Recent content by bellecooper77

Hello everyone, I hope you are staying well and healthy. If you don't know me, I was pretty active on here around a year ago when I first got tinnitus. I'm 19 and for the most part, I have habituated to the noise, only really hearing it in very quiet rooms or when I go to sleep. I saw a post...

Yeah, it has been a rough 3 months. I learned that some things that I used to love doing, like jamming out to loud music in my room, isn't the best thing for me to do. In every room that I go to that I used to hear silence, I seem to look for the sound, which is something that hurts me since I...

I just looked it up, and it has been very helpful! My symptoms definitely seem to be that of a little bit of TMJ ("Immediate tinnitus change during active jaw movements") but I'm going to continue following it to see if there are any other possible causes. Thank you so much!

Yes, I did listen to my music at loud volumes at times (it was like my little escape, listening to music at loud volumes to drown out anything around me) and I did have tinnitus for a day after going to a concert without ear protection (looking back I really should have listened to my father...

Its mostly disturbing when it is silent. Im sitting in my room right now and due to a lawn mower outside its less distracting/annoying as it usually is. But when that is not happening and its pure silence, it's annoying. I can also sometimes hear it when watching TV with my friends or if I'm at...

Almost having tinnitus for 3 months, I have searched everywhere to find a cause. I am someone who likes to find the root of a problem and narrow it down, and my cause of tinnitus is driving me crazy. I have scored a near perfect score on almost every hearing test I take, including ones for...

Ive had tinnitus for around 2 months, and it has gradually gotten better! Its shifted from being in both ears to mostly my right, and it went from a toned ringing to a hiss. Usually for people it has gotten better. I still have no idea what caused mine - my hearing is better than normal and...

Do you know if you have problems with your jaw that are causing the tinnitus? I know for some people that their tinnitus is occurring because of their bad posture (which might be why I have tinnitus to be honest, but we have no idea why) and their neck is strained, which is causing the tinnitus...

In order to clear it, I plug my nose and take a deep breath using my mouth. When I go to breathe out, I direct that air into my Eustachian tubes. This helps to open them! You then yawn after, or swallow a couple of times. I do this at least once every day, and it has helped me a ton! The first...

This is super similar to my T - it has never gotten worse than this, other than hearing it sometimes over an air purifier. Its a really good sign that this is where your T started - for some other people on this form, their T started a lot worse and it took them months, sometimes even years to...

I've been reading a ton of threads on how people knew their tinnitus was getting worse / negative stories about their lives with tinnitus. Those are scary, not only for me but for other anxious, sometimes depressed people who just got tinnitus and they are looking for some help, some signs of...

When I first saw a doctor for my tinnitus, I had some fluid in my ear that my she (this was before I saw an ENT and got my hearing checked) determined could be the cause. I was on it for 5-6 days to try to get the fluid levels down and I can remember that it did temporarily help. However, I was...

Just thought this would be interesting to ask - my best friend and my dad both have tinnitus. My dad had to give up caffeinated coffee due to it causing his tinnitus to spike, and my best friend drinks 2 cups of it a day and says it doesn't affect her tinnitus at all. My dad worked around loud...

I was diagnosed with mild tinnitus, so ill explain when I cant and can hear it. Places I can't hear it - anywhere where there is external noise. For example, in a room with a fan or an air conditioner - it kind of masks it out. Outside. In a coffee shop. Running. At the beach. Inside the...

I would say that in quiet rooms it tends to seem louder than it actually is. I try to find a sound in a room to listen to distract myself from the hissing. And yes, if I have a TV on and my ears arent pressed against a pillow, I tend not to hear it unless I am looking for it. Same with music...