Recent content by bur547

This sums it up for me. I don't wear hearing protection when the sound environment is predictable, while I'm at home and I'm in control of the sounds around me. I can have a shower, I can listen to music or watch movies. That doesn't bother me. LOUD unexpected sounds will never be alright, ever...

That doesn't sound that bad. If I don't use hearing protection the vehicle noise alone will increase my T. I could never get away with covering one ear facing a siren.

My T is multi-tonal, it dips down to about 13500 Hz, but I've discovered that it actually averages much higher, higher than I can actually hear. If I crank the volume on the speakers I can hear up to about 16000 Hz, and my T ranges there and if you imagine the pitch getting higher, it sounds...

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I'm game. I haven't taken aspirin since I was a kid but I have a similar oscillating high frequency that doesn't go away, it just kind of shifts volume and pitch sort of randomly. I will report back with my results.

I'm not really convinced about any of this. We KNOW there are physical causes for some tinnitus, such as sound injury, malfunctioning eustachian tubes, allergies, or even tumor growth. How can something with a known physical cause be the result of a brainwave? TCD seems like a symptom, not an...

If only I was visiting a doc because I couldn't hear tuning forks, lol. The man would have been a miracle worker. :LOL: Anyways I'm in the middle of a slow and painful process of finding a doc who gives a damn. Not easy. How you doing @Error404 ?

I can absolutely tell that my T is coming from my left ear, and I can feel my eardrum tremble at times too. Although when the T is very loud such as during a spike I heart a zapping that seems to go back and forth to both ears. I imagine this is an illusion, but I can see how easy it would be to...

If I am aware enough to look for it, it is there. Usually I'm too deep into dream land to think about it.

@dayma @GregCA Thanks, I guess I will but not sure how to orchestrate seeing a better doctor and getting someone to take me serious. The Specialist didn't even interview me, didn't look at my hearing test. He put a tuning fork beside my ear and said "Do you hear that?" I said "Yes" He said...

When I went in a few years ago because of problems with my ear, the hearing tech told me "It might be a growth, but it's not worth getting an MRI for. We could end up doing all kinds of tests and still never finding a cause." Now a few years down the line I have 24/7 Tinnitus. Should I waste my...

I get electrical zapping on my bad days, on better days I have a quiet high pitched squeal and a low rumbling. What I can tell you for sure is that tinnitus is never over, even when it appears to be gone it's waiting just below the surface for something to trigger it. I don't think many people...

In my opinion, I think it's because the parts of your ears that are damaged are essentially nerves, and nerves take a long time to heal. Anyone who has had a nerve injury can attest to that.

Melatonin before bed will help you to sleep and there are some members here who claim it helps with tinnitus. I usually take 2.5 mg, slow release if possible. If you're taking B12 you need a type that dissolves under your tongue for it to be effective, methylcobalamin is probably the best form...

Alright, this is totally anecdotal but I decided to crack some beers last night, for science and all. While I was drinking my tinnitus didn't seem much changed, maybe a little bit louder in fact. Then as the night wound down I popped some melatonin, some vitamin B, and headed to bed. This...