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Currently in the middle of my worst spike yet (going on 2 weeks now) so I feel you. I hope this goes down but it's hard to be optimistic about it, especially when it's making it hard to sleep or concentrate... Ugh.

I keep going through up and down periods with my T. For a long time this spring/summer, I felt like I had, if not fully habituated, then definitely adjusted to the T and found ways to deal. Since July, though, I've found myself having horrible spikes every few weeks. The spikes then take a week...

I slept for a solid eight hours on Saturday night (sans medicine), and spent Sunday with my boyfriend's family with the T barely noticeable. Having trouble sleeping now but it's clear that days of being unaffected by T ARE possible, and I'm going to do everything I can to make sure I have as...

I would never go with earplugs in. Plugging my ears magnifies my ringing to begin with, so I can't imagine how horrible it would be at the dentist...headphones or the big earmuffs seem to be the better way to go.

This thread has been really helpful for me. @michela , I've been experiencing the same anxiety and "what if?" thoughts, which seem to get worse after a particularly bad sleepless night. I also have generalized anxiety disorder so it's incredibly hard to avoid the negative thinking and worrying...

Yep, @russiancarl, that's exactly what happened. I'm trying to stay positive, because I eventually felt better and acclimated after my first spike this year, but it's hard sometimes. The "staying relaxed" thing is really the hardest!

Thanks for the advice, everyone. My T has been around since 2005 but was very low-level until this January, when I had my first bad spike in a long time. I had mostly adjusted to that - sleeping without meds, feeling pretty good most days - but in the past two weeks it's been really bad, and...

Wanted to give an update - I had the first of three procedures for this done today, this one being the one with some drilling and a lot of digging around in the tooth itself. Fingers crossed, ears seem to be doing okay. I took some of the advice here - brought headphones and listened to music...

@inadmin No, I'm careful about it now. But that gave me a base level of T that began around 2005. This latest spike began in January for no real reason I can identify (stress/anxiety perhaps, sinus stuff is also a possibility I guess).

@inadmin I suspect it's in part from listening to loud music (even though I always used ear protection at concerts after my first bout in 2005), but I'm not sure where this spike came from. I saw two ENTs who couldn't give me a concrete diagnosis. I know stress, anxiety, and not sleeping make it...

I'm currently experiencing a really bad spike, the worst since I started noticing the T back on January. I can't sleep, even with white noise and medication (trazodone to take as needed for sleep); the ringing has become so loud and so high-pitched that it's just impossible to sleep. I know I...

@Grace I had my teeth cleaned about two weeks ago, and they used the UltraSonic. It wasn't too bad because it only happens for about 2-3 minutes, and my hygienist took breaks. I don't think the current spike I'm having is related, it seems more like it's coming from stress. For my appointment...

@luckyman316 That's what I'm worried about! I've heard people say this before...this will be my 2nd root canal, and the first happened without any problems. The dentist I'm going to seems to know about tinnitus and I'm hoping he'll just be okay with my incessant worrying and question-answering...

Thanks Leah! That makes me feel a little better. When you say ear protection, do you mean earplugs? Or the bigger ear defender headphones? Trying to figure out if it makes sense to get anything noise-canceling before the appointment.

Hi everyone, wondering if anyone has advice about getting dental work done. I have a few procedures I need to do over the next few months (the first being a root canal in a couple days), and I'm really anxious about having a T spike after that. Mine has already spiked pretty badly recently...