Sodlin

Sodlin

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  • Sodlin
    Have been feeling pretty good lately. Hyperacusis is my main issue now. I can mentally block out the tinnitus sound. Today we were on a meeting and i decided to try it after 20 minutes without earplugs because i was sitting far away from the speaker. Everyone (around 35 people) started laughing LOUDLY so i sent them back in again. Sadly a little spike from it but i hope its just temporary.
    Sodlin
    had like 4-5 weeks that i "didnt stress out" about sounds making my TT worse. Now i for some reason get stressed out and freaking out all over again over sounds that it might have damage my tinnitus (like the incident under) or when i took a walk today and some hunter fired a rifle when 10-15 times somewhere in the woods.
    Sodlin
    Been doing pretty decent for a couple of weeks! Didnt get any spike from below accident with the grinder. Today i sat next to someone that had a OBNOXIOUS loud ringtone close to me today for about 20 Second (it was ringing and he had to "finish talking" before he aswered it.) He sat right next to me so i was probably 40-50 CM away in a meeting. Did a quick search and our "work phones" can reach 105 DB at 10 CM away. Hopefully i will be okay
    Sodlin
    Today i was outside in the "factory" where i work and i needed to get past someone that was using an angle grinder. Was like 1 metre away from him when he started to cut thru a big pipe. Very uncomfortable but had mine SNR 35 DB moldex earplugs so i think i will be safe.
    Sodlin
    Had a meeting today at my work. I use jabra speaker for teamcalls. I thought it was very "annoying to my ears" and double checked the volume after like 5 minutes into the meeting and it was on 60% (i always got it on 20% on volume). Probably my coworkers borrowed it and increased the sounds and didnt tell me. Dont think that will hurt me but it is very annoying and aggrevated my ears quite alot.
    Sodlin
    i wouldnt say that sounds makes me "PANIC" the way they used to. I still spike ALOT tho and some seems to be permanent. I mostly get angry or irritated when people yell, clap their hands etc close to me that creates a spike and im like "oh crap not another spike". Its good to not get super panicky and anxiety rid but still getting the spikes is kind of the hardest thing for me to deal with since it drains my energy and make me feel like im going backwards in progress
    Sodlin
    Ive been stretching my neck and jaw alot trying to release my tension i got everywhere. Also been taking walks. My tinnitus has got from 5/10 to 7/10 with doing these things. I dont understand why. Shouldnt it get lower? I wonder if i should keep going and if im onto something here or if i should stop. Takes alot of energy having it louder. its also more loud on the side i got most tension on which is weird.
    kingsfan
    Mine spikes for the day if I do any sort of exercise, hiking/walking included.
    Sodlin
    This has been 2 weeks tho :/
    Sodlin
    After been a stressball the entire week i went for a walk unprotected, i live in a very quiet area. there was a garden with a dog so i was force to take a "offroute", went in the forest and saw freshly cut trees along the path. When i was walking suddenly i hear a chainsaw start behind a bush only 6-10 metres away from me i didnt see the worker. I ran in panic with my fingers in my ears. Urgh it was so loud. still a stressball......
    orenge01
    Hey I feel you and I'm sorry that happened to you, it's so hard to manage this world sometimes :/ I've had a couple of slip ups with 100% volume again for brief seconds in my ears, great stuff... Not. Some applications just default to a very loud volume for some reason, not fair. Man I know this happens to other people and they just shrug it off but for us it's way different :(
    Sodlin
    Yes. I think its some kind of PTSD that just "send us back" to where we been when we had problems
    orenge01
    yeah it definitely is something like that I've realized, somewhat similar at least. I think the brain remembers the trauma :/
    Sodlin
    What is it with these people that have this weird urgue to shout or scream out of nowhere. We are on a meeting... Someone comes in and the person right next to me (about 50 cm away) litterally yell out "HEY DANIEL" VERY loudly. It was like getting a fistpunch of noice right into my right ear and of course i jumped and hes like "oh.... did i scare you". Now im having a spike
    RestlessNights
    same, happens to me all the time especially in class when i don't have my earplugs in. People are so so loud for no reasons
    Sodlin
    Exactly my feeling! What cant they not say "oh hello Daniel" like a normal person. Why do the need to scream and shout around them... Must be a bad selfesteem thing.
    Sodlin
    Really hate that alot of my coworkers got their "hands full" and put calls on speaker phone on max volume next to where i sit and talk. I always cringe for 30-60 seconds then i have to put my earplugs in but still they keep doing it everytime and saying "im so sensitive". It litterally hurt my ears hearing the other person talking on the phone with the crackling in the background.
    Sodlin
    Still spike from below incident. Cant really understand why it spiked so huge. wore earplugs and everything so makes no sense....
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    kingsfan
    You have to take into account the attenuation of the earplug across frequencies. NRR and SNR ratings are an average of about ~9 frequencies (from 125-8,000 Hz). There will be variances among all of the frequencies attenuated. There's also really no testing above 8,000 Hz, so who knows how much protection is being provided against the ultra-high frequencies of a child's scream.

