Recent content by Matthew231

The reason why I'm kicking myself is cause I knew about tinnitus, I've had some very mild tinnitus for a while now, ever since my ear problems started kicking in around Middle School. It's just that this recent irrigation has thrown it totally out of wack. I'm hoping this is just an extended...

The thing that drives me crazy is that it doesn't increase significantly in volume with background noise, it just seems to increase in step with background noise to maintain the same volume, which in a way is actually more irritating than reactivity because it doesn't feel like reactivity.

Yea I'm 20 and I don't want to have to live like this. It's completely screwing me over too because I need to go for an internship by next summer and Idk how I'm supposed to function at an interview like this. I'm hoping my ENT can provide some answers but I'm kinda doubting it. It feels better...

Bro I'm kicking myself because if I just hadn't been a fucking idiot and went and got that cleaning all because of some stupid idea that I could improve my hearing without messing anything up. I was on a full 3 ish years with zero ear problems man.

Only good thing I suppose is that it could be worse if it was acoustic trauma induced.

@EternalRinging I'm also seriously hoping mine is because of ETD because if not then it's probably permanent and that would fucking suck since I'm in Sophomore year at Uni. I already had ETD before it (left ear couldn't pop and was kinda sorta feeling clogged) so I'm hoping the irrigation just...

Hmm that's interesting, I'm sorry you have to deal with this, the past month+ has been hell for me. I can find ways to distract myself but it's just constantly there man.

Also @EternalRinging did you have any other complications before the irrigation? The reason why I think mine could be ETD related is because my left ear doesn't pop and my hearing is muffled. I also hear like crackling sounds when I chew, all of which are ETD symptoms.

Yea so I stopped using Flonase and it seems to have calmed down. I can't get into an ENT until mid July at the earliest and my PCP keeps screwing up the referral papers. I'm taking another crack at it on Monday...

I'm actually unsure if I have sound reactivity, or if it is just me noticing the tinnitus in situations with more background noise because it doesn't seem like I'm experiencing symptoms typical of sound reactivity ngl.

The main thing that's killing me with mine is that I can hear it in basically most situations. It's at a pitch where not many things can mask it, if it would just not appear during the day I'd be basically back where I was before this.

Similarly to your case, mine didn't really start up until about 1-2 days after the fact. I'm hoping that it's an ETD related thing but tbh I'm not 100% certain.