Search results for query: spikes

What’s the point of hearing protection when they don’t work against preventing spikes?

The barometric pressure can worsen your tinnitus symptoms, especially if you live in the Midwest region of the United States. Keep an eye on spikes when the pressure increases, or during storming weather.

...second activity, helping to maintain that effect. Interestingly, moments of forced distraction have sometimes helped me move out of multi-day spikes. For example, if I had to engage in a long activity despite the spike, after many hours, I would come out of it noticing a reduction in...

How when they can't listen to music? I take this as well. How long were you on it, and what dosage were you taking? Yes, tapering is the way to go. Hindsight is wonderful!

What are these random spikes!? Sometimes they happen for no reason.. even with hearing protection on

I am sorry about your spikes. This is a guess, but looking at your ingredients, I think it could be L-theanine. The literature refers to L-theanine as a partial agonist of the NMDA receptor, which exerts its effects by modulating GlunN2A and GluN2B gene expression. I hope the Melatonin helps...

...stabilize it. What I’ve noticed is that when I take the earmuffs off for more than a couple of hours, even in the quietest room, my tinnitus spikes and becomes highly variable the next day. I’m worried that my environment without earmuffs has essentially become a form of sound therapy, which...

...the two. The ENT I mentioned in my previous post also told me that my hearing issues, which are stronger in my right ear, and the random spikes in my right ear, diagnosed as labyrinthine hydrops, are two distinct conditions with no link between them. Honestly, it is hard to believe that...

...I have severe hyperacusis and reactive tinnitus, so I often wear noise-canceling headphones to reduce the sound pressure level and prevent spikes. I know some people advise against it, but I really don’t have a choice. My reactive symptoms have improved a little, but I still can’t handle...

Are your guys spikes usually delayed? Like instead of happening the same night it’ll happen the next morning?

(1) Insanely loud car revving in neighborhood. Way over 100 decibels. I am getting spikes from it while being indoors with windows closed.

That's good news. I'm sorry you've had to endure this beast for so long. I'm nearly four years in, and I'm improving at managing the spikes without collapsing. But some days... SOME DAYS! Jesus, take the wheel! :pompous:

Growing up, I've always had some form of anxiety and it wasn't until a few months back that I decided to see a therapist for it. I got diagnosed with moderate anxiety, but never went back to the therapist or went on medication for it because I believed that I could fix it/keep it under control...

Might be a dumb question but I may be experiencing it at the moment. But how does anything but noise or some sort of damage to the inner ear cause a spike of tinnitus? I am now experiencing some tinnitus in my RIGHT ear for the first time ever (previously only had it in the left) after a spike...

...I’m scared to death. I try to stay off forums because there’s often so much doom and gloom, but I’ve written a few posts here during tough spikes and always found the kindness and support really comforting. I came across this post while searching for success stories, which I often do to lift...

The noisiness and stresses of life aren’t compatible with tinnitus sufferers (will always cause spikes/worsenings), so what do we do?

I've been experimenting with different sources of caffeine to see how they impact my tinnitus. I found that regular coffee spikes my tinnitus significantly, so I switched to decaf. The decaf I drink contains only 0.3% caffeine, and it has helped tremendously. Occasionally, I slip up and think...

How many times have you been forced to resort to taking prednisone after the onset of tinnitus? Do you try to use this glucocorticosteroid for every serious spike? How do you deal with prednisone during a short course, do you not have inflammations and chronic diseases from it? Did you feel a...

...this area (north of Sydney). He dries them and grinds them into a powder. In comparison, ketamine or esketamine treatments sometimes caused significant spikes in his tinnitus during administration. While it was tough on his tinnitus, the treatment was overall very effective for improving his...

@dd314 / @Hardwell, did your spikes ever resolve?

How does a spike usually evolve? I mean, from the loud noise exposure or the onset of spike, to the settling down, how does things usually evolve for you?

...level. After that, it took me about six months to habituate using the Back to Silence Method. To be clear, I’ve had to manage countless spikes over the years. Some spikes took me a week or two to return to habituation, while others only took a few days. Now, after 13 years of practicing my...

Will Dr. Shore's device prevent tinnitus from getting worse and stop spikes from happening? Or are we destined to wear hearing protection forever?

