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My low-frequency tinnitus is only one-sided. It sounds like the hum of doom / fills the space like a fog horn. It seems to happen randomly,...
Maybe I'll start scheduling random surgeries just to have a vacation from the clown noises.
Holy shit. If you lost hearing/couldn't walk, did you ever get checked out by an ENT for a fistula? If it really was a blast of sound, it isn't...
This now happens to me on exposure to loud sounds. I just avoid them generally or protect extensively if no choice. It was much more prevalent...
Let's put this in perspective: Oxygen = free radicals. Pressure = barotrauma. Together = potential for mechanical impaction / fistula, and even...
It is unfortunately all about "Bitcoin hype" and that's all anyone can think of. Literal stakes of real estate, for example, would be a prime...
I also did Paxlovid. I was fine.
Bone conduction would be very close with 7ish dB of earphone levels. That'd be distinctive of cochlear hearing loss vs. some middle ear issue.
I wouldn't call what a 20-year-old says intelligent. Just brash to get attention. And no, they aren't. Try that on a church girl. Weird place to...
It's changed a lot. Some sounds faded but not all. Clonazepam helped a ton when it happened, it cut the volume by 90%. It happened in the...
I have visual snow. I think you mean severe visual snow that interferes big time with daytime vision? My night vision is like... static mostly lol.
Pressure 100%. I was told earplugs would be fine (they are not, at all). That or the pure oxygen as well, I got to 2.5 ATM and had what could be...
We don't even know what causes visual snow and why the correlation to tinnitus is so high.
Sure I guess, ABR is also like 90+ dB of clicking non-stop for what, half an hour? I almost did it and the tech, who got tinnitus from the fucking...
It's very confusing considering deaf drivers are absolutely a thing, so the distinction with headsets is weird unless it's because it's actively...
So deaf people can't drive? I'd figure this would be a similar situation.
If you had an ABR, you don't have hyperacusis or noxacusis.
110%. You lost your child but it could be worse! It could always be worse. What a load of horseshit.
Which makes sense, at certain thresholds the noise level is as large as the signal.
GABA has nothing to do with Kv channels. Kv channels are intrinsic to tuning hyperpolarization and firing rates. GABA is like hitting the brakes...
TRT is white noise at home and gradually getting used to your tinnitus, no matter what. So, snake oil.
Nothing about what I wrote is a guarantee. But it beats doing nothing, even if it's placebo we often feel better "doing something". Silence for a...
Wow, that's really slow. So keep in mind if you are going down 5 mg a day, that you have to think of your metabolism likely getting better at...
When it first happens and doesn't stop, it is a nightmare.
Not getting enough stories of improvement by doing nothing even 6 months later (this was when it was a UHF ringing in my ear, just fucking...
It can always, always get worse. There's people worse than I am, who literally can't leave home without noxacusis stabbing/throbbing attacks....
Oral. I'd do intratympanic if I could. What was your start dose and where are you now?
I have personally had old tones and high frequency ringing fade on steroids, and then new noises (not pure tones) appear on tapering. I feel...
Regarding the stabbing pain, it would be interesting to see what is showing up on Acoustic Reflex testing, though that's out of the question. A...
Just be sure to balance your Magnesium and vitamin D levels. I don't really know which is causing or helping here. They apparently work against...
Acceptance goes a long way, but the fear that it could always be worse also helps to be grateful your level isn't suicidal. Things change, a lot,...
I get this shit and it terrifies me always. Honestly? if you're losing hearing like that with legit hearing loss, you need some way to prove it...
Get an audiogram with air bone gaps to see if you have/had a real blockage vs. real hearing loss. Hidden hearing loss doesn't show on an...
CAN you mask your tinnitus? Can you take ANYTHING that makes it go away/helps a lot? Have you tried residual inhibition? SNRI isn't a...
There's absolutely no credible evidence benzos harm the ear or nerves. Now they CAN and do cause irreversible (or extremely long term) tinnitus,...
There's one called Hearing Test. With good headphones and a quiet environment... I've never had an issue. Keep in mind the app needs to be...
I'd do relative strength of 75% less per day of previous. Once at 0.5 mg, I'd stay there for at least a few days, then cut to zero.
Taper slower.
I can't tell you what to do. If it were me, I'd use a past audiogram to compare with the day 8, and if things weren't better, I would take...
Which is why I hope you take me seriously saying that if you need steroids, don't delay, and you should really have an emergency supply hidden...
Some people can't listen to normal voices without getting pain. It's pure trial and error. Most loud noise in earplugs + earmuffs spikes me...
Both Furosemide and Acetazolamide are quite bad in high doses for tinnitus. In tandem I'd say flat out dangerous at any dose. It abolishes the...
Well, try to see if you've taken anything that alters blood pressure / vasoconstriction lately. Even diet for the last while. Not something you...
what exactly is in your salad bowl of noises? I have a couple notches but it's as if satan himself decided to have a party in my ears.
Metformin?
As already said, protect your ears. You're in a critical phase where it will either get better or you'll learn to live with it and it hopefully...
Try a vasodilator or constrictor? Zyrtec acts on histamine receptors in the vasculature. It could easily be playing with your cochlea if it...
How long did it take? Don't count hydrops or otosclerosis out, especially if you recently were pregnant.
I also would second this, at least the ringing tinnitus does absolutely get worse under acute high stress.
Carbamazepine didn't do shit for me. I tried it, yes. Might've made my tinnitus louder but that was temporary. I may be trialing it again. I...
Honestly? Get back on it, maybe augment it with a sodium channel blocker, then slowly taper off both properly. It might break through again,...
I'll have to try this out again. I do find Red Bull causes "changes".
Isn't that an injection or is it a cream? How in hell would one get that?
I'm going to play Devil's advocate. if you know noise is an issue, you can double up on protection and research the shit about your trade...
That notch needs diagnosing as to "why". If it's the main auditory nerve I would fathom it can absolutely recover. Hair cells, not so much....
Fading. You got very lucky. Tinnitus is incredibly unforgiving. Seems you got your old life back for now. Just please be careful.
Heavy balls kind of drug. The long half life puts me off immediately if something goes wrong. Very little evidence it does anything for tinnitus....
The time to rescue the hair cells with steroids, calcium or sodium blockers or Lasix is pretty much done. The steroids will likely help...
Alas no. It did not stop the drone. High pitched stuff only or pure tones. Furthermore, it no longer works for me. The taper off also isn't fun...
Russia is going to lose this war but the EU will lose the decade.
