Bob den Hartog

I've been experiencing similar

School bell?

What matters is the monthly trend and the global lows. The setbacks aren't important, at least as far as the long run is concerned.

So hang in there! Don’t expect any results so early in, as I think you usually start to notice something after at least a month or, with keto, once ketosis sets in, I think?

By the way, I just saw someone on Reddit who said he eliminated his tinnitus after he got on the Carnivore diet (aka The MEN! Diet For MEN! Who Love Their MEAT!), but that took at least 6 months. Not to discourage you, but the opposite: it goes to show we’re all different, and it could take a little while until your body starts to adjust and repair.

Either way, I think all the Paleo, Keto and Carnivore diets, as well as the intermittent fasting regimes have one thing in common: minimal sugar and carbs, minimal processed foods, all nature.

It’s never everboth ears at once . What does that mean do you think?

I have no idea why it’s always only one of them, but the fact that a sound usually affects only one ear while the other one is fine is, like I said, mostly a confirmation that the physical ear itself is fine, and it’s an expression of the brain -coming from the fight or flight stimuli.

Yeah I see your point. This morning it was my left . This afternoon it’s my right

My audiologist pointed out the longer term trends is what matters. This is the same approach as we need to take for a lot of things, from fitness to finance to work. Right now I'm helping produce Q1 reports and it's a lot clearer now how a few campaigns and tests have performed. It really wasn't clear at the beginning, because the daily data was too erratic, but now we can see the complexity of it all.

It might be good to annotate your T in a diary with a 1 to 10 scale. I got the idea from a powerlifter called Johnny Candito when he did this with a back injury he had. It meant that when he had a bad day, he could look back and see how the overall trend had improved as time had gone on.

Yes, I've started annotating the T several times now, but each time it proved very difficult or undoable, as my T changes so much throughout the day. A day can start very good, and completely go bad, or vice versa.

Hang in there, @Strife_84! You know what they say - the initial volume decrease is more noticeable than later ones. The important thing is, that it IS decreasing!

Yeah man. You're so new into this nonsense, and you got ye olde prednisone with a normal PTA. Hang in there.

I am hopeful for you! Awesome news.

No, not something special, just hunching over my iPad. I just noticed, also earlier, that once I move, or do or think something, it comes back. Might have had to do with things I just listened to? That I had just worked out? Combined with position? And my focus on that? Combined with a certain state of calmness.

Even though my baseline seems to increase lately due to exposing myself to sounds, I also get these random moments of low T. I keep hoping that would also lower my baseline, but the following morning, nope.

And yes, it’s great and encouraging that it can go this low at times, even though it’s combined with moments of louder T. Mornings are sometimes louder than evenings now... the complete opposite of before.

Oh me too, it's ridiculous!

It is! Why don’t we just enjoy the quiet?!

@Drone Draper, extremely heightened. Only wear them when I also have the dishwasher running that night. My ears still need to readjust to sounds.

@Strife_84, I also usually feel better when they’re in, since I can tell myself the heightened T isn’t real, is not as loud as compared to regular sounds, it’s just my perception. Also, you don’t need to think about environment sounds. But I overplugged for a month due to pain hyperacusis, so I really need to work on desensitization and plug as little as possible.

I do think, and have experienced, that the more you wear them, the more your T will spike.

As T? I would assume so.

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/i-want-to-go-to-a-concert-%E2%80%94-should-i-seeking-advice-on-risks-for-tinnitus-hearing-damage.33988/#post-422356

@Strife_84 thats exactly how it was for me on friday afternoon, I guess we were not ready yet for the exposure to sounds. In my case, it might have been the PC fan, but I dont know for sure, as I also did not have my meds that day.

@Striveon, it was headphones for me.

@Lilah Same! I always panic a little until I realize it is coming from an outer source

Haha, yeah, me too. Though I seem to be learning: nowadays I have my earmufs at hand to check if the sound diminishes if I put them on for a second, before I start panicking :).

I usually just press the tragus into the ear, to check.

lucky you it sounds nice

They’re a little too busy to be relaxing, but yeah, could be worse. The only constant for me is change though, so it won’t be for long.

Best of luck

Hope it went well and you enjoyed your walk.

Thanks! Well... the walk itself went well, it seemed. Sunny outside, enjoyed it very much, no pain, so I didn’t plug. Got home - half an hour later, the pain hit. Not fair, should’ve given me a fair warning. Oh well. It seemed to have gone down again by now... :).

Hey Bob. That's great to hear! Can I ask what is your favorite tv program? :)

Hey! Currently that’s the Dutch show Wie Is De Mol, haha (I live in the Netherlands). It’s my favorite of everything that’s not Netflix or HBO ;).