Marshall

Lucky them!

@Marshall this is very true. In my life everyone I know with T is living as if they don’t have it. I tried to be one of them. I really did…. I am one of the unlucky ones. :(

I would of said the same thing not long ago @Utdmad89

Yes, I had a measured 45db dip at 8K, that reduced to a 25db dip over the span of a year. Haven't had a hearing test in a year, and I never had a baseline hearing test before the incident.

I’ve been there brotha I’m proof that there’s another side. There’s a lot of people who’ve made it. There’s people when I first joined on the brink of SS who are in a way better place now

Again, @Marshall thank you for coming back and giving us updates and support. This is invaluable.

the last game I played was Cyberpunk 2077, loved it. can't play atm tho, because of T :(

Literally the rest of the day.. most the time @RunningMan

@Marshall What speakers do you use? And are those active or passive speakers?

My fridge has a weird noise that could be considered a distortion but my wife hears it too, which makes me think they are normal to some degree, but we didn't care unitl we got bad tinnitus.

@RunningMan I'm extremely grateful I have days like that, especial from how this started, I never though I'd get to this point. I lived like a hermit for almost 2 years reading almost this whole website deciding how I should treat this and came up with my best plan of action. Gave up the last of my 20's, and even them I'm still diligent with my ears

When I have quiet days like this, I started falling alseep in the early afternoon. I guess when my body doesn't hear any ringing, it just wants to catch up on all the missed sleep. Of course, I fight to stay awake because naps will spike it.

@Marshall Sorry if I sound dumb, but what do you mean by "went away over a 2 cource"?

2 years* @HearingHell my bad I was typing too fast haha

@Marshall - wow! Your story. Wow. Wow. Wow. WOW! FN WoW. Coming out the other side. I could not imagine anything more beautiful. WOW!

Sorry, it's been quite a while. I could definitely write one, but I'm not the greatest writer LOL maybe I will soon

I'm doing the best I can taking it a day at a time. Slow and steady wins the race.

Prednisone may or may not of permanently made mine worse. I can't be 100% but i would avoid unless you actually need it for other medical issues.

Sorry I'm late i don't get on here often. But you should finish the taper if you start.

I hope youre doing well.

Great to hear you are doing better these days and living a normal life as you should :) definitely not being fearful of noise helps immensely with this challenge. Static is a healing sign as @Bill Bauer has said :-D

@Marshall the static you’ve been having, is it reactive to driving, running water, TV, fan, etc or has your tinnitus also become less reactive ?

My T gets irritated from certain noises usually higher frequencies like running water/fan/vacuum you get the idea. But it's never permanent and always short lived. I try not to think about it too much like i used to. But definitely less reactive than it used to be.

Thanks for the input @Marshall .. thankfully I have also learned that I do not permanently spike from many things that I was once scared to consider, and I count this as a blessing, so I will definitely be leaning into workouts more.

This website is a hypochondriacs nightmare. Seriously think I'd get worse from so many things when I never even did in the past lol

yes, that is why i don't use this site much at all anymore @Strawberryblonde

Don’t be anxious about every noise making it worse.

Take a break from loud sounds.

Get custom earplugs with filters for when you’re in a situation that can be loudish.

It will calm down with proper care.

It’ll most likely get worse before it gets better as my did over a period of months.

You got this. It’s not the end. You’ll adjust. Accept you have tinnitus. Don’t dwell on it not going away. And it just might

Sorry for the late reply, but it's going! Good Days with some bad days, still want my old life back, but that's life and anything can happen at anytime.

How're you doing? :)

Good to hear you are having those good days and more and more of them I hope?!! Things can only get better as I keep telling myself lol :)
I've got a nice bit of morse code reactivaty that's flared up again so sleeps shit but other than that my T seems lower in volume (knock on wood lol).

That's so amazing :) Yeah I have days where my distortions and reactivity are full blast, and I have day's of complete silence. I'll take what I while I can and try to make the best of it.

Yeah, I wear filtered earplugs to places where I can't control the noise like work, super market, etc.. and don't use protection around the house unless I'm doing something loud. My T & H have been getting better over time.

I went from having T that I could hear everywhere no matter what, to mostly good days, and some days of damn near absolute quiet. And went from H to where I couldn't talk it hurt my hear and ears so much, to forgetting about H most the time.

Happy to hear about your progress man. Gives me hope that I can improve to a similar level.

The brain sure does love to obsess doesn't it. I have one super high pitch the jumps from ear to ear 24/7 with fleeting low tones.

Its seems once the brain starts making noise, it fights any attempts to stop it. Any methods that work are only temporary until the brain adapts.

A hiss is usually a good direction for T IMO just based off countless experiences and my own @Strawberryblonde mine was Tonal then to loud hiss, to back and forth, to a softer hiss, and now I mostly have a soft hiss and some times no T. But I do get a bad day at least once a week, but they are getting farther and farther in between.

I think most people that heal reactive T and H with sound therapy do bc of time and not pushing to hard coupled with natural healing. Not the actual therapy itself. Why would I blast frequencies of the broken nerve or hair cell with that frequency if it’s irritated. That’s just my 2 cents. @Wrfortiscue

@Marshall i agree. I’m starting to feel TRT is just a thing to sell hearing aids haha

f.ck sound therapy. Rest your ears and stop hurting your self. Big hug to you, Same for you @Wrfortiscue

@CRGC like 8 months. Things don’t bother me much anymore.

I hope the both of us do @in_LA

@Marshall That gives me hope! I'm 3 months in now...slowly coming to terms with T but H is hard to deal with. Did you have pain from sounds or just loudness discomfort?

What kind of filtered ear plugs?

I use Starkey. No One really uses them on this forum but I really like mineb

I also got Starkey plugs. I don't like them that much, I think the mold was done too short and they give me more occlusion that I expected.

How did it go?

Thankfully it was just a manual cleaning, but of course the found a cavity. Havnt had one since school but of course i have one after getting t

Its always the way @Marshall.

Last week mine seemed more high pitched in my right ear with less power behind it and quieter in my left ear than usual and today its gone back to its old annoying self. I like to think it's figuring itself out and getting better one slow arse day at a time. :-/

Yes. Changes throughout the day, everyday. Never stable.

Hahaahah you got the two in one combo type nightmare lmao

recently had a few of these too

@ZFire damn! Hahahaha!