Recent content by chaLLas

Dear all, It's me again. I have not been on here for months since I was doing much better... I fought myself back to life over the last months. I was a nervous wreck by the end of 2018 and was afraid of every noise to make my tinnitus worse. I was wearing earplugs even when cleaning the...

When I wear earplugs, I also hear a deep, loud vibrating sound when my mouth is open / my teeth are apart and not clenched. When I clench them, the noise stops. I also can intensify my "electric buzzing head tinnits" with jaw, head and neck movement. The two pure tones in my left and right ear...

Thanks for the advice! I got Xrays of both supposedly carious teeth. I meanwhile had appointments at multiple dentists and they all said there is no cavity to be seen and that there is nothing to do for now. That takes a lot of weight off my shoulders. I will have another appointment on monday...

I also think that tinnitus is primarily caused by hearing loss and that reversing that will quieten tinnitus back down. I guess I'm in that boat because my tinnitus clearly started after an acoustic trauma. Nevertheless I often read about people that got rid of their tinnitus (even if primarily...

May I ask what plugs you are wearing? Do you understand people talking to you, even quietly? I tried Earpeace musician eraplugs, they work great as I can still hear people, but they are irritating my ears after 1 hour already. 3M 1100 or soft foam plugs are very comfortable, but with those I...

OK, that is a good reason for double protection in my opinion. In my opinion, this is a very good sign. Now just don't over-analyse your tinnitus to imply a spike ;) So you also try to reduce protection? Do you normally just have your earmuffs with you for dangerous situations? Where/when do...

I have the X-Rays on CD right next to me. Unfortunately, my laptop at work does not have a CD drive -_- will make some appointments today and sending the pics to @Ed2019 in about 8 hours. Thank you all for supporting me. I will keep this thread updated.

I know exactly how you feel because I am very clumsy and always get into noise accidents also. I will tell you how I try to manage such situations. What I do to calm down is to tell to myself that it is not possible to avoid everything all the time. Such accidents just do happen. You need to...

I will get my X-Rays on CD tomorrow. Then I will send them to @Ed209 and will try to get some more appointments with dentists in my region. There are like 20-30 dentists here. Maybe I need to look for one that is specialized on anxiety patients. Those seem to be the ones that accept the tinnitus...

Thank you Bill, I remember reading through this. Also, I read some other posts where people recommend to use earplugs. I am confused, but since I am a bit sensitive regarding the occlusion effect, I guess I will get it done "unplugged" - unlesss I can find a dentist that uses laser now in a very...

Wow, that is very nice of you, I got my first X-Ray from August last year, which only shows the cavity on one side. I guess it has been still very small in that state. I will see if I can get access to my X-Ray from today. Thank you for offering that to me!

*Update* Have been to my first dentist today. He did another X-Ray and noticed another cavity on the other side. He did some manual work. He was OK with not using power tools like ultrasonic cleaner. But he said he has to use the suction device because he needs to apply medicine to my gums and...

Fear Factory! So sad that tinnitus ruined my chances to ever see them :(

I decided to visit the first dentist, which wants to do the ceramic inlay, and confront him with that the second dentist said (of course in a kind way - I don't want to upset anyone). I will see what he sais about that another dentist did not see any cavity on the x-ray. I now also got the...

Thank you for your reply. I am doing kind of bad since I have not progressed in any way. Im am torn between just getting it done or ask for a third opinion ... I am so afraid of the drilling since my tinnitus still spikes so easy from noise ... and I fear that drilling would be overkill and will...