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@dfw, couldn't agree more! -- I've recently been experimenting with modified intermittent fasting, and the preliminary results have given me my first real sense of hope since my severe tinnitus/hyperacusis odyssey started over six months ago. -- Best!

The whoosh is intermittent but at times it can be heard when sitting still, particularly in the evening. The pulsing drives me crazy though because unlike the normal tinnitus, it comes with a sensation. I would say the water draining through a pipe is the worst of it, even though it happens...

Dear colleagues, Although my case is still recent, the oddities about it made me write in a plea for help. Relying on your own experiences and on your years of reading about others’ experiences, I would likely to kindly ask for your insights and help, so I can better understand what is going...

Plenty of people with tinnitus have complete silence, and sometimes for an extended period (e.g. 1-2 days). They have intermittent tinnitus, which is quite common.

I know this post is from awhile ago but I could not resist responding because I had no clue any medicine would quiet tinnitus. How well does it work?

I developed sudden tinnitus after surgery a week ago. I was told that the prednisilone needs to be taken within 2-4 weeks to be effective. Took it for one day and all symptoms vanished. Came back the next day so am back on it and hoping for a miracle. I can hear fine, just have horrid...

Hi, @Stocktrader86, I have a couple of thoughts about your condition. First of all, it is possible that, since your pulsating is intermittent, it could be tensor tympani syndrome. http://www.hyperacusis.net/other-factors/tensor-tympani-syndrome/ Tensor tympani may be associated with...

So for a number of years have always had a very low level of tinnitus. I lost a dear friend in December and the month before and during December my tinnitus has gotten worse which is now basically pulsating in my right ear. I have had an MRI and CT scan and both came back normal. I will say...

Sorry to hear that, Mine doesnt stop by plugging ears, but I have another intermittent low frequency (brown noise) buzzing tone that does. That tone can be both heard and felt, and putting a finger in my left ear (where the tone is at) stops it... the same happens if I listen to a brown noise...

Thanks for the kind words. The list of causes for the intermittent sensation of aural fullness is long and best left to folks who know more than I, but the fact that your ENTs "have found nothing abnormal" means that whatever is causing the fullness is of no clinical consequence. The reason...

Bastard indeed. I may have to go on a AD myself to break out of my noise loop. I hate the side effects though. I have hearing loss and tinnitus similar to you. Good luck to you with the black seed oil and keep us updated.

I have the same thing. I think it is the Eustachian tube.

Thanks -- somehow I missed that thread... I probably just searched for the word "intermittent" in the titles. How is your tinnitus now? Has it changed in the intervening months? Thanks for your reply -- my doctor blithely suggested Clonazepam (with 4 refills!), but I don't think she's thinking...

Hi @Natalie Roberts. Lovely to hear from you and I bet your girls have grown up loads. I hope it's my meds but with many years with tinnitus and Meniere's Disease I know the nature of the beast so one day at a time. love Glynis xx

Can you describe what exactly typewriter tinnitus is like? I had an ear surgery to remove an osteoma. After surgery I developed intermittent clicking in my ear. Dr said it would likely go away and I’ve seen others mention ear clicking being temporary after surgery. However, it’s be a year since...

What makes you think that? As far as I know @kelpiemsp had had tinnitus for a very long time, since childhood. During the treatment his tinnitus fluctuated between being better and coming back. Regarding the timing question: I think Neuromod is very aware that individualised timings work...

@SillyMama your mentions of jerking eyes and tinnitus better/ or worse with different head/neck positions may start with cervical spondylosis – neck arthritis where bony growths may compress the vertebral arteries. Together or with very little age progression spondylosis - the vertebral...

I have had tinnitus from acoustic trauma for 5 1/2 months, caused by a single gunshot after my rifle stock dislodged my earplug without me noticing. I’m worried about how stable my tinnitus will be in the future due to the damage. Currently, it’s a very mild tone that I don’t hear during the...

This is interesting to me because I’m in a very similar category to you. I wake up with loud spikes that eventually go. I also have intermittent stuff that comes and goes and I can’t figure out any the connection. Yours sounds very similar. I would love to know more. You immediately get a...

Four years ago I started noticing an odd sound in my house - sounded like a very low frequency hum, sort of like a foghorn, it was intermittent and no one else could hear it. I had heard of tinnitus of course, but associated that with ringing or buzzing not this very low humming noise. I scoured...

Hi @gorzakus -- I didn't watch the video, but I don't think 2-3 weeks of fasting is necessary, and may even be dangerous if not conducted under pretty strict conditions. Given the environment we live in these days, I think it's more advantageous to think in terms of intermittent fasting, which...

