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I am just lost right now and really need some solid hard advice as I simply don't know what to do anymore. My girlfriend broke down crying and told me she was leaving as there simply is no future with me anymore, that I'm not trying hard enough for her and I know that she is right, I'm not. She...

I think I have reached my limit, as bad as my H and T were they are now at least 10 times worse since my audiogram, YES an audiogram has made me worse! My whole face stings and pains me to the point of blanking out, the right side of my face feels like I'm having a stroke with extreme pain and...

I'm just really struggling mentally these last few months,I just feel my chances of recovery were robbed from me and it makes me sick to my stomach thinking back on it which I do every second of every single day now. I just can't accept it,it kills me knowing I was robbed of my life in a split...

Excuse the odd title but I was curious as to whether or not anyone else here experiences what I do. I can actually hear my nerves inside my ear spic and spac like a damaged wire shorting out,as I sit here now in a silent room I can hear as well as feel these little zips in my ears,it's like a...

Guys I don't know what to do,my hearing is deteriorating fast and my T and H are getting worse every second. Everything sounds distorted,my breathing sounds crazy and everything is starting to distort more and more.Even my dogs breathing sounds like a robot,it has me completely freaked out. I...

Hey everyone,I'll make this quick so not to bore anyone. I had no choice but to go to the dentist a week ago to remove a tooth that was killing me with pain.She used as little drilling as possible but my god was it high pitched.I tried wearing earmuffs and plugs but they made it ten times worse...

Well guys this is going to be a strange one but regardless it was something I felt I had to share with everyone here in an effort to spur the hope that was lifted in me.What I'm about to tell you is completely true and ignited a fire of hope and determination inside me that I haven't experienced...

Anybody have any idea what is going on with me?I went for a game of Tennis today with a few friends and yes I even wore earplugs just to be safe as I always am now. But when we got home I sat down in front of the tv when I suffered that transient T people talk about here,I've experienced it...

Would appreciate some opinions here from my Fellow sufferers. Me and my brother were both left two rifles in my fathers will and we want to go target shooting with them.The gun I was left is a 0.22 calibre fully silenced rifle,I mean it's barely audible which suits me perfectly!We shot them...

I made my own simulation to show my family what it's like to have tinnitus and hyperacusis and it was really quite simple. —I placed headphones on them playing a high pitched noise but not too loud. —I placed a TENS device on their jaws and head also and every time I made a sudden noise I...

I have no idea what happened last night but I can honestly say for the first time in years my tinnitus completely switched off! I'm talking 100% silence and I have no idea why? I sat there too afraid to move in case I spoiled it and just soaked up the silence lol It lasted nearly an hour...

I would just like anyone here with hyperacusis / noxacusis to describe their symptoms and how you developed them. Do you experience headaches? Do things seem louder to you? Do you have ear pain? Do you have jaw and/or facial pain? Or a combination of all above? Do you get brain...

Hey guys just want to share something very unusual that's been happening the last few weeks.Sometimes when I'm lying in bed with T screaming away it will suddenly disappear completely and take on the form of real noises!Like a dog barking or a song or even the sound of traffic.It lasts a few...

I'm just feeling so down and remorseful lately,I just feel like such a failure and an idiot for trying to live a life.After I developed H in 2014 I tried my best to get my life on track and after two years I was doing much much better.This was all down to one man and that was my father.He helped...

Hey guys would really like an opinion on an issue I'm having.Not long after my sound exposure in 2014 I started experiencing pops in the back left hand side of my head.The pops have since stopped but there is still a constant pressure there and the feeling of water being dropped onto my head in...

Just wondering does anybody experience anything similar but nearly every night when going to bed I can hear like little electrical spics and spacs coming from inside my ears,it's almost like hearing your hair cells firing it's really bizarre.On a few occasions after these spics and spacs or...

Can anyone please shed light onto these worrying symptoms I'm having as my doctor doesn't seem to be very knowledgable as to what is going on! I have reactive T and H,when I'm around sound I don't really get the hot ear or stabbing pain everyone speaks of and I no longer have TTTS.What I get is...

In need of some reassurance here guys,I am currently going through dreadful H and began doing the trt protocol as recommended by a lot of helpful folks here.About a week ago I was listening to my pink noise through my headphones when it suddenly stopped,as I tried to get it back on it suddenly...

As a lot of you may know by now, I've been suffering with varying degrees of tinnitus since 2011. As of the last few months I began noticing pains in my neck and shoulder that came and went at random after a sudden noise exposure. At first I put it down to stress and tension and after a visit...

I'm writing this in a state of pure anxiety and fear,I'm so afraid that I've made things permanently worse. I've been suffering from T for 5+years and H for 2+years.A few months back I had a sudden noise exposure(kiss near my ear that really hurt) My ear felt stuffy and sore and of course my T...

I just don't know what to do anymore and fear I may have screwed things up for myself once again.I had my H under control and after a very hectic October(two funerals one being my fathers)and a handful of noise exposures I was in quite bad pain.I feel like I should have rested my ears more after...

Hey guys it's been quite awhile since I regularly posted here but for anyone whose not familiar with my background I've been suffering with T and H since January 2014. The last few years were a roller coaster of emotions and sacrifices,I worked so hard at making my H better that I went from the...

Hey guys it's been awhile since I last posted here but I'm back and in need of some advice. A lot has happened since I last posted here, I met a wonderful woman who understands my condition and got me out of my bubble and gave me life again. I was exposed to more and more noise whether it be...

Hi guys just need a bit of advice,my father was fixing a turbo pipe on my car and asked my brother to rev the car to make sure it was tight,I was sitting about 5 foot away when all of a sudden the pipe blew off making a quite loud BOOOOOSSSSHHHH noise.Luckily enough I had my ears blocked when...

Okay well here it goes,to be honest ive been really worried about my symptoms lately and I really dont know what to do as of yet,still waiting on the stupid hospital to get back to me.After my noise exposure at the beginning of the year there were a couple of strange symptoms that followed and...

This may not be relevant for anyone living outside of Ireland but just wanted to announce that there is going to be a special Tinnitus day in Druids Glen Resort Newtownmountkennedy Co.Wicklow on the 12th of June.The aim is to gather information from patients about their T to help research and is...

Well very interestingly the other day I was reading a hearing health magazine and there was a perticular story that was interesting to say the least.It was a about young woman in the prime of her life with no health problems to really mention.After a while she noticed that she was having a funny...

Hey guys was just wondering did anyone see the documentary Stem Cell Universe with Stephen Hawking? It aired here last night and is amazing to watch.F or anyone whose interested in Stem Cell therapies and what they can do its a must see. Reading that they done this to a rat or done that to a...

Well I was leaving work today and I got into my car,before leaving I noticed a woman with what appeared to be cerebral palsy struggling to open a door so I got out of my car and opened the door for the lady just trying to be nice next thing you know some idiot blew his horn directly beside...

Well guys just need a bit of advice involving my meds im currently on 15mg of lexapro which ive been taking for about 3 months now.I was also on xanax for about 3 weeks which I stopped taking before dependence became a problem doctors orders.I was then taking valium for the last 3 weeks which im...

Well I was reading the Daily Mail today and they had published an article about T stateing that new research suggests that people who have caffeine based beverages 3 to 4 times a day were 20-30% less likely to develop T.It also stated that people who have T could reduce it by having caffeine...