Hello everyone, sorry for the long post.
I decided to finally make an account. I've had tinnitus in my left ear for a year now, though it's mostly subsided and it's gone down to a gentle hiss. I have a second tone as well that I sometimes hear in very quiet rooms.
The thing that's worrying me is that my ears (both of them) throb to any sudden or louder sound, including when I speak (at the very end of my sentences) and when other people speak. Dishes and silverware clanking, light switches, snapping my fingers - all those things send a throbbing sensation inside my ear. Feels like my eardrum is moving.
I first noticed it a year ago, but it was relatively mild. Reacted to some more sudden sounds, forcefully hitting keys on my keyboard but never when I spoke. I remember it getting worse when I was stressed about my tinnitus, but after it went down, I kinda forgot about the throbbing. I noticed it here and there but looking back, there's very few times where I recall it triggering or bothering me.
2 months ago my right ear randomly began to flutter and throb on its own. Every few seconds it would throb even without a sound. Thankfully, that went away after a week. Haven't had that since.
Fast forward to three weeks ago, when I noticed my ears reacting to a lot more sounds. They started throbbing to my own voice, other people's voices, any remotely louder sound in general. Started to get some ear fullness. It's been impacting me a lot. Almost everything is triggering it and my anxiety has spiked. I'm constantly on edge, constantly thinking about it. It's actively ruining my day to day life.
I used to listen to music at very loud volumes when walking to and from school (pretty much about 30-40 mins a day) and I stopped as soon as I found about tinnitus a year ago. After my tinnitus went down I did continue to use my headphones albeit at a much lower sound level, never caused a tinnitus spike. I have read about TTTS (Tonic Tensor Tympani Syndrome) and I believe I have it. Prior to my current episode with it I did use my headphones for a bit longer, though again, at a presumably safe level. I had no idea it would cause it to spike because it had never done that, it didn't even spike my tinnitus.
Again, sorry for the long post, but that's pretty much the full story, and I needed to get it out to someone. I'm going to an ENT next week, dunno if they'll help me. Has anyone here had TTTS and had it go away? I don't think I have hyperacusis, though the TTTS has been especially bad the recent few days supposedly because of my anxiety.
Thanks.
I decided to finally make an account. I've had tinnitus in my left ear for a year now, though it's mostly subsided and it's gone down to a gentle hiss. I have a second tone as well that I sometimes hear in very quiet rooms.
The thing that's worrying me is that my ears (both of them) throb to any sudden or louder sound, including when I speak (at the very end of my sentences) and when other people speak. Dishes and silverware clanking, light switches, snapping my fingers - all those things send a throbbing sensation inside my ear. Feels like my eardrum is moving.
I first noticed it a year ago, but it was relatively mild. Reacted to some more sudden sounds, forcefully hitting keys on my keyboard but never when I spoke. I remember it getting worse when I was stressed about my tinnitus, but after it went down, I kinda forgot about the throbbing. I noticed it here and there but looking back, there's very few times where I recall it triggering or bothering me.
2 months ago my right ear randomly began to flutter and throb on its own. Every few seconds it would throb even without a sound. Thankfully, that went away after a week. Haven't had that since.
Fast forward to three weeks ago, when I noticed my ears reacting to a lot more sounds. They started throbbing to my own voice, other people's voices, any remotely louder sound in general. Started to get some ear fullness. It's been impacting me a lot. Almost everything is triggering it and my anxiety has spiked. I'm constantly on edge, constantly thinking about it. It's actively ruining my day to day life.
I used to listen to music at very loud volumes when walking to and from school (pretty much about 30-40 mins a day) and I stopped as soon as I found about tinnitus a year ago. After my tinnitus went down I did continue to use my headphones albeit at a much lower sound level, never caused a tinnitus spike. I have read about TTTS (Tonic Tensor Tympani Syndrome) and I believe I have it. Prior to my current episode with it I did use my headphones for a bit longer, though again, at a presumably safe level. I had no idea it would cause it to spike because it had never done that, it didn't even spike my tinnitus.
Again, sorry for the long post, but that's pretty much the full story, and I needed to get it out to someone. I'm going to an ENT next week, dunno if they'll help me. Has anyone here had TTTS and had it go away? I don't think I have hyperacusis, though the TTTS has been especially bad the recent few days supposedly because of my anxiety.
Thanks.