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Hello guys, My tinnitus for the last couple of years was pretty stable and low but I have had periods of very high stress and anxiety recently. I went through a divorce, my father passed away, I had a COVID-19 infection, and now I am in the process of moving. My tinnitus has spiked pretty...

Hello Dr. Nagler, Yesterday I attended a birthday party in a club, due to circumstances we had to stand not far from the speakers and the music was very loud (sometimes you could literally feel the bass). Of course I wore custom made Variphone earplugs with a music filter, 25-30 dB reduction...

Hello, Yesterday I attended a birthday party. It was very crowded and inside a fairly large hall with a DJ. The music was terribly loud, my dB app measured it around 90 dB, and I was there for about 4 to 5 hours with some small breaks in between. Of course I wore my trusty custom made Elacin...

What a silly song, for our Dutch speaking friends lol.

Hello, Unfortunately me and my wife are going through some rough times and we are probably going to divorce shortly. Of course this comes with a lot of stress, guilt and feelings of doubt, I barely slept for 2 nights and have not eaten very well and started to pretty much chain smoke, it's not...

Hey guys, I just recovered from a major spike and had a couple of very good days, things were looking good I woke up this morning and it was a bit louder again but I was not worried as I knew this was probably caused by the Christmas dinner yesterday with the family where everyone was talking...

Hello, I caught a virus last weekend that left me with a cold, stuffed and runny nose that is now slightly improving. I also experience some aural fullness, minor dizziness and sometimes it seems my hearing is affected (dampened) and when I blow my nose my tinnitus is gone or greatly...

I think I got sinusitis since Sunday, and while it eventually did not have much impact on my tinnitus, it was actually getting a bit better after a long spike, since today my ears and nose feel terribly clogged and stuffed, and the tinnitus is through the roof. Is this normal for a cold?

Hello, How many people have had adverse reactions, meaning their tinnitus got (a lot) worse as a side effect from prescription drugs, any drugs, even the ones that are not listed as ototoxic or the particular pill pusher labeled as 'safe' . And more importantly, how long did the spike last...

What is the opinion on taking corticosteroids for drug-induced tinnitus? Will it help or is it only useful for noise-induced tinnitus/hearing loss?

Here is some info about gene therapy. It is more focused on preventing hearing loss from what I can tell, the link is in Dutch though... Not sure how much progress they are making...

How many people here on Tinnitus Talk have habituated to moderate/severe tinnitus, and how would you define that habituation?

Hello guys , I need some advice / support because I am starting to feel depressed and incredibly frustrated. My tinnitus spiked badly some months ago and it just seems to get worse and worse, yesterday was a fairly good day, fairly good still means a bad day from before the spike though, today...

Lately my tinnitus seems to fluctuate like crazy, sometimes from an hour to hour basis it can go from very mild to very severe, I have tinnitus for years and it started out pretty mild and after a year I pretty much habituated to it to the point where it did not bother me and I heard it only...

Hello guys, I finally did it and took my first steps after smoking more than a pack/day for over 20 years to quit. I am allready 8 hours smoke free and while this may seem ridiculous and laughable to most people for me this is a milestone , one small step for mankind, a giant leap for me...

My tinnitus has intensified in volume, although very variable, yet recent testing showed no extra hearing loss and my audiogram is stable to my last one from a year ago, any ideas on this? I understand tinnitus is very subjective and the brain is a complex thing but I don't see how it is even...

I have been taking clonazepam (rivotril) for a week now, and before that I have been using it occasionally on and off for a couple of weeks. I take one 0.5 mg pill before I go to bed, the ENT at the hospital said I can take it up to one month without any problems and without the need to taper...

Anyone had spikes that lasted more than 2 weeks and returned to baseline?

I have a chronic stuffy nose for a while now, always the left nostril and this also happens to be the ear where I have tinnitus, now I have tinnitus for 4 years and gotten pretty used to it by now, but lately it is acting up and spiking a lot for some reason, oddly enough sometimes when I blow...

Hey guys, I just recovered from a 4 week spike. When I was driving in my car this morning with the windows closed and another car wanted to pass me but drove too close and hit my outside mirror, the resulting bang seemed very loud in the small enclosed space and now my tinnitus has spiked...

I have been taking just a very small dose of 0.5 mg Clonazepam or Xanax before sleep for just over a week now, my doctor said at this low dosages I can take it up to one month without the need to taper down afterwards. Is it safe to stop taking it after 1.5 week 'cold turkey'?

Lately I have very vivid and lucid dreams,sometimes so vivid that they wake me up several times a night. Is there a reason to assume that I do not sleep deep enough or another underlying problem ? I have never experienced this before and I do not take medication that can be a trigger, luckily...

http://metro.co.uk/2016/01/28/the-netherlands-has-recognised-the-church-of-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-as-a-religion-5649017/ :LOL:

Recently my tinnitus felt obliged to get louder and more bothersome... There could be several reasons for the worsening, I have been struggling with a health issue (not tinnitus related) wich gave me some pain and general discomfort, stupidly enough I convinced myself that I had some terrible...