    But even apart from that, certain frequencies seem just be spike things in general, regardless of the volume, probably due to the over-excitability of neurons that have been observed in tinnitus patients.
    Sodlin
    @kingsfan most (if any) people are unable to produce sounds over 8000Hz i can almost promise you that. If you take your lips and make really harsh "SHHH" sounds its typically around 4-6000 hertz. Also higher frequencies are often attenuenting more since it has less piercing effect thru objects. but i see what your getting. my earplugs make 20 DB at 63 Hz and 25 at 250 HZ and to 8000HZ.
    Sodlin
    i 100 % agree with ur last sentence. Seems like somethings just make it spikes even tho the sound itself isnt that loud (or sometimes not even bothersome). Spike is sadly still ongoing. sad to hear about urs also been from loud noise exposure
    Sodlin
    Somehow i did get a HUGE spike from that kids birthday even tho i wore earplugs thru the entire 3 hours... stil very tired and felling abit "off" in the neck so hope that is the reason. the spike is only in one ear. Suchs a boomer....
    Sodlin
    Everytime i feel more "normal" i go to a kids birthday and realize im still VERY senstitive to noise. Im sitting thru kids crying, screaming, laughing and 2 ballons pooped like 4-5 metres away. Its like sitting on the normandy beach during WW2 and parents just sit there and smiling at the kids and think they are sooooooo cute.... (had 20-25 DB earrplugs) still very loud to me tho
    Sodlin
    Was on a "real resturant" for the first time in my life after i got worse tinnitus..... Lord what a nightmare, like 90 people talking simutainlously and those sitting next to us shouting and being very noisy. Hard to hear what people around me were saying so would say it was 80-90 DB. Luckily i had my Moldex 35 DB earplugs in. Was only for 1 hour but i was totally exhausted after.
    Sodlin
    Having a weird spike for a couple of days now. Been exposed to one scream pretty close to me, one door getting shut HARD by the wind because a window was open and hammering in a couple of nails fixing my roof (of course with dualprotection). Think it will be subsiding i a couple of weeks but a little bit annoying to get a boost in the sound
    Sodlin
    Starting to forget my tinnitus a little bit more again. Still think it spiked thru the wardrobe incident but somehow i dont "care as much" when the anxiety is low. I actually manage to work up the courage to prebook a trip to an all you can eat shrimp buffe in the next week!
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    Sodlin
    Did exactly the same numerous times. I remeber i had to take a "phone call" over a television that had like 80% volume and it was screaching from the cheap speakers with high pitch noice when they talked. It was a 90DB on my phone. I lasted like 2-3 minutes before i had to insert my earplugs. Got VERY scared over that incident but i was fine after a couple of weeks.
    Sodlin
    Remeber its the anxiety that makes u not able to sleep not the tinnitus. alot of people got TT over 80 DB constant in their ears and sleep like babies. I also get trouble sleeping when im "subconsciously anxious over a loud sound"
    orenge01
    @Sodlin Yes you are so right, thank you for reminding me. It's also anxiety that starts the downwards spiral, thinking of the cumulative damage and all, times I should've used ear pro but didn't, talking hours of exposure to 80db noise. But all that matters is what I do now and still doing my best to use protection in appropriate situations, and if slip-ups happen it's not the end of the world :)
    Sodlin
    Anxiety gone now after the wardrobe incident. I still have a spike tho. the only good thing about this is that i actually realized that i suffer from phonofobia (always thought so but now i know for sure)
    Sodlin
    Anxiety seems to mostly have subsided now which is great. Now im more "annoyed" then scared of the spike. Tinnitus still loud tho, hope it will subside
    Sodlin
    Still in the wardrobe spike. Anxiety kind off comes in "wawes" its like im feeling okey then suddenly i get heatstroke and getting butterflies in my stomatch etc. I hope the spike will subside when the anxiety symptoms end. Its not fun when u cant mask it and u have 2 more sounds in your head. Hope every1 is feeling well!
    orenge01
    Reading this, I think we might have a very similar spike in terms of characteristics, this gives me some more hope that this will in fact subside, thank you :)
    Sodlin
    Still in the spike, anxietywise i feel alot better with less doom and gloom thinking but the spike is still agressive and loud. If it is bc of the anxiety over the wardrobe accident i wonder how long after the anxiety is gone the spike will actually calm down.
    Sodlin
    Today we drove past a construction site when i was talking to my mom in the car. I held my fingers in my ear while we drove past the site since they were using jackhammer right next to the car and responded to her question. I was like "wow that was loud talking with the fingers in the ears" i know that occulision effect can make it louder but there is no way that can actually be damaging right?
    Sodlin
    I am not as anxious about the incident anymore but im very irritated since its very hard to not hear it and im also for some weird reason im very sleepy.
    imagine doing something so silly that running into a wardrobe could ruin ur entire week... -.-
    Sodlin
    Well the spike from last incident is here and very loudly, trying to stay calm but very hard. Funny how life was doing really good for 2 weeks and then a idiot incident running into a wardrobe door sets me back to having panic and high anxiety again. Always feels like 1 step forward and 2 steps back with this condition.... Just hoping the spike wont be permanent.
    MindOverMatter
    This the nature of tinnitus @Sodlin Ups and downs. Dont let the downs get to you too much (easier said than done, I know), and they will usually be way more shortlived. That has been my experience.

