Shelbylynn

If you want it legally, put in a used dead battery and insurance is happier.

@Exit excellent tip! Never thought of that.

Yeah this is clever @Exit and @TheDanishGirl. Problem is the damn thing was still beeping in my hand after I had torn it out of the ceiling, removed the battery, cut the wires and smashed it half to pieces; was f*cking indestructible.

Would be nice if the rest of my electronic appliances worked this well, but then that would mean life not being a sh*t...

For real @Shelbylynn. F*ck glass!

AND porcelain!

B*tches!

I went and bought plastic plates. Man makes a big difference

@Rockman I like to use those hard plastic microwave ones for this reason too

Nothing quite like a loud backfiring car to keep you on your toes! Pop pop, bang, pop pop. Listen to my engine getting damaged...

Yes. Hate them with a passion.

I didn't like them even before having ear problems.
I was always asking my husband " So are they doing this to their cars on purpose? Like...why?! "

The way I look at it, those kind of things are bound to happen...My two year old daughter randomly screams at the top of her lungs at least once or twice a week when I pick her up while she has other plans...I just grit my teeth say, so goes life!

@Steph1710 Thank you<3 that gives me some piece of mind.

@BuzzyBee I'm not sure. I was on birth control already when I developed tinnitus. I was worried it would make it worse initially but it hasn't had any effect that i know of. But i know getting off meds sometimes makes people spike, but i guess it all depends.

Whatever happens it will probably be temporary.

If I hoover or use any power tools, I wear plugs and muffs! And I don’t do whatever I’m doing for very long.

@Steph1710 I'll try that! I despise ear plugs but I'll have to give in lol. My dust mite allergy means I have to vacuum semi frequently. I need to get rid of the carpet.

How do you feel you've habituated since it started two years ago?

@ThomasF Thank you, I hope so too, and I hope that for all of us.

@Leila awh, thank you. I agree, we need a care button!

@Lurius we'll get through this, even if it Suuuuuuucks! lol

Similar thing happen to me last week actually. I got blasted by my TVs volume at maximum level. Left me really anxious, The experienced pros here assured me that I would be alright. It’s been one week later and I’m still okay. You’ll be okay

@ZFire So far good for me aswell. I mean I'm OK. So that's great. I'm glad you're ok as well. Things like that are so anxiety provoking. Electronics actually stress me out now cause i worry they'll blast meLOL.

@buttercake Blehhb is the vibe when tinnitus is getting ya down.

You should be fine. I do a similar thing and it has never caused an issue.

@Steph1710 thank you !! I appreciate it. What kind of hearing protection do you use? Plugs or muffs?

@Shelbylynn sorry, only just seen this! I use plugs.

It’s loud as hell in there though lol I have gone several times with plugs but it’s about 80-90 db easy

@Wrfortiscue Really? Dang. Why? music??

why are you an autist? can you fix that?

@Lurius That's great! It should be everywhere, but I know they likely don't do it because financial reasons. If it doesn't make money, it's not available. It sucks.

@ajc I'm not autistic, but I was looking for screenings with lower volume for my hearing/t sake. In the US movie theaters have unregulated volume so it can be really loud and varies from theater to theater, Unlike what I see from other countries who say it's 85 dB average

What heart issues do you have?

@Damocles Thank you that gave me a good laugh. I didn't know I needed to see cookie monster singing that but now i do

@Uklawyer Honestly just genetic high blood pressure i take medication for, but last time I took sudafed it gave me a tachycardia episode for hours so now I stay away from it.

I'm your BTFF @Shelbylynn!

@Damocles love it!! Btffs

@ZFire thank you for responding, I was exposed to covid Friday (I normally don’t socialize sigh but the one time I do) so I’m just waiting to see if I end up Ill and stuff. Hopefully it’s a temporary spike. I didn’t spike with a cold until I got an ear infection. So hope it’s similar. And that I don’t get a secondary infection this time!

I didn't spike until I started recovering. It's been 3 week since testing negative and the spike hasn't gone away.

I don't socialize either. Saw my daughter at christmas and that was all it took. She must have gotten it from a birthday dinner a few days before.

@kingsfan how are you now, in regards to the COVID spike?

