Recent content by Optigirl19

I'm sorry that you cannot sleep. I've been there and it is truly awful. I feel for you, I truly do. Just hang on. I promise you it will get better. You've only had it for a about a week, so odds are that it will go away. I had mine for about 2 weeks before it left. And right before it left, I...

You'll be okay. I had this too. In fact I think I probably still do have it. But it's gotten to the point where I can't hear it anymore. Either because it's quiet or because I've habituated to it. Trust me, my whole body used to feel like it was vibrating. Once your brain stops focusing on...

Hello everyone. If you were active on this site a month ago, you would have seen me fretting in the support thread about having developed terribly intrusive tinnitus from a concert. I was inconsolable, worried that I would never hear silence again. Looking back now, it's all but a bad dream...

Thank you for your advice. I have been trying to slowly reintroduce louder noise into my environment, at a reasonable rate of course. And nothing too loud. So this is reassuring. I just feel anxious and jumpy sometimes because I fear I may be doing damage by exposing myself to certain sounds.

Thanks for your reply, Michael. I'm relieved that I haven't accidentally ruined my progress. So I can use earplugs near traffic? Great. I will admit that my hypercausis has calmed down a decent amount now, which is reassuring. I'm glad I'm moving in the right direction. Experiencing another...

My tinnitus has been decreasing drastically over the past few days to the point where it's gone from a 10/10 to a 1/10. However this morning I woke up to a loud spike in one ear and now it's at about 3-4. I was outside yesterday for a few hours, and I had to endure the loud traffic sounds. I...

Lane - thank you. I appreciate your cautious words here. I have personally resolved never to take any more risks with my hearing. I've thrown my ear buds out and have purchased earplugs to ensure I don't so any more harm to my ears. It does look like I am unfortunately susceptible to tinnitus...

Thank you, I sure hope so. I've been freaking out for the past few days...

Hi, almost missed you! I have that too, but it's not exactly what I have in mind when I think of this. To me this is far more disturbing. Thank you though.

Hi, you had MES ? I'm experiencing that right now. How long did it take to go away for you and what did you do?

For the past few days I've been hearing what I can only describe as a low droning sound that sounds like it's coming outside. As if someone is running a generator outside my window. I've been hearing it everywhere. I don't think anything triggered it, just came out of nowhere. Happened the last...

Thanks Bill. However now I'm hearing sounds that don't sound like regular tinnitus. They sound totally external. What could this be??

Is this normal? My normal tinnitus has declined significantly. But now I'm hearing a what sounds like an engine going off, a random assortment of bass tones, and recently, bells. Yes, bells, like the chime from my living room clock when it strikes each hour. These all sound like they are coming...

Thanks for your response. Noises don't cause physical pain per say, they just cause my tinnitus to spike wildly. Like the sound would be accommodated by a loud, harsh hisss. Sometimes it would make me slightly dizzy.