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Just curious, I've noticed others have posted that it causes spikes for them and am realizing (big Mexican lunch today) that it does seem to make my t louder for hours. What do you think is in that kind of food that would stimulate the brain?

...right ear had some hearing loss but no tinnitus. During the Christmas season I had been exposed to loud music twice plus fire alarm went off at my work right on top my head. Been a pretty destructive month. Can anyone tell if the spikes can last for months and go away or am I screwed up...

...it was a side effect, but it eventually died down. I though it might have been caused by sugar or by sodium, but I eventually realized the spikes were caused by conference calls! I rarely talk on the phone, but I often work from home and have to take long conference calls. Something about...

That is funny you say that because your story is a big inspiration to me. When I get spikes, I remind myself that it can get better, even if it takes four years, and that helps me calm down.

...Now I can't even hang out with 4 or 5 friends without my tinnitus spiking. I used to not protect my ears in these situations but noticed spikes, so now I do wear earplugs. Sometimes it might even spike then. I don't know if this has something to do with hyperacusis, it's not like it's really...

Welcome to Tinnitus Talk. Don't worry too much about spikes. Most of the time, they will subside to baseline. You may not want to help trigger or prolong the spikes, as extreme anxiety will trigger the limbic nerves and turn you into the fight or flight mode of reaction, which usually makes...

...It becomes an endless loop. After 20 years with tinnitus, and the last 5 or so with sound sensitivity and reactivity, I’ve had countless spikes and temporary setbacks that lasted for weeks. The best thing you can do here is engage with things that calm you. I wouldn’t go down the medical...

...NAC, Magnesium, and Naproxen or Advil for pain? What about foods to take or avoid? Do you think those things might affect healing time or spikes returning to baseline? I’m asking you because you have experience and you’ve said your tinnitus is intrusive. I know we can’t really compare, but...

Is anyone still using Dayvigo? I recently got a prescription for it, but I'm cautious about taking it due to concerns that it might spike my tinnitus. I suspect Melatonin spikes my tinnitus as well, though I'm not entirely sure yet.

Today I decided to start a thread with ChatGPT to track my tinnitus. I want to keep a record of spikes, what helps, and what may have triggered them. My plan is to continue this for the next year and see if any patterns emerge. Has anyone else tried doing this? Here is the prompt I asked...

...below 80 dBA and wearing hearing protection, I really don’t think any spike would be permanent. Some sounds just tend to irritate our tinnitus. For many people, spikes occur a day or two after the noise exposure. I would continue monitoring the environment in the jewelry class with a dosimeter.

Spikes do happen, and as you say they tend to return to the baseline. However, there's still the possibility of your tinnitus worsening. I've experienced both. Besides that, I'd say your post matches my experience of the last 25+ years of having tinnitus.

...I have something to share here. For about the past couple of weeks when I'm starting to fall asleep I, all of a sudden, get sharp volume spikes from the tinnitus in my ears and head. It startles the daylights out of me. It seems to be happening every night now before I can get to sleep...

...that I feel dull hearing for few seconds in one of my ear. Or we can say sometimes 'shhhh' sound increased in any one of my ear, and which make more T noticeable for few seconds. I am slowly habituating T, but these spikes makes me scared. Is it normal? Anyone experience something like this ?

Like most of you, I experience temporary spikes in my tinnitus from time to time. It seems like each of these spikes lasts a week or two. What I'm wondering is whether we perceive our spikes to last longer than they actually do. For example, consider this chain of events: 1. Tinnitus is at a...

My tinnitus has gotten worse overtime—fan no longer blocks it out. It gets really bad sometimes, blatant spikes for a while, a day, a week, months, then it goes back to where my brain had first habituated to it. I play with different forms of white noise (brown, pink, etc). This helps me sleep...

Have you find out the reason of your spikes? For example, I always have a spike when I have a flu. (I think due to dysfunctional eustachian tubes, which change the acoustic of the ear somehow) But sometimes I also have a spike when I'm not sick. I do not know exactly what is the reason behind...

Anyone had spikes that lasted more than 2 weeks and returned to baseline?

Maybe explore the migraine–tinnitus treatment approach. It is based on the idea that our spikes are actually a type of migraine, and that by avoiding triggers, you can also avoid the spikes. I do not know if it has real validity, but it is something I am trying to experiment with.

...looks like it's a permanent spike. I do go out to nightclubs but much less now after getting tinnitus around 9 months back. I don't get any spikes with loud music though I wear ear plugs. I remember getting spikes when watching a football match, again I forgot to take my earplugs. I am...

I wish a medical person would explain us why we get spikes... what does it mean? What happens in our brain? I wish we knew more about tinnitus!

Has anyone here heard whether someone has measured brain activity during a spike? I mean, is there research on spikes and to what extent they are actual (temporary) increases of tinnitus or just perceived increases of tinnitus? The reason for my question is that I'm once again going through a...

A lot of the time, I do not hear it unless I have a spike. Most days, I do not really notice it throughout the day.

I'm going to try adjusting my diet a bit to cut out processed sugars because I think my tinnitus spikes after I eat stuff like cake or ice cream. I want, however, to keep putting mangos and blueberries in my morning smoothies because that stuff is really good for you. For those of you who get...

...May or June marked my 33rd “tinnitus birthday,” and the psychological impact has lessened a lot over time. Nonetheless, I still get frequent spikes, usually from loud noise such as motorbikes, heavy goods vehicles, or even ordinary cars with faulty silencers. I no longer go to bars. Some...

...luckily I can safely say it doesn't really affect me and I can only notice it in quiet environments.. But for the past few months I get random spikes and the sound greatly increases to near deafening levels and my ears become all muffled and I can't really hear much. However I don't worry...

