HopeForAll96

I have experienced the same things yall are and still do to a extremely bad state now. Please don't listen to anyone's advice to keep exposing to sound to make it better. Michael Ls advice saying there is no such thing as reactive T & noxacusis got me fuked when I still had a liveable level.

Time , quiet and no meds are the only way for anyone with unstable Tinnitus.

@HopeForAll96 I am like you. So sorry. I also want my old T back. Long shot chance. Would you know if you have Gilbert’s syndrome. Fairly benign condition that causes elevated levels of bilirubin in your blood. You could have it and don’t know. Elevated levels of bilirubin can damage the auditory nerve.

Also, are you sensitive to foods? Anything with salicylates spikes my tinnitus. Moving my neck, clenching my teeth, applying slight pressure to the right side of my head. You have any of this?

probably an unpopular theory, but I am convinced snoring can cause T. My T was not from a concert, but thinking back to it more, my tenants at the time period when my T came about, I heard them snoring from my floor every night for hours for 30 days. There were a combinations of other factors, but I think snoring is loud enough to cause noise trauma the more I think about it.

@crescentsky So do I sleep without ear muffs? There are going to be noises while I sleep like someone using the shower or occasional airplane.

I have a neighbor and his car wakes up the entire neighborhood. I brought heavy duty black-out curtains that seems to cut out some of the noise. Also birds too. I think ear muffs can also cause sound sensitivity but don't quote me. lol. This disease is unpredictable.

Took me a year to see improvement on that front

@Hardwell Did it also kept getting worse?

@Hardwell I am past my one year mark :-(

Same - same - same!!!!!!

Always protect. Forcing through anything is extremely dangerous

I doubt that.

I know everyone is different. Hyperacusis is the brain saying "sounds hurt" so to retrain your brain that noises don't hurt, is to slowly and gently reintroduce yourself to sound again. Do it at safe levels for you. Ginger tea and tumeric homemade tea for pain and inflammation. I had bad H and still have slightly reactive T. Simple noises can over do it. Do it safely and slowly. You'll be okay.

Don't over protect but protect for small amounts throughout the day. Expose yourself to low level sounds for 10 mins a day and keep going. This is the hyperacusis therapy given by the University of Michigan that I used.

@HopeForAll96 - I could have written everything you have said. This one the most. I cannot wear hearing protection. The sound of my T is deafening with it on. I had to use sound therapy 24 hours a day. Even though it hurt a little I had to use it. Now my T is worse then ever and sound therapy burns my ears. May God please help all of us.

How do you sleep with them on? My T sounds as loud as you can imagine with them on. It would not be possible for a human to listen to it and not go insane.

Meds are poison and does nothing to heal the body

Overprotecting can make H worse.

Yes. Make sure you keep your ears clean from infection and keep your protection clean as well.

Earplugs can definitely irritate the skin in the ear canal. Custom molded earplugs will help prevent irritation. I recommend them if you wear earplugs regularly.

How's it been?

I often have earaches after wearing ear plugs for too long.