Recent content by Roosevelt DuPree

Sometimes it's hard to separate my tinnitus from my hyperacusis, like they're this intertwined sound and feeling, a kind of synesthesia.

"Just keep going / No feeling is final." -Rilke

Ahhhh tinnitus: The Music Of The Spheres...

Hyperacusis is said to affect 1 in 50,000 people. I should go buy a few lottery tickets...

Trying and failing to make regular people (friends, family, etc.) understand what tinnitus and hyperacusis are like.

H & T had been getting better, then a loud noise (an accidentally dropped pan) in my kitchen last night set me back. I feel like Sisyphus...

I ended up trying the Prednisone - I cautiously began with 20 mg and, even with that initial dose, did not dig the way it made me feel (anxious, panicky, with tinnitus insanely loud), so I immediately discontinued it. (So much subjectivity in terms of what works for people - we're all different...

Thanks for reading & for the posts, guys. I went to the ENT / audiologist yesterday. Nothing revelatory there: My hearing's a-ok and, as previously, the doctor had no advice for how to treat, address, or deal with tinnitus and hyperacusis. (He was a nice, eccentric guy, though- he told me all...

Hey there Eleanor89- Kind thanks for the follow. Yes, it seems we are fellow psychotherapists-with-tinnitus :) What a strange - and busy - time (Covid-19) to be in this profession! (I have worked from home the past 2 years and counting, only "meeting" with people over Zoom / telephone. Looking...

"Do you hear me? Do you feel me? We gon' be all right!" -Kendrick Lamar

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - Ian Maclaren

@Lane, thanks so much for your thorough and insightful reply, as well as for the information re: the spike protein / serrapeptase!

"Perhaps everything terrible is, in its deepest being, something helpless that wants help from us." - Rilke

Thanks so much for your thoughts and prayers, guys! Evidence that COVID-19 causes spikes in tinnitus & hyperacusis for some people is beginning to pile up. It's mysterious, though, as to why. This is such a strange virus that has wide and varied effects on people's nervous systems... In...

After getting COVID-19 2 weeks ago, I have experienced a major spike in my tinnitus & hyperacusis. I consulted with my physician (he spoke with me for literally four minutes - I timed it) and he prescribed Prednisone (40 mg loading dose, then an 8-day taper), because "it's worth a shot...