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  1. N

    Commercial Lidocaine Patch as a Treatment for Ear-ringing

    There is only one size from Aspercreme.
  2. ZFire

    2024 US Presidential Election

    Projection much? You're more fixated on the obvious pun, and there's no real pushback from you over supporting the Pedo-in-chief. Odd. So, I think my point still stands: Trump can do no wrong in your eyes. You cultists seriously need to be studied in the future. Fascinating creatures...
  3. K

    Can Guanfacine Make Tinnitus Worse?

    I'm actually planning on testing out propranolol -- just haven't made it to the pharmacy yet. I asked the NP to prescribe the lowest possible dosage, which is 10 mg. The pills are scored, so they can easily be split into 5 mg segments. I might as well split again, if possible, into 2.5 mg based...
  4. K

    Tinnitus Worsening After Starting Blood Pressure Medications: Are There Any That Don't Spike Tinnitus?

    Benazepril (an ACE inhibitor), Lisinopril (another ACE inhibitor, but on paper considered “more risky” than the former), and Guanfacine (an alpha-2 agonist also used for ADHD and anxiety) are the only high blood pressure medications that didn’t spike my tinnitus. Fellow ACE inhibitor Enalapril...
  5. Luman

    2024 US Presidential Election

    Shabba Ranks, Donald Trump, Tony Terry, Cyndi Lauper, Super Cat & Marla Maples at the Grammy Awards Party, 1992.
  6. Jammer

    2024 US Presidential Election

    Why are we trusting the nuclear codes to a stroke survivor who thought his recent cognitive test was hard? Unfortunately, MAGA seems incapable of admitting they got conned. They just keep moving the bar and doing all the mental gymnastics to rationalize that this is actually what they wanted.
  7. John C.

    Hidden Hearing Loss, Ear Fullness/Pressure, Hyperacusis, and Tinnitus After Second Acoustic Trauma

    Hey @jennyb123, I’m sorry that you’re dealing with all of these difficult issues. Ask your ENT about a condition called Superior Canal Dehiscence. It’s a hole or thinning of the bone in the inner ear that can cause many of the symptoms you’re experiencing, especially the dizziness. There are...
  8. Sparklecat

    Tinnitus Worse After Attending a Concert with Hearing Protection

    Nope, it’s worse. I have a new low ringing sound, which is somehow the most disturbing one, along with the metallic high-pitched ringing and some occasional beeping. I also get those weird episodes of extremely loud tinnitus that quiets down quickly, along with eardrum fluttering. I drive a lot...
  9. A

    Commercial Lidocaine Patch as a Treatment for Ear-ringing

    Thanks, I’ve read the thread, but maybe I missed it. What size do you buy and then cut in half? I see large and XL available on iHerb.
  10. Kain

    Anxiety has been killing me. T doesn’t even seem that much worse. More bothersome than usual...

    Anxiety has been killing me. T doesn’t even seem that much worse. More bothersome than usual? Sure. But the way that my ears FEEL is getting to me. I can’t help but to feel like I’m on borrowed time.
  11. Eddie.

    Six Years Later: My Journey Through Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Recovery

    Did you do anything special, or did it heal on its own? I’m at 10 months and still having multiple setbacks. Thank you.
  12. Meinz89

    Surgery Anxiety: Did Your Tinnitus Stay the Same?

    @Vincent R, thank you! Yes, I’ve already informed my OB team that I want to avoid any ototoxic drugs during both the surgery and postpartum recovery. I know the stress of it all, both physical and mental, will likely cause a spike. I just hope that, with time, it will calm down and not cause...
  13. Kam75

    Severe Two-Week Tinnitus Spike After Vacuuming Despite Wearing Earmuffs

    @Kerry151, I don’t mean to scare you, but once we have tinnitus, our auditory system seems to be weakened for life. You always need to protect your ears in noisy environments (above 80 dB). I personally use earplugs even when using the hair dryer. Spikes can last a long time. I’ve been...
  14. delta784

