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Sodlin
Read about your incident with the "toilet lid slam" you had. Did you get a spike from it and if you did, did it go back to baseline? :)
MakaveliTheDon
Hi Martin,
I've read your story and can really relate. After a period of health issues and anxiety, I've developed a high-pitched sound/hissing. I had mild tinnitus for 5 years, likely from a sinus infection, but it's now stronger. I can even change the sound with neck or jaw movements. It's tough knowing there's no cure, just CBT and therapy. How have you been doing? God bless.
K
I have the same thing jaw and neck movement change the sound sometimes for the better no always though. At the moment it's gotten so bad I get 2 or 3 different sounds at the same time. Hopefully one day we will vet so.e kind of relief. Could you tell me what is CBT. I only just joined this group needed to.find some support I'm going nuts and local doctor is no help at all...
Sodlin
Today my boss "rewarded me" for my hard work by taking hes palm and smash it on my shoulder 5-6 times really hard and said "GOODJOB *name*!". This is the EXACT same person i said that i have very hard for people talking loudly close to me or clapping their hands. Its make me so frustrating and sad. Cant tell if im spiking since im already in a spike from the catcarrier incident....
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HighleyTall
Even now, on one of the few occasions when I go anywhere, I still catch myself talking at normal volume to people and pretend that everything is normal with all the consequences that entails. If a conversation in a room is at 50dB, how much dB would that make at your vocal cords? 70 or 80db? This is enough for me to suffer from burning ears, facial/skull sensations and migraines for days.
Sodlin
@HighleyTall How long have you had it? Have you improved? Is it "hard" to live with another person and having this condition? I cant imagine having a girlfriend with this condition, dont seem fair for her to live the same isolation i live in atm.
Sodlin
@HighleyTall i understand what you mean. At my last worsening 2 years ago i couldnt hold meetings or have conversations before getting "tired" in my ears. Now i can handle that pretty well if its just a 1 on 1 conversation. Cant handle multiple people talking at once tho.
kaymath
With the help of a little sleep meds (think the insomnia was due to high levels of B vitamins) and stress reduction, I'm back to sleeping and my T had been lower @ week 5-6

Still hissing, ringing squeaking? and occasional pure tone for a minute or two
Sodlin
Are im the only one stuck in this cycle? Loud noise ---> anxiety and louder tinnitus for like a day to some weeks ---> i forget about the incident or calm myself ---> Tinnitus back to baseline (or gets better) ---> new loud sound etc etc.... Is my reaction my problem for my spikes? happens like 1-2 times a week.
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orenge01
You're not the only one, I'm stuck in that same cycle as well but it's between months, not really weeks but yeah its annoying :/
Sodlin
@HighleyTall it might be but its weird it always seems to "go away" at the same time as i calm myself.
Sodlin
@orenge01 yea. Just wished wished i could "not care" and not freak out everytime i hear a loud sound.
Sodlin
Was feeling like my spike and anxiety calmed abit so i took my cat for a drive in the car (to get him used with it). When i came home and took hes cusion out of the cage the giant metal door fell down 1,5 metres and hit the wooden floor with two bing BANGS.... Not sure if its pure shock or im having a "new" spike now. Feels like so many stuffs happens so cant tell what spikes me and what not lol.

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weehiru
Went and saw Nosferatu and have had a noise increase since :/ That's on me for not having my earplugs in the entire time. But also: Why are cinemas so goddamn loud? Or can they mix the movie so it's not going to deafen me every time something interesting happens...!
L along the way
Man.. I would give so much for natural wellbeing. That is such a precious gift of life. My only hope, is hope, that it can be so one day.. these past years have been so harsh.. pff.. i feel like the only way i can continue is with the hope of it healing.
orenge01
Keep that hope up, I'm sure the time will come some day :)
Robster
That's one thing I really miss - going to the cinema. Glad it went well for you.
L
Hey Brooklynfall! Just checking in to see how things have been with you! You left on a good note so hoping no news is good news but just wanted to check in! :)
brooklynfall
Hey thanks for checking in! I didn't realized I had notifications turned off here, so I just saw this. Things have been pretty great, tinnitus-wise. I guess I last posted around August of last year; around that time the hissing started to really go down and stay down - and I would say I was tinnitus-free from about September to really just a few days ago.
brooklynfall
The hissing came back unfortunately a few days ago, and I'm trying to find the reason but I will say, in the interim I started taking Prozac which has really helped my anxiety including in this moment. I have been using a nasal spray over the last couple days - called ProFi, one of those respiratory disease-protective sprays.
brooklynfall
May or may not be working, but as I think some people get their tinnitus spiked by Flonase or other nasal sprays, I think this might have done it for me. But it's all good, thank you for asking! I'll try to be patient and wait for this spike to calm down.
Tryn2BHopeful
Sadly I knew I would be back here some day. That it would get worse eventually, but I hoped it wouldn't. A simple thing I thought, a middle school orchestra concert, it shouldn't be to bad, and it wasn't until 4 days later. I still don't know if this is a spike or the new normal. Somewhat milder day yesterday, followed a terrible day, with reactivity and my brain just doesn't want to deal with it.
L
Hey marqualler, I've been looking through your posts and have been finding a lot of inspiration from you as a newbie tinnitus sufferer! Only being 23, I haven't found many people around me who understand and people like you make me feel a lot less alone and a lot more hopeful! I just wanted to reach out and let you know! Here's to a gentle and quiet 2025!!!
marqualler
Hi @lillieg thanks for reaching out! I'm glad my posts made you feel more hopeful. Cheers to 2025, you got this!
ColdHands
I thought I would never have to deal with the problem of tinnitus, but I was wrong, of course I was wrong...
HighleyTall
Terrible night, intensive fireworks for over 1 hour. I'm a wreck. T raging, earpain and migraine. Happy New Year.
D
Seconds after the year change, I got a huge SBUTT that seemed to be coming from the center of the head. Then one ultra high pitched in the right ear. Now having a MEM episode. Great start.
weehiru
Happy new year. 2024 was woeful and the first year with T but I'm determined to have a better year learning to deal with this. Stay strong everybody 💪
kaymath
Are you the same @MaximBrutii on Reddit? That posted about hydroxyzine? I just took my first pill and am freaking out, since I just got this mess from Wellbutrin in November, I've been pretty much an insomniac this week so… any advice or words of encouragement to ease my brain?
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