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I am writing on behalf of someone who is not a member here, but suffering greatly right now and would appreciate input, opinions and maybe even experience. He is in his early 20s and has had tinnitus for 6,5 years, but had a worsening 2 years ago which made his manageable tinnitus debilitating...

I got diagnosed with PCOS around 2 weeks ago. I have an appointment with an endocrinologist and I would like to ask members who have experience with this condition about what to do/what not to do in order to not exacerbate the ringing. Medications to avoid, what to ask from the doctor? I...

If you participate in psychotherapy of any kind, could you help me out how to find the best option for dealing with tinnitus related issues to keep anxiety and depression at bay? I'm aware that many of the members unfortunately don't have the best experience, but if you do, please share...

One of my 3 sounds (low hum) can be stopped with the above mentioned methods. Earplugs don't have the same effect. I asked the same question in an other, much smaller support group and got the result that roughly 15% of those who answered could make some of their tinnitus sounds go away like...

I am aware that tinnitus can be interpreted as the phantom limb syndrome of the brain. Brain loses auditory input and due to maladaptive plasticity neurons get hyperactive and create these phantom sounds: "when you disrupt the signal along the auditory pathway, the brain interprets the lack of...

I had a conversation on the topic with a person close to me. The gist is: I think tinnitus and/or hyperacusis is to be taken into consideration when one wants children, because it can be very limiting for the tinnitus sufferer and it may have an effect on the family as well. I personally now...

I've been having this echo-like feeling/sound in my ear for a couple of days while chewing, especially crunchy food. It's in my cursed left ear. Other, right ear, is slightly clogged, but couldn't "Valsalva it" out. What can it be? Eustachian Tube acting up?

I never experienced this, but I read in lots of people's story that they heard a pop before tinnitus onset. I'm just wondering what can it be? What do you think? Do you have an explanation for it?

Hello! I'm an unfortunately frequent user of the "regular tinnitus" section of the forum, but 2 days ago I got a new sound in my previously better ear, the right one. This is a wind-blow like sound, which is not constant, I only have it from time to time, but then it's kind of rhythmic...

Well, my low humming vibrating noise is back from hell after being in remission for almost a year. Only in left ear. Yesterday it was not that bad, I could sleep some hours with Clonazepam, didn't hear it in the morning, then it came back and now it sucks. But what I don't understand and maybe...

I would like to know if there is anything that you are particularly very proud of having achieved in spite of having tinnitus and/or hyperacusis? Something that you wouldn't have thought was possible? Specifically careerwise, but I'm interested in any other thing that you consider a success...

My wisdom tooth or my gum there, can't really detect where the pain is coming from, started to ache. Not awfully, but it's very noticeable. I don't want to rush to the dentist, I'm really afraid of them, especially with tinnitus. I have Corsodyl at home, but I found some reports of its...

This is not a very serious issue for me, but I'm curious if others experience it. So, whenever I eat raw garlic I get burning pain in my ears. I'm absolutely aware of the very easy solution here: Don't eat garlic. I just don't understand the connection between the 2 things. This doesn't happen...

This might be a very "Tinnitus 101" level of question, so I apologize in advance. I've been wondering what causes spikes that only last for a shorter period of time? Or is it what's called reactive tinnitus? Every time I take a shower, blow dry my hair, vacuum, travel in a vehicle, I get a...

Based on the latest audiogram I have an air-bone gap on the lower frequencies, so I might have otosclerosis. The ENT said that in their opinion I don't have enough conductive hearing loss to validate that diagnosis. I know I should have had an other audiogram made but by that time I was so deep...

This might be a very stupid question, but this is my first summer coming up with tinnitus. I loathe the heat and I won't be able to avoid doing a lot of yard work. I never used earplugs outside in temperature over 30-35 C (85-95 F), so I don't have experience. Do ears sweat? If so, in summer...

Has anyone experienced good results on tinnitus from lifestyle changes, diet and exercise? I lead a pretty unhealthy, sedentary lifestyle which got even worse when developing tinnitus. I'm overweight and eat a lot of junk food, don't exercise much, and I'm quite anxious and depressed. In the...

Dear Dr. Nagler, Thank you for your previous answers and once again, I'm really sorry for your loss. I would like to ask, is there any connection between decreasing of cognitive abilities and tinnitus? I'm starting to feel that I'm losing my memory. I can't concentrate, can't study and can't...