Thank you for your reply Greg. I realise that the problem could be arterial but so far have not found much information on pulsatile tinnitus with pain. Hadn't considered high blood pressure as I am actually a long-term user of beta blockers as a migraine preventative. Apart from the pulse and...

Who here experiences tinnitus that reacts to the noises around them? I have had very mild tinnitus in both ears for a couple of months (high pitch, low volume, which I had mostly habituated to), but in the past few days my left ear is reacting to certain frequencies (especially electronic ones)...

Thanks for posting the suggestions. I have intermittent tinnitus that I think is muscle-related, and relaxation exercises are helping some. My ENT was completely disinterested, but my TMJ doc cares. He recently suggested a magnesium supplement to help calm over-tense muscles. I'm becoming...

I have persistent, intermittent tinnitus. Some days, it's there for a few hours, and stops. Others, it's on all day with no breaks. I would say that it's about 90% middle-head, sometimes a bit more on one side, because I sleep on my side with one earplug partially in whatever ear I'm not...

Twelve-Month Update I'm writing this down to keep track. Twelve months have passed since the day my life was nearly changed in just 30 seconds. Has there been any improvement since the nine-month mark? I would say, yes. However, I don't know if that means further improvement will follow. I...

@JudyM Thank you for your kind comments Judy it is much appreciated. It took many months to write this article as I was going through a very difficult time with my tinnitus. I threw the towel in many times but support from some close friends enabled me to finish it. I am working on another...

Hello everyone I was wondering if anyone hear the same tinnitus sound It is similar to ocean sound with beating (pulsing) When it first started with me, i was hearing heartbeat only on my right ear and rarely with the left one As time goes by, it changed to ocean sound and it pulses. It is On...

Hi, @sonicboom2000, No, I'm afraid I don't know of any other blood pressure drugs that we can be sure don't cause tinnitus. However, in your case, since yours is intermittent it may not get any worse. That's something only time will tell. In the meantime, it sounds like you've made some...

I see people speculating if FX-322 will help hyperacusis/noxacusis. Any speculation on if regeneration via FX-322 or another drug will help with TTTS at all? Also, my tinnitus is very reactive. When people speak of improvement, I wonder about reactivity. Of course it’s great to see these...

...I make a call,or the phone ringing can bring it on. I've been busy since posting my introduction and have just stopped for a cup of tea. My noise was fine until I made a phone call. I'm wondering if there are any other intermittent tinnitus sufferers who find this happens after using the phone.

I started Nortriptyline in early August 2021 and I’ve gained 10 pounds since then. My diet has been shit the last month or so and I haven’t exercised well enough, but I believe I’ve mitigated the weight gain through 18/6 intermittent fasting. 12:30 pm-6:30 pm is my eating window. On May 15th...

Thank you for your kind note. Yes, I feel fortunate to have the diagnosis. Knowing why can definitely help someone cope with such rattling symptoms. To answer your questions, my pulsatile tinnitus and autophony are intermittent but frequent. Generally, day-to-day noise and goings-on often...

Hi all, I underwent what I thought is an acoustic shock with headphones back in March. While I have largely habituated to my tinnitus, I have some TTTS in my right ear and some sensitivity to higher frequency sounds. My right ear is the one with a more significant hearing loss as well...

Not sure if they can be habituated to honestly. I just deal with them, very annoying. I distract and keep busy. I would like to see if someone habituated to something similar. Visual snow? That’s just awful and I’m sorry.

Hey again Tinnitus Talk! I have my first appointment tomorrow to try and discover where my tinnitus comes from (it's intermittent and unilateral tinnitus, some hours its a 9/10 on the tinnitus scale and some hours it's a 0/10, my root cause diagnosis is muscular/neck tension/TMJ related since...

Hi there, I have posted before a long time ago now. My name is Lorna and I am a 47-year-old woman who works a a teaching assistant. Three years ago I had tinnitus in left ear, it was intermittent and like beeping that would eventually become one long tone. It would stop but always start...

In a moments of quieter tinnitus (like now), I want to think constructively about my situation. I have two major issues I think: 1. Anxiety/fear/catastrophizing is back. And strong. I just do not know how to shake these feelings. They make me cry, pace, cause stress. As mentioned I continue to...

6th month mark. So. To keep this not too long... I wish I had good news to report, but I do not have any. My tinnitus appears to be steadily the same as 6 months ago when it began. I really hoped to see some improvement by now, but apart from few minor random moments of low tinnitus nothing...

My right ear is worse in terms of damage. My tinnitus is bilateral (in my head) except when it is quiet, when I can tell that it is coming from my right ear. Mine is like static and is sometimes so quiet I don't notice it (1/3 of the time). The other 1/3 it is louder and annoying, and the...

