Recent content by Marcuso22

A few months ago, I was inside a mechanic shop when the loudest sound I have ever been exposed to went off. The first store manager I spoke with would not tell me what happened, even though he said they have camera footage of the event. He also mentioned that the footage does not include sound...

I'm unable to organize postings from most recent dates to less recent dates posted.

Your 'benzos' may not be making matters worse at all. How much sleep did you average before getting tinnitus? Many people aren't even aware of how many hours of sleep they are getting on average. At the time of your last post, it would have been five months of living with tinnitus. That's...

What do you recommend for people who go to the dentist and need fillings or a root canal? How can you minimize the bone conduction noise so it won't affect one's tinnitus?

This seems to mirror my recent experience. In my apartment block, there is a mini-horn alarm in the bedrooms and another type of alarm in the hallways, which is not as high-pitched. In November 2020, exposure to these alarms caused me to develop severe, permanent tinnitus in both ears. Last...

It sounds like distorted hyperacusis. I get this when my refrigerator compressor is running loud, which is at the very beginning & end phases. The sound amplifies a humming sound in my right ear, which makes it seem as if the refrigerator sound is making a horn-type sound. It's the way reactive...

Lots of factors to consider which makes it more difficult to pinpoint what's happening. From what I've read one can develop TTTS from TMD, anticipatory fear of loud sounds & stress/anxiety. Do you have pulsatile or somatic tinnitus? Have you checked Dr. Silverstein's website? He does surgery...

Were you using the sustain pedal? If so that could be the cause of your problem. I had to stop using the sustain pedal altogether after I ended up with reactive tinnitus. You also should be careful of the decibel levels as they may be too high at times. I couldn't play the piano for many months...

Could you please give us specific insight on what you did to 'treat' your tinnitus & hyperacusis over those 3 years? You simply said that just by being careful you went from extremely troublesome tinnitus & hyperacusis to nearly no tinnitus & hyperacusis over a 3 year period.

The smoke alarm detector went off at my Mom's place a couple weeks ago & I panicked. I ended up going onto a chair to press the reset button in hopes of shutting it off. As I reached forward with my left arm, the damn alarm sounded and hit my left ear like a gunshot. Now my left ear is even...

Do you follow a sleep hygiene regiment? There are also newer pills for insomnia which work differently then what you're taking. Do you use sound therapy during sleep time? There's also Melatonin tablets (and natural way's to increase your Melatonin levels) which help with sleep. Have you seen an...

Some of us, including myself to some extent, who suffer from suicide ideation on here seem to be saying they really suffer from not getting validation from others. This is not unique to severe tinnitus/hyperacusis. For example people who suffer from neuropathy, colitis, IBS, scoliosis...

So first of all you've created this fallacious circular reasoning that since reactive tinnitus presumably was a term which was first introduced online, it therefore has no value. That's an appeal to authority fallacy. In other words, how can a bunch of laymen tinnitus sufferers create a category...

Practically all recognized medical conditions were at one time not recognized by the medical community. Lack of recognition by the medical community is not proof positive that a physical condition does not exist or should be taken with grain of salt. Not long ago the medical community didn't...

I haven't had any consultation with Treble Health but I have watched Ben's YouTube videos for at least the past year. I don't think of him as a conman but he is a businessman who has a successful business. I don't care for his clickbait subject titles but that's what people do on YouTube to...