SarahMLFlemmer

Yeah, I took NAC and magnesium in advance and afterwards. Earplugs don't help. I asked the dentist not to drill too long at once. No laser available and couldn't have been used on the existing filled tooth and some other situations.

I took NAC before and after my last dental appointment, and I didn't feel any pain. Not sure if that helped, or if that was just a placebo, but it certainly didn't do any harm. Also wore my Peltor earmuffs the entire time, as well as a foam plug in my worse ear.

I wear an Earplug when they're drilling. I never had a spike from it. Also when I get my teeth cleaned I tell the hygienist to hand scale and I opt out of ultrasonic Scaler.

Tbh I couldn't tell you it seems to vary from day to day and sometimes hour to hour. The only thing I know is the sensitivity has gone down.

I have, but it has been sloooooow, and inconsistent. Month to month progress, but a lot of fluctuations. Not yet what I would call quiet.

I have. It's certainly faded into a lower volume than what it used to be, but unfortunately as with most things to do with this condition - it takes time. But right now my current experience with T is very livable and stable.

I feel lucky that I have not had ear fullness, pain, popping or anything like that. Mostly sensitivity which is getting better and reactivity which has its good and bad days.. along with this buzzing which caused me insomnia initially. Who knows what that all means... I'm just 'trying to be hopeful'

@Tryn2BHopeful Same dude, same.

@Mo8409 so you did or didn’t have ear hair damage?

Not sure but they have alot of mentions on tinnitustalk and a podcast

@SarahMLFlemmer Did they ever do any additional tests other than the one in the sound booth? If they did, then I'm pretty confident you had both the tympanometry & the acoustic reflex test - they're a standard part of a basic hearing assessment. Other tests - like the OAE (the hair cells test Mo was referring to) are additional.

I've had this fluttering just a few times in left ear to certain sounds in quiet environments over last 1 1/2 yr. But happened in right ear first time a few days ago immediately after some stressful news and kept fluttering even without external sounds, even after put foam plug in, and after an hr of biking, and did some the next morning. But fortunately hasn't returned in the few days since.

@MadeleineHope they only did the sound booth.

God bless you, Frank! Today seems okay, so far. My T is fairly low and tolerable in the AM, but come late afternoon it gets louder. Either that or my tolerance for it lessens.

You're probably right.

Interestingly I saw this prospective study on electroaccupuncture https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2331216518821449#fig6-2331216518821449

@Nick47 interesting. Thanks!

@Nick47 I wonder if this is being done anywhere??

Ride that ~~~wave~~~

@kingsfan good word.

@SarahMLFlemmer I got it starting Lexapro. Just 2 doses and bam! Ears screaming at 3am! Previous experience with Lexapro I got ocean sounds and brain zaps withdrawing but that usually went away quickly. At the time I likely never associated the ocean sounds with tinnitus. I was much younger then... In my 20s

@4Grace mirtazapine comes in a 7.5mg tablet... I have them. What is a compounding pharmacy?

We only have 15, 30 and 45 mg tab in Canada. Compounding pharmacy can make any strength you want in a capsule.

Lexapro induced

Quiet rooms are a disaster. My brain goes completely haywire.

@cjbhab quiet rooms are wonderful until now. Now I start to panic because the T is actually in my whole head and ugh, this is just too much. =[

@Tryn2BHopeful great points. It might, and it might not. I'll be 8 months in tomorrow. Today my right side is clogged and face is numb but mentally I'm okay. This thing is so weird.

@Tryn2BHopeful Well said!

@SarahMLFlemmer Wait - your face goes numb? Say more about this please! Is it your whole face or just a portion? What does it feel like? Mine is a 24/7 partial numbness/stiffness/mild burning sensation. Don't know anyone else who has this!

Fans typically make mine louder but I started using them again. You'll have good days and bad days and days that don't make sense. My brother told me this. You're gonna hear the noise and he rates his a 10 but it doesn't bother him. It's not about hearing the noise, it's about carrying on happily despite the noise. Maybe we will get there?

@Mo8409 Doing my best today. <3

Great to hear :-)

Enjoy it!

@Joe Cuber I have no idea! =P

That’s great news! Hopefully 2 in a row coming up.

@cjbhab today is also fairly low and so is my anxiety!

@Strawberryblonde "Hey brain, you have enough to worry about, thank you!" =P

Mine used to migrate all around my head. The worst was the glassy/cutting spine one I could feel almost physically. Eventually stopped doing that.

@AnthonyMcDonald in silence you only hear it in your ears now? That's exciting. I think that's like, half the battle with this thing for me now!

@Joe Cuber your profile pic. =P I love it BTW.

If you have days when you feel good about it I think you will be okay I’m time. I have to them too but to be honest they are rare. I believe it comes down to the severity of the sound.

@4Grace yeah, I cannot be in a completely silent room/car without feeling like I'm about to panic because it isn't being masked by any other noise, and it's so loud it's in my head. It's awful.

@4Grace it seems like the sound has changed at least for the better over time, I think.

The forums at least give an outlet with people that understand our condition.

@Tryn2BHopeful Yeah, I think I'm just wasting time on here most of the time. Reassurance that what I'm going through is normal and will pass. Everyday is so different though. Some days I feel like I can totally rock it and some days I think I never will.

@SarahMLFlemmer I understand, I feel the same way.

They should definitely warn people! I think we are in the same tinnitus group on FB because I came across your picture on a post lol

But seems a lot of people got it from Wellbutrin and antibiotics as well.

@Mo8409 so, freaking, sad.

Unfortunately even if one person says they get tinnitus from a medication they have to list it as a side effect even if its 0.01% chance.

I have six sound machines - don t use them anymore

@brixenbrixen I don't want to use them because I don't want to be dependent on one more thing. You think I can do without? How do you sleep at night?

I can sleep with this noise - don t know why - maybe because of Mirtazipin

Quite everyone has OCD

And don t trust the psychiatrist - the need to give a diagnosis - saying this with a background in psychology and a lot of stays in psychatries

@brixenbrixen it's the fallen human condition. We all have something we deal with because of our human nature. I just know I personally have a tendancy to obsess about things maybe more than another person might, but it's totally possible to get a long like the rest who have gone before us.

"I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength." <3

@Strawberryblonde probably just the perception. I was only trying to have some relaxing days but unless I'm extremely busy, I'm white knuckling it.

@Mo8409 I probably should go back to decaf.

With all this talk about decaf, I tried a Starbucks Veranda decaf, and honestly its not bad at all.

Mine too! I'm so happy for you ❤️

Let's just enjoy today because we all know tomorrow is a different story.

@kingsfan "What a waste!" ;P ha ha, for sure.

I see you're a King's fan, are you in Cali too?

@SarahMLFlemmer I was in california for nearly 20 years, but lost my job and apartment. Now I'm in the hellscape known as the midwest.

Oh, okay. Sorry to hear it. =|