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Viewing thread Hyperacusis and Tinnitus Following Acoustic Shock: How Can I Continue My Life?

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  • Heal82
    Have been coughing non stop.. wonder where will my H be by the time cough goes away. Any suggestions??
    ZFire
    You will be fine. Try not to overthink it. Coughing is a natural response when one is feeling ill. Take cough suppressants if you want. Try natural remedies like honey, ginger, peppermint, steaming, etc. I hear marshmallow root is good for coughs also.
    Heal82
    Thanks @ZFire..yes it's much better now and I don't think it has adversely affected my H or T even though I have been coughing and blowing my nose so much this past week. I wear Mac ear plugs when blowing my nose and also coughing.. In case I am about to cough and I don't have my ear plugs on then I just close my ears with my hands..🙂
    Heal82
    Has anyone with Hyperacusis undergone Ultrasound tests ? Did it make your H worse ?
    kingsfan
    What kind of ultrasound tests? I've had many bladder and kidney ultrasounds. Those were completely silent.
    Heal82
    It would have been oral ultrasound. However, for now they have requested CTA oral maxillofacial along with CTA of head and neck (with and without contrast)
    Heal82
    People who have improved their H, did you take NAC everyday ?
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    cjbhab
    @Utdmad89 i actually think NAC makes my T worse too.
    twa
    No, but I do eat a good diet and I wear earplugs outside the house. The only activities I stopped doing were movies, sporting events, concerts and music at church. The music is still loud and I wear earplugs. I may start wearing earmuffs on top of the earplugs at church.
    Heal82
    @twa . I need to undergo an oral surgery. A cyst in the upper roof of my mouth needs to be removed. They will be sedating me. After that I will need to take antibiotics as well as pain killers. Did you too take either of these post your surgery? If yes, what was the impact on H/T ?
    Heal82
    CT SCAN: The mastoid air cells are well developed and aerated. The external auditory canals and scutum are normal bilaterally.
    Yellowblue44
    Was the Ct scan loud. How are you now x
    Heal82
    It was not at all loud. I also wore Mac ear plugs firmly inside. My LDL is somewhere in late 40s.
    It (my LDL) is my personal observation not something that I got formally tested
    Heal82
    Doctor is asking to do temporal CT scan without contrast. It is for Pulsatile Tinnitus. Has anyone with H done it ?
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    stacey
    @Heal82 I don't take any medication. I take melatonin for sleep as it's natural.
    Heal82
    @stacey I take melatonin too but after 4 hours of sleep I wake up and then it at least 2 hours from me to sleep again for another short nap of 1.5 hours.. Thant's about it..
    Yellowblue44
    @Heal82 did the NAC help. IL thinking of trying some supplements.
    Zigs
    Hey do your ears hurt at all?
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    Heal82
    Also, what do you do to sleep? Any medications?
    Zigs
    Yeah I bought the course but I think you can find similar concepts for free online or on curable. It's all kind of the same idea - teaching the brain not to fear noise. I'm currently taking melatonin for sleep
    Heal82
    Good Luck!!
    Yosemite
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    ZFire
    Great to hear @Heal82 . I hope you keep getting better
    Heal82
    Nortriptyline gives me fast heart rate. HB pushes upto 120 just by walking for more than 10-15 minutes in one go. And this is when I have reduces the dosage to 7 mg
    Heal82
    I have now further reduced the dosage to 6 mg. I basically want not to have nerve pain and sleep 6-7 hours without any side effects
    Eleanor89
    Hello @Heal82
    I'm glad you liked my post, you have to have faith that you will get better,,,,, but it's slow and lots of patience x
    Heal82
    Thanks, positivity is the cornerstone around which this condition heals. Thanks for taking time and leaving msg on my profile. I try to restrict myself to positive posts.
    Heal82
    Took a Tylenol. No respite. Took Hydroxyzine 25 mg. Hope to sleep for atleast 2 hrs. Anyone who reads please share words of support
    Heal82
    Was able to sleep for 4.5 hrs last night. The jaw pain had gone when under the effect of Hydroxyzine. Now, morning it's back, I have just now taken 10 mg Citalopram.
    Heal82
    A suggestion to all future sufferers fix your anxiety. If you have to take medicine even benzos take it
    Heal82
    I think I got a major*2 setback because of my continuous anxiety.My upper jaw is hurting like hell.I don't know what it's in store for me.
    Heal82
    First time met someone from medical fraternity(Audiologist) who knew about Hyperacusis.She offered sound therapy but left the decision 2 me.
