Recent content by Jim Goose

I was on my way to a much needed ski vacation with my son. I had some brief episodes the two months prior, but then it just went on permanently. I had lost my dog and girlfriend in those two months, and I believe stress plays a role. It’s taken 6 months, but you start having better days, and...

I’ve shot a lot the last years. It has to have some role in my tinnitus. Even though I wore great protection, these days people are firing rifle calibers at the ranges. I went shooting early in the morning last week, I was by myself, and my tinnitus has spiked after 100 rounds. I even spent $...

I thinks it’s the radio that hurts you. The road noise is minimal, but you crank the tunes as a result. I’ve driven for years with LED Zepplin, or whatever at full blast for hours. And I drive a lot. I thinks it’s a huge problem.

Great thread. I’m at month 9. Things got better when I took care of greater health. Exercise, and eating healthy. As a diabetic, I’ve found I get spikes with any bad food. Carbs, fried food etc. I’m not sure what caused my tinnitus, it started with some meds. But I’ve actively shot guns the...

I've been a type 2 for 12 years. I am not overweight and swim a mile per day. But it's taken this long for me to get strict about carbs because of tinnitus. So as I said, I eat a few apples or peaches per day, and generally no carbs two meals a day. So turkey bacon in the AM. Steak, fish, or...

For sure, if I eat too many carbs, or fried food, my tinnitus spikes. I am type 2. If my BS is above 200, it is noticeable. I am usually between 110-170 during the day. I do eat apples and stone fruit for some carbs in the late morning and afternoon. But that’s about all the carbs I consume...

I quit dipping in January and went on the patch. My tinnitus began a week later. Sure there may be other culprits, but I would never go one the patch again. And yes, I dip again. WTH does it matter now.

I am 9 months in. And it has stabilized. I have bad days, but days now where it’s still there, but my mind does not make such a big deal about it. In the beginning, it was all over the place. First two months, off and on, then full time. Those next few months were hell, but know the anxiety of...

I was convinced I had fluid in my ears, (and that clearing it up would fix my tinnitus), but he did the pressure test and said there was nothing in there. And that blowing on my nose 29x a day was adding pressure. I find relief by holding my nose and swallowing. Or yawning. That releases...

Good to hear Holly. I’ts been the anxiety and depression that was the worst for me. I think it’s worn off, and the physical symptoms of tinnitus bothers me less now as a result.

I’ve had that clogged feeling since my tinnitus started full time in March. I was blowing on my nose to equalize my ears, thinking the same as you, Eustachian tubes. Or I should say, hoping, and that as allergy season passed it would go away. The second ENT I saw actually gave me advice...

I hear cicadas, probably between a 3-6, out of 10. Both ears, 24/7. But once I got a hold of my anxiety, I felt better. Recently I dropped Celebrex for my arthritis and it helped. As did my getting blood sugar down. I just focus on my primary health problems. Anxiety being one of them. Avoid...

There are many possibilities, but if any of us knew for sure, my tinnitus would be cured. To each is own, but when Doctors won’t give you more than 5 minutes, then hand you a bill for $250, or an RN prescribes a SSRI without a proper evaluation or listing the warnings, I lose faith. I chose to...

Pay attention to the remarks from people that have had this for years. They live normal lives. Best quote I read was that your happiness may have been a 9 before, and feels like a 0 now, but it will be a 6-7 again, even with tinnitus. I’m 6 months into this nightmare now, and I’m finally...

My tinnitus started when I began Lexapro. There is obviously more to it, possibly TMJ, but Lexapro gave me vertigo. So something screwy was going inside there. Just know, if you start it can be very hard to get off. I know that from taking Zoloft 10 years ago. I’ve had too many bad...