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  • kingsfan
    Tried Zoloft, very low dose 12.5mg, for 3 days and it is a no go. Gotta find something to help with my depression.
    MBH
    I take lithium carbonate small dose, been on it for 3 years. It's hit or miss with meds.
    kingsfan
    left ear is definitely worse now. got used to watching tv with it, but now I'm struggling with it again. It's mind numbingly loud.
    aura
    What kind of sound?
    Leila
    And just when you think you've managed to regain one of your little comforts of life... I hope your ear will calm down again because I know how frustrating it is to cut out more and more of the things that you like from your life.
    kingsfan
    @aura straight square wave tone.. one at 4000hz, the other at 6000hz. So loud it feels like they are going to blow out of the side of my head.
    kingsfan
    Got the haircut today. Man was the place loud. My apple watch showed 83dba at times. I only had my dinky 11nrr earplugs in.
    LilCC
    @kingsfan have you tried them remote wall plugs ? I use it for my blender. I close the door and use the remote In another room to turn it on. They sell them on Amazon.
    kingsfan
    That's actually a really good idea. I have some philips hue outlets I could use.
    kingsfan
    Such a good idea. thanks for that one!
    Damocles
    Good thinking @LilCC.

    I do the same thing (just in a more primitive fashion) by running an extension cable to my blender under the kitchen door. Then just leave the blender powered on until I've left the room, put my ear defenders on and can flip the switch.
    kingsfan
    Thinking about returning that coffee grinder. 83dba every morning, even with double protection is just giving me anxiety.
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    kingsfan
    You drinking the maxwell house? coffee is like my last remaining pleasure so I'd like to keep drinking my gourmet beans.
    Brian P
    Can't drink coffee. Increases my anxiety
    kingsfan
    @Brian P I'm fine as long as I drink the right amount to feed my addiction. Any more than that and I do get anxiety from it as well.
    kingsfan
    I did a lot of vacuuming today. My watch measured around 88-90dba. I wore foam nrr 32 foam earplugs and peltor x5a muffs. Did I do damage?
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    kingsfan
    @xyz yea mine is a powerful commercial one with a bag and hepa filter to get rid of all that nasty shit that flairs up my asthma
    Exit
    Electrolux ultra silence is a good and cheap vacuum!
    On hardwood it sucks decent even on 30% power. I only muff because the mouth piece might slam the walls.
    kingsfan
    @Exit I will look it up
    kingsfan
    Getting a haircut on Monday. The first time since T started. Any advice on protecting the old earholes?
    Wrfortiscue
    I got a haircut a couple days ago. Earplugs and told them to trim without hitting the ears if they could
    Exit
    I just take a pair of scissors and grab hold of hair, front , sides and back. 4 cuts!
    No protection:)
    kingsfan
    @Exit I've been cutting my own hair since covid started, but it's time for a professional to undo all the wrong I've done.
    kingsfan
    Was just playing guitar through my DAW and monitor speakers and got a little bit of pain in my ear. That has never happened before.
    Wrfortiscue
    What did the pain feel like? Inner ear aching sharp pain?
    kingsfan
    @Wrfortiscue have you ever worn foam plugs for too long and got an achy feeling in your ear canal by your jaw? Felt like that. It was a quick sensation then went away. Wondering if it was the sound or I tensed up somehow causing pain to radiate there.
    kingsfan
    I've got a bottle of cymbalta and a bottle of Zoloft. I may have to start one of them.
    DebInAustralia
    did you ever try cymbalta? i have been speaking to someone on another platform who says it practically eliminates his t
    kingsfan
    No, I tried the zoloft with no success. I've tried cymbalta before tinnitus and the side effects were so severe I couldn't make it past the first day. I'm kind of wary to try it again.
    kingsfan
    can't handle this new squealing sound. worried it's permanent.
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    kingsfan
    @Wrfortiscue ultra high pitched EEEeeeEEEeee sort of thing. Just started out of the blue Sunday evening.
    kingsfan
    Right now it sounds like a bad serpentine belt on a car only higher pitched.
    Wrfortiscue
    Sorry man let's hope it calms a bit and maybe you can shrug it off eventually. I don't know, there's no advice worth giving :( you'll get through buddy
    kingsfan
    Crazy how even the slightest change in sound or volume can send the limbic system into overdrive.
    Wrfortiscue
    For real. We don't like change because we have to scan and assess all over lol
    kingsfan
    @Wrfortiscue Yea I'm having a spike, but it's barely louder than my baseline but it's just messing me up in every way. like wtf?
    Wrfortiscue
    @kingsfan we don't like change, especially to
    Habituate. Now if my god awful buzzsaw can go away…
    kingsfan
    Hello
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    kingsfan
    @Stacken77 Having a setback? Were you doing better before or has it just been bad for you for a while now? I haven't really been on here for a couple months.
    Stacken77
    @kingsfan Nah mate, it's just been crap for 9 months with some severe reactivity. Getting spikes from moving the bed sheets. But it hasn't gotten even worse, so I guess that's good. ;)
    kingsfan
    @Stacken77 I'm really sorry to hear that. I'm glad you are not getting worse though. I think you are much stronger than I.
    kingsfan
    Someone trying to tell me acoustic reflex test is only 70db
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    Kriszti
    Kriszti
    I got tested when I only had my on/off low hum, got other possible causes, but a week later my bilateral T started. It may have started earlier, but I could have been preoccupied with the low hum. I had never had high ringing before. Also, nothing of diagnostic value was shared with me about the ART. I wish I had never done it.
    kingsfan
    @Kriszti We are in the same boat then. My tinnitus was bad, but not too bad before the test. Wish I had never went. The test was all for nothing as well. I didn't know the results will show the decibel level. I may try and call for a copy of the results, though I'm not sure I could control my anger with them.
    kingsfan
    Having a lot of fleeting increases in tinnitus today. What does it all mean?
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    kingsfan
    @aura my ears have been taking turns clogging up too. Maybe it is the weather or allergies or something. I also need to try replacing all of my down bedding with synthetic.
    aura
    I don't know, man...i've been doing just fine all my life and suddenly i'm allergic to bed sheets...maybe it's the age. After you turn 40 you become allergic to life.
    kingsfan
    @aura starting the counter at 953 days then >_<
    kingsfan
    Forgot to take my Nortriptyline last night and am feeling better today, knock on wood.
    kingsfan
    And now the fun of trying to get all my asthma meds refilled before my health insurance runs out.
    kingsfan
    what do I have to do to get these pure tones to change into anything else. do I need more hearing damage? I'll do anything
    kingsfan
    Another eye infection. Here we go again. Going to hold off on the neomycin drop, and see if my body can clear it up on it's own.
    kingsfan
    Left ear feels terrible. Just feels... wore out. I don't know how to describe it. clogged and heavy. I dont know what I did.
    kingsfan
    Left started spiking really bad in the car. So loud it's making me nauseous. It's blairing over my usual masking sound.
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