BlueMoon86

Probably just because your tinnitus is a higher freqency then the jet. Can you clearly hear it over a fast running tap or high pressure shower?

My T is low frequency. I hear it over everything.

@BlueMoon86 aww I m so sorry about LuLu I had a hunting dog that my daughter and I picked up one day she was starved by and had her for years and her name was also LULU we lost her about a year ago. I like to drink also it helps me deal with it and yeah sometimes I drink too much. Do you know what your T is caused from?

My Lulu was 17 and had dementia. I wasn't always so patient with her towards the end and she was shying away from me. I had to have her put down because she stopped eating for 2 days. When they took her away to place a catheter they brought her back in and when she saw me her whole face lit up and she wagged her tail thinking she was going to go home now but I couldn't take her home this time.

The guilt just ate me alive and I drank a lot to cope. Unfortunately the drink also takes the tinnitus down so I have double the reason. My tinnitus is caused by a sudden hearing loss I had last year.

If alcohol helped my T, I know I would drink too.

When I say I can hear my T over things, I mean the sound doesn't mask the T, and I can still hear the T. My cricket/katydids sounds I listen to at night don't mask mine, but they help keep me from focusing on T when trying to sleep.

Its a way to objectively compare the severity in the suffering contest. Like if you can't hear yours in the shower that means you have mild T and have to bow your head and show respect to people that can hear it in shower.

@verda - I can hear mine in the shower with no protection. 5 water heads going. I don’t even have to look for it. I do have to bend my neck just an inch. If I don’t bend my neck it’s still loud but moments of masking depending. This is my worst unimaginable nightmare.

I think it means, does an external sound drown out the internal sound. Some lucky souls can’t hear their T over the shower or when they are in a noisy environment.

@BlueMoon86 - what I find interesting. My T is very loud. However I can still hear the smallest of sounds. My hearing test was almost perfect. I could hear those small sounds despite my T blasting.

How long have you been taking clonazepam?

For almost 2 months. No more. It is making me scared and giving me auditory hallucinations even at .5mg. It also doesn't work anymore. I never took it every day but I will still try and taper off it.

Yep. Like therapy, or a massage, or a doctors appointment. Just useless moments of total immersion in this auditory hell. Let me stay home and blast my water noises instead.

I was talked into trying cupping during those early months. Also did fuk all besides leaving big stupid hickeys on my ass. Lmao!

We are alike. What a nightmare.

Sorry to hear that. I went through a sudden multi-fold increase in tinnitus 27 months ago. Any suspected cause for your recent worsenings?

Mine seemed to increasingly get louder and more volumes in the first 6-8 months of worsening. I’ve had quite a few stretches of quiet tinnitus since, ‘quiet’ being subjective

My problem is some kind of inner ear fluid issue, not just hearing loss. I didn't just lose hearing and that's it, dead ear. I often have this full, clogged feeling where everything is muffled. Sometimes it even hurts.

For me it has been mild, usually 1h walk in woods would only mildly spike me. Now it seems to be getting worse. This is fucking unbeliveable.

If I stretch my neck to the left I get 20 x volume for as long as I hold the position. Clench teeth, press right side of head, same. We seem to have similar symptoms. Hang on my friend.

My T is usually at it's quietest when I wake up and I always lie on the bad ear. As soon as I wake up and start doing anything it ramps up. I used to have about an hour of reduced volume in the morning, not anymore tho.

@BlueMoon86 - I have the same. If I press on the right side of my head. Move my neck. Stench my neck. Clenching my teeth just slightly. All of it send my T screaming. Do you have pain or are you impacted by food. I have major impact with foods. It’s the worst part.

I can't modulate my T by pressing or stretching or anything. I know that if I stand, move my head, exercise or even swallow something it's going to ramp up. I don't have any pain and I try to stay away from too much salt and sugar.

I would take out my ears. Both of them today.

This breaks my heart. You are not alone. For what it is worth you are not alone. Hope for a better day is all we have. Hope!!!