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How long did you take Clonazepam, and what was your dosage?

Thank you very much for your message and for all the work you are doing with Tinnitus Quest. I already follow your Instagram page closely and regularly share your updates on X, BlueSky, Threads, and other platforms. I really like the spirit of the project and do what I can to help spread the word.

I will try to come back and keep you updated.

So now I have been sleeping much better. I still have the whooshing, pulsating sound, which I would rate as a 6 or 7 these days. I changed the time of day that I take my supplements and high blood pressure medicine. I used to take everything in the morning, but now I take them at dinner time...

Your position supports modern slave labor for the profit of those who employ it. Ironically, working-class, taxpaying citizens are the ones financing these illegal immigrants while also being victimized by the many criminals among them. I look forward to ICE and the National Guard arriving in...

I've been having these sudden spikes in my tinnitus lately. Obviously really annoying but has anybody been experiencing this due to the weather? ChatGPT said that the sudden drop in Barometric Pressure coincides with my spikes, but other factors like emotions and sinus congestion could be...

For one thing, no one has applied to research this area. Even if we wanted a specific topic to be explored, we cannot compel researchers to pursue it. Our entire process depends on researchers taking the initiative to submit grant applications to us. (That said, we certainly hope that through...

In any case, even if the device becomes available only in a few years, we should acknowledge the extensive research and remarkable career of Dr. Susan Shore. I truly hope her work will inspire other researchers and laboratories to continue exploring this path, whether through new molecules or...

What strikes me the most is that no other research groups seem to be pursuing the same approach or attempting to replicate these findings, even though this procedure has long been shown to be effective. This should be standard practice in the scientific community. When a breakthrough is...

It can be explained to other tinnitus sufferers. There is nothing you have written that has not been said before. You have reactive tinnitus, and it also worsens easily with additional noise exposure. These factors make your condition more serious. Do you use earplugs and earmuffs in...

Give it time. You are still in early stages. I've had tinnitus for decades, and while I can't say it's decreased, I can say I can ignore it much more easily than before. Please take MAID off your to-do list and give yourself more time to adapt. You will almost certainly adapt to the point you...

Wow, you are definitely brainwashed, but that's expected from a person who would lick the shoes of your disgusting government. A true shoe licker. ICE is arresting innocent people. Here's an idea, why don't you go pick fruit and vegetables now that half of your so-called illegal people aren't...

Hello, I’m really sorry for what you’re going through. From what you’ve told us, it seems that your ears have been able to heal, which is amazing and a wonderful thing in itself. I’m truly happy for you about that. As for the head tinnitus, there is always a chance it will improve or that you...

This is a sad time for America. Trump is demoing the East Wing of the White House to build his golden dance hall. This is all completely normal, right?! No Congressional oversight, no historic commission involvement, no report on condition, needs, or plans. We don't even have blueprints of a new...

Your noise will go down again. It's very possible the spike would have happened no matter what you did. I had a day about 7 weeks in where it nearly vanished and I celebrated like you did, then it came back. I was injured in January and I think April through June were actually the worst months...

Are you lying flat at night? Elevating your head with an extra pillow, or sleeping in a recliner if you have one, could help the fluid in your ear drain more effectively. If it is collecting at night, that could definitely explain the reduced hearing in the morning. Try drinking something warm...

That’s great to hear! I think having a busy household is actually beneficial. It gives your brain many opportunities to learn that sound is not threatening and provides plenty of distractions from the tinnitus. Sometimes I wonder if living alone in a very quiet house has actually slowed my...

It’s wordings like “probably” and the generic “you” that I have a problem with if you are trying to point out that these deterrents are of a relatively exclusive kind. Besides, why shouldn’t the vast majority be able to take the necessary time off work, including planning ahead? Why shouldn’t...

@UKBloke, for context, that is one of the figures accompanying Dr. Shore’s journal article published after the most recent human study. It is easy to find online; it is eFigure 5 in the supplement to the article. I have attached a PDF of the full text of her article, along with the supplement...

My tinnitus story. Trigger warning: assisted suicide. Last year, I got a potential ear infection that caused tinnitus on my left side. I got medication to treat it, but during the treatment course, I got worried about having a brain tumor, since people online in Facebook groups said to watch...

That’s great to hear, Sonia. I didn’t feel like the water irrigation affected me at all either, but after reading the stories here and on Reddit, I got scared. I’m on day ten since the concert and feel like I’m doing better. The tinnitus seems to have gotten somewhat quieter, and the...

What do you mean? You can get an ABR test that shows synaptopathy?

I assume that you have frustratingly bad problems, and lashing out at others with filth online is a way of coping. They're getting rid of criminals and illegals, and the National Guard is there to make it safe for ICE to carry out their roles. If you do not like that, there's not much to say...

Now that the dust has settled a little further over these past few days, I would like to say that the thing that still p*sses me off perhaps the most about the way this whole situation has played out is the chart below (which I'm finding increasingly difficult to locate online - but maybe that's...

Turning to poetry here, and this is on the topic of discovery. I don’t have a degree in English literature, so this is just my interpretation of some lines by Keats that I remember from high school: “…Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific and all his men Looked at...

Hi, I just wanted to extend a kind word and let you know that I’ve been in your shoes, as many of us have. I’m a relatively new sufferer of tinnitus, which I developed suddenly back in April. I was seven weeks pregnant when it began (though it wasn’t related to the pregnancy), and it has...

