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    Been a few months since I've seen you post, just wondering how you're coping?

    Been a few months since I've seen you post, just wondering how you're coping?
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    Sleep is intrinsically tied to tinnitus, but I do know that when mine first started it was so...

    Sleep is intrinsically tied to tinnitus, but I do know that when mine first started it was so loud I was hearing it in my dreams as car alarms etc. so I wouldn't like to say it totally turns off. In a way I envy your tinnitus turning off, in an other, it sounds like a torturer unlocking the door...
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    @mandyc I severely needed something but unfortunately had to white knuckle it apart from a very...

    @mandyc I severely needed something but unfortunately had to white knuckle it apart from a very out of date pack of diazepam as unfortunately my local GP is... well to put it mildly a bit of a **** based on my experience. I'm not a fan of anti-depressants for my own reasons so refused the offer...
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    Reactive Tinnitus, Hyperacusis, and Noxacusis: Staying Below Sound Tolerance Is Key

    If the ideations are getting that strong, you need to talk to a doctor or a crisis team ASAP. Hell, even go to A&E if you need to. And if you feel you cannot do that, at least talk to a friend or partner. Someone has to know how this is affecting you. I know it can feel like that is the only...
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    Train Horn Exposure: Can It Damage Hearing or Make Tinnitus Worse?

    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...
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    Reactive Tinnitus, Hyperacusis, and Noxacusis: Staying Below Sound Tolerance Is Key

    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...
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    No, why do you ask?

    No, why do you ask?
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    Tinnitus from Long-Term Stress

    Just so you're aware, while it is rare, SSHL can be a side effect of antidepressants, I think in particular SSRIs, although I'm not certain on that. Obviously, if you need an antidepressant, you need one, and I don't know if you were still on it with this latest episode, but I thought it was...
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    Train Horn Exposure: Can It Damage Hearing or Make Tinnitus Worse?

    Did you get a spike? Any alteration in hearing thresholds? If not, no harm done. If you didn't, not a lot you can do about it... I doubt a doctor is going to prescribe prednisone because you heard a train horn. Wait it out, and it'll pass. Just keep calm, and you'll probably forget about it...
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    @kingsfan Thankfully that stopped happening after the 6th month mark, just one every month or...

    @kingsfan Thankfully that stopped happening after the 6th month mark, just one every month or two now. Edit: Did you put a curse on me or something, this morning I've woken up and had two drop outs within 15 minutes of each other :LOL:
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    @delta784 Yes except I now go a lot more deaf than when I used to experience it.

    @delta784 Yes except I now go a lot more deaf than when I used to experience it.
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    @tobyharrixon Don't have to keep the session as a whole short, just take lots of breaks to give...

    @tobyharrixon Don't have to keep the session as a whole short, just take lots of breaks to give your ears a bit of a rest.
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    A 20M Student Facing Reactive and Somatic Tinnitus, Anxiety, and Setbacks After Onset in April

    I agree with @Nick47 and @MindOverMatter. It really depends on what you’ve got and your own tolerances and risk aversions. For example, I had what turned out to be medication-induced tinnitus about 12 years ago in my 20s, along with a brief episode of what I now know to be dyacusis that the...
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    Losing Myself Because of Unbearable Tinnitus

    Does anyone have contact with @another_person? I hope they've managed to get some temporary support at least.
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    I really hate how those hearing drop out/tinnitus episodes we've all likely experienced...

    I really hate how those hearing drop out/tinnitus episodes we've all likely experienced throughout life now last so much longer... Always spikes my anxiety when it lasts longer than 30 seconds that this time it's not going to end. Plus they always make my ear feel crap afterwards now.
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    Reactive Tinnitus, Hyperacusis, and Noxacusis: Staying Below Sound Tolerance Is Key

    I think she's mentioned having them elsewhere on the forum. I believe there are some available medications to address the pain they cause, certainly something worth consulting with the doctor about, along with the ideations. With that Dr. Djalilian article you posted the other week, I wonder if...
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    Long as you keep it down and the sessions short it can't do much harm and if it brings some joy...

