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Hi @Scruffiey and @Nesty. I’m really struggling now. I’ve written goodbye notes today. I just can’t take it anymore. I feel I owe it to myself and my loved ones to at least try 1 drug to see if it can help. I’m losing the ability to think clearly or do anything because of the lack of sleep. I’m...

Welcome to the support forum. Here, many of us have deep empathy and understand what you're going through, as a lot of members have been exactly where you are now, dealing with a new intrusive tinnitus. The initial struggling experience is very common among members here, myself included. I...

Tinnitus Quest is mentioned (at the end of the piece) in a recent Hello! news article about Star Trek: Star Trek actress, Mariette Hartley, 85, makes unexpected comments about William Shatner

the severe anxiety is making my life miserable. i forgot how the sleep felt. always bad Dreams, always constant on edge.. Hum is also back.. how do you deal with that? i am currently unemployed.. so a lot of time.

Have the flu just takes this shit to a whole different level. 🤧

A similar thing happened to me the other day while building IKEA furniture. I bumped my Peltor earmuffs against the wooden structure several times and noticed that it triggered the worst episode of hyperacusis I’ve had, even though my hyperacusis had previously receded completely. It seems like...

Tonight, I washed my hair, and it seems to have perked up the ringing a bit. I did wear earplugs because the shower water is loud. I’ve been using them less and less, but I do cook with them since I tend to clang pans around. Most of the day seemed stable, with the same ringing tone and a...

I have been religiously lurking on the forums for the last several months. I told myself I would create an account and share my story if and when I beat this. Well, I’m satisfied enough with my progress at this point to feel comfortable sharing what I believe is a success story. I’ve had...

Thanks for chiming in, @stephenz. It has definitely been a hard few days. Hoping the best for you, much love!

I'm not a doctor, but... possibly? HOWEVER, the issue here is the noise exposure. I don't think you've done anything that would make it worse. You're dealing with the "but what if" here, but from what you write: no, I don't think you did anything wrong, and no, I don't think anything you did...

Don't know why, but couple of days in a row my ears have felt very good. I don't complain!

I feel for you. I also have Fibromyalgia, which I developed in 2019. Although my Fibro symptoms are milder than many other people’s, I have ongoing fatigue issues because of a dose of Ciprofloxacin in 2022, often referred to as being floxed. That experience made my tinnitus worse and added...

This is the person that voted 14 times to keep the government closed. His "boss" let in over 10 million illegal immigrants because they need more Democratic voters. He was also a member of the infamous Senditious Six.

... In October a smoke alarm caused a 5 week setback. In early November I wore a headset for a zoom meeting, then he'll broke loose again. I feel to blame at times, however was my behaviour reckless to the population at large? Since then I've been mainly homebound with loudness hyperacusis...

Hi @ErikaS Just thought I would update you, as I have been reading some of your old posts. From March - September this year I had the best period since things got incredibly difficult in February 2022. I recovered from the night out in September 2024, and the reactivity disappeared for the...

I've been wondering the same since I was a frequent movie-goer before my tinnitus flared badly. I will wear my foams and hope for the best.

Hi, I’m Becca, and I’m 48 years old. I’ve had tinnitus for 4 weeks now. About 3 months ago, I felt a pop in my ear. My hearing in that ear became muffled, but within 3 to 4 hours it disappeared, and I thought nothing of it. Then, about 4.5 weeks ago, my ear popped again, my hearing became...

The person I mentioned in the success story (see my previous post) said his tinnitus remained suppressed for several hours even after turning off his cochlear implant. Then it would start to creep back slowly. I figure we can expect similar from this treatment.

Merry Christmas, Glynis. You're an angel. Love to you and your family. Daniel xx

@Dimanoise, I have nothing to offer besides sharing that I feel your pain. I just turned 25 a few days ago, along with my newfound tinnitus. Been 2 months now. I am taking it very hard, but just want you to know you are not alone.

Hi Danny, thank you for the encouragement from 12 years ago, I'm glad to report I'm still around, but I would have to say very tough going. A few weeks ago I ended up in a too noisy of a car and I've got another tinnitus spike. It is just so frustrating that I was doing well and now I've got...

Sure, but just avoid taking it more than once per week to be on the safe side and avoid building tolerance and dependency. 2 mg Clonazepam is equal to about 16 to 24 of my Ativan pills! That's when factoring in potency equivalency and half-life differences vs. my Ativan 0.5 mg pills, taking the...

I’m well aware. I was trying to be supportive and stop them from spiraling into further anxiety over something they’re not going to have any control over. From the original post, it sounded like anxiety about the event. If it does get worse, which I hope it doesn’t, then we can advise. For the...

Today there is some anxiety rolling in, along with some ear pressure and ringing, still about the same level. I did not get a good night of sleep. I went to sleep around 12:00 am, woke up at 3:30 am, fell back asleep around 5:00 am, and then woke up again around 7:30 am. I am obviously new to...

Tinnitus studies feel habitually delayed, paused, or forgotten. FDA approval takes decades, time we simply do not have. We need fewer studies and more action. We can transplant a heart, but we cannot figure out how to stop a noise in the ear. Why is this? I honestly do not know 🤷 But tinnitus...

