JurgenG

I do have to say I changed my mindset a bit already, I just don't care as much anymore as months ago.

It's best to introduce supplements one at a time, that way you can know what kind of effect they are having on you.

the master tinnitus desperation supplementation stash. if something works, how will you know which one it is? hope i can try some of those new ones soon.

I don't know what worked, but it wouldn't matter to me.

Then again louder. Only "loud" thing I've been was a restaurant around 70 dB

May it change until it goes! Good luck!

It happens.

Mine does this on and off a lot lately.
Hasn't been so bad since using nasal spray.
Maybe Eustachian Tubes are clogged?

I get this too. I think it's part of the whole package of ear issues. :(

I didn't take you as the serial killer type Spiral ;)

@Ed209 nah it was a suicide joke, the 8th word could have been "ourselves" which may be even more distasteful given the nature of this site.

I know what you meant Spiral I'm not that slow. That's one of the main problems on support forums though. You only see the negatives most of the time, and all the positives are talked down. It just adds to the overal feel of hopelessness. Negativity attracts negativity. Positives can come from the most heinous of situations; you've just got to look hard and dig deep to find them.

@SilverSpiral One of the theories about T is that everyone has some random noise but most of the brains are filtering it out. Ours don't

"Back to silence" method has nothing to do with sitting in a soundproof room. Nothing would happen, you would just avoid to make your condition worse because of loud noise... I'm staying long enough in silence to confirm that. By the way you would still hear things : eating, moving, brushing your teeth. A week with NO noise is not possible.

@Foncky I didn't mean that back to silence involved soundproof rooms, I meant that it involves not avoiding/ignoring hearing your T to change your response to it. That's the closest thing I could think would relate to this, as it is a form of habituation, and I know that what Jurgen was talking about would do nothing by itself.

I read about meditation and qi gong can help body/mind deal with pain. i was doing those before getting t/h/other hearing damage stuff, now havent been able to since getting it...

"Very" hard I would say

What do benzo's actually do, lower all input?

One day a rockconcert is 100 dB, the next it's 130.
Guns are 120, 130, 140, 150.
Maybe we could all agree that measurements should be measured at one metre distance for starters.

Couldn't agree more.

Okay, so now I know the risk, thanks. Stopped it already!

Alternative option: Pinch your nose and swallow. Works for me.

I wouldn't think so. Using a EarPopper would be the same thing, only using controlled pressure.

With earplugs I am very sure you're fine.

You are worried over nothing ...

Yeah Amber, you are right. The day after that I had something worse though. Twice 110 dB (for less than second) in my in-ear-headphones.

How have you been?