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Update: I finished up a 10-day course of Cephalexin / Keflex 500mg x 2 per day and had no real side effects. It was tough the first few days and...

Update: Took my first pill at 6pm and was very nervous. I laid down for 4 hours and distracted myself with games. I felt perfectly fine until I...

If you have a choice, go for an open MRI. The closed ones are much louder but higher definition. Ask your doctor if it's appropriate for what...

I know it was a different med but can I ask how the spike went? Did it start right when you started meds or near end? How long did it last? How...

Appreciate the replies, definitely helps me have a positive attitude. I hope this will go well for me. I have a lot of anxiety just thinking of...

Update: I continued to use the topical ointment and I think it is fine for my ear spike. Maybe it was anxiety. The first day was the worst but...

I tried the topical Mupirocin tonight and 20ish minutes later I had the weirdest spike, unlike any I've had before. I am at a loss on how this...

Thank you for the reply. I did look into antihistamines and tinnitus back in May. I considered stopping it just in case it was the cause, but I...

I've thought about that Kenalog injection I got a lot and I am still convinced it was the main trigger. I was fine before it, 3 hours later I was...

Thank you. Sometimes I just need a sanity check... the anxiety over not knowing what caused my latest issue and potentially making it worse is...

Hi Harry, hope you are doing well. I see a lot of people here commenting on your headphone usage being the cause of your problems. Which could...

My tinnitus still hasn't settled and I am waiting until then to consider a vaccine. I hope Novavaxx gets approved and is okay for Omicron-strain....

Day 209 Update I haven't updated in a while -- not sure if it was useful for anyone, but here I am nearing month 7 and things are looking up. Ear...

Day 99 Update Just keeping my log updated in case anyone stumbles upon it. This past month was pretty good, I had some full weeks where I felt...

Day 68 Update Hello again, things are much the same since my last post. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't hoping for more improvement or more rapid...

Day 56 Update It's been 2.5 weeks from my last update and just wanted to post in case anyone is following along still or reads this in the...

And sorry I didn't see this before to respond to -- I'm still not sure why my tinnitus spiked, as I've had allergies before. Maybe I sneezed and...

UPDATE: Day 38 It's been two weeks since my last post and I believe things are still gradually improving. Today isn't a great day but it's...

UPDATE: I'm on Day 24 and the spike has gone down drastically. I noticed a large improvement after Day 16/17 and its mostly continued to hold...

Have you had a positive change at all from when your tinnitus originally started? With my spike I don't remember having any real good days my...

Whoops think I missed your post earlier when I was responding to Vicki. My bad! You know, I used to think the same way about my mild tinnitus,...

Luckily I've never really had much trouble sleeping with tinnitus. It was hard at Age 15 when it started as I just had to deal with it, and nobody...

Sorry to hear you are struggling. Has your tinnitus changed at all in the past month since onset? Any good days or bad days mixed in? Or any...

Sorry I don't know much about the occlusion effect, but I've had a lot of cavities filled and notice you mentioning upcoming dental work. I'd...

I used to have sound sensitivity / reactive tinnitus following a noise exposure accident... never got diagnosed so I don't know if that is the...

Sorry to hear that, did you have tinnitus before the vaccine? I notice under your name it says 'trauma' for cause. Also, how long have you been...

Hey Vicki, glad I could be of some comfort. Don't give up hope. 8 weeks have passed and I'm sure it has been torture but there is still a good...

Thank you, this gives me so much hope. I shouldn't expect linear progression on a long spike like this. I've had spikes before that were a few...

Thanks for all the support, really appreciate it. On Day 14 now, yesterday was pretty manageable. I had a pretty okay day, though lived in fear...

The worst spike I've ever had is continuing, and I am worried it might be permanent. I've searched the forums but I'm still looking for other...

Yeah maybe it is the g/f. I don't know if it's the beer. It was the first one I've had in 8~ months since my tinnitus went up to it's new level....

Yeah, just seems weird that it would hit days later. I also had a filling done on the Thursday before. We had a fight on Friday, then breakup on...

Thank's for the support everyone. Appreciate it. Maybe it is a delayed response.. I just hope it will go away. It's odd as I don't feel any...

Hello everyone, I just wanted to stop back in with my results. I had one filling done last Thursday January 15th and it went seamlessly. The...

Treatment starts with a splint. It's a mouthguard type of thing but not what you'd imagine. It has a large piece of plastic inside that...

Hey guys, I'm on a round of amoxicillin 3x500mg a day for 10 days for a tooth infection. I let my cavity go a little too far in fear of the...

Hey @mamag , yeah there are doctors that are TMJ specialists. There are different qualifications each will have, but for example my doctor has...

Are you sure you have TMJ? I think you need to see a specialist and not just a regular dentist. I know some dentists say they have specialty in...

I haven't heard of this before but it definitely sounds reasonable. Everyone has different tinnitus triggers and if your temperature is off...

Hey guys, I picked up a bottle of NAC in anticipation of my dental appointment but even after reading through this entire thread I'm not sure on...

It depends on the masking for me. I'm in the A) category when it comes to water. After a shower, or heck even listening to a faucet, my tinnitus...

@iAzra yeah I think you and I both need to get it taken care of ASAP. I'm more worried about my tooth becoming infected as it is starting to...

@Ilija I'm really glad to hear that you are coming to terms with your tinnitus and taking some positive steps to feeling better. Taking a break...

I am not sure if masking is the right word but I definitely enrich my environment with sounds 24/7. I mostly stick to my room and I have a white...

@Ilija I think you are starting to hit the nail on the head in your later posts - it's a mental/anxiety issue. I'm not saying that your ears...

Your audiogram looks pretty good to my untrained eye... if only a bit like a roller coaster. Everything up to 8khz seems to be okay with the...

@iAzra The more I read about NAC the more it sounds like taking 3 doses of 600mg a day is the way to go. I don't think you're supposed to take...

Unfortunately the answer is... it's both. Your tinnitus could get louder and cause your mental anguish. Likewise, focusing on the T can make it...

Step one would be having it diagnosed. I thought I had ETD for years with a full feeling in one of my ears... turns out I have TMJD instead lol....

As far as I know it is about the least ototoxic of the antibiotics you can take outside of the penicillin's. I took a 7-day course of it early...

Hey there bwspot, I'm sorry about this big spike you've had but there are a few possible causes and I'm afraid the flying did no favors for your...

Hey guys, I hate back to back postings but I wanted to give a little more information for anyone else searching this thread with our problem. I...

It's hard to say and really depends on the person. Repeated trauma certainly isn't a good thing especially back to back concerts when your ears...

@1MW That is crazy that the meds suppress it permanently. I've had corticosteroid injections into the muscle for my eczema with usually no side...