Search results for query: intermittent tinnitus

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  1. RunningMan

    Natural Supplements for Anxiety?

    I've tried L-theanine and a few different types of CBD (up to 60 mg or so), among THC and various other supplements, for sleep and anxiety. Well, I didn't get any benefit from any of them, but they didn't seem to affect my tinnitus, either. Even 50 mg Nortriptyline for 3 months and later on...
  2. sspencermo

    Intermittent Tinnitus Switched On/Off By Sleep

    I experience the same thing. For the first seven months, my tinnitus followed a very strict three-day pattern: one loud day followed by two quiet days. Now, 14 months in, I sometimes get three or even four quiet days in a row, and the loud days are usually not as intense as they were at the...
  3. GG_Ear

    Three Routes to Winning Tinnitus: Healing, Habituation and Hushing?

    @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...
  4. sspencermo

    Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection with Pre-Existing Tinnitus

    Hi all, I've introduced myself before. My tinnitus started shortly after my last COVID-19 booster in the fall of 2023. It's intermittent: two relatively quiet days followed by one very loud (8/10) day. It started to improve this spring—the loud day was down to about a 4 or 5/10, and sometimes, I...
  5. Henry Orlando FL

    Back to Silence

    I have all sorts of sounds myself. Tinnitus comes in many "types," if you will, like this list: Tinnitus can be a single tone, multi-tonal, or noise-like. It can be soft or loud, high or low pitched. It can be constant, pulsing, or intermittent. It can begin suddenly or gradually. It can be...
  6. KMc24

    13 Months with Tinnitus. First 8 Months Constant, Last 5 Months Has Become Intermittent.

    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...
  7. dan

    Hi, I’m Samantha! I Developed Tinnitus 2 Months Ago and I Don’t Know Why

    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.
  8. J

    Tinnitus from Headphones: Retreating to a Quieter Place Has Helped — Now Afraid of Going Back to a Noisy House

    Hello all, This is my first post, so I’ll try to keep it brief. I’m almost three weeks into experiencing tinnitus, likely caused by overusing headphones, which I used constantly. I now have it in both ears. I’ve read all the introductory articles here and am doing my best to stay positive...
  9. M

    Nonstop Intermittent Noise (One Ear)

    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...
  10. RunningMan

    After a Cold, One of My Tinnitus Sounds Is in Sync with My Heartbeat: Is It Pulsatile Tinnitus?

    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...
  11. G

    Tinnitus Spike in One Ear with Numbness and Fullness: Seeking Advice

    ...frequency tinnitus in the right ear. I cannot hide it most of the time. It sounds like a billion cicadas. New mid frequency intermittent tinnitus, possibly around 800 Hz. This started about two months ago, completely out of nowhere. It is easier to mask, but as soon as there is less ambient...
  12. BenM

    Seeking Support for Severe Tinnitus Spike After Very Loud Restaurant with DJ Playing Music

    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...
  13. Joshua Macleod

    A Survey on Self-Management and Empowerment of Tinnitus Talk Users

    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.
  14. T

    Intermittent "Tink" Sound in Right Ear

    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...
  15. Utdmad89

    On My Way to Recovery from Tinnitus and Hyperacusis

    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.
  16. EternalRinging

    I agree, classic tinnitus doesn’t make any sense at all, let alone the horrible humming. Thanks...

    I agree, classic tinnitus doesn’t make any sense at all, let alone the horrible humming. Thanks for letting me know about the supplements you used, I may try those cuz unfortunately, sometimes I still hear some intermittent bass which I’m pretty sure its associated with the humming.
  17. sspencermo

    Tinnitus Started Suddenly from COVID-19 Infection and Is Now My Main Long Covid Symptom

    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...
  18. Utdmad89

    Did Cannabis or Loud Music Through Headphones Cause My Tinnitus?

    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.
  19. RunningMan

    Hyperacusis Cured/Reduced by Clomipramine

    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...
  20. S

    Seeking Support for Severe Tinnitus Spike After Very Loud Restaurant with DJ Playing Music

    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...
  21. johndoe1

    Recent (Intermittent) Mild Tinnitus, Many Possible Causes, I Suspect the Furnace

    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...
  22. E

    Alterations in Auditory Brain Stem Response Distinguish Occasional and Constant Tinnitus

    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?
  23. B

    Hearing a 'Rringgg' When Playing the Piano → Reactive Tinnitus or Hyperacusis?