    Soon planning my end i don't want to exist anymore. Sorry fam

    Soon planning my end i don't want to exist anymore. Sorry fam
  15. N

    Commercial Lidocaine Patch as a Treatment for Ear-ringing

    Yes, for a couple of weeks after a flare. All the details about how I use it are in this thread.
  16. J

    2024 US Presidential Election

    Most likely, if there were any evidence that Trump had engaged in pedophile activity, it would have surfaced by now. It’s much more plausible that he knew about Epstein’s preferences and chose to turn a blind eye. But knowing someone’s preferences and finding out what they do in private are two...
  17. J

    Losing Myself — Considering an Exit Because of Unbearable Tinnitus

    I’m so sorry to hear that you’re feeling so low. There’s very little I can add, except to say that one year of tinnitus is still too short a time. Many people begin to pull out of the dive during the second year. In my first year, I used to go for long walks by the river, search everywhere I...
  18. kingsfan

    Suicidal Two Months After Tinnitus Onset from a Child's Scream

    No, not anymore.
  19. T

    NAC May Have Helped My Hearing Loss, Although It Definitely Gave Me High-Frequency Tinnitus

    I agree with you that tinnitus changes over time, but I disagree that NAC didn’t cause some of those changes. On three different occasions, I noticed that just two to three hours after taking NAC, I would get high-frequency sounds that came and went. These only appeared after taking NAC and...
  20. ECP

    The CuraListic Program Helped My Tinnitus

    Both of those, as well as the levator scapula, scalene muscles, and many others—basically, the entire neck—are involved. It’s also helpful to try some intraoral massage techniques for the pterygoids and the tensor veli palatini, as those can help release tension in the ear. I wanted to post...
  21. D

    Can Guanfacine Make Tinnitus Worse?

    Thanks, and good luck with that beta blocker. Without going over the same ground again, one of the scariest stories I’ve ever read on this site was about Propranolol, so in my mind, that one’s ruled out for good, even though it’s considered the best for physical anxiety symptoms. How’s the one...
  22. alwaysmasking

    Severe Two-Week Tinnitus Spike After Vacuuming Despite Wearing Earmuffs

    Hang in there, @Kerry151! You never know. You truly, honestly, never know. Spikes can last a short time or a long time, and there’s no way to predict it. But I wouldn’t assume this is your new baseline yet. And even if it is, you’ll rise above it. For now, give it time, patience, and for all...
  23. alwaysmasking

    Sudden Hearing Changes, Tinnitus, and Fear of Steroid Treatment After Past Trauma

    If there’s a lot of wax in your ear, maybe it was up against your eardrum, and by rubbing, you might have loosened some of it. Anyway, I’m sorry you’re going through this. Sudden hearing loss is truly unfair, and I hope it resolves for you.
  24. alwaysmasking

    Surgery Anxiety: Did Your Tinnitus Stay the Same?

    Wishing you a healthy and safe delivery, @Meinz89. You got this.
  25. alwaysmasking

    Ear Pain After Accidentally Inserting Finger too Deep into Ear Canal

    I’ve made the mistake of absentmindedly digging around in my ears for wax. I’ve had the exact same thing happen as a result—some worrying pain and discomfort that I immediately assume will turn into an ear infection, make my tinnitus worse, and ruin my life. So far, that hasn’t happened. If I...
  26. LukeYoung

    NAC May Have Helped My Hearing Loss, Although It Definitely Gave Me High-Frequency Tinnitus

    There’s a lot of fluff in many of these responses, and to be honest, I couldn’t bear to read them all. I’ll keep it short. Your tinnitus will change in the early days, and it usually won’t settle on a baseline for a while. From what I’ve read, you already had tinnitus before taking NAC, so it’s...
  27. LukeYoung

    If it was sudden hearing loss steroid usually works

    If it was sudden hearing loss steroid usually works
  28. A

    Losing Myself — Considering an Exit Because of Unbearable Tinnitus

    As the days go by, I lose more and more hope. I want to call this a new tinnitus tone, and it's much more reactive than the previous one. It feels different, sounds different, and reacts differently than the one I've had for the previous 10 months. The only thing I changed in my life was adding...
  29. Luman

