Recent content by messedupmyears

What has helped people with “reactive tinnitus”? It’s more uncommon and I recently heard about it on this forum. I need to do everything I can right now so I can be a functional person with sound mind and body in the future. Any sounds, even running water, cause prolonged spikes in my...

Reactive tinnitus is something I haven’t heard of before but the phrase makes sense, my tinnitus is directly correlating to any and all noise exposure. For example, going to the grocery store, even with sound blocking ear plugs, I’ll notice reductions amount of ringing in my ears after a few...

It’s a bit of both, I would say that the tinnitus definitely increases proportionally with sound exposure, even if it’s something as subtle as running water. The result is tinnitus and pain in the inner ear feeling almost backed up inside despite it being clear. The pressure in my ears is...

For budget reasons, I cannot afford the hard-shell HBOT with oxygen. However, I’ve found some places that offer lower-cost HBOT, which uses only about 25% oxygen instead of 100%. In this case, it would rely solely on the pressure (around 2–2.5 ATA) to potentially relieve symptoms. Would this...

Are stem cells more beneficial for certain types of tinnitus? And is that because it targets a specific area of the hearing unit that isn’t related to hyperacusis? Also any risk involved with trying it?

I’ve read that some people have had stem cell success with regular tinnitus, but if the issue is hyperacusis and the range of hearing is otherwise just fine, there’s just extreme pain and noise sensitivity and tinnitus that increases in tandem with noise exposure, is there any possibility for...

Thanks for the reply. I just went to a restaurant for the first time since this started getting bad and I am a physical wreck right now, there was someone screaming at the bar of the restaurant and it felt like those metal gongs were smashed in my ears... it’s hard to type, find the right words...

I went to a restaurant for the first time since the hyperacusis and noise sensitivity started getting bad, and I’m in terrible agony, it’s gotten 1000x worse, I’m never going to a restaurant again. There was some piece of shit SCREAMING at the bar or the restaurant and I just wanted to punch the...

It’s been terrible at times, completely unbearable to a point where I can’t even describe, but yes I am thankful that I’m able to manage it at times although it never goes away it just sometimes can be rather faint. It hasn’t gone away for a couple weeks now, so I’m starting to lose faith...

Thank you for your reply, I made sure to look at your thread before replying myself. You seem to have a lot of knowledge and experience with this form of tinnitus. I understand your thoughts on not avoiding the sounds of every day life. I personally think that if I don’t seclude myself to a...

I’m unsure what a sleepband is but I’ll make sure to avoid them. I’m sorry to hear that happened to you. I’m most likely going to avoid a fan machine anyways considering the kitchen fan reinvigorates my tinnitus... I really don’t know what type of product I could even use that wouldn’t...

Oooo I was going to get mine on Amazon, basically a random fan machine. Can you elaborate on what to avoid?

I similarly have noise sensitivity that is in tandem with my newly developed tinnitus. Whenever I listen to even one song, or watch a sports game on low volume, it flares up and persists for a while usually until I can meditate it to a lower more manageable level. I’m still working on the...

Hey so I know that I shouldn’t be listening to music at all, but every once in a while I need to listen to low volume music to decompress. It always reinvigorates my tinnitus that is directly in tandem to hyperacusis and noise exposure. Very high pitch, can’t even describe something similar to...

With the tinnitus being around for a little longer I understand my specific case a bit better. The ENT said I have hyperacusis from noise exposure, as I assumed he would say. Whenever there’s noise around me, even if it’s just the playing of a single song, it reinvigorates the tinnitus (high...