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No worries mate, I'll send you my number over PM. Hopefully you will see it. hit me up anytime. I might suck at replying on time because I'm...
Hey bud, yeah feel free to ask me anything. i sent you a pm just now, check the inbox tab top right of the page. if you don't see it just lemme...
Do you know if you have a bacterial or viral infection? The spray would be useless with a viral infection, any perceived benefit would be from the...
Sorry I didn't reply sooner. I've had spikes last for hours through to nearly a year or so. I can give more specific examples if you want. Some...
Damn that's a shame, so they completed the phase III trial in 2017 but now nothing is happening because they have no funding???
I've had multiple long term spikes resolve themselves over the course of weeks and months. So stay positive and try not to let the spike get you...
Just hit up my GP and asked for Sulodexide and unfortunately it's not available in Australia. If any other other Aussies know a source, hit me up....
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2808686/#!po=2.77778 In this study, they were using 2 doses of 250mg in the morning and evening - is...
Please don't do any surgery. I had severe hyperacusis from 2013 through to the beginning or 2015 and then continued from there to make a complete...
Usually I'm all for people going out, living life and enjoying themselves as long as they understand the risk and use proper hearing protection...
I went from severe hyperacusis to no hyperacusis. Unfortunately still deal with tinnitus, but I did find that my tinnitus became much more...
yeah no worries! pm me whenever. and yeah i use headphones/earphones with no problems
I seem to be in the minority here but I've been using in ear earphones the last couple of years and have had no problems. Was scared for a long...
Was actually talking to a friend of mine who had tinnitus as a result of concussion. Suffered with it for 5 years and then it gradually faded away...
Amazing!
The usual time frame that studies cite is 72 hours. But there are studies that suggest benefits can still be reaped weeks after an incident. I...
I'd go on a course of oral corticosteroids like Prednisolone as soon as possible. Google oral steroids and hearing loss if you want more...
A simple way of going about it would be to go to your doctor and state that you've experienced an acoustic trauma and fear you have damaged your...
Don't worry. We all make mistakes! I've put my hearing in all sorts of danger when I've been drunk or high before, peer pressure has gotten to me...
Wow, @attheedgeofscience- you're still a douche.
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I stopped believing a long time ago but I remember church being very loud at times as a kid and a teen. Bring some custom musician ear plugs and...
I've actually known of Sen for a long time. Used to post under another username. Also knew him from another forum unrelated to tinnitus. He posted...
I remember this being one of the first treatments I discovered when I first got tinnitus back in 2012 and came to this forum. Is it actually any...
Great to hear! I actually made a post about the potential for mushrooms to help tinnitus (and other disorders) back in 2013. I should have tried...
How has finasteride been for you over the last 10 years? My hair's been thinning for a couple years now I'm at the stage where I need to either...
Oh yeah for sure. I had tonic tensor tympani syndrome in both ears. Different frequencies would trigger it in each ear. Someone sniffing or...
To some of you in the thread still dealing with hyperacusis. I got severe hyperacusis in July 2013 and it took me about 3 years to fully recover....
Glad I could help a little, and yes I can definitely relate. It's very common to be very sensitive to noise when you first experience tinnitus....
Took me a long time to get over it. Didn't have so much trouble when I first got tinnitus, but the hyperacusis (funnily enough it was self induced...
I became sort of a shut in when I had hyperacusis but realized I couldn't live that way for the rest of my life. Had to push myself and not over...
Give it some time. I've had spikes last months (and other things like hearing distortion) and then just one day disappear. I find with mild...
Hyperacusis is a nightmare, but you can get through it. I don't want to hijack this thread but if you have any questions, shoots me some PMs...
Hell yeah! War Hunto. Yeah, my story is probably scattered through my posts on here through the years. The damage was noise induced. A...
Yeah I would say it's calmed down. Early days I would have a lot of random tones come and go for any numbers of days or months. I would get spikes...
I went through a bunch of different noises the first 2 or 3 years with tinnitus. Some would last hours, some would last months on end. Eventually...
Fair enough! In my experience with hyperacusis, there were periods where my symptoms got a lot worse with no real good reason, which drove me...
Peep my thread on my experience and recovery from severe hyperacusis:...
I'm half asleep so I read through your post very quickly but here are some suggestions: Look into in-ear monitors with noise protection (there...
Exercise was crucial in my recovery from hyperacusis and in dealing with my tinnitus. I can't recommend it enough to anyone struggling on here and...
I could understand the 8khz limit back in the 60s, 70s or 80s, and maybe even 90s when technology was more primitive and much more expensive but...
Of course. I always have my custom plugs handy in case I'm somewhere where it's too loud.
You have a good attitude and I took the same approach with my hyperacusis. Took a couple years but I made a full recovery from severe, life...
Oral corticosteroids like Prednisolone/Predisone ASAP if you truly feel that some further damage has been done. Also like others mentioned, NAC,...
Thank you for the kind words! Your experience sounds very much like what I had to go through. It took me a long time, and at times I felt that I...
Yes.
It will take time to adjust. Do things at a comfortable pace and don't rush yourself. Get some custom mold musicians ear plugs and have them on...
Good point!
When I had severe hyperacusis I just kept my car windows up. Never had to use ear plugs or ear muffs during that time and my hyperacusis was...
Peep my recovery story here: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/completely-recovered-from-my-hyperacusis-and-chronic-ear-pain.14404/ Went from...
I'd be weary of antipsychotics for tinnitus. They are drugs with heavy side effects and there have also been studies that claim that they can...
The medications mentioned in your quote aren't antipsychotic drugs. Clonazepam is a Benzodiazepine and Gabapentin is an...
When I reference custom ear plugs I mean the musician's plugs - they're the same thing. They're just ear plugs that are custom fitted to your ears...
When did you get tinnitus? When I first got tinnitus (before the hyperacusis which was a year later) - my perception of sound changed a bit. Some...
Custom ear plugs with adjustable filters. ACS/Etymotic/etc. I don't like the idea of foam or silicone plugs that completely shut off the ear...
Thanks mate. I didn't do anything too specific, I think time was the biggest healer when it came to my hyperacusis. But I did use supplements...
Not sure, haven't looked into the laser dentistry stuff myself! In my case - I have a stock of prednisolone from my GP that I asked to have...
Maybe have some oral corticosteroids like prednisolone on hand post treatment to limit any possible damage to your hearing.
At 0.5mg of Clonazepam I don't see any problems with the taper you've suggested. You could probably even taper off faster if you felt comfortable...
When my tinnitus were real bad I avoided anything listed on the internet as being ototoxic, whether it was from a study or some anecdotal report...