...so I decided to resume a social life and began going to parties again (with protection, of course). That was a bad idea. I have been having spikes every day for the past two years. I cannot sleep anymore, even with a combination of medicines. I now live completely isolated at home. I want to...

I've had Tinnitus "for real" for almost 19 years now, and I've experienced quite a few spikes a long the way. Now I am once again suffering from one after attending a loud party last weekend, followed by four days of influenza. I did wear earplugs (ACS Pro) the entire party, but still I find...

Kinda regret going to a certain social gathering on christmas without earplugs, now my ears are killing me :( well I guess it's ok. I'll try to be more careful next time. Now I at least know that less noise also spikes me...

Hi! After three years of successfully dealing with my tinnitus, my life has turned upside down. For a month now I have suffered from several spikes in volume and tones. Some days I can barely hear people talking. It feels like there's a radio tuner in my head that skips stations. Has anyone ever...

@Ralphie, same question, do you think earplugs and earmuffs would help reduce the chances of tinnitus spikes in those settings you frequent?

Hello everyone 👋 I'm back with an update. My T is still there and spikes have become less and less. I am living life more normally despite this noise..it's still annoying most days but I'm pushing through. Reactivity is wayyyyy down but still there....nothing like it was though. Hyperacusis is...

I’m sorry this happened to you, man. Spikes suck, but they usually get better within a few weeks. Personally, I’m going through a spike right now because I was doing a brief, uncomfortably loud task without hearing protection. I even had hearing protection in my pocket. I do not want to...

This has been my experience over the past few years. The first year I had spikes, but I could pretty much do what I wanted (staying away from clubs and bars obviously), and everything stayed relatively constant. Now anything slightly loud, even with earplugs, sets off spikes that last weeks. I...

I guess a good thing about getting these tinnitus spikes is that then the lower volumes of tinnitus are easier to deal with. About a week ago, right before I went to bed I had a major spike most of the night. If I was to use a level of 1 to 10, I would call it a 12. So now anything 8 and...

...Some are accompanied by a sense of aural fullness/decrease in hearing. I gave birth 2 weeks ago so I'm hypothesizing that the temporary spikes have something to do with it. My tinnitus began about 2.5 months ago a couple of days into a cold. If you have any insights, it would be...

...not 100% sure but I'm strongly under the impression my tinnitus is caused by my medication. It's the only plausible explanation. I dose...it spikes. I refuse...it stops. Sometimes it stops while I'm medicated. Very confusing. The problem is....I need my meds to fight anxiety and a former...

2/2 I’ve never had spikes, mine have always been permanent increases. How do you know if it’s a spike? How long do yours last?

..."fleeting" tinnitus. This is my regular, baseline tinnitus just raising suddenly, randomly in volume. Again, unlike the fleeting tinnitus, these "spikes" I've been getting last only 1 second at most. It's very scary I was wondering this these are tinnitus spikes that people are talking about.

That is definitely possible.

Does anyone get spikes followed by long periods of relative silence? I normally have a low humming/buzzing in my left ear sometimes with a gentle high pitch intermittently. However walked the dog this morning, came back with a screeching eeeee for approx 20-30 mins and the nothing... relative...

It would be interesting to find out the cause of most spikes for most of us here. If you answer "something else" please let us know what it is, in the comments.

I’ve been having serious spikes. Discouraging. I’ve had an ear infection for 2 days. It’s making my T unbearable.

...As background, my hearing and ears in general are normal and I tested negative for Meniere's despite having frequent bouts of vertigo/dizziness. I also do get random spikes regularly, I just have noticed a definite correlation with the yoga and was wondering if I'm the only one. Thanks! Caroline

I just joined today and have a couple of questions . 1.) My spikes can start if I just " sorta dose " off . Anyone experience that and it that normal ? 2.) Any suggestions on how to slow down a spike ? Thanks for any and all your help :)

...be a temporary spike, but I’m unsure whether to use earplugs on future trips. I plan to reduce cabin noise by adding sound-deadening mats and changing the tires next month. I’ve had tinnitus spikes in the past when I started focusing on it too much and frequently checking if it had gotten worse.

Since having tinnitus I've experienced a lot of different spikes. First high pitch noise which I've got 24/7. Some times my ear goes deaf for a split second. Sometimes accompanied by a stupidly loud scream high pitch noise which fades out. And this humming vibrating feeling. I've had tinnitus...

Bombarded with so much sound this week. Praying no worsening or spikes. So far so good. Fingers crossed.

...persisted. I feel really low and I just came here hoping for some positive thoughts and prayers. I don't feel I have any control over these spikes, the t in general. It has its own mind and I think this is the part that I find the most frustrating. I also have found this to be a very lonely...

Everytime I eat and chew I notice an increase in my tinnitus that can last anywhere from half an hour to over an hour (sometimes longer), depending on how much I've had to chew my food. Obviously some foods require more chewing than others. Is a 'spike' gained through chewing as serious as a...

Five months into my T and starting to believe the people who say "things really will get better." The best thing I've learned is that spikes really do go back down! In the beginning my T would spike and I would panic: "oh no if it keeps getting louder I cannot bear it!" Then in a few hours or...

Hey community, I'm trying to figure out if noise-/vibration-related spikes indicate that more damage is being done to your auditory systems, or if it's simply an indication that we've gotten our screwy neurons all riled up. For instance, I go for a 1 hour drive in my 78dB car with plugs in...

...head is sounding like it’s going to explode. I’m just feeling really hopeless at the moment. I used to find dealing with my tinnitus really easy. These new sounds/spikes are scaring me. I just don’t know what to do. Anyone have advice or similar experiences? I really hope these are just spikes.