    Heal82
    Swallowing anything feels like I am loading a gun. Am I ever going to get better ? No improvement since last 2-3 weeks
    Heal82
    At this point of time, I don't know how many different tinnitus tones I have. Everything is just so jumbled up.
    Heal82
    Why does it happen that one tinnitus tone goes in background and the other tone's sound picks up and takes the center stage ?
    Tryn2BHopeful
    T is a fricken mystery.
    Juliane
    I wondered about that too. Perhaps the brain can only focus on one tone at a time?
    Heal82
    Everyone keeps saying about ear fullness but I have ear hollowness.I feel like my ears an empty metal vessel.Every tiny sound echoes in head
    Heal82
    I have severe Hyperacusis.Very hard to tolerate even my own voice.But, I don't have jaw pain, ear fullness or eye floaters.It means?
    Heal82
    Has anyone had an experience where tinnitus just vanishes when doing some stretching exercises like yoga/Surya Namaskar ? I had it today.
    Nadia231
    No, unfortunately I've never had any periods of no T since it started 7 years ago, for my it gets louder with certain movements. So I guess that's good news, you must have sine sort of somatic T that improved with movement
    Heal82
    Also, I have multi tonal Tinnitus so it's not like all the tones disappear but one central tone of constant shhhh disappears briefly
    Heal82
    Has anyone with kids and family ever been able to fix H&T? It seems success stories that I have read so far are of people without any Kids.
    Heal82
    People with severe Hyperacusis..How do you brush your teeth ? Do you use some special type of toothbrush ?
    aab
    I dont use toothbrush. I use dental floss instead. I am afraid what will be consequences of this approach, maybe my approach is wrong.
    Heal82
    I just bought super soft toothbrush from Amazon and they are much better than what I was using untill now
    Heal82
    VEGOLS Adult Extra Soft Toothbrush with 20000 Soft Bristles, (Pack of 6) Micro Nano Manual Toothbrushes for Protect Sensitive Gums, Black/White https://a.co/d/coFuHGS
    Heal82
    What does it mean to protect your ears but at the same time avoid over protection ?
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    Tryn2BHopeful
    Protect your ears from dangerously loud noise, but not from normal everyday sounds. Like conversations.
    Heal82
    For me 50db is upper limit. So, for now I am wearing ear plugs all the time except when I am alone at home
    Heal82
    Even conversations with my wife and daughter who speak at 60-65 db are bothersome. Switches and opening of faucets with pressure all create discomfort
    Heal82
    I checked the db level is around 55 db near the air conditioning unit inside my apartment. I took 1000 mg NAC
    Heal82
    In my absolute stupidity I pulled my ear plug out just near the apartment air conditioning unit. I was near it for like 1-2 seconds.
    Heal82
    My sleep medication: Melatonin 1 mg extended release, 50mg of Apigenin, 345mg of Magnesium Bisglycinate & 100mg of L-Theanine
    Heal82
    Had a decent sleep last night. Fitbit says 6h and 43m. But, I think it's more like 5h. But, still feeling okay today morning.
    RunningMan
    I use a Fitbit for sleep also. It's so far off. It thinks I'm asleep a lot of the time just because I am lying still. It does seem more accurate if it thinks I'm awake, then I probably am. So I just use it as a guideline when figuring how much I slept.
    Heal82
    Yes,you are right. Earlier my wife used to say the same thing and I never used to believe her. I need to say sorry to her for so many things!!
    Heal82
    How do I know that my Tinnitus is reactive ?
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    Tryn2BHopeful
    Yeah understand that. My T starts out lower 3 or 4 and ends 5 or 6 usually
    Heal82
    Also, it seems to sound a lot more with ear plugs on. But, not having ear plugs on makes me fearful especially with kid in the house
    Heal82
    Okay..I think I still haven't figured out whether I have reactive tinnitus or not. The Problem is my Hyperacusis prevents me from listening to any loud sounds. So, I really can't say that my Tinnitus is not reactive. It might well be.
    Heal82
    When people on Tinnitustalks use the term 'Artificial Noise' what do they mean ? Noise created by cell phone, Bluetooth speaker and laptop ?
    kingsfan
    Anything that comes out of a speaker.
    RunningMan
    I've always taken it to mean any sounds coming from speakers, headphones, and earbuds, which have of course gone though electronic circuits in route, as opposed to natural sounds in the environment. I sleep listening to a pair of bluetooth speakers emitting cricket/cicada sounds.
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