    Hypervigilance and overfocusing on the spikes make them tenfolds worse.

    Remember, this too shall pass.
    Sodlin
    Thanks for the uplifting spirit. Been 3 days now and its still roaring in one of the ear :/ I seem to never manage to "keep calm" during these spikes and somehow subconcius get anxiety ridden over them. Think i should have learned after all these years!

    Yes overfocusing sure makes them worse!
    orenge01
    Couldn't've said it better myself. 1 step forward and 2 steps backwards is exactly what it feels like :/
    Sodlin
    Havent been in here much since ive been having some really great weeks. Today it was a loud sound. I had 2 wardrobe doors open next to eachother and by accident when going in smacked one of them with my shoulder so they banged against eachother making a very loud sound. Measured to 109-111 DB and it was right next to my ear :/ Hope i wont spike.
    kingsfan
    It seems like you spike easily but haven't had any permanent increases, is that right?
    Sodlin
    Yes i do spike easily i also can "change" the TT alot with neck, jaw etc. (if i bend over to pick something up with earplugs for example i get a very loud HUMMMMMMMM). ive had some some increases but those have been PROPER loud sound like concert without earplugs, muffler explosion etc. Its hard to say if it gets louder or not alot of the times from these "normal loud sounds" but most tend to get back to baseline.
    orenge01
    We seem to be quite similar in the fact that I also didn't use this site at all because I was generally doing fine, but now with this mega spike I'm back here again. So it goes. Hopefully this passes soon, I'm tired of this monthly emotional rollercoaster which is T :/
    I'm glad you got a lot better from this spike though :)
    Sodlin
    Last weeks have been goin pretty good. Only like 1 "loud sound" incident each week. Focusing on relaxing and just getting my mental state together. Feels good when u got some energy to actually do something :) Feeling positive.
    Sodlin
    Had a conversation with a coworker that is VERY loud when she talks. I thought my Hyperacusis was better so i just took 2-3 steps back and had the conversation for around 1 hour without earplugs. Was so proud that i managed handle it decent! Today im paying with a pretty huge spike tho :/
    Sodlin
    Had an extremly important meeting and my coworker had borrowed my "portable speaker microphone" and hadnt return it so had to sit in a room with 5 coworkers with the laptop speakers on max trying to have a meeting. Man those laptopspeakers is like a drill in the ear, i handled it for 5 minutes then i had to go back and get earplugs to continue the meeting. Having a spike hope i didnt screw up.
    MindOverMatter
    No, you didnt screw up man. You need to stop the circle of worry. I know 100% where you are coming from. Those sounds are not good to me either with their thinny, high frequent soundscape. But honestly, the worst thing that will happen with this, is ear fatigue and a shortlived spike (if that). Your pattern of reaction makes more damages to your nervous system than this sound.
    D
    I can feel that. It was some truly good times that there were no piercing sounds for the ears, back with no T/H...
    Sodlin
    The spike ended very quickly. (i got a very huge spike from something else tho that i cant really pinpoint but i think its from sitting and something muscle related). After the speaker incident spike subsided i actually been doin pretty good. Tinnitus still roars as loud as possible but for some reason my mind dont seems to "care" so much.
    Sodlin
    PART 2
    *rotating my head from side to side=SPIKES
    *turning my neck to bring your ear to your shoulder=SPIKES
    *bending my neck forward to bring your chin to your chest=SPIKES
    *Ive always been able to make me ear scream by pressing right behind my ear on the "bony part". Just a coincidence that the SCM attaches right there? Might be a eartrauma combined with muscles in my case maybe?
    Very intressting
    Sodlin
    PART 1 Today i found a very intressting article. I read this article and EVERY movement from the SCM spike my tinnitus while im doing it. I do have an old whiplash injury and i sit ALOT at the computer. This might explain why i get 2-3 weeeks of a spike when i try stretch my neck.
    www.healthline.com

    SCM Pain and What You Can Do

    If you have a literal pain in the neck, there are things you can do to help identify, manage, and improve muscle pain. If you think or know you have sternocleidomastoid (SCM) pain, we explain some ways to recognize it and what to do about it.
    www.healthline.com www.healthline.com
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