@DimLeb Yeah. It's hard for them to grasp how one can change so much... I hope my friends finally do, having known me play live music, host parties, go to concerts etc.

@DimLeb Hopefully there are activities and things you can bond over still. I like home movie, and coffee dates. But I don’t have h or anything so I can do moderate loud like a cafe.

@Shelbylynn True! No hyperacusis as well, except for some TTTS spasms. Unfortunately, there's still covid and that makes going out stacked in people kinda concerning. So, home stuff it is. How's your T?

Roller skating indoors? :P What in the world!? :P

Thanks @Wrfortiscue genuinely appreciate. I’m too panicky and gotta learn to calm myself but hearing someone else remind me helps tremendously

@Lurius haha!well see, the thing is, I’m not good yet so I’m afraid to strap wheels to my feet in public still. I gotta practice first. I need 2 find a quiet outside place to practice, an empty tennis court maybe

Drive with muffs within reach.
You may be stuck in a biker gang war:)

@Exit You know what as ludicrous as it sounds that would be just my luck. ;p

@Shelbylynn I can actually hear better with the Bose headphones because they cut out all of the muddy bass frequencies.

@Damocles I actually don't have it *FOR SURE* yet. BUT FINGERS CROSSED they'll have me. I'm going to hound them until they accept :) But thank you for the congrats and the positivity.

@twa Thank you for the advice! I haven't secured it yet, but I'm hoping they'll have me! We shall see what happens. Thank you again. <3

@Barry098 Thank you! I didn't secure it yet, but hoping they'll accept me. I was referred to the office by an acquaintance, so fingers crossed.

Good luck

I took NAC pretty regularly for about a year, didn't notice a difference either way.

Works great for me, helps with my TMJ issues and sleeping.

I once had a spike after a bus slammed the breaks directly next to me as I was walking past. I always wear earplugs now even to the shops because of these awful things. They're so loud!!!

@Charburchar I'm so stubborn! I don't want to wear it in passing moments because I knew I was just going inside a building in a few seconds. But I keep thinking "Oh well I'll be in a quiet place soon I'll walk fast" And nope even then. I've even waited til loud things pass outside before i walk out LOL.

What's even more terrifying, car alarms! Got out of the grocery store and didn't want to look like a weirdo by walking back in. That was a bad evening lol

Me half asleep is a whole diff person lol.

That said, it can't have done any permanent damage, so relax... but not so much that you flop again! φ(ºДº)φ

Jeez this is complicated...

@Damocles it ended up not having any effect on me.... BUT YEAH. WHY DO I DO THAT?! OK next time I'm just getting up. Someone just sedate me ._. peace

@Steph1710 yeah sort of a spark sound occasionally. I have the same base sound but I get little extra stuff occasionally, but then I think it goes away. It’s not constant, the accessories that is (the remixes lol), sometimes it feels louder and quieter too

@Wrfortiscue do you mean your sounds are always changing? Is there no constant one ?

For 20 years I had stable, non-irratic T. Last June developed a new tone for the first time that sounded like a jet turbine, as well as reactivity. That slowly dissipated to a non-issue by late October early November. The new tone is there but can only be heard when falling asleep.

Unfortunately, developed yet another new tone however this one is incredibly intrusive :(

@Matchbox I pretty much love my white noise sounds (base tinnitus), I feel like they’re really easy to filter out of my mind. I just don’t want them any louder lol. I hate eeeee sounds and metallic warped sounds

@Wrfortiscue oh no ;( how many sounds do you hear?

@Exit i don’t think particularly I was named after her. I’ll have to ask my mother lol. But she has a lovely voice :-)

Cardiovascular exercise is one of those things where there's really nothing it can't improve; except for viral illnesses (which you should really be resting during) and, I guess, heart attacks... (both during and after).

But yeah, in 2015 I went through a period of never-ending ear infections, and subsequently dropped all my regular cardio-exercise. That was when I noticed I could hardly breathe through my nose anymore.

So blood-flow clearly plays a massive role here.

@Damocles thats interesting, I’m taking up roller skating and I’ve been exercising more so I’ll let you know if it helps, my congestion is mainly allergy so idk how much it’ll help. But I was planning on exercising again anyways. Thanks again

Those are great news, best of luck!

@NYCGuy thank you!