Recent content by Mellow7

It's been much better lately. After 10 months things started to improve significantly. I also got out of a toxic environment, allowing for better mental health. It really has a lot to do with your mindset and how much you let moderately loud noises scare/affect you. Mind you, I still experience...

Yeah, I probably would have been a bit more assertive if it hadn't been for the fact that I have only just started my first internship at a big firm and the corporate culture demands a lot of dedication. It's only my 3rd month, so I'm still trying to present myself in a professional manner. I...

Yes, nothing I couldn't have been better prepared for though. I had a conference meeting about a week and a half ago. There were some guest speakers who used a microphone. I usually have custom-made earplugs for these occasions, but they fell out of a capsule I have hanging from my keychain...

Hey forum, I'm currently experiencing a bit of a setback (even though I so victoriously announced my 'leaps and bounds' a few weeks ago). Dealing with it a day at a time and recording the evolution of the tinnitus ever so diligently (some people abhor this type of 'obsessive behaviour', however...

That's what I was wondering back then as well. I'm not able to give a definite conclusion though. I still have random bouts of PET (but very mildly - usually limited to hearing my own breath and amplified nasal tones) and have TTTS. I also still have the dysacusis but it fluctuates. There is no...

Hey @New Guy , great to hear from you again. It's been a while. Hope things are treating you well. I have had some experience with 'head T'. It is tinnitus that you cannot attribute to one ear in particular. You know how most signals seem to originate in one of our ears, but sometimes they...

Dear forum members, I would like to take this opportunity to give a small update about my personal circumstances. Tinnitus entered my life quite drastically in January, during exams no less and seeing as I have another exam period coming up, I thought this would be a good time to write about...

Yeah, and it's quite similar to the sound you are describing. I also have a lot of fluctuations (sometimes I go a few days with a 1-2/10). I even recognize the similarity with the somatic T from jutting your jaw haha.. What I find helps me the most is massaging my jaw muscles (perhaps with an...

All my tinnitus tones are intermittent or morse code-type sounds. They used to be quite reactive as well (to white noises such as a running tap or a blowing fan), but this has improved significantly, my perception tells me. While the morse code-tones themselves have not gone away, mine do tend...

I find that an amalgam of cicadas, grasshoppers and crickets work well to alleviate this type of T. When the hissing gets bad try out this vid:

First off, make sure you always use sterile water when rinsing your nasal cavity to prevent nasty infections. Secondly, the popping noise is more likely than not just your ear equalizing pressure, because you unknowingly performed the valsalva maneuver. This is a normal reflex of the Eustachian...

Your spike should settle. It might have been loud, but (ad nauseam) could've sounded louder because your hearing has already become quite sensitive. It couldn't have been used for a prolonged period of time either, I'm sure. Consider phoning a few hairdressers and tell them about your problem...

Same here. I've had a pretty bad track record at the ENT's office myself in the past. I always used to tell myself: "At least I won't be getting tinnitus (after reading about it), since I'm more the studious type and never really go partying". Imagine the joy I felt at 7:30 PM on January 18th of...

I wouldn't make a doctor touch my ears unless my life depended on it. And certainly not when it comes to grommets, which have a bad track record of doing anything positive to tinnitus. I've had them twice in my younger years and I still have ear pressure imbalance issues up until today. I also...

Hello kind folks of TT! As I announce in the title, I feel like I was able to teach my tinnitus a lesson today. Those of you who have seen me post a few times in the last few months, probably noticed I was pretty preoccupied with my exams and concentration problems. My whole world was turned...