Recent content by astaff14

I had my 1st Pfizer shot on March 29th, after 2 weeks I haven’t had any noticeable effects on tinnitus. I have a slight spike right now from a super loud restaurant but nothing from first vaccine. I did get an interesting reaction though where I felt burning from the injection site, down my arm...

So sorry to hear. May her beautiful soul Rest In Peace.

Ah I’ve been getting worsening TMJ symptoms lately

So sorry this happened to you. I know it’s really hard to get used to chronic tinnitus at first and it’s certainly exacerbated by the stress of it, and likely by the depression you were suffering initially. I do believe that habituation is often possible with this, I’ve seen stories here of even...

Randomly started hearing a super high pitched tone ew :/ here’s hoping it goes away after some sleep

I found out someone I know has Ménière’s & severe tinnitus today; he’s also mostly deaf. Hearing problems are just the worst, wow

Hey! The only fire alarm I’ve experienced that has given me any issue is with my initial trauma in which I was exposed for 2-4 minutes. Since then I’ve experienced probably 10 fire alarms, all for durations of 2-30 seconds approximately and none has done anything except make my ears feel a bit...

My acoustic trauma related tinnitus increase improved drastically after about 4 months. My tinnitus is more reactive than it once was and I am more prone to small spikes, but I live normally again now. I have even experienced more fire alarms (my initial trauma) since and have been ok as I...

I’ll be thinking of you and hoping you can get some relief.

Somatic elements of tinnitus are really common, jaw/neck issues can influence it and I’ve heard of cases like yours also where popping your ears can create problems as well - not sure what the mechanism behind that might’ve been though. I hope it goes away eventually!

Maybe. Tinnitus is fickle, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned is that it won’t always make sense. I’ve gotten a spike from 5 minutes of listening to earphones a little too loud, but been fine at a loud bar with music blasting all day. your best bet is to be careful, always carry hearing...

I think it’ll be temporary, though many say you’ll need to wait 1-3 months to say for sure. Take great care of your ears for now, don’t listen to earphones at all, limit noise exposure, and so on... take supplements like magnesium or zinc or NAC (magnesium took the edge off for me) and take good...

Hello everyone! I’m back again after several good months. Back in November I was exposed to a fire alarm for 2-4 min which gave me a horrible spike, tinnitus is still a bit worse from that but I had habituated. I’ve actually experienced 4-5 fire alarms since the initial one that spiked me, none...

Sorry that you had to do so. In the end though I think it’ll lessen some of your symptoms and help your ears to heal, and hopefully give you some quality of life back too.