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Before my spike a couple of months ago, I was getting close. I had days where I only noticed it 2-3 times a day, and with a mostly neutral...

Thanks for posting this Billie. I hope we can all recover to the extent you have. Thank you for coming back to help the rest of us!

For some people caffeine and/or sugar will spike tinnitus, but I've never heard of it increasing T permanently. I think my T is more likely to...

Nintendo DS charger with a squealing capacitor and a vacuum cleaner. Worsened considerably with a single Vicodin 2 years later. :mad:

As far as I know, he funds all the administrative and staff costs himself. I think the actual research funding grants that the TRI provides relies...

I believe Daedelus mentioned this, and I thought it pretty interesting, so I looked it up....

Mick, I had episodes of fullness on and off for several months after I first got T. I've actually had them several times too since my spike last...

Whoo, you've done it! You'll have your ups and downs, but I think the general outline is going to be heading on up from here on. :LOL:

Sorry to hear about your spike, friend. Seems a lot of us are going through something similar at the moment. You might inquire your doctor about...

After your last story, I practically expected them to summon their acolytes into the room afterwards in hushed tones, take off their robes, and...

I think the only reason they're accepting patients with tonal T at the moment is because it's easier to measure the before/after effects. If the...

This'd be a dream come true. :D

Hey, I've gotten that too! Weirdly enough, my left ear will drop in volume too when that happens. Doesn't last for more than a minute or two but...

T has a weird tendency to jump ship to the other ear sometimes, even when there's no damage involved. For what it's worth, I get some pretty odd...

Welcome to the forum! Very sorry to hear you got your T & H from such a brief exposure. I never would've imagined a motorcycle could get that...

That's quite an awesome story Yrrag, it's great to hear that your T got better in time and that you got such a good handle on what remained. :D...

Yeah, I go with "Tin-EYE-tous" most of the time. Regardless of how you pronounce it, it's such a goofy name... half the people I know don't know...

I suppose right now it's mostly manifesting itself as restlessness. I can barely make it through a TV show without feeling like I've got to get up...

I've had OCD since I was a kid. Had it very bad at ages 11-12. Mr. T has ramped it up to overdrive levels though, both back during my onset and...

Huh, didn't you just find another technique that worked about as well a couple weeks ago? I think you're on a roll....

Yup, I'd say that's about right. Hope you find something that works well for you.

Have you considered noise cancelling headphones? Those would block out most outside sounds, while still allowing you to play something quietly...

(The only thing you need to keep in mind is that my tinnitus is the worst tinnitus, regardless of what anyone else says and despite all...

I think what worked for me was cultivating an attitude of thankfulness that I got low periods. You see, when I first started getting lower...

Sorry to hear about your situation. Your T sounds a lot like mine in terms of how "reactive" it is to outside sounds, and in terms of it's...

I was always careful around sound my entire life, and still got T from a Nintendo DS. Sometimes you just can't be careful enough... :oops:

I understand, you know yourself better than we could. Wishing you the best, and I hope your T stabilizes pronto.

Mick, have you considered tapering slowly? I think with enough self-discipline you could reduce it by maybe 2 ounces a day until you get to the...

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I always find it interesting when someone finds a pill that just turns their T off. Benzo or benzo-like dampening action on T usually has...

Yeah, my T has always been reactive to some degree (I could always hear it barely squeezing past my computer fan, and even before it would blend...

Is it odd that I seem to have exactly the opposite problem, Mick? I almost can't stand not being in a quiet environment. My T actually doesn't...

Your stories are a lot of fun to read. I never thought the road to beating tinnitus could be an ADVENTURE. I wonder if there's a happy ending?

Yeah. We're kind of a self-selecting group, really. For the most part, someone's T doesn't get worse unless they go out of their way to do it. For...

Give it time. Some of my worst noise induced spikes have lasted around 2 weeks. I know it sucks, and I'm so sorry. You have my deepest sympathy....

LeQuack, there's a good chance it's just a spike. Hang in there! If the firecracker was really really close, get to an ENT, they might be able to...

Man, I'm so sorry for what you're going through. I only have moderate T and even that has been giving me a twice over with sleep issues and...

Sorry to hear about all the issues you've been experiencing, but the fact that the ringing stopped for two weeks and only came back on with that...

There was a poster on the Yuku board that had intrusive T for years, and it stopped entirely when they stopped using artificial sweeteners and...

My initial onset was noise induced. It got massively better by the 4-6 month mark. Went from an intense electrical hiss / tonal noises to mostly...

Yeah, I was very, very lucky my first time around. I think part of my bad reaction to this is that it feels like I've lost so much ground after...

My T was largely started from coil noise from a Nintendo DS. It was soft enough to sleep through, but sharp enough to very very slowly stimulate...

Yeah. What sucks is I actually looked up that study saying that Vicodin could be responsible for hearing loss when abused before taking it, and I...

Yeah, I totally hear you there. I was really puzzled by the fact that they'd closed the board to public viewing. I think there's some jerkwad out...

Thank you kindly for the welcome, Champ! My baseline T hangs out somewhere in the 13-16k range, so masking it is a friggin' pain. On good...