I’m researching blood pressure medications that are easiest on the ear, and it seems that Labetalol is the only beta blocker not associated with tinnitus, although there’s one story here from someone who said otherwise. It might be a good option to keep in mind if Guanfacine doesn’t work out...

Telmisartan is supposed to be one of the better blood pressure drugs for tinnitus. It has even been shown to be otoprotective. Are you sure that particular one made your tinnitus worse?

I doubt it. The real issue is not the volume but if it caused the membrane to tear or pop. I guess constant popping could weaken it over time, but for as many times as I've had the suction thing happen (thankfully not recently), any discomfort or fullness always DID go away. I think the sudden...

Give it a good one to two weeks before worrying too much. Most of my spikes haven’t lasted longer than that. Easier said than done, I know.

I have always wondered what would happen to this device if, unfortunately, Susan Shore were to pass away before it was brought to market. Now that we have learned that more tests need to be carried out, which will take many more years, and given Shore’s advanced age, this is a legitimate...

I'm thinking go to ENT today, as I barely hear my voice in two mornings now, it's quite annoying to deal with this, but good news is vibration, and echo is gone, well vibration almost gone, but the ringing is back to normal which doesn't bother me much than my hearing right now.

Update 4: Yesterday, I took Amoxicillin, which helped temporarily until I slept the next night. I also used Flonase, but only my left nostril had a nosebleed, while the right one tolerated it fine.

Curious if anyone has experienced a long-lasting spike in tinnitus or hyperacusis, or any hearing loss issues, with just Trimethoprim (not Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole/Bactrim)? I’ve had mild tinnitus and severe, now moderate, hyperacusis for several years. I’m a musician, and of the two...

Of course, bow down to the orange dickhead. America is being slowly flushed down the toilet. If you can’t see what’s happening, then your head is up your arse.

How are you doing now, @Mae? I’m much the same, maybe slightly less bothered by it at night, and sleeping well. I saw the best-rated ENT in my large city today. I enjoyed the chat, and he was very attentive. He cleaned my ears (sadly, this didn’t change my tinnitus), but he couldn’t really...

I wish mine were only part-time, @Pinhead. Mine is from an infection and is now there 24/7. :( Interestingly, for me, the HVAC masks it and can provide some residual inhibition for 10 to 20 minutes after I turn it off.

My despair made me look a while ago for ways to travel to the US via boat. It goes from Southampton to New York. Expensive, takes a long time, and inconvenient, yes, but maybe it’s an option.

I want to die, my tinnitus has only gotten worse over the past six years. Now I hear something like the sound of a vacuum cleaner, and my other sounds are more intense (high-pitched sounds, electrical sounds, the sound of a dental drill, Morse code, the sound of pipes). I can't sleep at all :(...

Those statistics are reassuring. I’m feeling better mentally than I was yesterday, even though the spike is still there. It’s just that after two days of complete celebration for seemingly recovering out of nowhere, I told everyone around me about it. My wife was happy, and even my...

There has been a drop in the number of FDA approvals. While the decrease could be due to many factors, the rate of delays in meeting review deadlines has risen from 4 percent to 11 percent. I’m really disappointed that Auricle didn’t submit sooner. I wish I understood better why they didn’t...

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Thank you so much for your response and your comments. They give me some hope. I’m worried because, although I’m sensitive to the TV, other things seem quieter than usual. I’m very hypersensitive at the moment and aware of every little thing because I’m anxious and scared. Did yours bang loudly...

I’m encouraged by the potential, but at the same time, I’m a bit floored by the timeline. What have they been doing for the past two years?

Hey Simon, sorry, I don’t check the forum regularly. Earplugs have never worked for me while skiing or snowboarding. The best setup I’ve found is wearing a helmet with a thicker headband underneath. That way, you reduce the wind noise a bit, avoid the occlusion effect, and stay warm. I’m not...

I saw Dr. Paparella years ago, and I was not impressed. I understand that he couldn’t really do any more than other ENTs, but he came across as very abrasive while pretending he could actually help, just long enough to take a lot of money from your insurance company.

Hi, I just replied to your comment on my thread but thought I’d respond here as well. I forgot to mention that I also had an ear fullness and pressure sensation after my MRI. My tinnitus spike and that pressure feeling subsided after about two to three weeks. The ear pressure went away first...

Hi @Emmadx! I’m happy to say that the spike settled after about two to three weeks. While I initially thought my tinnitus was getting worse in my right ear (I primarily notice it in my left ear), that also eventually faded. I recently had two very quiet days, but now I’m back to my usual...

Unfortunately, I agree with the previous answers: no promising treatment is expected in the short term. The only thing I can imagine appearing sooner is an improved version of Lenire. This device has been on the market for five years now. We can hope that Neuromod will use customer feedback to...

I had water irrigation after my acoustic trauma, and it didn’t affect me. If it had a negative impact on you, you would know by now, as it would have changed the tinnitus. I wouldn’t worry about it. Get plenty of rest and avoid loud noises. Your tinnitus has every chance of resolving completely.

thanks for asking. No I haven't. I'm having a really bad day today. I washed my hair for the first time in 2 weeks and I've caused a major spike. I was on antibiotics last week and I took a sleeping tablet every day with the 7 day course. Last night was my first night off antibiotics and...