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At Neuromod on Tuesday the Lead Audiologist said my eardrum on the right [the perpetrator of my tinnitus problems] looked grey, concave [like a...

Hi all, Some of you might remember earlier this year I was on Venlafaxine and most recently (about 6 weeks ago) I was switched to 15mg of...

My tinnitus is my fault. I ignored my gut instinct not to go ahead with an ear operation. My tinnitus got worse a year ago following my greed...

Hi I have a certain pitch in my tinnitus that when my tinnitus reaches it, my hyperacusis can really start going off the charts. I've noted...

Do you ever feel overwhelmed when you're in a room with multiple sources of noise like eating at the dinner table, TV is on, people talking and...

Hello, I've had an ear infection since Monday the 16th September. Swab taken on 17th came back as Pseudomonas. I've had a course of...

Hi, Quick question... I developed Otitis Externia in my right ear canal last week. My ear feels blocked and according to the GP whilst the canal...

I was told I have ear wax impacted on one of my ear drums and a bit on the other. As the wax was quite dark, it was there a while and unlikely to...

For those with hearing loss/damage... when you lost some hearing, did you know it at the time? I was exposed to a nail gun cartridge being...

What are your favorite YouTube videos for helping to learn to live with tinnitus, and accepting it as part of your life?

Just read about a woman in Australia who went out to her chickens to collect eggs and got pecked on a main artery by one and bled to death. Life...

Hello all, I had a few weeks recently where I thought my tinnitus had finally settled back down to pre-spike October 2018 levels. I had...

Hi all I've had a good few weeks now of manageable tinnitus. However in this past 7 days I've been applying Acnecide [benzoyl peroxide 5%] or...

Hi I've noticed some sounds sound really sharp... like coins dropping on the plastic surface of a car interior cup holder. Or a hard mint being...

8 months in since my house alarm exposure in October last year following 20 years of being habituated to tinnitus. I'm sleeping better and not...

Several years ago I started to experience a low level hum, like a lorry engine idling outside somewhere. Anyho, I figured it was just another new...

I think it's dawned on me what's wrong with me. Since my tinnitus got worse and in recent weeks seems to react to certain sounds my daily thought...

I've got to vent. I work in an open plan office and it's driving me f**king insane. I'm stuck on a bank of tables between two other tables full...

I've decided... I'm giving this 10 years. My son and daughter will be 24 and 23 - old enough I think to handle my passing [or at least better...

Hello all, I think what I'm going through is more an anxiety related issue (I don't like the word 'disorder') but I need help and guidance and...

Hi all, I got an email today from an ENT consultant, based in the UK who was in the Daily Mail having treated his own tinnitus. I'll refrain...

Hi all, I've been making a record for the past 9 days of my tinnitus severity... severity to me means how loud it is. 10 being maximum. Monday:...

Hi all, As some of you will know I switched from Venlafaxine to Fluoxetine about 7 weeks ago. I did this because I wanted to see if Venlafaxine...

Hi Sorry for this second post but its been a freak out day. Dr Google does me no favours. My original tinnitus back in 1997 was through ear...

What drugs; prescription or otherwise have you/do you take that have given you just one day's peace? I'm not talking a drug you'd want to take...

When my tinnitus is bad, I get annoyed at certain sounds. No pain or discomfort, just a higher awareness of sound and an annoyance at it but at a...

I've just had two manageable days and four last week and today my tinnitus is back to a screaming high pitch across the inside of my head. As I...

I'm just out of a CT Scan. I was taken by surprise and not expecting to be injected with a dye. I was told it's iodine based. Should I be...

Hello all, I had a serious chest infection 8 weeks ago... Really knocked the stuffing out of me... Completely lost my voice too. Anyway, I'm all...

Hello all, My tinnitus has become so piercing in its pitch it almost hurts. I just don't know what is causing it to be so invasive. I've got no...

What hobbies do you all have that help engross you? I'm looking for something I can do in the home at any time that takes my mind off this...

I'm just back home from an event where there was a lot of children. I carry musicians earplugs (the plastic ones with two cups and a stem through...

Hello, Since noise damage in October further exacerbating my tinnitus I went through a spell of living very unhealthy, so much so I pretty much...

For one beautiful day today I had silence. Yes, after weeks and months of 24/7 noises in my ears and head, my tinnitus finally decided to STFU...

My son is 14 and like most boys his age he loves his Xox. He can play it all day everyday. Right now he has a one ear headset that he uses for...

I was referred to an ENT in October 2018, here in the UK. Today I have my ENT appointment so I wait with baited breath as to what help I will be...

Hi, Anyone try Wim Hof's breathing technique? Relative of mine said he's seen posts by people saying it's helped with tinnitus and depression....

For those with noise induced tinnitus, can you describe your experience immediately after your tinnitus onset, and also your long term experience?...

Hello, 4 weeks ago I had a serious chest infection and a host of other symptoms. During the 3 week period I wasn't very consistent with my daily...

Hi, I'm using olive oil a couple of times a day to soften some ear wax I'm told that is impacted against my ear drum. Not sure if it's my...

I've just noticed something weird. If I place a finger just on the tragus and gently push it into the ear canal then press firmly in and out I...

Quick run down. Spike happened in October 2018. Cue anxiety, depression and sleeplessness nights, puffing on multiple cigars at 1am each night...

Hi all, I got my tinnitus in 1997, through ear infection treated with gentamicin on a perforated eardrum. For 20 years my tinnitus has pretty...

Hello all, I was posting quite regularly about 4 weeks ago when I had a really bad chest infection and lots of other virus like symptoms. My...

Incredible! Just seen an advert by Action on Hearing Loss about tinnitus on Sky! Appeal for funding via text for a cure. Brilliant stuff.

Hi all, What actions/vitamins/drugs should you take following a spike, to minimise the damage? I've read about Prednisone, but I'm in the UK and...

I never posted in the Introduce Yourself section when I first arrived at Tinnitus Talk. Last Thursday I noticed a cough coming on,which I thought...

Hi all, I have the mother of all evil virus at the minute since last Thursday. Won't bore you with the symptoms, but I was just curious... Can a...

No news as such but during Tinnitus Week my Facebook page has received a few posts from Action on Hearing Loss and I have to say I like their...

My son, who is 14, went swimming (indoor pool) 2 nights ago. He got water in his ear, later told us it hurt him and then he mentioned hearing a...

Hi guys, Since my piano (which I've now offloaded) spike in October I *think* my main original noise, which got quite intense over this past 4...

The BTA have announced the comedian Samantha Baines to be their new ambassador. Not a smart move if you ask me, @David. I saw her on Sky News a...

Has anyone tried a weighted blanket for depression, anxiety and insomnia? Basically it's a blanket that's 10% of your body weight and it 'hugs'...

I'm going around in circles. My life is just consumed by tinnitus at the minute. It's utterly FUBARed. I spend my days flicking between...

I don't know about anyone else but the middle of the night is the time when my anxiety over tinnitus is at its most vulnerable. Something about...

I have an in-ear white noise masker. I've been using it to mask my tinnitus quite a lot recently. For 5 days I've had a new noise. Could a...

Morning, I have had tinnitus for 20 years plus. Noise exposure in October has sent my tinnitus mental with increased levels of sounds and...

Hi all, For those with more than one sound, how do you cope? Up until October (& for 20 years before that) I had one sound & all I had to deal...

Anyone keep a record of what they eat and compare it to their tinnitus severity? Given we eat so many different things throughout the day, how do...

Hi all, Two weeks ago I started going to the gym before work, to burn off the anxiety energy. Probably doing 30 minutes on an elliptical running...