Recent content by TomPearson

Hey Guys, I came back to these forums to try and help others out, however ever since doing that it has caused my tinnitus to spike and this is undoing all the hard work I put in habituating the first time, unfortunately, I'm going to have to stay away from boards like this as it does me no good...

I'm pretty sure that whatever part of the brain that causes T, probably has another function other than just causing tinnitus. If it could be isolated and destroyed this way, then there is no way it wouldn't effect something else.

Wouldn't recommend it, there is still hope for you that it will go away, however, this could make it permanent.

We will hold you to this...

I've never heard of amantadine however after googling "amantadine" and "ototoxicity" there are many results. Ototoxicity is essentially drug induced hearing loss, which means that i'll probably stay away from trying it, but if anyone here is brave enough to give it a go, then i'd be interested...

Drip drying is the way forwards!

People look at me funny when I don't dry my hands after, but aside from the hearing damage, all those machines do is spray germs all over the place, eww...

This is hypercausis and is probably the worst part, it should fade which will make your T easier to habituate to, the problem with hypercausis is that every sound you hear has this painful metallic ring to it, which spikes the T until that sound is stopped.

I've had two MRIs since tinnitus, to no avail :(

Hey Claudia, I thought about linking you to this post after reading it just now, looks like you beat me to it. It isn't the end of the world, and anxiety makes it worse!

Headphones cause my tinnitus to spike instantly, therefore I don't wear them anymore. Lots of people on here refuse to wear them, however some do with no issues. I think the problem is how close the sound is to your ear compared to listening to music through speakers. As your T is caused by...

I think you'd be better off with some proper medicated drops rather than olive oil.

I have tinnitus with no hearing loss, it started after a birthday party at a night club when I was 15 and never went away till this day (i'm 22 now) and still have no hearing loss. I did have tinnitus before, a few times, but it always went away.

I would drop the headphone use at least until your T has gone, you don't want to aggravate it, at least not in the early stages.

Most likely, if I managed to get it at 15 then I dread to think what my generation will be like by the time their 40. Although chances are, when everybody is suffering for it, the pharma companies will see dollar signs and sort it out.