    Long as you keep it down and the sessions short it can't do much harm and if it brings some joy back to your life that's got to be a positive. I often find that tinnier speakers i.e. phones and laptops spike things up a bit so maybe invest in something a bit higher quality? Better than your...
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    Sudden Ringing After Sinus Infection and Loud Radio

    Sorry to hear you’ve joined the journey. 60dB is absolutely fine. I’m fairly sure that above 70dB is the point where any damage can occur, and at those low levels, it’s not going to be catastrophic anyway. Still, your ears are going to be a bit sensitive at the moment. Setbacks are common in...
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    Reactive Tinnitus, Hyperacusis, and Noxacusis: Staying Below Sound Tolerance Is Key

    No problem. While it’s, shall we say, a sensitive subject, I feel it’s better that people are informed about the fact that it really isn’t as easy to do as many presume. It can have catastrophic consequences if it goes wrong with pretty much any method. It should ideally always be done through...
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    Reactive Tinnitus, Hyperacusis, and Noxacusis: Staying Below Sound Tolerance Is Key

    I'm really sorry to hear you're going through all this, actually your current state sounds a bit like my experience, I can tell you my loudness hyperacusis did eventually resolve for the most part albeit the pain unfortunately remains if not as constant but I can now handle one-on-one...
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    @L along the way Understand the sentiment but uh, I don't think I'll need to worry about "going...

    @L along the way Understand the sentiment but uh, I don't think I'll need to worry about "going through life" with any additional issues is my point. Ain't rushing to the finish line, but when the time comes, I've made my peace with it, so I'm enjoying my last few years as best I can. Plus with...
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    @tobyharrixon See, I've taken a different approach. Do I want to live another 40+ years like...

    @tobyharrixon See, I've taken a different approach. Do I want to live another 40+ years like this, struggling every day on top of the existing crapfest that life can be? Absolutely not. However, by accepting the part of life I enjoyed is over and this is my new reality I can try and squeeze out...
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    Seven Months After Acoustic Trauma: Tangled Between Progress and Fear

    That I cannot answer for you. You will have to make your own judgments and learn your own limits. My ears are not your ears, my tolerances are not your tolerances, my damage is not your damage, and nothing in life is guaranteed or completely safe in any situation. Would I suggest a life of...
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    Seven Months After Acoustic Trauma: Tangled Between Progress and Fear

    I am pretty sure I have recovered as much as I am going to at this point, but I appreciate the sentiment. We all went through what you are experiencing now, and I am keeping my fingers crossed that you get complete remission, or at least close to it. Hopefully, you will be in the success...
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    Sudden Whistling Sensation and Worsening Left-Ear Tinnitus After Eating Crunchy Foods

    Hey, another member of the wet ear club. We are seemingly a rare breed. The whistle could be coming from your Eustachian tube, depending on whether we are talking about an airy whistle or squeak, or a tinnitus squeal. In the first case, you could try some saline nasal spray, or a steroid spray...
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    Seven Months After Acoustic Trauma: Tangled Between Progress and Fear

    In my personal opinion, the only real treatment that truly does anything is time, along with avoiding anything that feels too loud. Everything else is simply a distraction, and as it turns out, that is exactly what you need while you wait for time to do its work. Do whatever keeps you calm and...
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    Seven Months After Acoustic Trauma: Tangled Between Progress and Fear

    It does use radiation. It is basically a series of X-rays, similar to what you would get at the dentist, but taken as many images in a row. There is a very small increase in cancer risk, but I decided I would much rather face that than risk my ears getting worse. Besides, these scans are used...
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    Seven Months After Acoustic Trauma: Tangled Between Progress and Fear

    Agree to meet them halfway by suggesting a CT scan with contrast. It is much quieter, while still providing a usable, although not as detailed, image. If they push back, explain firmly that you will find an MRI unbearably loud and that you are concerned about prolonging your symptoms or causing...
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    D3 may potentially help with SAD which certainly can't hurt with these conditions and...

    D3 may potentially help with SAD which certainly can't hurt with these conditions and regardless, should pretty much be taken by everyone unless you spend most of the year outside in a state of undress. I did take Taurine to help with my anxiety pre-tinnitus (continued taking it for the first...
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    As in everything just sounding too loud? Yeah, that should fade with time, it's a really slow...

    As in everything just sounding too loud? Yeah, that should fade with time, it's a really slow process but it'll happen. It's only when you start getting a lot of pain in the mix things get iffier but even that usually improves to some degree.
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    Losing Myself Because of Unbearable Tinnitus

    I hope I’m misreading your post, but please don’t do anything rash. Applying for MAID and going through the process is one thing, but making any snap decisions is an entirely different matter, with far bigger potential repercussions for both you and your family. I know the irrationality this...
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    And after a horrible few days I come to my once a month easily manageable morning buzz day...

