Recent content by PebblesForNow

Thanks! I already use Flonase, but I hadn't heard of this XHANCE. The delivery system seems like it could really help my ETD issues. Much appreciated!

Hi Bill - Did the fullness leave all at once, or did it fade gradually over days/weeks toward the end of the 6 months? Anything you did that helped, other than giving it time?

Thanks. Yeah, I know to be careful with how much time I spend around here. I got my original tinnitus back in 2011, which was very severe and intrusive. I used to read here a lot then. Although it was helpful to feel less alone with what I was going through, it was also easy to become super...

Hi Benjaminbb, Did you do anything to help the fullness improve, other than give it time? Did you also have crunching/clicking type ETD sounding issues? I have sudden fullness following a recent unexpected noise event (accidentally had phone on speaker phone at highest volume and placed up to...

I do think both can happen even after 3 years. The first year was the worst for me, but I still got a lot of improvement after that, which happened gradually over time.

Things will level out. The heat will get turned down again.

From experience, I can tell you that time is likely to both reduce the reactivity and severity as well as change how you perceive it/care about it. Luckily, our brains get bored easily, so they can learn to care less and less about things they have become accustomed too. Hang in there!

Jane - Sorry you are still dealing with this, but it is less isolating to hear from someone with the same experience (it is quite odd to try to explain to anyone, obviously). I think the trip I mentioned above also had my senses on high alert, like you mention. Take care!

Hi Marin - Would you be willing to describe what your musical tinnitus was like? Was it constant or intermittent? Glad it went away for you!

Hi Jane, Sorry to hear it has not really improved for you. I have had regular (severe, but the normal "EEEEEEE" type) tinnitus since 2011, but this musical tinnitus/musical hallucinations started after a long 2-day road trip returning from vacation. I wore double hearing protection because the...

Will do. You’ve got this, Travis Henry. One day at a time.

I totally understand. I have been there too. I don’t even like to think about those times because they were so dark and incredibly hurtful. I used to say literal prayers all day long to die, get hit by a truck, etc. - just anything to have it end but without hurting my family by hurting myself...

Hi Leeroy - Hang in there. Been there many times. It will settle down again. The hardest part is, when it is this bad, anything anyone suggests in terms of how to pass the time/divert your focus will seem pointless or impossible (at least that is always how I feel in those times). But...