Can spikes last a month (or more) and eventually subside? I think I'm seeing slight improvement as my anxiety slowly comes down, but I don't want to jinx it. Hopefully it will continue to improve.
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Starting to forget my tinnitus a little bit more again. Still think it spiked thru the wardrobe incident but somehow i dont "care as much" when the anxiety is low. I actually manage to work up the courage to prebook a trip to an all you can eat shrimp buffe in the next week!
I have tinnitus and ED and was prescribed 5 mg of Cialis daily. I started with a smaller dose, less than half maybe, and within an hour my T was up
noticeably, had a very hard time sleeping and now next morning, T is still up. I hope it will taper off. My advice to you: if you have tinnitus, stay away from Cialis or the like.
noticeably, had a very hard time sleeping and now next morning, T is still up. I hope it will taper off. My advice to you: if you have tinnitus, stay away from Cialis or the like.
Had to get dried earwax sucked out of my ear because my hearing became muffled. I now feel like my tinnitus worsened and my hearing is still muffled (lmao?). I hope it's because the drops of olive oil I had to use to make the earwax smoother otherwise I am cooked beyond belief.
I can't believe my life ended due to health anxiety and wrong medication usage for basically nothing. Now all i think about ending my life. I had no other option + i don't wanna live like a cockroach at the age of 29 thanks to my genes and thanks to my clueless brainless ent
Still doing alright. My tinnitus is higher than it used to be back in 2018, but I am not bothered by it much.
I did get quite a lot of ear pain from watching an especially loud movie in the movie theater couple of months ago. I put my ear plugs at the half way point, but it was too late. I only thankfully had to be in pain for roughly 2 weeks. Lesson learned: always have ear plugs on at movie theaters just in case.
I did get quite a lot of ear pain from watching an especially loud movie in the movie theater couple of months ago. I put my ear plugs at the half way point, but it was too late. I only thankfully had to be in pain for roughly 2 weeks. Lesson learned: always have ear plugs on at movie theaters just in case.
I don't know what to do
Anxiety gone now after the wardrobe incident. I still have a spike tho. the only good thing about this is that i actually realized that i suffer from phonofobia (always thought so but now i know for sure)
Gosh, it's so loud.. nothing spiked it, I'm still 3 years earphone clean, I don't know what caused this
I didn't stay away very long. I don't know how to get through this. The distortions are driving me crazy. Clonazepam made it temporarily louder. Vomiting daily. Crying all the time. I'm so scared
What have i done...
Maybe it's just me. But anytime I find a public bathroom with a paper towel dispenser I give a little prayer of thanks. Lol.
Anxiety seems to mostly have subsided now which is great. Now im more "annoyed" then scared of the spike. Tinnitus still loud tho, hope it will subside
Painful feelings are, by their very nature, temporary. They will weaken over time as long as we don't prolong or amplify them through resistance or avoidance. The only way to eventually free ourselves from debilitating pain, therefore, is to be with it as it is. The only way out is through. - Kristin Neff
Still in the wardrobe spike. Anxiety kind off comes in "wawes" its like im feeling okey then suddenly i get heatstroke and getting butterflies in my stomatch etc. I hope the spike will subside when the anxiety symptoms end. Its not fun when u cant mask it and u have 2 more sounds in your head. Hope every1 is feeling well!
I took the airplane 2 times this Summer (with ear protection), and also did lots of small road trips WITHOUT ear protection!!
Still in the spike, anxietywise i feel alot better with less doom and gloom thinking but the spike is still agressive and loud. If it is bc of the anxiety over the wardrobe accident i wonder how long after the anxiety is gone the spike will actually calm down.
I'm going to try to stay off of here for a little while. I know anxiety is not the cause of my tinnitus but it sure as hell is making it sound 10x worse right now. I need to stop fixating and calm my nervous system down because I'm in a really bad place. I'll check back in at some point, hopefully I'll be doing better
@DimLeb I think I'm experiencing the same thing you describe in your post from Apr 27, 2025. Do you still have this?
Still in this wardrobe spike, really struggling atm.
Along with the gabapentin, I got prescribed clonazepam today. I'm scared due to risks of both, however they are only for me to take as needed when my anxiety is severe, not consistently/daily. So I think I'll be okay. Don't comment anything suggesting otherwise lol, thanks
Is complete silence bad for reactivity? Everything I do seems to make it worse, I don't know what to do anymore. I also have this weird distorded mettalic sound with it.