    And after a horrible few days I come to my once a month easily manageable morning buzz day (natural hormone fluctuations I guess) where I sleep like the before times and my pain and pressure settles for a few hours... I could easily live a normal happy life and feel very much like my old self...
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    Apart from anti-depressants, you could try something like pregabalin. Don't jump out a window...

    Apart from anti-depressants, you could try something like pregabalin. Don't jump out a window, you'll just end up crippled and with tinnitus and wish you hadn't. Morbid as it is but just to make it clear, it's quite possible to even mess up something that seems certain like shooting your self...
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    Just cannot be fucked with the spikes, aches, pains and sensations from something as simple as a...

    Just cannot be fucked with the spikes, aches, pains and sensations from something as simple as a normal volume conversation when I already spend all day indoors, it's been over a year, can't live a normal life I consider enjoyable or worthwhile, not interested at this point... where this idea we...
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    First off, it's a lot harder than you think, second, if you really are going to do it, make sure...

    First off, it's a lot harder than you think, second, if you really are going to do it, make sure you know exactly what you're doing or you might just end up making things a whole lot worse for your self... medically assisted is always the route one should take if going that way. I thought...
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    Losing Myself Because of Unbearable Tinnitus

    I’m afraid I’ll have to play Devil’s Advocate and support your decision. If you’ve truly reached the end of your rope and all enjoyment has been drained from your life to the point where you can go through with assisted dying, not an easy thing to do, and you fully understand that it means...
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    Sudden Difficulty Understanding Speech in Quiet Settings: Has Anyone Experienced This?

    I’d be surprised. We were pretty far away from everyone else, it was quite quiet, and the hearing in my left ear is still pretty good. It also definitely felt like something was happening in my ear. I think I’ve decided it was a dropout episode, just not a full-blown one. I had something...
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    Sudden Difficulty Understanding Speech in Quiet Settings: Has Anyone Experienced This?

    Over the weekend, I went out for a drink with a friend. We were tucked away in the back of a quiet pub garden. I had an earplug in my worse ear, the right one. The day went mostly fine, but at one point, while he was mid-sentence, I suddenly couldn’t understand a word he was saying unless I...
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    Sorry to hear you've joined us on this crappy journey... your introduction story remarkably...

    Sorry to hear you've joined us on this crappy journey... your introduction story remarkably reminds me quite a lot of my life. It doesn't sound like your tinnitus is too horrendous but Yup! I don't intend to reach old age living like this, it may be okay for some but it's not for me. At the...
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    Oh Goody, my left ear has suddenly joined the party unprompted with the standard high pitched...

    Oh Goody, my left ear has suddenly joined the party unprompted with the standard high pitched eee to join the cacophony on the right, now I can have hear it above everything tinnitus in stereo and pick which sound I want to be driven mad by.
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    Why Is a Low-Sodium Diet Recommended for Tinnitus? What's the Actual Evidence?

    “Annoying” is one word for it… It is actually quite funny — I just got back from a hospital appointment and had the exact same experience. They told me it was my Eustachian tubes, and I tried to explain that it definitely was not. They tested my tubes right then and there and said there was no...
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    Habituation is real, life is good again! Wait... no, my mistake, this is still dreadful, life...

    Habituation is real, life is good again! Wait... no, my mistake, this is still dreadful, life ruining and daily torture. Although I have rediscovered drinking & smoking and that they have no effect on my tinnitus whatsoever so bring on a quicker end!
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    Rinri Therapeutics

    People who are already undergoing an operation on their ear make placebo control easier. Those with little usable hearing left also present less risk. It allows for better measurement of the treatment’s impact through the implant, rather than relying purely on patient reports. This is not meant...
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    Why Is a Low-Sodium Diet Recommended for Tinnitus? What's the Actual Evidence?

