Search results for query: intermittent tinnitus

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...

@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...

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...

Hi! I am very happy to have stumbled upon this group as when I speak to my friends and colleagues at work (all doctors), people look at me like I'm nuts and say that they too hear a heart beat if they exert themselves or lie on their ear a certain way. I get frustrated trying to explain that it...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

Hello all. I'm Kevin, and I've had tinnitus since late March 2018. It has been an emotional rollercoaster ride. I think my tinnitus was caused by a variety of things. I have TMJ on the right side of my jaw this is also my tinnitus ear. My tinnitus increases when I am chewing or when I yawn or...

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...

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...

Just curious if anyone else has this. Now on month 4, and still no signs of stopping. Back in September, I developed a new noise in my right ear; a lower pitched almost beeping like sound that runs 24/7 and is the first "intrusive" noise I've developed since coming down with a bilateral...

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...

My journey with tinnitus began on April 6, 2012. As a bivocational painting contractor, I spent five or six hours that day power washing without hearing protection. At some point, I started experiencing lasting tinnitus. Up until then, I had only dealt with short bursts of tinnitus that lasted a...

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...

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?

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...

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...

@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.

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

Here's a 5 month update, having started Lenire on June 25, 2023. In my previous post, I noted that Lenire had added a new sound to my tinnitus on November 15, 2023. It was a clicking sound and quite annoying. At its worst, it sounded like a Geiger counter next to a radioactive source. Lots of...

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

You just have to get on with it. My tinnitus changed from intermittent to permanent 2 weeks before my son turned 1. The screaming sucks, and so does when he hits objects with other objects. But there isn't anything you can change so you have to work at it. Try not to beat yourself up when you...

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...

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...

...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...

I' a 48-year-old female from the UK, with tinnitus and constant Eustachian tube pressure. Doctors are not hopeful. I have had 4 GP visits (1 over telephone) / 2 ENT visits (with numerous tests) self-funded (wait list for NHS 6 months). It all started when I had a viral infection in my right...

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...

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...

Does your tinnitus make it hard to hear television or people speaking in other rooms? Does the sound of a fan or a forced-air heating system make it worse? I can't be near air conditioners or heating systems, and I must have loud Violet Noise or Water running at all times during the day to...

Hello! Thanks to everyone for this wonderful forum. The discussion and information here are invaluable. I am sharing my story in case it helps anyone or if others have had a similar experience. Apologies in advance for the long introduction. I am a 51 year old male with no unusual sound...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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

I am on my third day of intermittent fasting. Tinnitus seems to be quieter than usual though frankly unless it clears I would not conclude anything. I am going to keep going with it. Oddly I don't feel hungry between 3 pm when I eat my last meal and the following day.

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.

Ah, me too. My tinnitus started after my COVID-19 booster last fall. It had improved somewhat until I got COVID-19 for the first time in May. It definitely worsened in the month after I had recovered from COVID-19; I think I must have had some auto-immune reaction to the COVID-19 virus proteins...

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...

No, I cannot agree with this. I have also experienced the sudden realization that there is no humming sound, like the noise of a diesel engine. This has happened to me twice—once for a three-day period and another time for a single evening. I have been hearing this hum since the mid-1980s...

I'm mostly a professional software engineer (and now engineering manager) but I dabble in a lot of other pursuits on the side (including audio/video). I first noticed that I had tinnitus when I was about 30, although it's probably been there longer. It seems to be intermittent, or perhaps I just...

@IntotheBlue03 - I can't comment too much on most of the above. I hope you get to the bottom of it and that you fully recover. Just a quick question - your tinnitus is now intermittent and pulsatile, whereas it was neither previously?

If I could go back to the onset of my acoustic trauma, I would try intratympanic Dexamethasone injections & a keto diet combined with intermittent fasting & some longer periods of fasting! You want to do everything you can to decrease the inflammation. Best of luck to you.

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...

Has anyone here habituated to intermittent tinnitus?

intermittent tinnitus (pulsatile?)

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.

Tinnitus has become intermittent in my left ear. My left ear is silent sometimes. I have obnoxious tinnitus on the left side of my head.

During yesterday afternoon's Lenire session, I started hearing a new sound in my right ear only. In addition to my usual high-pitched ringing, I started to hear very brief high-pitched "ticks" or "dings". At first I thought Lenire was malfunctioning, but the sounds persisted after the end of my...

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 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...

@JohnAdams Is your tinnitus still at a intermittent low hiss?

Hi all, In March I was suffering from frequent urination which for me is normally a sign of a UTI so while I was on holiday in Portugal in April I was given some antibiotics I had never had before, to take 2 sachets in water over 2 days. Short term relief (no impact on my tinnitus). By end of...