Recent content by Farah

5 year update - T is the same. I enjoy concerts, travel, etc just wear earplugs if it's very noisy. I hope this can help some of you.

Nearly 3 years since I developed T. So far so good. Lived life normally before Covid. Just made sure to wear earplugs in noisy environments.

Hey, regarding the foam earplugs, please make sure you have them inserted properly, so many on here are not fitting them properly. I read a guy on here saying they were useless and kept falling out of his ears! They are meant to go all the way in with just a little bit sticking out for you to...

Of course we'll all get worse tinnitus with age, we can't avoid that... I was talking about the worry of tinnitus worsening when it is very unlikely to provided you protect in noisy environments. Also, there are many people in my life (not on Tinnitus Talk) who have noise induced tinnitus and...

You will be fine, I think sometimes we get so worked up that stress levels cause our tinnitus to spike along with our 100% focus on it after a loud event. You were only 10 minutes there, all will be okay.

I completely understand the sleep problems. I couldn't sleep either and that always made it 100% worse. But the fact that you got to sleep last night is fantastic. I'm sure within a few weeks the eee will be gone. And don't worry about it getting worse, that never happens, very rare. When I got...

You will be okay. It gets better, you just need to give it time. I was an emotional wreck my first 6 weeks but I can honestly say that it only gets better (provided you protect your hearing and rest your ears). How loud is your tinnitus?

I really believe the eeee noise will go away. I think it was exactly 9 days when it went away for me. I'd say it had been a level 3.5/4 and I was terrified it wouldn't go away. Now I'm a level 1/2. But i think it will, most people I've read about have said the eee is only temporary. I completely...

Yeah it started off as eeeee in my right ear, whilst my left ear felt clogged up. A week later the eeee disappeared and was replaced with a kind of hissing sound and my left ear also has a hiss but can't really hear it it's very low. I'd say about 6 weeks later my T reached it's lowest volume...

Hey @ChrisRA, It gets better. I felt exactly like you when I got my T last year, even with it being so quiet, it still bugged me when my head hit the pillow because it wasn't there before. I was so used to complete silence that this was devastating. Fast forward one year on and I honestly don't...

I've been taking magnesium 375 mg on and off since my tinnitus onset and I find it helps. It might just be placebo but I truly believe in it.

T makes me question everything. Should I go there? should I eat that? is it too loud? did it get worse?. Same questions, different day.

Hi Elfin, First of all, you weren't an idiot. Tinnitus sucks and we're all trying our best to protect our ears but we're also human and want to enjoy our lives. Whether that's meeting friends for dinner or going to a bar for drinks or seeing a movie, I don't think we should give all of those...

I'm really sorry that your tinnitus got louder, I think everyone's tinnitus is different, which makes it really difficult when giving advice etc. Have you tried taking magnesium? I take it (375 mg) when I get a spike or just have anxiety over my tinnitus (even when it's all in my head) and...

I listen to my headphones on a very low volume, max level 3. I wear Sony over ear headphones (MDR-ZX310AP), they're really good and don't cause any spikes. However, I only wear them at home, never while I'm out as you tend to turn up the volume because of the exterior noise. I do miss listening...