Recent content by Varda

@DebInAustralia, do you feel that you had any improvements after the gut treatment protocol?

I’d like to add my report that I had an acoustic reflex test done, and that same evening, I experienced a worsening. I developed a new, distinct “crickets” sound, which lasted for about a month before fading. If you’re not familiar with an acoustic reflex test, it’s the one where they place...

I just got a spike after taking Hydroxyzine.

@delta784, if I’m reading your history correctly, this issue started for you around November 2024. Unfortunately, there isn’t much you can do except push through the first year. It should get a bit better over time, and you’ll gradually adjust. If you seek professional treatment, be...

You will build a tolerance, and it will stop working, leading you to keep increasing the dose. Eventually, even higher doses will stop working. You may develop “benzo belly,” which interferes with digestion and causes IBS and other gastrointestinal issues. When you try (or are forced) to come...

I believe there is a member here who had their auditory nerve severed during a tumor operation. It did not relieve their tinnitus symptoms. @Joe P. Tamborra, A Work in Progress: Living with Tinnitus

Melatonin.

Nope.

10-Month Update The fever I mentioned in my previous post resolved without antibiotics, though I never found out what caused it. The eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) was quite severe for weeks. The feeling of waterlogged, pressurized ears was so unbearable that, out of desperation, I tried a...

Do you remember which antibiotics you were taking? Were you on them at the time you had the MRI? There’s a chance the antibiotics might have contributed to harm to your auditory system, in addition to the acoustic trauma. I’m not saying this in a “you shouldn’t have” kind of way—it’s just that...

It’s time to consult a lawyer and pursue a malpractice case against them.

I’d be concerned about the potential ototoxicity of the sedation-inducing drug.

I noticed not one candidate in the entire campaign mentioned tinnitus even once. It seems neither one cares at all about the 20 million Americans suffering from this awful disease.