Search results for query: spikes

...do help me. Sound machines. Breathing exercises. I’m about to be fitted with a device. But after 6 months, they will not bring down the spikes. I will lose my job in two months if I don’t pass a certification exam. I have several anxieties (OCD and PTSD to name a few, in addition to a...

...and the martial arts is an outlet to see other people and have interactivity. It has all taken a toll on me. My tinnitus is louder and my spikes are louder as well and very annoying. I have come to a conclusion, either i start using ear plugs when we are doing bag exercises or just quit what...

I need some tools and perhaps others have insight. What and HOW do you handle spikes, especially during the day. I am off work so I have the time to invest. How does one habituate, like I know you have to try to ignore it, but how do you take your focus off it. I know perhaps you can try reading...

...of what I’d heard about bone conduction. I don’t think I had a spike at the time, but several months later it feels like I may have reached some kind of tipping point that’s hitting me hard now. :/ Hopefully everyone’s spikes return to baseline eventually. That’s all we can really hope for.

...this kind of tinnitus? For the last 2 weeks I have been experiencing this in my left ear and I am clueless as to what causes it. My tinnitus spikes during movement of head from side to side, like shaking my head, and when I run or jog. When I nod my head or keep my head and body still I...

I was able to enjoy music for the first time in 3 months. I felt like my inner child was alive again. These 3 months was one of the worst spikes I've had in my 13 years with T. I'm still at a complete loss as to what caused it, but I'm glad I've come out of the other side for now.

...my ear actually felt better when I was at someone’s home and they were talking loudly. The dB app showed an average of about 80 dB with some spikes up to 94 dB. The somatic effect went away, and for a moment it felt like my ears were normal again. I really doubted whether I should plug my...

...that many people on this forum had dental work done and ended up not having a spike. One possibility is that all of these people don't get spikes easily. I discovered that minor noises cause me to have temporary spikes. I hope that someone who also gets temporary spikes following...

Hello Bob1234, how are you doing? Did you ever got T spikes before? I had mine two days ago and I did not know what caused the spike as I stopped listening to any loud noises. Wondering, if you had any spikes and how long it took to subsidies

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?

...inflamed or irritated. I have pain in that ear, so I just walk away from where I think noise will be. Is that a good strategy? When these spikes last for such a long time, what do you do? How do you manage? When I searched the forum about dog barks and spikes, many people said they can last...

...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...

...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...

Oh, that’s good to know! What are your triggers, and what are you doing to avoid them? In my case, I’m currently wondering if I might have chronic sinusitis. I have a lot of breathing issues, and my TMJ specialist told me he could tell from my posture that I mouth breathe. I also suspect I...

...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...

...much worse tinnitus after a week of 60 mg Prednisone with a short taper and one ear injection of Dexamethasone. It has been two weeks since I stopped all treatments. I am curious if the spikes you experienced during or after Prednisone eventually went away and how long it took. Thank you. 🙏🏻

Still experiencing a gradual reduction of tinnitus spikes after using oral minoxidil for almost 5 months. They now happen less often than before and they are never severe like they used to be. The spikes usually go away by the end of the day as well which used to rarely to happen. I think...

...at a loss for how nothing except the flu seems to affect my tinnitus. I have had three bouts of COVID, and none of them caused any tinnitus spikes or made my tinnitus worse in any way. I have had sinus infections and upper respiratory infections, and again, there were no tinnitus spikes or...

...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 ?

...describe is not harmful, especially with earmuffs at around 80 dB. So we are really talking about exposure closer to 60 dB or so. I’ve had spikes or setbacks that lasted up to six months. The ones I consider temporary setbacks usually never lasted less than two weeks. I think the more you...

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...

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...

I finally got clonazepam prescribed instead of clorazepate! I really hope it will help spikes

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

On days when you feel spikes, it's best to avoid getting flu shots, COVID shots, or any vaccinations that might make you feel worse. It's more beneficial to receive these shots only on good days

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.

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...

Taurine also spikes my tinnitus even at 500 mg. Glycine does not; it definitely calms it. I did take Trazodone and Ativan for a while, but not enough, I think, to cause an interaction. I am not going to take it again until someone can explain why it is worse for some people than for others.

...to deal with a new sudden reactive tone/distortion on top of sounds, after 4 years with tinnitus, SBUTT's, scary inner ear sensations, TTTS, MEM, tinnitus spikes etc, now this. Shit keeps piling up. Do you think this can go away? After waking up it seems gone, and ramps up towards the night...

Has your spike now faded?

...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!

...because I was afraid it might be ototoxic and worsen my hearing problems and tinnitus. Does anyone here take medication successfully without experiencing tinnitus spikes or hearing damage? I would love to hear about your experiences treating ADHD and which medications did or did not work for...

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...

...consulting with ChatGPT? If you lay out your tinnitus history, including the things that triggered the initial onset and subsequent permanent spikes, along with any other relevant details such as COVID vaccines or COVID infections, it will provide you with a well-considered explanation of...

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...

...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...

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...

...Lites. I also have earmuffs, but they’re pretty uncomfortable too. I’ll have to use both somehow, because I just can’t keep getting these spikes when I could otherwise protect myself or avoid risky situations. It has to go back to baseline because this spike is unbearable. I’ve been...

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...

...get through this spike. It is still early days. From what I have read and from the experiences shared on the forum, it seems that with time spikes do eventually settle, and people are able to forget about them and stop thinking about their tinnitus. Is this your first spike as well? My...

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...

...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...

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...

...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...

..."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.

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.

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.

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...

...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 :)

...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...