Recent content by carolinet617

I don't know what caused this but I remember one day when I was about 10 years old, I swallowed and heard my ears crackle. I'm now 32 and it has not stopped. I hear it every single time I swallow and can even kind of make it happen if I wiggle my ears. I didn't get tinnitus until a year ago so...

I don't know if people have brought this up elsewhere, but what I'm worried about is that I won't be able to afford treatment even if it is available. Even Lenire right now; I'm so happy and excited for everyone getting to try it but even if I lived in Ireland I couldn't afford the device. Due...

I wish I could be more helpful but my case is a little confusing because I've been on I think 21 psychiatric medications over the past 15 years and most of them have not helped me at all (this isn't typical, I've been diagnosed "treatment resistant"). I was on Lamictal for almost 10 years I...

Lamictal had no effect on my tinnitus whatsoever. I hope you feel better soon, no matter what you decide!

It's been all over the news in the US, vaping has been banned pretty much everywhere. There have been several deaths. https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/severe-lung-disease.html

Sorry to hear that! Yeah, exactly...I try not to beat myself up about it but boy, I'd do anything to rewind a year. Then again, even if I noticed that it listed a 3% chance of tinnitus I probably would have thought "well that's not likely" and also not understood how truly debilitating tinnitus...

Hi there, I'm really sorry you're going through this. I've had major depression for 20 years and my tinnitus started almost a year ago to the day after starting Wellbutrin. I discontinued it in March and although the ENT said it would fade eventually, I still have it today. I wish I had better...

After a couple weeks of quiet, T has returned after wearing my specially made $1,000 TMJ splint. Learned my lesson about posting successes

Finally some good news--seem to be having success with Nortriptyline. Fingers crossed it lasts.

Just checking in again in case anyone is following--it hasn't been long enough for me to consider myself a "success story" but after a rocky road slowly getting up to 100mg of Nortriptyline, I am experiencing mostly silence most days. Only other change I've made is 1950mg of Turmeric a day, but...

I think these are all good answers. My tinnitus changes very frequently. I can go from having just a low tolerable tone in the morning that I barely notice to a severe screeching hiss that makes me feel suicidal by the end of the day. Normally though I'll have maybe one mild week and then...

Interesting! My therapist (who isn’t an expert on this or anything, but I thought this was an interesting theory) thinks that since I’m now hearing a noise that my brain used to tune out, it’s now also not tuning out all kinds of other noises I previously never noticed. Like with the lights...

Yep, same here! Sometimes I panic thinking I have a new tone, then just turn my head and it's gone.

Yes, it’s interesting! I think some people definitely have triggers but it seems like some don’t as well. It seems that some people have a fairly consistent noise and tone all the time that doesn’t change much but for others it varies due to all kinds of factors. Some people are triggered by...