Recent content by Smartone202

It has been just over five months since that fateful night that caused the spike that changed my life. Unfortunately, not much has changed since my last update, though things are at least a little better than they were in the early stages. My anxiety over the spike has calmed down a lot, and in...

Thank you for sharing your story. It is very similar indeed. I see that you are eight months into your current spike and still struggling a lot with concentration. I am curious, has there at least been some upward trajectory in terms of the noise calming down here and there? Here is an update...

Update - A little over 3 months later: Things started to improve slightly about three weeks ago. The spike-related high-pitched head buzz or tea kettle sound is no longer constant, which is a huge relief. While it is still present on a relatively frequent basis, I estimate it has gone from...

Thank you for your kind words. I hope that one day, sooner rather than later, I can get back to living the way I did for the last four and a half years before this disaster happened. It’s amazing how much I took it for granted, especially considering everything I went through with tinnitus years...

If I’m being honest, my week isn’t going well at all. I’ve only slept well one day this entire week (and, of course, my tinnitus was lower that day—I’ve noticed that good sleep seems to help). The other days have still been a struggle. I’m really trying to stay strong, but I can’t tell if I’m...

I’m sorry things haven’t improved to the level you’d hoped by now. That said, try to keep reminding yourself that you’ve been on an upward trajectory. From what I’ve seen in many cases, it often takes longer than a few months for things to heal and for the volume to settle down. If it helps...

Thank you for your response. You seem very knowledgeable about tinnitus and spikes. I do have somewhat significant hearing loss in my tinnitus-affected ear, which was diagnosed years ago. I have always had a slight hereditary loss in that ear since birth, confirmed by many hearing tests as a...

Over two months later, still suffering. It has now been two months since my spike began on August 31, 2024, and I am still dealing with what I can only describe as a “head buzz” noise on top of my regular, baseline tinnitus. I’ve had a few days back at baseline during all of this, which has...

Hey, @PDodge! I remember you. We had somewhat similar stories. I’m glad to hear you’re doing better. I was doing well for years, too, but I made the mistake of risking my ears by going in front of loud music. I got cocky, and now I’m paying for it with the worst spike I’ve ever experienced. I’m...

The problem is that I can't get used to what's happening in my head right now. It needs to calm down because living like this long-term is not sustainable.

I am a 40-year-old male looking for serious support and help. I've been dealing with tinnitus in my left ear since July 2018. After about a year, the noise subsided somewhat, partly due to habituation. It was a nightmare on and off, to say the least. Since then, I've managed to get on with my...

Day 4 post MRI/MRA - zero relief. Really struggling now. Depressed. Just wanted to go home from work today and do absolutely nothing after a brutal day at work listening to SCREAMING tinnitus most of the time. I've been here before though, but this is still brutal. If my past spikes were any...

Years ago I had an MRI and MRA without contrast of the head. Now I am going forward with what I'm viewing as a last ditch effort to try and see if anything at all can be found with regards to my regular (and pulsatile) tinnitus with both an MRI and MRA with contrast of both the head AND the...

It's been 3 years living with on and off pulsatile tinnitus (on top of my regular tinnitus) and I feel the time has finally come for me to try and take more action. I feel inspired reading these threads that claim pulsatile tinnitus is NOT regular tinnitus and can be diagnosed and treated. I am...

I do believe this to be true to at least some extent. For me, I have absolutely realized that there is a link between my bad tinnitus episodes/phases and alcohol. For most of the Summer I barely drank and didn't experience any tinnitus hell. Then over the course of the last month though the only...