Recent content by HCR123

Yes. I got it tested because of that So knows if I would have gotten T anyway without the test. Might have been headed toward it. I was pretty stressed out at that time. Mine was a low hiss/static that was barely audible. Now it's the classic EEEE. I hear it louder when plugs or muffs are on...

I know the feeling re: car radio...I think I went a couple weeks like that. I also felt that people's voices were distorted with different sounds. And yes, you think it will be like that forever. Since we suffer from anxiety and depression it's easy for our thoughts to go there instead of...

Getting better...I remember early when I felt good and that beep aggravated the hell out of me! Ugh! It was cuz of the H that it annoyed me. When your ears feel full from time to time I think it's some H you are experiencing...over time it's not as bad but sometimes some noises can feel like...

I have the ones in black in my car for when I ride to and from work or long distance to my family's place. They look slightly larger than noise cancelling head phones. A few more months in and you'll be doing well. You are headed in the right direction. I always forget to tell myself this...

I remember how time seemed to slow down for myself as well. It's awful at the beginning. I'm dealing with intensity now and trying to distract myself. I think looking for it is the hardest part to overcome. I had stopped doing this when I felt habituated. Now I find myself constantly tuning...

Yes, I think definitely a spike....just hadn't had one this intense in a while. I can almost 'feel' it ringing or buzzing in my head. It's all day as opposed to evening only. I just keep telling myself my anxiety is getting the better of me and that it can subside like the other spikes in the...

So I have almost hit 5 months since my onset of tinnitus on 11/30/17. I know many here have had it much longer, much louder than I, and have done very well. I was finally coping and getting used to the sound. It would only be audible late at night after a day of noise or after having alcohol...

My onset of tinnitus and hyperacusis came as a result of the first two tests on this list. Prior to this I had a daily fleeting tinnitus for like 7-10 days. If I had known then that this could create tinnitus and hyperacusis, I would never have gone in for a 'routine' test. I winced in pain...

I don't know if it's my anxiety and I'm paying attention more to my voice, or it's the H after my spike from the dental cleaning I had done. It seems like when I talk the vibrations from the bass seem to sound a little bit tinny...not too bad but just a bit off...I just want to be at peace with...

Hey @greatFox I was going to post about my experience, but thinking back to when I started hearing weird noises, I think this is why. I also had a dental cleaning about 10 days ago, went to dinner and wore plugs...had some slight acid reflux...that evening I noticed that if I tilted my head...

Being a recent recipient of the lovely gift of T and H, I can't sleep more than 3 hours straight before I wake up. I'm trying the following to get me through the night: -Using pink noise from a youtube channel on my phone -Bought a Lectrofan to listen to white noise just under the sound of T...

Going to bed when my body tells me it's exhausted instead of when I want to. Using pink /white noise Lectrofan just below the T while sleeping Wearing ear plugs when I'm driving a long distance or when I'm out for lunch or dinner and it gets noisy Use .25-.5mg clonazepam in the T evenings...

Evening spikes higher than usual... Me sounds of late. Hoping my H resolves soon and T stabilizes.

Hey Luman, Did the crackling subside or did the warm compresses and breathing steam work? I feel as if I have a bit of that now. I may use a bit of Flonase. I was taking allegra D before.

I was looking for a thread on reactive tinnitus and came across this most recent one, so I'll post here instead of staying a new one. My symptoms are very much like the OP so you have my sympathies. My T started at the end of Nov when I went to an audiology test. The frequencies in the test set...