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I wondered the same thing, since my tinnitus behaves the same way as you describe @El BUZZ (changes in sleep, waking up to a different experience each day). I read through the paper just now, and it doesn't mention whether any of the participants in the study has intermittent/varying/fluctuating...

Hi. I'm new here. I started to notice an intermittant "tink" sound in my right ear that can possibly be described as the sound of tapping your fingernail on an aluminum can. It's not pulsatile and it started after I became worried about some ringing I experienced in the fall of 2015. The...

Hello @Ben Ng, I do not believe a tooth issue could really cause tinnitus, but feel free to contact me about your healing journey. I think Prednisone did very little for me as well. Most cases improve or fully resolve with time, at least according to four doctors I have consulted. Acoustic...

How are you, Deb? I really feel for you. I have similar symptoms—now 24/7 middle ear myoclonus spasms that ring with a metallic sound, especially when I talk or eat. It also pulsates with my heartbeat, but sometimes it goes off like a machine gun. The beat can even follow my thoughts and...

I'm currently dealing with a situation where my tinnitus has increased in volume and is still loud 15 days after an acoustic trauma. I hope that it will return to baseline soon. I've read about people who have waited for 3-4 weeks or even months for improvement. In my case, it has been 2 weeks...

Introduction First time poster, frequent lurker in the past. Like many others, I struggled with tinnitus and hyperacusis but now largely view myself as being able to live a normal life with minimal impact to my day to day activities and well-being. Because I've found a lot of help in reading the...

Yes, this definitely sounds like TTTS (which is a type of MEM). I have had it for over 1 1/2 years, although I did experience a single incident of it happening shortly after my tinnitus went severe, but it didn't return regularly until 1 1/2 years afterwards. I get both the thumps and...

100% panic attack triggered chronic tinnitus - happened to me in 2011. Noise insult > intermittent slight ringing > panic attack > next day woke with the big tinnitus.

It sounds like classic acoustic trauma; the same boring advice applies to you, I’m afraid. Take it easy for a little while and certainly avoid louder environments, carry some earplugs with you for when things get uncomfortable. Intermittent pain, new tones, and raised tinnitus volume often...

The past 2 months my anxiety has been through the roof. During this time I've had super frequent headaches and a feeling of pressure on the top of my head very often as well as a near constant feeling of unease. Now ironically as the anxiety has gotten noticeably better in the past 2 weeks I...

I've tried L-theanine and a few different types of CBD (up to 60 mg or so), among THC and various other supplements, for sleep and anxiety. Well, I didn't get any benefit from any of them, but they didn't seem to affect my tinnitus, either. Even 50 mg Nortriptyline for 3 months and later on...

@Jupiterman, this is an interesting observation. I hope the changing nature of your tinnitus means it's improving in the long-term. I never try to 'judge' or purposefully 'observe' my baseline tinnitus anymore, I just sometmies notice it's there, but it doesn't bother me for long and I easily...

I’m fairly new to the experience of tinnitus. Mine started about a month and a half ago after I was diagnosed with unilateral sensorineural hearing loss in my left ear, which happened suddenly on November 4, 2024. It has been a constant high-pitched ringing in my left ear, with some days better...

5 years ago, I had an incident at a dentist's office that left me with hearing damage and severe tinnitus. Over the years, I'd reached the point where I could almost ignore it if I was not in a quiet room and didn't think about it, but a really stupid "freak" incident at work last week caused...

Absolutely, many have a plethora of tones, both unilateral and bilateral, with both constant and intermittent tinnitus, ranging from tones to noises, ranging in frequencies etc. Grateful to have the opportunity to participate but the breadth of tinnitus for many of us isn't encapsulated in this.

You should try it. It can help if you have typewriter / intermittent tinnitus.

Yes, maybe intermittent is a better description of my tinnitus. But since there are good and bad periods, I wonder what the reason is. Why can’t it just stay good all the time? And why can I make it quiet by putting a finger in the ear canal?

This has been a little mystery for me. My tinnitus (left ear) has been very irregular. At its best it has been *completely* gone for 1.5 months, other than a grand total of 15 seconds of quick murmuring here and there. At its worst it has been going nonstop for a couple weeks. "Most" of the time...