    2024 US Presidential Election

    Was that a Freudian slip, or deliberate? :LOL:
  30. E

    Suicidal Two Months After Tinnitus Onset from a Child's Scream

    Do you still take Magnesium Glycinate, @kingsfan?
  31. UKBloke

    Introducing Tinnitus Quest

    Why don't you contact Peter Tass and let him know about Tinnitus Quest and the funding pipeline?
  32. R

    The CuraListic Program Helped My Tinnitus

    What exactly did you do that affected the Eustachian tube? Did you massage the SCM, or the upper part of the trapezius?
  33. J

    Tinnitus That Follows a Sleep-Linked On and Off Pattern: Explanation for Cyclical/Intermittent Tinnitus?

    Mine is a very similar case. It comes on almost exclusively during sleep, and then almost always, whatever I have stays for the day. The pattern is every other day, though lately I sometimes get two bad days in a row or even two good days in a row. When it’s a good day, it’s either barely there...
  34. ZFire

    2024 US Presidential Election

    I don't know, maybe because there are also high-ranking democrats on that list, along with their mega donors. Go after them all, I say. But let's not kid ourselves here, Trump can be a pedophile, and you MAGA people would still vote for him.
  35. Kain

    Hope you’re doing well (enough)!

    Hope you’re doing well (enough)!
  36. T

    Hi Jack, I saw you are from Czechia, can you please tell me which otoneurologist have you...

    Hi Jack, I saw you are from Czechia, can you please tell me which otoneurologist have you visited here or do you know any good doctor that can help with Tinnitus?
  37. T

    Acoustic Shock → Misdiagnosis → PPPD: 18 Months of Pain and Finally a Way Out

    Hi @jack8092, I have a question. Were you ill (possibly with Eustachian tube dysfunction or just a stuffy nose), or did your ears feel full when you were training and pulled the headphone rubber tip out? Did you feel like fluid was leaking into your middle ear at the moment you removed the...
  38. Kain

    After 4 Years of Tinnitus, Right Ear Is Going Bonkers (Muffled / Blocked Hearing, Worse Tinnitus)

    It truly does suck. Hope you’ve been doing well with your spike!
  39. D

    Had all the nasty parts, reactive, hyperacusis and not even close to maskable. No pain though…

    Had all the nasty parts, reactive, hyperacusis and not even close to maskable. No pain though…
  40. D

    Hi, am not here that often because I consider myself cured. Let me know if I can help in any way😊

    Hi, am not here that often because I consider myself cured. Let me know if I can help in any way😊
  41. Luman

    2024 US Presidential Election

    Illegal aliens are here by the millions, thanks to Joe Biden. The far left took over the Democratic Party, needed new voters who would also serve as extremely cheap labor, so they began allowing this to happen. Taxpayers are the ones who pay for it. This is not a cruel country to those who come...
  42. RunningMan

    2024 US Presidential Election

    The Republicans are responsible for the shutdown because they don't have the votes and are trying to pass a funding bill that funds their partisan budget, and the Republicans are refusing to negotiate with the Democrats. It has nothing to do with transgender people or illegal aliens. You have...
  43. Joey72

    Commercial Lidocaine Patch as a Treatment for Ear-ringing

    There’s a roll-on with 4% that might be easier to apply than patches. I haven’t tried it for any extended period of time for tinnitus, though.
  44. R3vtune

    I'm thinking to get steroid shot in my ear to recover hearing loss, since I lost since last...