    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...
  24. Aline Mohymont

    At My Wit's End — Tinnitus from a Combination of Neomycin, Z-Pak and Methylprednisolone

    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...
  25. sspencermo

    Hearing Aids

    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...
  26. Wrfortiscue

    @Steph1710 has them I think. I get them when extremely spiked or ears fatigued. My guess it’s...

    @Steph1710 has them I think. I get them when extremely spiked or ears fatigued. My guess it’s just intermittent high frequency tinnitus
  27. Varda

    Got Tinnitus from Azithromycin (Z-Pack)

    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...
  28. Gb3

    New University of Michigan Tinnitus Discovery — Signal Timing

    @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.
  29. EDDTEKK

    Anybody Else Have Morse Code Type Sound?

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

    Prototype Device for Electrical and Magnetic Stimulation of the Ear in the Treatment of Tinnitus

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

    A Work in Progress: Living with Tinnitus

    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...
  32. RocketJSquirrel

    Lenire — User Experiences and Reviews

    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...
  33. Leila

    Reversing Aging

    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...
  34. T

    For Those with Intermittent Tinnitus: Quieter When More Frequent?

    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...
  35. Utdmad89

    Tinnitus from a Very Loud 3-Hour Concert

    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...
  36. Jupiterman

    Hearing Loss and Severe Tinnitus — From Loving Life to Suicidal in 2 Months

    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...
  37. R

    Tinnitus Sounding Like a ROTARY TELEPHONE Ringing in the Distance

    ...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...
  38. J

    At My Wit's End — Tinnitus from a Combination of Neomycin, Z-Pak and Methylprednisolone

    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...
  39. J

    Intermittent Tinnitus — Anyone Having Similar Symptoms?

    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...
  40. D

    Sudden Intermmitent Tinnitus in My Right Ear

    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...
  41. A

    Tinnitus and Terrible Pressure in Eustachian Tubes After a Viral Infection in Lymph Node

    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...
  42. Lane

    Antidepressants (SSRIs, SNRIs, MAOs, TCAs, TeCAs)

    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...
  43. Farida

    70% habituated to Visual Snow, one Tinnitus tone gradually fading, Low-freguency drone is...

    70% habituated to Visual Snow, one Tinnitus tone gradually fading, Low-freguency drone is intermittent, TTTs behaving like a bitch tho.
  44. IntotheBlue03

    Tinnitus Newbie Desperate for Answers, Trying to Determine the Cause — From Cervical Injuries?

    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)...
  45. EDDTEKK

    MuteButton

    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...
  46. TheDanishGirl

    I read several places that an estimated 10-15% of the population has chronic tinnitus and the...

    I read several places that an estimated 10-15% of the population has chronic tinnitus and the vast majority only have mild or moderate tinnitus. Intermittent tinnitus is much more common.
  47. Pinhead

    Mysteriously Got Tinnitus from Being Sick — It's Getting Worse and I'm Suicidal

    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...
  48. Stuart-T

    5 Months with Unilateral High-Pitched Tinnitus — Related to Ear Wax or COVID-19 Infection?

    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.
  49. G

    Occlusion Effect WITHOUT Earplugs? Anyone Else Experienced This Before?

    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.
  50. D

    My 10-Month Journey with Unilateral Somatic Tinnitus (Possible Jaw Connection)

    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...
  51. billie48

    Regular Intermittent Tinnitus

    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...
  52. gayyoung57

    intermittent tinnitus (pulsatile?)

    intermittent tinnitus (pulsatile?)
  53. H

    Has anyone here habituated to intermittent tinnitus?

    Has anyone here habituated to intermittent tinnitus?
  54. U

    Tinnitus Newbie Desperate for Answers, Trying to Determine the Cause — From Cervical Injuries?

    @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?
  55. J

    >1 Month Shock, >2 Months Denial, >3 Months Slight Acceptance, >4 Months, Let’s Be Friends?

    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.
  56. J

    Intermittent Ringing, OK 1 for Day, Ringing the Next

    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...
  57. Mark662

    Rick Beato, Producer and Musician, Talks About His Severe Yet Intermittent Tinnitus

    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
  58. Rjbookworm

    Tinnitus has become intermittent in my left ear. My left ear is silent sometimes. I have...

    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.
  59. P

    I Invented a Sound That Knocked Out My Tinnitus

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

    Post COVID-19 Tinnitus

    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...