    Same reason all the other stuff is repeated... it probably worked for a subset of people, possibly due to the Meniere’s cohort, and since there is nothing else available, it keeps getting parroted. That is the same reason tinnitus is still broadly tied to anxiety and stress, even though that...
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    Ear Pressure and Pain After a Restroom Hand Dryer and Child Screaming

    Yeah, they are a bit on the creaky side. I actually had better luck with some cheap ones from Amazon in that regard, but wearing glasses is still a problem. And not to mention, it is nearly impossible to avoid bumping into door frames and cupboards while wearing them. No, they are far from...
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    Ear Pressure and Pain After a Restroom Hand Dryer and Child Screaming

    Do you think you may have overstrained your left ear by forcing it to overcompensate after blocking the right ear? Do you have any over-ear defenders you could wear for a while? I found that inserting things into the ear—even when there was no general soreness—often made things worse. I really...
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    Ear Pressure and Pain After a Restroom Hand Dryer and Child Screaming

    Yes, I remember that from the beginning of my journey. I have healed somewhat for now, but I would never want to go through that again. I do not envy you. It took about eight months for me to reach a more normal state. Seriously, try using cotton wool and a very quiet TV with subtitles...
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    Suicidal

    I'm six months in now. I've been doing weekly therapy, trying to engage in hobbies I used to love, going out and 'living life', albeit in earplugs, and trying to fake it until I make it, searching for the glimmers of good in my situation. And I just want it over, I don't enjoy anything, every...
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    Audiogram and Other Hearing Test Results

    Right, again, that is all well and good. I wish my audiologist had used your method and that in the future it will be standard, but they did not and it is not. All standard tinnitus rules apply to me unless we determine there is some actual difference in the origin of the hearing damage. I am...
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    Introducing Tinnitus Quest

    Well, that was unexpected! Hooray for William R., whomever that may be.
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    7 Years with Tinnitus and Pain Hyperacusis: Many Downs with Some Successes Along the Way, and Some Helpful Advice for Others

    As I said, I’m in nearly the exact same boat. Unfortunately, due to circumstances, I’m pretty much in the hermit category. But it does not sound like you need to go that route—just find some quieter extracurricular activities. I’m looking into joining an art group myself. There are also walking...
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    Audiogram and Other Hearing Test Results

    Yeah, I mostly meant what on earth caused it. I’m well aware of the limitations of standard audiograms, although I do appreciate your thorough rundown. But alas, it’s what I have. As for the tinnitus itself, one positive is that apart from a higher-frequency static hiss, it is not very...
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    Why Is Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Treated Differently from Other Types?

    Well, that may be true, but there seem to be some established “rules” we have as a community. NIHL — no headphones. SSHL — go ahead. Pain hyperacusis — must be noise-induced. I am just trying to make sense of where these ideas have come from. Or are they simply based on how we each react to...
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    Why Is Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Treated Differently from Other Types?

    I’m still trying to work through my hearing loss, but I keep hitting a brick wall when searching for answers. Why do we differentiate between noise-induced hearing loss and other types of hearing loss? What difference does it make to the ears if the hair cells were damaged by earphones and...
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    Ahh... two minutes strolling round the peaceful garden to get a bit of vitamin D and...

    Ahh... two minutes strolling round the peaceful garden to get a bit of vitamin D and decompress... Oh, hello mister helicopter wonder where you're flyin-OH MY GOD MY EARS HURT!
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    7 Years with Tinnitus and Pain Hyperacusis: Many Downs with Some Successes Along the Way, and Some Helpful Advice for Others

    Did you have your hearing tested recently? I’m suspicious if the pop you heard in the gym could have been a perilymph fistula or sudden hearing loss. My hearing went from completely normal one week, with no audible tinnitus or any discomfort with sound, to feeling a bit unwell with a mild...
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    Hi Suz, how are you doing now? I saw you had a lot of trouble with nasal steroid spray... they...

    Hi Suz, how are you doing now? I saw you had a lot of trouble with nasal steroid spray... they didn't do me any favours either.
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    Ear Pressure and Pain After a Restroom Hand Dryer and Child Screaming

    It really sounds like a bit of heightened hyperacusis, which does affect your sound tolerance. Also, the tensor muscle combined with stress could be causing some pain and discomfort. Short, sudden noise is always harder to handle with hyperacusis, so that explains why the drums felt...
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    Audiogram and Other Hearing Test Results

    Anyone care to take a guess at what happened? Around 35 years old or so.
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    Introducing Tinnitus Quest

    Once I have an income again, I’ll be sure to set it up. I need to make my savings last for now, but I’ve donated what I can. I’ve been trying to get a couple of well-known musicians interested. I used to do some work for a small company that collaborated closely with a few of the bigger acts...
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