Hello guys, Anyone has any experience with this drug ? It is an antifungal medicine I need to take for a yeast infection in my mouth from antibiotic use. Is it ototoxic ? I have read some anecdotal reports about permament hearing loss and increased tinnitus from people taking this drug...

I need to get several vaccines for my new job, any ideas if these will affect my tinnitus ? Thanks.

Any thoughts on train horns in Europe ? Got blasted by one yesterday and sounded pretty damn loud to me, just a second or so , my wife said it was loud but not too loud, but than again , what else can she say :) Thanks

You might have heard about this clown already, this is the reason big pharma is a crime and should be regulated, this is just outrageous.

Ayone seen the horrible footage of the recent attack on police in Ukraine ? On some of the footage you see people holding there ears and you can see at least one police officer on the ground putting his fingers in his ears in agony, probably ruptured ear drums, poor guy, having aquired T myself...

Another day, another noise exposure, looks like they are out to get me ! I was just getting out of my car when a firetruck surprised me by putting on his siren maybe 8 to 10 meters away from me, i reacted fast by plugging my ears with my fingers but was exposed to it for like 2 secs, maybe...

Does anyone know if taking Strepsils for a sore throat can increase tinnitus? I took a few yesterday and tonight my tinnitus went through the roof. Maybe it is just related to the sore throat, or it is just a random spike, I don't know. Just asking to be sure, anyone got any experience with...

Hello all, I think it is fially time to post my own succes story. First things first : one night I got into bed and suddenly I became aware of a loud very high pitched tone in my left ear, I asked my wife if she heard it too and she said everything was quiet and I knew it was in my head, I...

Hello, My T is very sound reactive to certain sounds ,low level sounds, it spikes when I am exposed to them. Are spikes like that temporary in your opinion or is there a risk such spikes will not go down again if they happen daily or regularly ? Thanks for any insight, Bart

Hello Dr Nagler, Can Medrol (corticosteroid), worsen existing tinnitus ? Or are the effects temporary ? Thanks.

Hello forum, I got a cold, first time since I got T, runny nose, sore throat and alot of sneezing. The sneezing can be loud and often, should I worry about my T permanently getting worse by the sneezes? Thanks !

What does everyone think about the connection between WiFi and tinnitus, I have been reading up about it on Google Scholar and there seems to be quite alot of scientific reports claiming the dangers of WiFi and electromagnetic fields. Several doctors and scientists are warning about the...

Hello again Dr Nagler, I have a bad tootache, probably an infection. It will take a couple of days before I can go to the dentist but meanwhile the pain is at times unbearable. I am taking 1g of Paracetamol (Dafalgan) combined with 400mg Ibuprofen (Nurofen) fastcaps, that is the only thing...

Hello again, I was doing really great, my T did not bother me at all and it was nice and quiet and easily put in the back of my brain where it belonged so I guess I got abit overconfident that I did not need my earplugs. So Friday we went to a busy restaurant, sounds where around 70-80 DB...

Hey guys, I have a bad toothache, can this alone make my T worse ? Or is it the paracetamol and ibuprofen I am taking that makes it louder ? Thanks, Bart

Hello Doctor Nagler, I am following TRT now with some succes i might say, I have alot of good days where I barely hear my T, compared to the first few months that is an amazing progress. But sometimes after awhile my T starts acting up again, louder and bothersome, my audiologist said that...

Today is a very bad day for me, The T seemed to have changed in pitch and cuts through everything, it is almost unmaskable and unbearable ! Had this higher pitched hissing sound before but this increase is driving me just insane and to the brink. I live in a big city and can hardly get out of...

Hello Dr. Nagler, I have a bad spike after loud noise exposure and have been taking 0.5mg Alprazolam in the evening to get some good nights sleep, I have been taking this for over almost a week and will be taking it for the next 9 days also as I am currently on corticosteroids. Now my question...

I took 32 mg of corticosteroids for 1 day and than stopped because it was giving me some side effects, like making the T louder, now I stopped taking it almost 2 days ago and it is still louder, is this possible from Medrol? I should really stop monitoring my T, but it is very hard to do so at...

Today I was in a restaurant and there was this kid behind me and he popped a balloon 1 meter from me. Of course just that time I did not wear my ear plugs, it seemed very loud with my hyperacusis, it scared the shit out of me. I was so pissed off I immediately left the restaurant, did not even...

I was with the chiropractor today and was laying on the table, you know those fitnesstables where you can adjust the height for your head. My head was resting in the table when the chiropractor adjusted the height, the noise that made was pretty loud right next to my ear, you know the metal...

I am having this bad spike for more than a week now, it is very hard to mask my T now and i hear through everything, even when I am outside with a lot of background noise, I am finding it very hard to cope. I tought the first 2 months where bad when my T was much lower and only in my left ear...

I have tinnitus from hearing damage and I was wondering what noise levels can increase my tinnitus. I live in a city and next to a railroad and it can get pretty noisy, I often walk the dog or go out to eat with my wife outside next to traffic, cars honking there horns, squealing brakes...

Hello, I am 38 year old male from Antwerp, I got struck by high pitched tinnitus in my left ear 3 months ago, it came on suddenly when i got ready to go to bed, the moment i stepped into the bed i heard this high pitched whistle in my head, i was abit worried but i figured it would be gone the...