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I think asian food from the restaurant because they are notorious for adding monosodium glutamate as flavor enhancer. I noticed a correlation only after I've red a bit on the topic, so it might be just auto-suggestion. Also I've read this article recently...

@Michael Leigh thanks for replying. I have read most of your posts in the beginning (I joined the forum just right after getting tinnitus). I have weeks when tinnitus gets progressively better day by day, can only hear it in the house when the db meter registers about 25-30 dB. Then I just wake...

For the last four months since I have tinnitus it fluctuates a lot without no apparent reason. What did you discover with time that makes your tinnitus worse besides the usual suspects: loud noise, headphones, alcohol, antibiotics, coffee, lack of sleep, stress, sports, etc? From this list I...

Not sure how it's in the US now, as I see you are from LA, but in Europe remote jobs are increasingly popular, at least in Germany and the UK. I actually had to refuse some offers because they were mostly remote. Since my tinnitus is not reactive I feel best in an office setting as the...

I was randomly browsing the forum and saw your question. I know it's not addressed to me, but since I am also a software developer and a tinnitus sufferer, maybe I can answer it as well. I think if your tinnitus is mild - moderate, being a software developer is a very appropriate job, because...

All antidepressants have a long list of side-effects and among these side effects there is usually also tinnitus. However it is a very rare side effect. I felt the need to reply to your post because I think I got tinnitus because of an antidepressant, Lexapro (Escitalopram). However up to this...

All these symptoms you are describing come from anxiety. Unless you are suffering with generalised anxiety disorder, you will get over it. I did feel like this a lot throughout my life and it always gets better. I am not talking about the tinnitus, only about the anxiety associated with it...

I think the OP made a mistake either in his profile or in the post, because he says "I have always been calm, never anxious, never depressed. Boy did that change in April of this year.". The post is from 2018 but the profile says April 2014. When did your tinnitus start @Jamesd

Two months later I still have ear fullness in my left ear (never had it in the right one). It's not better, it's not worse... it sometimes goes away for a couple of hours but it always comes back. I don't notice any hearing loss, no sensitivity to sounds, tinnitus is maybe just a bit better...

What does it mean exactly? That you should take no action regarding your tinnitus, just acknowledge if it's present or not and then go on with life? Or is it something else deeper that I am missing?

Wow... you are very strong person mentally. Thanks for being on this forum, advice from veterans is very much appreciated.

@fishbone I just saw that you've had tinnitus since '88 :(. Does it completely stop for you sometimes? Or did this happen during all these years?

@wonderingwoman My tinnitus also totally disappeared twice, once for a couple of hours and second time for almost 10 hours. It's really disturbing when it comes back because it's so easy to get used to not having it! Someone on this forum was saying something along the lines of (can't find the...

@lymebite Thank you for the document, very informative. It seems they encourage very high dosage though... I want to stop tinnitus and enjoy my day, not be totally knocked out and go to sleep. I think I will pass and wait for habituation to occur naturally :unsure:

I used to take Xanax on bad days, but it did not stop tinnitus, it just took the edge off, and I didn't care about tinnitus for the next couple of hours, something like instant habituation. @Michael Leigh Is there something specific in Clonazepam that makes it stop tinnitus? I would like to...