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The fucking flu…why it has to play with my goddamn ears?
However, I feel that exposing myself to too much silence might be a factor that can actually contribute to exacerbating the reactivity when I...
Hey Andrew, unfortunately I felt like I didn’t had escape when reactive tinnitus was constant. Going to a quieter place or exposing myself to non...
Despite other wins, 2022 was the worst year of my life and a year I won’t forget. Happy new year y’all! Hope 2024 brings a lot of blessings
Upon reflection, when 2023 started, tinnitus was a big deal. Now, I’m thankful to say that’s no longer the case. I barely hear the ringing.
Using over the ear headphones to go to the gym. Apart from starting to look better physically, my mental health has improved 1000%
Thanks for the advice @DeanD! If they offer me microsuction, I will avoid it at all costs. Not worth the risk. I can tolerate over the ear...
But at the same time, I’m not exactly sure if the the ocasional flare up I get might be due to the accumulated earwax, because the first time I...
So that’s the main reason why I’m kind of skeptical, since I myself believe that mine was caused due to earwax removal and I know that a...
Thankfully after just two sessions of ear drops in the same day, I could hear properly. However, right now I feel in the borderline between being...
@DeanD So about three weeks ago, I woke up and could barely hear from my left ear. Turns out that I had excessive earwax. I believe it got...
Gonna get earwax removal tomorrow. Scared as crap, as I believe this is what caused my tinnitus (syringing + manual removal).
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The low pitched humming that sounds like an engine in my right ear is back, after 6 months of remission. May God forbid that tone.
If by distortions you mean beeping, humming or any other similar sounds then yeah, I also used to heard those over the fan. It either alternated...
It took me about 16 months to get in the place where I’m currently at, with multiple setbacks along the road, but the latest few months have being...
Yeah man, they had a huge speaker on a relatively small space blasting at full volume, super unnecessary. It felt loud even with hearing...
Also, I managed to enjoy the sound of a fan without reactivity/sensitivity. I was almost in tears when I heard that nostalgic sound lol
Carrying a normal life, went to a bar that was at 105 dB (they should ban this sound level tbh). Thankfully had earplugs, no adverse effects
@WCJohn yes, but generally when that happens, I wake up feeling tired and by consequence, the majority of the times it feels louder. But if by...
@ErikaS I don’t take anything since I generally sleep okay, but if I want to make sure to aim between 7-8 hours of sleep, I take about 15 mg of...
For folks that suffer from reactivity: a few hours of sleep made mine way worser till’ I slept properly. ALWAYS aim to be adequately rested.
Turns out the manager told me that he developed another condition that caused him partial vision loss at the beginning of his career, so he was...
Looks like I will be involuntary transitioned into a high stress role. Y’all know what happens with stress :) hope it doesn’t end my career
Thanks! I will be letting you know And it indeed sucks a lot, and for persons that have OCD like me, I don’t really have the physiological...
Even if I don’t want because it may cause unnecessary bias, feel in the need to tell him about tinnitus and how big the impact has being,...
I work in a big financial institution as a software developer. Mid-year ratings was good despite my situation, but I could certainly be...
Manager pressuring me due to delayed certification, which was required within the first year of starting. Time to tell him about tinnitus.
So given that it is more resistant to spikes, it means that there are less increases in volume and in general, it’s quieter. Sometimes, I...
The baseline itself is hard for me to tell given that my main problem is reactivity but my tinnitus is now more resistant to spikes than before....
Oh sorry to hear about your hearing loss! If the hearing loss is recent, definitely try steroid ASAP, since the steroid treatment is really...
I see, if that is the case, then you can have higher hopes with that Susan Shore device. Mine doesn’t change with any of that so I lost faith on...
Hang in, sometimes it gets worser before it gets better. At the mark of month 7, I had a loud humming noise in one ear. Now, almost 15 months...
In some cases, if it doesn’t improve by some degree, habituation will be harder, if not impossible.
When it comes to this condition, the more realistic expectation is to hope that it gets better overtime + habituation happens. That’s what I have...
I don’t want to destroy your hopes, but I don’t think that device would be helpful, especially if your tinnitus is not somatic.
Insect bit my right feet and got cellulitis. Looks like I need to use antibiotics, ALL of them are ototoxic. Fuck that, not consuming those.
When I go to really loud events for a prolonged period of time, such as sporting events or concerts, I wear musician earplugs. I can talk with...
Went to a baseball game again with no adverse effects. Unnoticeable reactivity w/ protection. Apple Watch recorded 87 dB on avg for 3 hours.
With that being said, please try to leave your ear as alone as you can given that it might increases your chance of recovery. Mine has being...
Due to your young age, I really hope yours improved because based on life expectancy, you have more than 60 years ahead of you so it’s not easy to...
But if knew about tinnitus, I wouldn’t even had use these since earwax accumulation thanks to my AirPods indirectly caused mine
And I was always scared as shit because of the possibility of causing my self hearing loss, the main reason why I always was within the safety...
I’m really sorry for you bro, I just read your old posts and the fact that you’re at most 21 years old doesn’t make it any better. Mine started...
Also, the day my ringing started, my left ear had an immense feeling of fullness and when I managed to unpop my left ear, that’s when the ringing...
@Matthew231 I really hope that yours is due to ETD because that at least is treatable, but before the irrigation I didn’t really had any...
@Matthew231 I initially thought my condition was due to ETD cuz I was in a negation state, given that I didn’t exposed myself to loud sounds and...
Much love to all of you, and I’m sure you will all get the silence you all deserve some day. While I don’t consider myself a complete success...
It has certainly been a significant improvement compared to the last baseball game I attended when I was only 2 months in into having tinnitus....
@ZFire only wore earplugs at the baseball game. I used musician earplugs (~17 dB reduction) for about an hour. Stopped wearing them longer as,...
Thank you, everyone! I'm genuinely thankful that I'm in a much better place now than I was a few months ago. Currently, I'm having more good days...
Hey y’all, just wanted to say that I’m doing better. I went to a baseball game, movie theatre and to six flags with no adverse effects. :)
Weird thing is that the ringing didn’t started on that ear until 3 months after that. Looks like you are also suffering from reactive tinnitus....
Unfortunately I don’t have too much to say since it won’t be much of a help. I got it two days after ear irrigation and it also started on my left...
Hey Matthew, looking at your story, it is very scary the fact that our stories sound very similar.
That’s good, at least we’re able to get partial distraction in office :) I wish I could have known sooner that the office wasn’t as bad as I...
@Mo8409 Yup, there’s extended hearing tests. However, almost nobody perform those kinds of tests because there’s not too much benefit over it...
I’m going to take a break from this website for at least two weeks, hoping it will reduce my obsession with tinnitus. Take care, everyone!
So tbh my cause isn’t clear but it happened suddenly two days after an ear wax removal, so highly likely related to the procedure or maybe the wax...
Based on my audiogram, there is no hearing loss detected up to 8 kHz, and all the measurements fall within a 10 dB range. However, I was also...
