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Hello dear tinnitus sufferers. My tinnitus started October 2014. It was a strange phenomenon that resulted in a lot of crazy things. First, it...
I am confused and want to get other's opinions. I have been dealing with ear pain and ear ringing for the last 8 months. The sounds I hear are...
Well said everyone! I realize how hard I am on myself at times due to me not being able to "cope better". We are all trying to find our balance...
Hello dear friends, I wanted to post something that I feel is very important to the individuals path of "habituation". I believe our...
I am just frustrated because I was managing it for the last 5 1/2 months. I don't know why it started in the right ear. I am wondering if my...
Going to see a dr tomorrow and going to ask about TRT. I am also starting up therapy again. I know that my emotional reaction to it needs to...
That is all I can do right. There is no fix or way to relive it except to just endure. I fucking hate tinnitus. I hate that it has become the...
Hello everyone. I am back! It has been months. I have purposely left this forum to work on my own "habituation". For the last 5 1/2 months I...
Dr. Nagler, I have been to 3 ENT's who have all told me to "learn to live with it". I live in Lake Tahoe. Do you have any recommendations for...
Does anyone else experience this? My ringing has been constant in the left ear for 2.5 months. It is not a high pitched ringing but a...
@Cher69 - this tinnitus thing is so strange. I am experiencing my first cold/flu. Had the ringing/chirping sound for about 3 months now. The...
I read that the tinnitus should be looked at as your "health meter". Salt for sure creeps up a different type of ringing. It sucks, but at...
@Sherri786 - I have ear plugs. I am avoiding action thrillers for sure. My ENT said I should not stop living...he said wearing ear plugs is...
Thanks @Misery Yeah. Even with ear plugs the concerts were crazy loud! I saw Pearl Jam and was surprised how loud the music was with...
I want to see a movie tonight and wondered if it was okay? I have ear plugs. I have attended two concerts (with ear plugs) over the last month...
@Misery It's a strange boat this tinnitus thing. I had one ENT tell me to "live with it" and another tell me "it will go away...it may take...
Mine fluctuates too. Since its start in October (about 2 weeks before your ringing started actually) I feel like I have had every...
I hear what everyone is saying. I have have strange ringing/hissing/chirping/zapping in my head/left ear/right ear for about 2 months. I have...
I have noticed that when I don't get enough sleep...the ringing appears to change in volume. Either that or I have a decreased tolerance. I...
@Markku I am doing okay this morning. I went to bed last night and slept for 12 hour straight. I woke up a few times with a splitting headache....
I booked an appointment with a psychiatrist and psychologist. I know my anxieyt is directly related to my response to the ringing. The ringing...
I was an anxious person before this. I am just having a difficult time staying present outside of the ringing. It has truly thrown me through a...
I just don't want to lose my job.
it just keeps fluctuating in sound. i am not sure if it is anxiety or that i am listening to it. i was supposed to fly to Seattle today but...
why did this happen to me? I am so terribly upset. I cry at the drop of a hat. I took celexa for 1 day yesterday and was unable to sleep more...
why did this happen to me? I am so terribly upset.
I am afraid of that.
I just don't know what to do. I work in the mental health field and my anxiety and own personal struggles appear to get in the way of my job....
I am having a really difficult time. I find that I am anxious all the time. Today I feel incredibly brittle and scared. At this point it does...
I feel that everyone becomes so afraid of anything that will increase the ringing. You almost become a hypochondriac. This cannot be something...
I started an anti-depressant/anti-anxiety med yesterday with hopes that it would reduce my anxiety. I took 20mg of Celexa and found myself...
How do you go about doing this? What is the app called?
Has anyone taken celexa for for depression/anxiety? If so, did it help stabilize the mood? Or were there worse side effects?
I feel like my ringing has changed dramatically since it started. It is in my left ear and sometimes it aches. I am not sure if anyone else...
I just wanted to write something a bit different. These last few weeks have been incredibly trying for me. My ringing/hissing/chirping continues...
What are the thoughts on taking anxiety meds to help with stress? Does anyone do this? I have never taken any medication (this is the first REAL...
Does anyone experience this? I was not exposed to any loud noises prior to my ear ringing. No meds. I was sneezing a few days before and had some...
@J M - could ringing be from allergies too?
were you sick prior to the ringing starting?
Mine fluctuates too. It started in the right hear and then went to the left ear and then went to the head and then back to the left hear. There...
Does anyone find that this helps? I take 1 every 5-6 hours and find that it reduces it dramatically. The ENT does not seem to think this should...
I have question. My ringing has been getting quieter these past few days and now sounds almost like a hissing. It is primarily in my left hear;...
I have noticed that my ringing is changing volume. Yesterday, for example, it was almost non-existent and then last night when I was trying to...
Thanks @Amelia. I am hoping it will go away. I also find that benedryl reduces the ringing/hissing sounds. It does not reduce it completely but...
Thank you all so much for your encouraging words. This is quite the opposite from the ENT, who opted to sly away from the words of optimism and...
Hello everyone, I am new to this type of thing...but I guess I am hoping to gain support and encouragement. 2 weeks ago I started to sneeze and...
