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Last time I was in the dentist office they had a treasure chest for little kids and they had balloons in it. Two kids were blowing them up and letting the air escape with this high pitch noise. I just had to bear it because there was no place to go. Never in my lifetime would I ever think I had...

I am on month five of my T. I have the same problem. It ramps out when the noise is too loud. At a concert you can put in the earplugs and still hear ok but you can't talk to anyone as you think you are talking loud or normal when you are actually whispering. There are so many unexpected things...

Jessiev94 My T ramps up as the day goes on. I think it's normal stress as that seems to ramp it up. So in the AM I have switched to decaf. I wear earplugs when I use my hair dryer or go to concerts or loud movies. At night it is louder but I will have a drink cuz it helps me sleep and it does...

Sorry you have T. I find distraction during the day helps. I used to love a quiet bedroom to sleep but that's gone. My T is a static type noise. So I use a sound machine on rain mode and have the fan on. I was reading to pick a sound that's different than your ear sound so your brain doesn't...

Do you take the amitriptyline in addition to zopicolne?

Is your T 24/7 just varying in loudness

Not much rhyme or reason why it decides to ramp up in volume especially when you can be at home in a quiet environment.

It does help if you can stay busy in spite of this mental anguish.

I just had my 2 month anniversary of T. Sitting in church and got a loud static noise in my ear and still there 24/7. It does vary in loudness and I kept a journal but can find no rhyme or reason to why it gets better why it gets worse except for the fact that anything too loud can ramp it up...

Does any one find that weather affects their T? Here in Michigan on humid or damp days the T does spike. Does anyone find that loud noise affects T? I was at a graduation ceremony and the lady next to me clapped and yelled the whole time. I like noise for distraction because if I put in earplugs...

The T is awful. Distraction helps when you are out with people. Sure at home I can turn the TV up but the noise is in my head so I am having a hard time masking it. Hard to believe in this day and age there is not much help out there. It seems so cut and dry. You go to on doctor and he says too...

It makes you wonder why some people get it and some don't. Like why doesn't every musician get T. Why do only 40% of returning war vets get it. Why do some get it for no reason. What made you decide to stop all meds? Were you frightening to go back to T?

It's hard to find a common thread. At first I journaled my T to figure out what to avoid and after 2 months I quit doing that because I can have good days for no reason and bad days for no reason. I do find concerts or the movies or noisy restaurants make it spike. Even sometimes any shrill...

I forgot I could be addressing people who have addictive personalities. My doc gave me xanax but I only took one in a month. I felt it was good to have a safety net and try not to use it but you all make a good point.

Elvail (Amitriptyline) works excellent for me. Been on it for nerve pain for 8 years then 2 months ago I got T but it is still helping me sleep and when it doesn't I have a 5mg xanax for a back up and I only had to use that once in 2 months cuz Amitriptyline works Other things are a glass of...