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Could be some type of earworm. When you're exposed to a certain sound for a shorter or longer period, your brain can actually start playing that...

Have you tried audio books? I know it's not the same thing as reading, but still a decent substitute.

This thread will obviously have lots of different answers depending on how severe your tinnitus is, if you get any treament/medication that helps...

For me it wasn't only noise. It was some movements too. Like when I was drinking something out of a can, like a Coca Cola, the movement made my...

I've had this too! This started for me even before the onset of my tinnitus. Certain sounds/frequencies would make my right ear twitch/vibrate....

Some lasted for 3-5 days, some lasted for 2-3 weeks. I don't think a spike has ever lasted for more than 3 weeks.

Since the onset of my tinnitus I've actually experienced this lots of times. Good news for me (knock on wood) was that it always disappeared. I...

You are still just one year in. One year might sound like a long time, but when it comes to tinnitus, it's a short period. Give it another year...

Same with me. Even if my tinnitus wasn't reactive, I had better results lying in the quiet hearing my tinnitus than having cricket sounds or any...

I've been in that situation too. Normally, you would think that silent rooms are bad for tinnitus since that's all you will be left with -...

Me and my friend once had a running contest on who runs the fastest. After I ran I was completely exhausted and had that blood taste in my mouth...

My tinnitus was/is non-severe and I'm 100% habituated. Some days it's not even there, and the days my tinnitus is there, it doesn't bother me the...

I've dreamt that my tinnitus has been extremely loud, so loud I actually woke up from the dream lol. And no, it wasn't loud or anything when I...

I've only taken magic mushrooms once, and this was two years before the onset of my tinnitus. Personally I don't think shrooms will cause a...

Lord Of The Rings (trilogy) Seven The Big Lebowski Signs Blade Runner (1982) Taxi Driver Jackie Brown Inception The Prestige Godfather 1 And many...

I don't think it makes it worse, but it will make it harder to cope with. Not just with tinnitus, if you dwell on anything too much or for too...

I've taken it before (for other reasons than tinnitus) and it didn't make my tinnitus worse.

I would say protect your ears when you feel that the sound level is too high and damaging. Do not overprotect your ears because I think this will...

For me it was actually the opposite. Back in early 2018 I remember getting a really high pitched electric noise that was really hard to mask. One...

Could it be sinus related perhaps? The longer you lie in bed the more blocked your sinuses get, which makes the tinnitus more obvious? Or maybe...

Everytime I've had reactive tinnitus it has eventually always gone away. And when I had had it a couple of times I started to notice a pattern; I...

I've had reactive tinnitus many many times, but I'm not sure what caused my tinnitus to begin with. What I DO know and figured out is my tinnitus...

Tinnitus has gone completely away for me, then it can come back too. But when it comes back I don't get bothered by it since I've learnt to...

I've had distortion and reactive tinnitus several times. It went away every single time. *knock on wood*

You want to train your brain to get used to your tinnitus and learn your brain to focus on something else instead of your tinnitus. If you use...

Try not to read 'horror stories' in here. Because this can cause further anxiety and cause your tinnitus to spike up (nothing permanent though)....

One should always have hope but at the same time not fully rely on hope. When I first got tinnitus, I was 100% sure my life was over. There was no...

I've had/have this too. Some specific sounds, in specific frequencies, can make my ear vibrate. It happens very rarely nowadays but it can still...

I'm not an expert in this. But when you take medication for X amount of time, your body will become used to it and depend on it. When you suddenly...

I'm not an expert in this, but I've had similar experiences several times. For me, this most often happens when I'm stressed out or when I'm...

I'm not sure if I've answered in this thread before, but yes, it went really well for me. I even reached a point where I lived and enjoyed life...

It'll back off, I'm sure of it. But you need to rest your ears and not attend loud places in a while.

Could be stress, anxiety, depression, lack of sleep or water, too much caffeine, sugar etc. It happens to most of us from time to time. Its...

I habituated quite fast thankfully, and I had some ups and downs along the way. But I started going out with friends and enjoying life 1-2 months...

I think tinnitus IS more common. Some people either have it mildly or they are good at ignoring it. I think more people have tinnitus than we...

I'm not a doctor but it doesn't sound logical that a tinnitus spike that is food induced should be permanent. Once your system has got rid of the...

I mean, ENTs are professional and know way more than most of us, but that sounds like bullshit. Don't believe everything they say even if they are...

That's only my new tinnitus. My ordinary tinnitus is there whether I plug my ears or not -.-

Hmm maybe it could be something physicallin the ear/sinus. When sound enters the ear, sound gets distorted. When no sound enter the ears, no weird...

It could be that you have been getting good sleep, you wake up feeling relaxed and calm, which lowers your tinnitus. And during the day, while at...

I think using headphones in an ok volume is ok. But I would recommend not to use the ones you get with your phones, the ones you dig into your ears.

Some "experts" say that even if the reason for your hyperacusis is something physical, like a head injury or something, it's still your nervous...

Yes you are right.

Even if tinnitus could be permanent, hyperacusis is one of those things that most likely will go away. Now I don't want to give false promises,...

And sometimes you also need to let go. If you are constantly fighting the tinnitus and refuse to settle, habituate, live with it, accept it etc,...

He or she can never know until they give it the time it needs. Both people I quoted has had tinnitus for less than 7 months which is very early...

You are also very, very new to this and I have felt like you exactly. You need to be patient and let things take their time. You could bloody get...

Pete I have also been in an extremely dark place, trust me brother. And when I say dark, I mean DARK! There was no way out of it I thought, I...

When you are withdrawing from medication, you are taking away something that your brain and body has become really used to. When you are no longer...

This is a strange one. At one hand you don't want to worsen you tinnitus. On the second hand you do not want to stop living and do things that you...

At first I thought that if my T goes away, I'm getting hell out of this place for good, don't want anything to do with this place. But then I...