Despite all my efforts to not get a cold, feels like I'm getting one. My throat is sore and itchy, my noise is a bit blocked. I know that cold can exacerbate or lessen tinnitus either temporally or permanently, I try not to worry about it much at the moment and hope it's not the flu or...

Dear Dr. Nagler! Some background: I developed tinnitus on 14th October this year, which started with a unilateral, left 125Hz low, vibrating buzz. This completely went away after like 3 weeks. 2 weeks in I got bilateral, very high frequency 10-12000Hz ever-changing sounds. Currently it's down...

I'm not sure if I can convey properly what I mean as English is not my first language, but bear with me. I would like to ask, is there anything that you expect that people who don't have tinnitus can say, do that would make you feel better? I tend to lash out on my loved ones, my family who I...

In my house, my parents want to start renovation, which will involve drilling, hammering, polishing with power tools. I obviously won't be doing the renovating. Our house has two floors, and the renovating will likely be on the ground floor. Do you think that it should be okay? Am I...

I'm having a very bad today, my ears are practically yelling at me, after being somewhat quiet last night (still no sleep). False hope again, I guess. I know, that my recent tinnitus is nothing compared to tinnitus veterans', and I have been wallowing in self pity for weeks, but I just can't get...

Dear Dr. Nagler! I've just read your answer to Tom Cnyc regarding tinnitus being louder in the morning and after waking up from a nap due to reticular formation. I have the exact opposite experience. I'm 1,5 month in this horrendous tinnitus journey, started with a low hum in the left ear...

In my country, the protocol (or most common practice) for recent tinnitus consists of two things: IV Piracetam (Nootropil) in large dose and steroids. People get steroids for at least 3 days via IV or for longer on tablet forms and Piracetam via IV, then for about a couple of months on 1200mg...

My very high frequency tinnitus is changing ears. Or at least, it feels like it. Started clearly in my previously bad left ear. Changes the type as well constantly. Sometimes it's a hiss, sometimes it's an electric sizzle. With those I can't really tell where it's coming from. Tried to plug my...

I'm 1 month in. Don't know the cause of my tinnitus, probably headphones. The low hum is barely audible right now, but the later appearing, ever changing high frequency pitch is in a spike after the MRI on Thursday. I must admit, even with the spiking, I would say it's at a moderate level. I...

Has anybody else experienced that headache cancels out tinnitus? This is the second time that has happened to me. After an MRI today, my high pitched sound (this is the newer one) went up a lot in volume. And maybe because of the MRI too I got a horrible headache. But during the headache the...

I got my blood test results back. I have some problems with other reference points as well, but my uric acid level is excessively high. I don't eat too much meat in my opinion, but I am overweight. Can there be a connection between hyperuricemia and tinnitus?

I'm sorry in advance, this is going to be quite long. I've been mainly visiting the general tinnitus support forum for about 3 weeks now. My tinnitus started again (I had it in 2016 and 2017) on 14. October only in my left ear. First it sounded like a washing machine, or dryer left running...

I'm having a terrible headache right know. Normally I take Ibuprofen for it, but I'm afraid about its ototoxicity. Does anyone have any axperience with the above mentioned drugs and tinnitus? Or if somebody is Eastern Europe based, can you suggest any alternative to Ibuprofen and Paracetamol...

I already asked this in an other thread, and answers said that it's not true, but I'm wondering what are others' experiences. So my ENT said that after a while (3 months) the brain memorizes the sound what tinnitus produces, so later on there is no chance for it to stop, alleviate, or get...

I have low frequency, low humming, buzzing tinnitus for a week and it's very loud. I got prescribed Nootropil (Piracetam) and Betarevin (Betahistine) for circulation. The doctors told me that the protocol contains IV infusions of blood enhancers, but they would not suggest it for me, because my...

I have the low buzzing-humming-vibrating kind of tinnitus "just" for a week. I know it's really early on to predict anything and I'm at early stages, and maybe my threshold is pretty low, but I feel like it's debilitating. I haven't slept more than 2 hours a night. I think that I will give up...

I'm new to this.I've been having a vibrating low buzzing, humming sound in my ear (head?) for a week. I used to have something like this 3 years ago, but it went away. I'm at law school in Eastern Europe. We have to do a lot of cramming, so thousands of pages to remember and give back by...

Hello Everyone! My name is Kriszti, I'm 31 and I'm from Eastern Europe. Here is my tinnitus (?) story an I have some questions at the end. In 2016, my left ear rang for 2 weeks, went to audiology, ended up with an Eustach tube problem, but the ringing stopped. At the beginning of 2017, it made...