I hear you for sure about the benzos, but I struggle with serious intermittent sleeping issues. I've been dependent on smoking pot for sleeping for 10+ years and the Klonopin is helping me ween off of that dependency and at such a low dose I feel like I am not trading one dependency for another...

Hey @DebInAustralia. Curious where you read about Quercetin being ototoxic? I’ve been taking it + Bromelain for about a year prior to my chronic onset of tinnitus (that’s been intermittent for 5 years). However, and I’ll update this in my original thread, 2-3 days of high dose Prednisone took...

@shasta0863 -- She has relatively mild antibiotic induced tinnitus from many years ago. She's never had a problem with normal air-powered drills, but she could hardly believe how much quieter the electric one was. Since you're so nervous about this, I would try making a separate visit to a...

I know of one tinnitus "faker" who used to work with my mother in the public sector. Initially he used the excuse to get out of conscripted military service, eventually he used it as a way to shirk job responsibilities and eventually retired early. He confided in my mother that it was...

Good to hear. Yes sorry, I missed your other reply. That is interesting because I have vibrations and nerve sensations all around my body too. However, I've had that throughout my life and only recently had this, so there may be no correlation. But let's keep that in mind if we notice more...

Hello everyone! I've had tinnitus for years, almost 24/7, of varying pitches. It has always been louder in my right ear, and the same ear sometimes has what my ENT called pulsatile tinnitus, but it actually *feels* like thudding/rumbling. The PT started after a plane flight with a cold...

More like a year. 9.5 kHz. Occasionally (seldom) 4-5 kHz. I realize tinnitus actually means there has to be sound. But there is so much more to damaged inner ears. Sometimes I get the feeling that a very sharp scalpel is cutting through my brains. I hate this condition:mad:

My understanding is that regular tinnitus can exist at all frequencies. I’ve definitely seen people with it in that range. However, it generally seems to work differently to what most people call “low hum,” cutting in and out with the slightest sound in that frequency. And sometimes amplifies...

I read the success story of @Barry Gradski on "Doing Nothing Worked for Me" thread as linked by @billie48. On the face of it; it seems like a good method. That is until you read that the author of the story frequently had silence with their tinnitus, that their tinnitus was intermittent. That...

Hi all, I’ve had a horrible cough and that and my tinnitus have made it hard to sleep. I ask the ENT what to take and she said Mucinex. I need a cough suppressant mainly so I took Mucinex DM. I asked the pharmacist if it was safe with my tinnitus. I didn’t want to aggravate it. He looked and...

Very interesting post. If all was accurate you would be a world authority on tinnitus!, as it's certainly more than my ENT seemed to know. In all seriousness, I think there is some good points here, but again we don't know completely if all of this is right. It's certainly plausible. Based on...

Hmm, I wonder if it's the same, the thing is, mine is quite high pitched and intermittent, b,bbbbb,bb,bbbb,bb,bb. Doesn't seem to have any pattern. Is this what people call typewrite tinnitus? I need somebody who has this, or has had this variation to let me know. Would be very useful as...

Firstly, I probably should say that I'm one of the "lucky" ones whose tinnitus has been intermittent, pretty much from the start -- well, after the first 2 or 3 days. I'd like to give people hope, but not false hope, but anyway, these days, the frequency ("often-ness", not the pitch :D)...

Mine is also very tough on me just now Tracy. Thinking of you, and just wishing things could get better for both of us. Dave xxx

@linearb -- You may find THIS STORY interesting (on a different forum). It's bu a man got rid of his tinnitus after starting a ketogenic diet--after having suffered with tinnitus for 5 1/2 years.

I had the dentist use intermittent pulsing of the drill - one second on, one second off. that seems to have done the job. then dentist was very well aware of the issue, and so he did not subject me to any continuous drilling, which with tinnitus it has to do with both time X intensity, and you...

I was in rock 'n roll bands in my youth and have had intermittent tinnitus for 50 years or so. I'm now a performing arts photographer and sometimes am exposed to loud music. Wear earplugs which help but sometimes it's so loud, even they don't help. In recent months it has gotten worse - louder...

For the longest time I asked myself "why me", it was tough to accept that I'm not getting rid of the constant swishing and intermittent ringing. Years later I've come to accept it but it still bothers me especially under situations I need to perform tasks that require max concentration. Maz...

...are commonly used off-label for anxiety. The target audience, based on the Q&A, seems to be individuals with new-onset or intermittent tinnitus—groups that often improve without treatment. The protocol doesn’t seem particularly convincing, and the claim that "tinnitus is all migraine" sounds...

Good idea. I thought about doing that too, two in one would be a greater benefit. I’m going to stick to regular for another month and see what happens. I heard stories of people treating their tinnitus with fasting too.