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I'm terrified I've made my tinnitus worse. @billie48 - do you have any advice?

Hi all, 2 week update. I'm not really any better. I've seen an audiologist who tested up to 8 kHz and says my hearing is normal. GP suspects middle ear fluid, but I still think the cause was the noise on the bike. GP has given me a course of antibiotics which I am halfway through, and am no...

Hi all, Bit of an update. I thought yesterday things may have been getting very slightly better. I was distracted from it quite a lot yesterday. Last night I put the fan on in the bedroom, on what I thought was a low setting. I woke up after around 1 hour and the ringing was extreme. I was...

Hi @Robin21, thanks again for your message. I agree - I also think it's quite strange, but then it did seem quite loud. I'm slowly coming to the conclusion that the ear plugs must have not been in perfectly, or been misaligned a bit when I put my helmet on. I know that when I took my helmet off...

Thanks very much for your message, very kind of you. Wow, a Bonny... very nice! I have a 2005 Suzuki SV650s. It's not that loud really, and I'm certain it was the wind noise. It's crazy really, it's my first bike and I think I must have ridden it in total 8-10 times, normally just slow speed...

I think that threads like this one give me a bit of hope: Tinnitus After Riding Motorcycle on Freeway I'm just hoping that he went a bit quiet on his thread because he got better. By the way, I'm not sure if it's relevant or not, but I'm 32 years old.

Hi @Eddee, This is a great story to hear. It gives me hope that I can get used to mine too. Thanks.

Thanks for this. As I say, I think my days on the bike are over, so yes, it's going to be sold. Thanks.

Thanks for this. It's appreciated. I am trying my best to rest my ears. I am not wearing headphones. I'm wearing ear plugs whenever I suspect a loud sound may occur, including around my young son just in case he lets out a scream. The extractor fan was on above the hob in the kitchen last night...

Hi, I'm glad you're feeling a bit better today, think we've got to take better days as a bit of a blessing at the moment. This is my first week, yes it's horrible. I feel a bit daft as I know people on here have been suffering for years or decades, but I guess a bit like most of us newbies, I'm...

Hi @kingsfan - thanks for your message, it's really kind of you and very helpful. I don't blame you for thinking about a bike - I would describe it as being as close to flying as you can be without leaving ground... sounds really corny/cheesy but it's great fun. Thinking those days are sadly...

Yes the wait list for dentists is crazy at the moment, I'm guessing there's still a backlog of patients and problems from lockdown. I've never had private dental work, apart from braces when I was a kid, but if there's one thing that I think could definitely be better private it would be...

@ShaunR, I don't know what else to say but thank you so much for your thoughtful responses. It really feels like I'm being listened to, so thank you for being so kind. You're completely right, I'm doing exactly as you said, if I don't notice it for a moment, I almost eagerly check to see if...

Hi @ShaunR, thanks very much for your message, it's much appreciated - I was hoping a fellow rider would respond. I hope you are having an OK day. And thanks for saying I shouldn't blame myself - I'll try not to, though ultimately if I'd just taken the car last week I wouldn't be here. I...

Hi @NowhereFast. I hope you are doing OK today? I think it's great that you've come back to do an update, so many threads just seem to end with no sense of progress. I'm really sorry to read that your tinnitus hasn't improved that much - have you seen any improvement at all? I'm...