Hi all, I've introduced myself before. My tinnitus started shortly after my last COVID-19 booster in the fall of 2023. It's intermittent: two relatively quiet days followed by one very loud (8/10) day. It started to improve this spring—the loud day was down to about a 4 or 5/10, and sometimes, I...

@KoolKat, somatic tinnitus can be chronic too. We’ve been over this a million times. Now if she said intermittent, then I would understand what you’re saying.

I have had tinnitus for over a month. I went to an ENT (otolaryngologist), who noticed that my neck muscles were extremely tight. He gave me a referral for massage therapy. I have had chronically tight neck and shoulder muscles for more than 10 years. The ENT suspected that my tinnitus might be...

I have been on intermittent fasting for years and regular fast for 15 years (when this trend was not fashionable like it is now). If I go on water fast, I risk to lose too much weight and im already thin. I always have been extremely healthy. No alcohol, no medication, no drugs, no smoking...

The general rule of thumb is that sound therapy during the day should be set slightly below the level of your tinnitus, but it’s fine to mask it completely at night. That’s great news about your hearing improving! That’s a very positive sign. The tinnitus should begin to improve as well...

Well, I wanted to give an update while reading here, trying to cope with a horrific new sound. It turns out I am very sensitive to Zopiclone, and it may have played a role in triggering my tinnitus. I used to take it for sleep but would occasionally experience auditory hallucinations directly...

Cannabis definitely makes my tinnitus worse. When my tinnitus was intermittent, really strong cannabis always spiked me. But to be fair, I wasn't as bothered as it would be gone after sleeping. And I was able to still use painkillers and headphones and go to noisy places.

I experience the same thing. For the first seven months, my tinnitus followed a very strict three-day pattern: one loud day followed by two quiet days. Now, 14 months in, I sometimes get three or even four quiet days in a row, and the loud days are usually not as intense as they were at the...

How would you describe the synced tinnitus? My high-frequency tinnitus is bilateral, but I sometimes have a chirping static sound in my left ear that matches my heart rate, but it's not a wooshing sound. It's more like intensified bursts of my regular tinnitus, and I hear it over everything...

Sorry, you are right. It included intermittent tinnitus (which means moments of silence I guess).

I would say everyone's tinnitus is unique. If it was damaged hair cells -- and the hair cells don't rejuvenate -- how did it disappear? All this is very interesting. Sertraline gave me intermittent tinnitus for 5 years before it worsened and became continuous.

Hello all, This is my first post, so I’ll try to keep it brief. I’m almost three weeks into experiencing tinnitus, likely caused by overusing headphones, which I used constantly. I now have it in both ears. I’ve read all the introductory articles here and am doing my best to stay positive...

I have all sorts of sounds myself. Tinnitus comes in many "types," if you will, like this list: Tinnitus can be a single tone, multi-tonal, or noise-like. It can be soft or loud, high or low pitched. It can be constant, pulsing, or intermittent. It can begin suddenly or gradually. It can be...

4 months in and nothing has changed positively. A few days ago an annoying cicada/cricket sound was added to the mix which is also reactive. I am not sure but probably inhaling acetone caused this new sound. As it started one day after working with it for 30-40 minutes. I still can't understand...

Might the bimodal stimulation, especially Neuromod's, also help Morse Code tinnitus or intermittent tinnitus? Are there any exclusion criteria? I mean after all tinnitus is defined as a noise without external source, and can be constant or intermittent, high pitch or low pitch, clicking...

You have described my (COVID-19 infection and COVID-19-vaccine-induced) tinnitus exactly. Mine is there every morning, but two out of three mornings, it disappears after a shower. On the third day, it is loud and unrelenting. I might have some high-frequency hearing loss in my left ear, but...

Hi, I recently developed tinnitus, and it’s been devastating. The only things that help are anti-anxiety medications when needed, masking noise with YouTube videos, and using Temazepam or Ambien to sleep. I’m trying to avoid taking these medications, but I get almost no sleep because of the...

When I said "negative effect on tinnitus," I was referring to the new intermittent chirping ringing sound mentioned in the post I linked to, as it was more obvious when something new started. It was harder to say if my existing variable tinnitus was any worse. The new sound started shortly after...