Hello TT! I started school like 5 weeks ago, and the first 4 weeks we have different activities each day. A lot of these activities includes alcohol. I have moderate tinnitus, but I have visited the nightclub we have here 5 times these 4 weeks. I have used foam plugs and haven't noticed any...

...Sadly, I made the wrong choice, which I’m sure many would say was “putting myself at risk.” Maybe the question I should ask is, how long have people had spikes last? I still find it hard to believe that someone wolf-whistling in my ear lasted four days, while yelling in my ear lasted two weeks.

Is it normal for iphone speaker volume at 10-20% to cause spikes?

For the most part it spikes due to drastic weather changes or random medication. Sometimes I have trouble sleeping when in rains outside.

...some faith that things will get better in time. I noticed that i’m having more good days, more energy and positivity, and that i’m having less spikes. Also the spikes seem to be less intrusive. However, i keep feeling horrible when i feel my tinnitus is going to flare up. Everytime it feels...

I have had T for about 3 years, and my sound never changed much in tone/loudness... In december I had to take 3 consecutive flights (about an hour and half each flight), and each time we were descending my ears had increasing troubles in pressurizing... By the time I got home in the evening my...

I hope it gets better for you eventually. It still bothers me sometimes, but I am learning to ignore it and manage the anxiety. Sometimes I believe having reactive tinnitus is easier to handle. In my case, silence is what triggers it, so it is almost impossible to manage. I feel better when I...

Hi everyone, With COVID-19 starting to wind down (I'm based in NY), my employer is requiring employees to come back to the office 2-3 days per week. I was always dreading this day because I was wondering how I would manage my tinnitus while commuting back and forth to the office. By way of...

Been having one since Sunday morning, it is now Friday afternoon and I have been bedridden all week because of it. Been to the doctors twice, no actual reason for it apart from a virus. ???

So from what I understand it's common for a cold to cause a spike yes? and the spike should leave with the cold? I'd research through the threads but honestly I'm afraid of finding horror stories and lately I've been managing my anxiety quite well. The first two days of my cold had no effect on...

Hi all, Did a little test over the weekend. I traveled up to my brothers house by car on Friday which is a 2 hour trip. On long car journeys my T always increases and takes a while to settle down afterwards. I went up there without any ear protection (110 db in car). I put plugs in to come...

I've had T for a very long time (noise induced, but no tested hearing loss), now in my mid 20's and somehow my T has got worse (either from waking up to a wood saw being used outside my widow, a motorcycle that passed days later or the Omeprazole medication I stopped taking after a month; all...

Ended up in the ER today due to crazy HR spikes. Lots of loud noises there, tinnitus is spiked now, not sure what to do

Hi folks. I am getting crazy piercing tinnitus attacks during the night which is up to 5 x time louder than my usual level. I always wake up shocked and scared with the intensity of the sounds and physical sensations in the head/ear connected to the tinnitus. The weirdest sensation is a...

...after just three hours in bars, even with hearing protection and substantial breaks between venues. When a car goes by, the intensity spikes again. I feel devastated. Some say it will only take a month to improve, but I’m not confident about that. I also experienced a return of loudness...

One of the worst things about tinnitus is not being able to wear earplugs to sleep, but also not being able to use white noise due to spikes

...trauma, which started about 10 months back. I often feel a dull ache in my ear canal, about an inch in. It usually corresponds with tinnitus spikes. It's unrelated to noise, so I don't think I have what folks call hyperacusis or noxacusis. Does anyone else have anything like this? Of...

Would you mind telling us what events caused these three spikes?

I get spikes 4-5 days out of the week.it is easy to blame sleep medication because it makes it seem worse. So do you take it anyway?

Have you noticed any hearing loss along with this, or was it just a spike in your tinnitus and hyperacusis?

Tinnitus for the most part is moderate. It spikes way too often for me to call it mild. I'm just enjoying life without worrying about it.

...on but still struggling. I’ve been doing well, overall. I’ve been meaning to write a partial success story, but then I get hit by one of these spikes (for no reason) that throws me into dark thoughts again. But at least, these days, I am able to convince myself that I’ll be better in a day or...