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AND IT CONTINUES...

So for the past 2 weeks I went through hell and back, and finally the past couple days I was feeling a bit better - ears still stuffed up, but felt less stuffed up. The ringing was still loud but I was seeing past it for most of the day. Then yesterday I went shopping and the music in one of the stores was so loud. I plugged my ears and paid for what I was getting and left. I later went to a screening of a documentary. I put my ear plugs in, sat the furthest back as I could from speakers, and left after 10 minutes. It was loud and I was too scared to risk it.

Now last night was bad. Both of my ears were so so so loud, and this morning they are so bad and now both ears feel very full.

I am scared for my future. I am 23 years old, I just feel so young and don't want to give up on my life.

 

If your tinnitus is barely present when you plug your ear, then just wear earplugs all day.

 

@Karen It did seem to get a bit better, but still not better to the baseline I had prior to the exposure that changed it/spiked it on Black Friday. My ears still continue to feel full, and I'm not quite used to it yet, or the clicking I hear when I swallow.

:/

 

I experienced this for almost a year once. I had faith it would get better and it did. And in time maybe your other symptoms will subside. But you probably learned something about concerts, ears, and friends. In the months and years to come, remember, another blast will bring it right back where it left off. It's cumulative.

 

My t gets louder when i plug, but i still plug all day if i´m going out, would never go out unplugged, too many danger situations out there!!!

 

When I plug my ears, my footsteps make loud thumping noise which is very loud to me. I think if you walk on heel shoes, you get much less thumping noise...but I am a man.
I`m thinking of getting Bose noise cancelling earphones and just wearing them all the time, like Object16 does.

 

Same here @demi ...my T got worse after a party, I took a few weeks to get used to it, not fully, but I was pretty okay, I skiped parties for more than a month, and went to one because my ex. are hanged to my neck to go...I worn 33db earplugs, but the next morning I felt the same as you...stuffy ear and loud ringing again. That was the moment when I decided I will never ever go to a party again. It`s just doesn`t worth it...So currently I guess my mind is playing with me. I don`t believe my T got worse, those were industrial earplugs.