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Glad you did ok with it! Keep us posted :)

Just went through the same process. Have had T for 12 years and experienced a spike, which hasn’t subsided. Doing my best with it. MRI isn’t a terrible idea to rule out anything serious, but as Agrajag said, one sided T is pretty common. I personally have T in both ears, but my left is...

Bill, I get what you’re saying. My question is that if thebears have been through trauma, is it not more likely that protection only does so much moving forward? I have always thought of my noise exposure as a younger man as something that would continuously effect my hearing as I age. I...

Bill, Maybe I wasn’t clear with what I was trying to say. As we lose hearing (the population that has tinnitus as a result of acoustic trauma, such as myself), I had the understanding that as we hear less (less ambient noise recurved by the brain) then T will be more recognizable or more...

Stu, Yes and no. Sleep has been a weird journey with my tinnitus. When I first got it, I was losing sleep like crazy. Part of the obsession I think. But then sleep became the only time I didn’t think about it/hear it/care about it! This time was the same. I was nervous, anxious, and...

Stu, I’m not an expert on what the meds have to do with your spike. I’m replying because I experienced a spike myself, after having tinnitus since 2007. My spike occurred the second week of December. Since the volume got cranked up, I have been paying close attention to my tinnitus. I would...

So I got the news back from my MRI. Imaging does not show any growths, or any masses. It does show that I have a sinus infection, which is what May have been the cause of my spike? Again, a month ago I noticed my ears ringing louder than normal and felt some accompanying dizziness. Doc is...

MRI complete. Boy it was loud, but I know I’m at an emotional disadvantage and have a bit of a sound sensitivity. The technician was very comforting, and said that I feel uncomfortable at any time just stop the imaging. I used the earplugs they provided, which were nice 3m foam and was...

Around a month In to my spike. Got an MRI tomorrow, I elected to do no contrast dye. A little nervous about the noise, but I spoke with a technician who was comforting and offered for me to use both ear plugs and ear muffs. I’ve been dealing with occupational noise for 20 years and ear muffs...

DJ, One of the things that has always helped me with sleeping is exercise. Even if it’s something you’ve never done before. It’s is great for the body and the mind. I’m currently experiencing an increase in volume with tinnitus that I’ve had for 12 years. It’s not easy, but yesterday I was...

Hey all, Posted my intro recently, I am a few weeks into my second battle with tinnitus. After some noise exposure (mostly with hearing protection), I noticed my tinnitus became louder, and different. I have been really focusing on it which is obviously the worst thing to do. Tough at...

Supplement, The sleep is awful at the beginning. I can recall it from a decade ago, and from just recently. You want to curl up and lay an ear against your pillow, but it’s just to loud. My set up at the beginning was comical to me now. TV on, fan running on 2/3, Brookstone noise machine...

Hi Maryanne, I am 39 years old and experience some changing sounds myself. Typically I have an even tone of ringing in my right ear, while my left ear rings, sounds like chirping (crickets...), and a pikes to high intensity. Extremely varying. It sounds like you’re handling it well, which is...

@Supplement, I developed T when I was 26. It was a result of noise trauma. I am now 39 and have recently experienced a major spike in my T. As someone who dealt with this for a decade, I can assure you that suicide is not the answer. Like any other psychological aspect of life, you CAN deal...

Hi Peter, I have the same type of T for 12 years now. All I can say is that you are lucky to have a “low tone” in 1 ear. I was a high tone/low tone T sufferer for so long until I recently experienced a change in my T. I can’t really pin point what triggered my change, but random noise...

Bill, That is great advise and exactly how I’m approaching this. I’ve encountered several “temporary spikes”, usually due to lack of sleep or a night of drinking. These have gone away within the day they’ve started. Obviously this spike is going on 2 1/2 weeks. Going to get ready to face...

Quick intro, I first developed tinnitus in 2007, when I was 27 February 3rd, 2007 was the first time I ever noticed it. I recall because I was in a hotel room that was super quiet, and woke up with an unexplained ringing. I served in the military and was exposed to plenty of bangs and booms...