Recent content by Margrietje

Hi guys, I’m on vacation with some friends in a rather busy ski village. Most restaurants here are pretty noisy, but my friends don’t mind if I put my earmuffs on. The problem is that although I try to pick soft food to avoid crunching, I do feel the occlusion effect a little when chewing...

When I had a "busy" day (lower threshold than the average person without tinnitus of course), I just can't. After a day of regular, non-noisy activities though, I can and I enjoy it. My boyfriend is very understandable, so I'm lucky that it doesn't affect my relationship too much.

Well, a lot of people here are frequently talking about ototoxic substances. Just want to avoid any of that.

I've read some older threads here, but it seems to me that the answers were all very different. I thought, let's give it another try in 2021. So I'm 21 years old, and thanks to homeopathy I "manage" my tinnitus quite well (I do have spikes sometimes, but on an everyday basis I hear a...

I’d say it’s a 2, and a 6 when I’m tired. I’ve been hearing noise for 5 years now, it became quieter like two days after taking the pills.

I’m doing fine physically as long as I’m not too tired. I still struggle with every day sounds though, it’s like a full time panic disorder. Or are you asking about something more specific?

How are you doing now?

Hi! It’s been a while. One week ago I got diagnosed with Ménière’s. The ENT said that the problems I still struggled with (sudden deafness and echo in an ear or other forms of disturbances) + the pressure tests were enough to give me the diagnosis. My balance has never been the best, but I...

I had to Google Visual Snow first, but hey you freaked me out o_O Two days ago, in the evening, I suddenly saw a lot of “floaters” (got that word from one of the Visual Snow images on Google) in the edges of my field of vision. It was temporary though, but the coincidence with your comment! I...

Fine, really. It's not always quiet in my ears, but I can say it's pretty much gone 95% of the time. After all these years I am still struggling terribly with my anxiety disorder though. Busy places terrify me, I am still worried that the initial beep will come back / get worse. But physically...

I’m really glad that I helped at least one person by sharing my story. Because I’m still quite easily scared, I’m currently on a more psychological mission. I’m currently working with a therapist, and I consider hypnosis too. Physically I’m still better than ever. I wish you all the best!

Sorry I didn’t respond to those asking for the pills: I hadn’t checked the website due to my exams. I see the thread has been posted. I definitely suffer from phonophobia, even now that the tinnitus is gone. I’ve always been scared to worsen it, right now I’m scared to “activate” it again... I...

Hi everyone! It's probably a little bit paranoid, but there's no harm in asking: my dishwasher beeps five times when it switches off. I often turn it off a few seconds before the beeping will begin. A bad habit, you might say. Anyway, I'm not always keeping track of time and sometimes I will...

Ah come on, bad timing man. He certainly did a good job with the extra protection, even though you can’t literally add up the two. His ears will have been the safest possible. BBakers, kop op, makker! Those other people had nothing but their fingers to protect their ears, and this situation...

Hi! I don’t feel comfortable sharing this old doctor’s information with strangers. I don’t even know where you live. He probably doesn’t speak English, and I’m very afraid he will be spammed because his information was shared. Especially because he didn’t intend to treat my ears, he just...