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3 years into tinnitus, and it's been a rollercoaster, but now I'm in a strange place where the intensity of my tinnitus seems to be on a very...
The reason why your tinnitus seems louder when you cover your ears is because there's no outside noise to mask it at all, and the ringing is more...
So, I went to New York City this past Saturday for the first time in 2 years, and here's a rundown of how it went. I took the Metro-North train...
Fingers in the ears is the most effective, but least sanitary. I go with the tragus.
I'm just here to give an update on my situation, 15 months after my original post. Ever since I stopped protecting my ears, my life has...
Like I said, other medications can potentially affect tinnitus, but ARE NOT ototoxic. I see a lot of medication paranoia on the board, and I like...
People on here have different definitions of "ototoxic," but the list of truly ototoxic medications is short. Many medications have the potential...
An addendum to my vaccine experience: The day after I received my second Pfizer dose three weeks ago, my tinnitus was very bad, so I started to...
I received my first Pfizer dose on 3/26. No side effects other than a sore arm for a day, and no change to my tinnitus. This past Friday, 4/16, I...
FYI, the CDC just updated their guidelines, showing that face masks CAN also protect the wearer from COVID-19 infection: "Studies demonstrate...
I'm glad you experienced some relief, but the point I was trying to make is that, once someone starts taking prednisone and it appears to help,...
I'm only speculating about why they might not want to publish, not about the focus of the study: "It involved as many as 6,000 Danes, half of...
Isn't that study referring to whether or not masks prevent someone from getting COVID-19? That question was answered a long time ago. They don't,...
You have no idea what my situation is. My words are based on research and personal experience, and I stand by my post. Also, for the record, the...
In my opinion, the chances of hearing damage from momentary exposure to an ambulance while wearing earplugs are slim to none. If you're having a...
The average smoke alarm is 85 decibels, which, realistically, isn't loud enough to damage one's ears. Will it cause a spike? Perhaps, but this...
So, I say this as someone who used to wear hearing protection whenever I drove, then stopped driving because I was afraid of the sound of the door...
There's also this study on Zoloft, which shows the possible benefit of treatment: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16415703/
Honestly, I have no idea what, if any, direct effect Zoloft had on the level of my tinnitus. As most of us know, it's very difficult to figure out...
This is just my opinion, of course, but I really don't think you should be using hearing protection for the scenario you described, and there's...
He's the doctor I saw in January. At that point, I had noise-induced tinnitus for 6 months, and had started Zoloft 2 months before the...
GBB, what doctor are you seeing at Yale? I'm in the New Haven area, and I've seen an audiologist and otologist there.
In my case, overprotection due to phonophobia wrecked my tolerance to sound. For months, I wore Peltor X5A earmuffs every time I was outside the...
As far as sticking your pinky in your ear is concerned, the suction created can cause a fracture of the malleus, one of the three small bones in...
I wasn't able to overcome my moderate hyperacusis until I stopped wearing hearing protection. I haven't worn earplugs or earmuffs in 5 1/2...
Since antidepressants are known to exacerbate tinnitus, it really is about choosing the lesser of two evils. In my case, anxiety as a result of...
Reading your story breaks my heart, because I was where you are up until 4 months ago, when I decided I'd had enough and stopped wearing hearing...
A few months ago, I posted about my experience with tinnitus, and my life has only gotten better since then. Even with the Covid-19 situation, I...
Some days are better than others, but my ears ring 24/7, so spikes aren't an issue for me. Since I'm now living my life without hearing...
It's definitely a risk-benefit situation. In my case, OCD and anxiety were making it impossible for me to ignore the tinnitus, thus making my life...
I did. For a while, it was noticeably worse in my right ear, but now it's pretty even.
Fear of ototoxicity was definitely a factor in my hesitancy to taking antidepressants, or any new medication, for that matter. One of the symptoms...
Let me start by saying that I have what I consider to be severe tinnitus. Intense high-pitched ringing in both ears, sometimes pulsatile in the...
So, I started a 4 mg Medrol Dose Pack today, and I took the first 6 tablets first thing in the morning, not noticing that they're supposed to be...
I wear a fleece cap very often, and, while it makes my tinnitus sound louder, I find it that it takes the bite out of external sounds. In my mind,...
As a fan of STAR WARS since 1977, at the age of 7, it's killing me that I won't be able to see THE RISE OF SKYWALKER in the theater. I felt...
I'm taking Boswellia serrata, which appears to be the one found in most supplements.
Since it appears that inflammation causes/exacerbates tinnitus for many, I'm surprised that I haven't seen anyone talking about boswellia (Indian...
I developed ETD 18 months ago from holding in a sneeze, which makes my ears pop constantly. Every morning, I wake up with my ears clogged, and I...
I just estimate based on what the level seems to me when I'm in complete silence.
Hi everyone! So, 5 weeks ago I was in a friend's cubicle-sized bathroom where the old, heavy toilet seat didn't stay up, and came down crashing,...