...frequency tinnitus in the right ear. I cannot hide it most of the time. It sounds like a billion cicadas. New mid frequency intermittent tinnitus, possibly around 800 Hz. This started about two months ago, completely out of nowhere. It is easier to mask, but as soon as there is less ambient...

Hi -- I started having loud, intermittent tinnitus, mostly in my left ear, about three months ago after my COVID-19 booster. I'm trying "sound therapy" with Widex Zen behind-the-ear maskers to try to habituate. But I wonder if amplifying hearing aids would be more helpful. My hearing is...

70% habituated to Visual Snow, one Tinnitus tone gradually fading, Low-freguency drone is intermittent, TTTs behaving like a bitch tho.

I’m one of those people <laugh>. Not that I’ve been living a totally unhealthy life but I’m far from über-healthy or all organic, either. Sinclair’s explanation just made a lot of sense to me and since, out of the three basic methods of causing stress to your body, a 6 hour window for food...

Hi @ZFire -- I'm also into intermittent fasting, and average about 18 hours/day. I've read several times there are advantages to working out after the fasting, and before eating. I was wondering what your schedule is, and whether you also work out before eating. BTW, I think intermittent fasting...

Hey @Uklawyer, so we’re diving into my health issues before my catastrophic tonal tinnitus but I’ve always had intermittent pulsatile tinnitus along with very strange symptoms (heartbeat that can be felt all over my body but particularly throughout my head, neck and chest, POTS diagnosis, etc)...

intermittent tinnitus (pulsatile?)

Hi, my name is Darren. My tinnitus started around 2-3 weeks ago. I thought it was an ear infection but it’s appears not to be. The noise is intermittent and in my right ear. At the moment my hearing hasn’t been affected. The doctor has referred me to a specialist that could take months. My wife...

You may have intermittent tinnitus, a condition that is quite common and has been discussed much in this forum. Here are some of the discussions and threads about this condition. Take care. God bless you and your family...

Thank you for your kind words. I hope that one day, sooner rather than later, I can get back to living the way I did for the last four and a half years before this disaster happened. It’s amazing how much I took it for granted, especially considering everything I went through with tinnitus years...

...pulsatile tinnitus for 13 months and am still awaiting more tests to try to find the origin. However, I am also suffering from intermittent tinnitus in the other ear in addition to a tingling sensation and occasional mild pain that seems to be referred from my neck. I hear it primarily when...

Has anyone here habituated to intermittent tinnitus?

It has been four months since I got tinnitus from a single dose of Azithromycin. The cricket-like sound, which I noticed immediately after the acoustic reflex test, has gone away. I still have intermittent, very high-frequency tones. The constant "faint" ~1500 Hz midrange droning tone...

Have you tried intermittent fasting or water fasting? I saw threads of a very severe sufferer here with ototoxic damage, he got better with water fasting. He first tried Intermittent fasting for 6 months, then moved onto to 24 hour and 48 hour fasts. He said he had permanent reduction in his...

I have a clicking noise in my right ear that sounds like typewriter keys. It is not typewriter tinnitus. It’s very intermittent and if I sleep on that ear it can worsen.

my right ear has been getting tinnitus occasionally for 2more than a year. But now its getting worse like every other day. It will clear itself somedays, then next day it will come back. I can only suspect that the middle ear has wax build up, that wont come out. Im pretty sure its not the outer...

Hi there @LilSass, it's not often that I run into a thread that describes symptoms that I experience. The part in your post that describes my experience rather well is this: Since onset, mine has been unwaveringly intermittent, a loose pattern of loud days and very quiet/silent days. Sometimes...

Rick Beato, US producer and musician was recently asked on a live chat YouTube channel if he had tinnitus.... Watch from 1:05:58 4th December 2017

My tinnitus also began in May, 2019. Sounds like yours may be intermittent, is that correct? In May mine was intermittent, but come July it is a high pitched constant roar.

True statement you make. Without consideration of any hearing loss and habituation, here is my opinion of criteria for tinnitus levels: Slight tinnitus; one who satisfies the following criteria: Has a barely noticeable noise that can only be noticed when quiet. Is monotonal. In one ear...