    I'm thinking to get steroid shot in my ear to recover hearing loss, since I lost since last Friday, I done it 9 years ago before, now I'm thinking do the same, what do you guys think?
  45. P

    Ear Pain After Accidentally Inserting Finger too Deep into Ear Canal

    My tinnitus tones seemed to very slightly and gradually subside this morning. It was still horrible, but suddenly this afternoon they returned to catastrophic levels. I wish more people would talk about these changes here, or that I knew where people were discussing them. It is beyond...
  46. J

    2024 US Presidential Election

    Not my side of the pond, but usually in “kiss and tell” rumors involving politicians, one side won’t expose the other because their own politicians are doing the same thing. Of course, in modern times, child sex is a big taboo. The Prince Andrew case is revealing. Allegedly, he befriended...
  47. Eloy79

    Introducing Tinnitus Quest

    Isn’t a final study on Coordinated Acoustic Reset Therapy worth it? All that residual inhibition stuff works for me. I think the publishing world is underrated.
  48. Fields

    2024 US Presidential Election

    The Epstein Files likely contain prominent politicians from both sides of the aisle. I suppose this might have influenced that decision. Just like insider trading is definitely happening in both camps.
  49. H

    New University of Michigan Tinnitus Discovery — Signal Timing

    55 years old is still a young man! You have plenty of time to see a cure, treatment, or even a reversal of tinnitus and hearing loss in your lifetime, especially as AI begins to benefit research.
  50. Elmer B Fuddled

    Chit Chat and All That...

    Ok, here’s a thought for the day. Sit back, get comfortable, and relax. Let the train wreck itself.
  51. Elmer B Fuddled

    2024 US Presidential Election

    So what? That gives them the right to break into homes during the night, arrest children while they’re sleeping, with no warrant and no explanation why? These are just people minding their own lives, trying to survive in a cruel country that once welcomed them. Don’t tell me about what’s...
  52. Emmadx

    Tinnitus Spike and Ear Symptoms After MRI with Contrast

    Unfortunately, the ear pressure is still very much present, banging every time I swallow. The tinnitus is still intensified. I had a very disappointing ENT appointment, so I’m going to look for another doctor to see me as soon as possible.
  53. A

    Commercial Lidocaine Patch as a Treatment for Ear-ringing

    @Nick47, do you still follow this at all? It’s an old thread, but like so many on these forums, there isn’t much closure or follow-up.
  54. Vincent R

    Surgery Anxiety: Did Your Tinnitus Stay the Same?

    I underwent surgery on my left wrist and noticed no worsening of my tinnitus. I assume they will give you antibiotics, so you may want to make sure they are not using an ototoxic brand. Opiates can worsen tinnitus. If they give you a lot of morphine pills to take after surgery, nod politely but...
  55. A

    Hi @Christiaan Wondering if you’re still around and if you still follow the microdosing...

    Hi @Christiaan Wondering if you’re still around and if you still follow the microdosing protocol, if not hoping you can advise how long you were on it for and how long you’ve been off it Thanks
  56. A

    hi @alanisnotadj I see back in 2023 you talk about gabapentin helping with your hyperacusis and...

    hi @alanisnotadj I see back in 2023 you talk about gabapentin helping with your hyperacusis and nox, but then I see your response in the linre thread about Duloxetine & Mirtazapine helping these. I'm hoping you can provide more insight into what helped more or was it more of a compounding...
  57. Kain

    Audiologist appointment next week and I guess the gist is to avoid every test besides the...

    Audiologist appointment next week and I guess the gist is to avoid every test besides the standard hearing test correct?
  58. Meinz89

    Surgery Anxiety: Did Your Tinnitus Stay the Same?

    Thank you, @Sydnears. Having it 24/7 for seven full months now makes it hard to stay hopeful, but I’m at least hoping it will calm down once my hormones settle postpartum. I’ll definitely send an update to let you all know how it goes. I really appreciate your kindness!
  59. Meinz89

    Tinnitus Spike and Ear Symptoms After MRI with Contrast

    No, I didn’t have what you’re describing. However, I did experience amplified beeping, hissing, and ringing during my spike after the MRI. My usual tone is a baseline ringing with a Morse code-like beeping or chirping overlay. So during the spike, it felt like a full cacophony of new and louder...
  60. R3vtune

    Sudden Hearing Changes, Tinnitus, and Fear of Steroid Treatment After Past Trauma

    Update 6: I was rubbing my ear, and it suddenly popped, which made my hearing better. What does that mean?