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...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...

Duh… umm… tinnitus? No, I was only kidding you. Loud noise, of course. Ever the compulsive optimist, I'd be blind not to notice that tinnitus research is a bit like the stock market: Some lad with his test tube gets an idea. He makes a computer graphic that demonstrates how it works. He...

...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...

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?

We have no control over when our spikes occur or how often they happen. We also cannot control their intensity or how long they last. The only thing we can control is how we respond to them. Stress can make things worse, as can exposure to loud sounds, certain medications, and lack of sleep...

@kyscrivens, I avoid spikes like the plague. The duration depends on the severity; it can last anywhere from a few days to several months or even the better part of a year. At times, it feels like I have one continuous spike that just builds on itself. It gets to the point where you start...

...has been some subsiding, then you spike again. That recently happened to me. What I have been told, and what I have also experienced, is that spikes can be really lengthy. Not every time, but usually. Those people’s experiences coincided with mine. The problem is that the spikes are so bad...

...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...

Really sorry you’ve had this setback. Phone speakers can definitely produce terrible sounds. For what it’s worth, spikes can be troublesome for a while, but in many cases they tend to settle down. I have no expertise, but I would imagine your system is still very fragile from the initial...

...their hands etc close to me that creates a spike and im like "oh crap not another spike". Its good to not get super panicky and anxiety rid but still getting the spikes is kind of the hardest thing for me to deal with since it drains my energy and make me feel like im going backwards in progress

Are you no longer able to work?

...I was wearing earmuffs, but I am not sure if the occlusion affected me. I have Klonopin from my doctor, and it used to help me through the spikes, but now it is not even touching it. I am so worried at this point. I was hoping to see even a small improvement by now. I am really starting to...

...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...

...to mask it with background noise. Yes, I had everything you describe — panic, walking down a street and suddenly crying, feeling panicky, and more. Highly unpleasant. Keep in mind that tinnitus spikes come with the territory, but over time you’ll notice the tinnitus change, usually for the...

Magnesium Citrate and Magnesium Oxide both cause spikes for me. Magnesium Glycinate and Magnesium L-Threonate do not.

...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 ?

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...

...the one you describe are, to a certain degree, pretty much unavoidable unless you move out of the city and go somewhere completely remote. Spikes and setbacks are part of this journey, unfortunately. The situation you describe has happened to me a couple of times as well, and they all...

...is an older model that emits roughly 80 dB. I vacuumed for about 40 minutes with a couple of breaks. The spike is really loud and relentless, with no relief. I’ve had spikes before, but is this one likely to subside? I’m feeling pretty depressed at the moment and have very little hope. Thanks.

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...

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

...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.

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

Here is a ummm... lively dialogue some of us had with a lucky man who found his way to habituation or coping. He seems to have had hyperacusis too... Anyway, for your perusal: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/im-fine-%E2%80%94-tinnitus-is-basically-not-a-thing-anymore.55510/ My...

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.

...been going through an intense spike for the last 2 weeks and haven’t got a clue what, if anything, has caused it. Normally, when my tinnitus spikes, I can pinpoint a reason. It might be a loud noise, a new medication, lack of sleep, or something similar. This time I have absolutely no idea...

...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...

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...

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!

...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...

...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...

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...

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...

...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...

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...

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...

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...

...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. 🙏🏻

...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...

...earplugs, but I’ve also liked using Loop earplugs because they’re easier to take in and out. I’ve definitely noticed that flights can cause spikes in my tinnitus, but fortunately, mine has always returned to baseline by the next day. The in-flight announcements are still a bit loud for me...

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...

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...

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

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.

..."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.

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