Minnesota governor Tampon Tim Walz:

Welcome to the support forum. Here, many of us have deep empathy for what you’re going through, as a lot of members have been exactly where you are now, dealing with a new acoustic trauma followed by hyperacusis. This experience is very common among members here, myself included. I struggled...

This is hyperacusis or reactive tinnitus. I get the same feeling after. Keep it low (20-30 dB) and download a decibel app.

Welcome to the forum, from a Canadian in Western Canada. I’m sorry about your struggle with tinnitus. When tinnitus is new, it can definitely cause havoc with our emotions, especially with our ability to focus on anything that requires listening. Sometimes new tinnitus can even make it difficult...

Hi @Dimanoise, you are in the very early acute stage when things are terribly difficult. With the steroids, it's up to you; however, they rarely help even when taken shortly after for tinnitus. They may help in cases of SSNHL, though usually when taken within 72 hours. This may be a 6-month...

I’d like to start by telling you, @Sonia554, that everything you’re feeling and going through is FULLY understood by me, and by many others here as well. The distress this is causing you is similar to living inside a horror movie, yet everyone around you, including family and friends, cannot...

I know they’re very different drugs, but in the context of tinnitus spikes, when would Clonazepam be considered, and when would Prednisolone be considered?

Sorry to hear about your setback. Setbacks are quite common on the road to habituation. One consolation you can tell the tinnitus bully is that you’ve reached habituation before, and you can reach it again. This actually happened to me. After suffering terribly when tinnitus first struck with...

Exactly 1 week ago, I suffered noise-induced trauma. The next day I felt fine, but it’s been downhill since then. I went to 2 walk-ins on the 2nd and 3rd, but neither they nor I understood how serious this actually is or how bad it could get. So they didn’t give me any steroids, although I hope...

I sent an email asking why the tinnitus study was paused.

Nice, @Halsy. I agree with everything other than Lenire. It's a con. Good advice on choosing medications and using them.

The inflammatory event only lasts a few days, really. It should not cause damage, however, recent knowledge talks about central sensitization, and that the trigeminal complex is oversensitive once you get hyperacusis. So non-damaging sounds can trigger the whole system again. Read the...

Thank you for the reply. My tinnitus and hyperacusis actually started in 2018 from Neomycin, not Prednisone. I am aware that Prednisone is ototoxic, just not nearly as much as Neomycin. I’ve taken Prednisone 4 times in the past, primarily in the first or second year of having tinnitus and...

That was nearly 2 years ago. I never took Mirtazapine. Earlier this year, I tried Buspirone (BuSpar) for about 2.5 weeks before giving up on it when the stomach pains started. I am not taking any anxiety medication now except an occasional low-dose Lorazepam (Ativan), half a pill at 0.25 mg...

These days, Lorazepam does reduce my tinnitus, unlike when it was less severe. I figure Clonazepam would help me with that, too, then.

"Please note this is not a treatment study. The information we collect will help us develop better research tools and advance our understanding of tinnitus mechanisms."

Guys, we are VERY close to making a decision about which research project(s) to fund. We have an Executive Board meeting this weekend to discuss. There's one project in particular that we're excited about. But, and I hate to say this, we may not be able to make a public announcement about it...

I use the Tinnitus Therapy app on my phone, but I do not listen through an earbud. I just play it in the background, and it achieves the same effect. I recommend keeping it at the minimum level needed, since I have read from some sources that pure tones could potentially affect your hearing...

@Jaysterk, with regard to the Prednisone, I would say a definite no. It is only indicated for SSNHL, and even then, it must be taken within 72 hours. You also mentioned that it initially caused your condition, probably as a result of rebound inflammation. I am nearly 6 weeks into a setback...

I can certainly understand the desire not to make things worse by experimenting with new medications, although it might be something to consider once you have become more used to the tinnitus and things have settled a bit. I cannot say I have ever heard of bright light making tinnitus worse, so...

Joined the club. Headphone use. I can feel it as if my eardrum is in a constant state of tension, so I suspect this may be a middle ear issue, likely involving the middle ear muscles. If that is the case, Baclofen or Cyclobenzaprine should eliminate it.

Ok, I was really impressed for a moment because going from a 6 out of 10 to a 2 out of 10 is a big improvement in only 2 weeks. It took me about 10 months to get down to a 2 or 3 out of 10, coming from a 6 out of 10, so it was a bad case but not severe. I was still really depressed, though, and...

Need help and advice with this one. I drive a sports car, and a Mustang pulled up next to me at a street light and revved it for about 6 seconds. The Mustang had a straight pipe exhaust and possibly long headers, so they usually clock in between 115 and 130 dB. A few minutes after the...

So how are you now, @Toad?

Interesting, but I can't risk multiple MRIs even with hearing protection.

getting T was so easily avoidable (for me). and then it worsening, and worsening, and worsening, was so easily avoidable. but nope, it all had to happen didn't it. with all kinds of physical pain now too. safe to say i did NOT handle T well.

Still the same ring tone. I keep talking to my son about tinnitus so he can better protect his hearing, and I found out that a couple of people I do some work for also suffer from tinnitus. I did notice that my back tooth still has some slight discomfort, so I will make a dental appointment and...

"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country with two pencils." Trump speaking about American austerity and leading by example - he has concepts of a plan to cut back on the gold trinkets in the Oval Office. /s

Those are two completely different drugs with different purposes; you can't compare.