with restriction - can’t do anything too loud). What worked for me was just getting out & trying to live as “normally” as possible. It helped so much with my T anxiety. You’ll be fine, just give it time. X

Thank you @Steph1710 why do you think it changed from 8 to 2?How long did that take to get lower?

Absolutely or barely noticeable

How much later?

Really persistent a little under 3 months post trauma

Not sure if I would correlate it since it’s so long but who knows

Yes, although if I wear ear protection for a long time and take it off in quiet it seems much less noticeable to me

Absolutely makes seem louder

I hear it if I wear anything that either enclose or block my ears. I hear it in the bathroom unless the fan is going while I'm inside. I hear it if I don't have my tablet playing white noise under my pillow when I sleep. I hear it always.

for me, it was like a conscious decision to not let my T get in the way of living my life. like accepting that it may get worse, but choosing to have bad T over a half lived life. once I made that choice things got a little easier for me.

Habituation for me is I forget I have T until I am in a quiet setting then I can hear it loudly, and I almost immediately forget about it and continue doing whatever I was doing. It gets pushed to the way back of your conscious thoughts.

@LAnative that's pretty much how I’d describe my habituation.

@Bry how are you getting on? Are you recovering okay?

@Steph1710 doing better, thanks for asking. Struggling with the T tho triggers my anxiety. Cant wait to habituate. How are you? Does yours still go away when you lie down? Mines gets worse

@Bry the anxiety will get better. The best thing you can do is just accept that the T is there. Me coming to terms with it, really helped my habituation. And no. Unfortunately my T is still there when I lay down now. It’s changed so much over these 2 years. Massive *hugs* to you. It will get easier. I thought I’d never cope, but I managed to, so you will too, eventually. :)

Interesting,i feel if i solve the issue of the tightening so to speak feeling. I solve the tinnitus.

I would be happy just to get rid of the physical sensation. My case is different though. I only have pressure in one ear, but tinnitus in both.

Yes ! I also have a constant tight feeling in my ears. Its the muscles… now 9 months again (setback)

Weed and cbd are hit and miss. Some say weed hurts and some say cbd hurts too. Sometimes cbd helps t but I don’t see many cases of weed helping cuz THC is bad for t often. YMMV.

@Rockman hahaha heard mixed reviews too

For most no

I wish I could say yes, but no, in fact it actually spikes my T and/or makes it super noticable esp if you pay attention to it. That said, sometimes I get so blasted that my mind gets so onetracked that it forgets about the T, even though I can still hear it. If that makes any sense lol.

Honestly, no. I think they’re working at a moderate pace, but not hard, cuz hard would mean the funding is there. I think there’s a small, devoted group of folks who really care abt curing these t and h problems, but bc the bigger medical and media communities don’t get behind them, they lose their power.

If everyone was on the same page, we could have a cure or effective treatment much, much sooner. A lot of the treatment concepts are at a halt bc of no funding.

Work on the anxiety first. Then time will help somewhat. Melatonin or nyquil too….

Melotonin Really worked well in the beginning. Than I just had to think of other things to distract. I have unmaskable head ringing