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I feel so stupid not using foam earplugs. One mistake and permantentely worsened tinnitus. Never felt so stupid (and sad) in my life.

Going to a theater show (I didn't expect to be loud) with bad only 19db reducing earplugs last week made my tinnitus so much worse.

Thank you for your kind words. I will go try to see a therapist, but here in Sweden it can take many months before I can see someone, but I will...

More than 12 hours since applying the Voltaren gel on my neck now, and the new tinnitus sound is still extremely loud. I really think I messed up...

I hope you're right. It still hasn't gone down since I applied the gel about 9 hours ago. Haven't slept all night. I feel so stupid for going to...

I had pain in my neck so I put Voltaren gel on my neck and now my tinnitus is 10/10 for the first time. The gel contains Diclofenac and it turns...

I have had visual snow for about two weeks now. It seems to be permanent when reading about it. It is almost as bad as living with tinnitus. Went...

Do not use Revaxör and syringe bulb or microsuction to get it out. I would be very careful with manual tools as well. I think ear wax removal is...

Did he use microsuction? Was it loud? If it took two seconds I guess he used a curette and just took away the wax. It seems all kinds of ear wax...

I would not see a doctor in Sweden tbh. Listening to the doctors has only worsened my tinnitus. If you use earplugs a lot, the ear canal can get...

Was it concert with earplugs?

I bought an ear camera today and it turns out the picture I posted last week was not of my ear drum, it was of the ear canal. Now I can see both...

Thanks for the advice. I just can't take the risk with the ototoxic drops because this doctor I went to is awful. He could have given me a bullet...

Same here, I’m two months in and my life is over in almost every way. If it doesn’t improve soon I’m going to give up. I can’t live many more...

Never trust a doctor with tinnitus issues. My doctor told me to remove wax after my acoustic trauma with water and eardrops, which made my...

I understand. If you were in my shoes right now, would you use the ototoxic ear drops even tough the infection isn't very painful yet? It is more...

It contains polymyxin B, and searching online it seems it is only ototoxic if eardrum is perforated. And I don't think they are. My doctor said...

I'm going to try that. But first I must get rid of my infection. But am very hesitant to use these drops to get rid of it. I see you got your...

Did your spike from the car alarm go down?

Have you had many ear infections treated with ear drops since you got tinnitus in October 2019?

Also I have new tinnitus sounds today, low frequency beep that I haven't had before, could this be the infection worsening my tinnitus with new...

The right eardrum is really red today. Perhaps I should just try the drops. I hate my life so much right now. Why do I have to deal with an...

It seems the ear drops are the only thing that might fight this infection off. I am desperate so I am going to pray (and I'm not religious...)...

Does anyone here know if the drops definitely will have ototoxic effect or is it like a 30-50% risk? I can't live with infection and tinnitus and...

Today my doctor told me he wouldn’t have given med prednisolone 60mg dose even if he knew it would cure my tinnitus 100%, ”because there could be...

If anyone would help me with tips on this I would be so grateful. I really want to get rid of the ear infection/ear canal inflammation, but I...

Isn't there anything I can do to heal the infection? No point going to the doctors as they don't even know what is ototoxic and what is not. Can...

I want to get rid of the infection so bad but don't want to risk it with ototoxic drops. :( Will I have the infection forever?

Searched here and it seems Polymyxin b is ototoxic?! How stupid can a doctor be? Is there anything else I can do for my infection since I can't...

So I just got back from seeing my stupid doctor. He said I had ear canal inflammation and gave me some ear drops for this which contained...

Thank you very much for the uplifting words. It does mean a lot, I'm in a very bad place right now. I have gone from loving my life 2 months ago...

I'll order them right now!

I take B, D, Omega-3, Magnesium, NAC right now. Maybe I'll start with Zinc and Vitamin C as well. I haven't seen any improvements using them though.

I've been afraid of "over protecting" my ears as I thought that could cause more severe hyperacusis... Maybe I will start using earplugs 24/7 from...

Do your spikes lower down after the noise traumas you encounter? I feel mine doesn't go back down to the starting level of my tinnitus. :(

Just helped a coworker with a transport cart for boxes and I put it down to fast so the metal slammed to a concrete floor causing a super loud...

It is impossible to say if it will go down or not. I had mild tinnitus on my right ear, and then I washed out wax with water three weeks ago and...

Thank you Mymlan and Candy for you responses. I just don't understand how it can get worse all the time. And I'm starting to think about the...

Wow, I've just read this story. Someone took very low dose of prednisolone after a week and it reduced the tinnitus by about 70%...

I will try on Tuesday when they open to get on a cancellation list. No unfurtunally the tinnitus is not any better without the wax as I hoped it...

I filmed with my iPhone with flash on and printscreened a picture from it while lifting my ear, works pretty good to see the eardrum. I haven't...

I know this isn't a forum for doctors, but I want to post a picture I took of my left eardrum. Sorry if it’s gross to anyone... You can see the...

So sorry to read your story and what has happened to you with the car alarm. I have only had tinnitus for 7 weeks but already managed to run into...

I think this is spot on. The tinnitus is definitely causing my stress and anxiety. I am not an anxious person. It is not like I’m obsessing over...

I am definitely obsessing over my tinnitus in some way, that is true. But not to is impossible. And just because I am ”obsessing” doesn’t mean...

A little more than 6 weeks, yes. Syringing right ear made it much worse and driving car yesterday for 5 hours have made it much worse in both...

Perhaps but I don’t think so. I get spikes easy it seems and when I do, they seem to be permanent. When I arrived I took 700 mg NAC, hope that...

Nothing but I use this https://www.apotea.se/vaxol-oronspray-10-ml?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIl_my9sDb5gIVEU0YCh3JqAF-EAQYASABEgIzSfD_BwE and that is...

Normal car. 2012 Volvo so not an old loud car. About 75 decibel. I used Bose noise cancelling QC25 earphones for about 2,5 hours of the 5 hour...

Just drove a 5 hour car ride, huge spike now. I hope it will go down...

Yes I will wait till then instead and just keep on loosening the wax with olive drops in the meantime.

Thanks but the wax looks very close to, if not on, the eardrum. I think this method is not used when it is on the eardrum. And I can’t see ENT...

She took a picture of it in my ear and I can definitely see it clearly. The wax blocks more than half my eardrum. I will try the oil (Vaxol), but...

But before I heard high piched sounds like 15000 hz and even higher, now I can't hear anything higher than 12,500 hz when testing example on: [MEDIA]

Do you remember the Yanny or Laurel sound test? If not you can google it. Before the accident causing tinnitus I heard Yanny, and when I tried it...

Today my wife looked in my left ear - the one I've been saying having water behind eardrum - and there is definitely wax in it. She took a photo...

Maybe its swimmers ear then! I hear less on that ear. And it feels warm. I’ll have to check it out because it cant heal by itself it seems. Cant...

It really feels just as I have glue in my ear.

But can I take antibiotics? Isnt that a bad idea if you have tinnitus?

I am hesitant to put more liquids in my ear. Have tried some olive oil and gentle water but seems to worsen it.