Cory_

That's great to hear man, it took me a while to really comfortably play video games again too with distortions, but eventually we recover to a point where we can handle it again.

Let alone a slice-and-dice with a blaring heavy metal soundtrack.

@Cory_ Well I'm glad you are not in pain even if you have to be more cautious from now on with sounds. Do you wear plugs all the time? Or just in public?

Just in public. At home I wear earmuffs (just casual earmuffs, not Peltors) because the cooling of my PC is pretty annoying.

@Cory_ OK. I hope to never have to wear ear protection again, only in very loud situations like above 80db.... I cannot stand wearing earplugs and talking to people because it causes a loud whistle in my right ear. Plus eating and walking around with earplugs is abosolutely intolerable!(sound of footsteps and sound of eating...all so loud and cause whistle in my ear)....

An anniversary nobody wants :-/.

No joke. And I wish I could share it without sounding crazy.

Mine Is? Between the ears deep and piercing.

Don't beat yourself up. You'll get through this spike. Was it at least a good movie?

They won't be dragon me back any time soon.

Gotta tell those people nicely to f off

Did u ever regain noise tolerance? Mines got bad then better then worse after raising my voice and listening to music.

The first time, yes. This time, not yet.

went the TROLLEY!
DING DING DING went the BELL!
ZING ZING ZING went my HEARTSTRINGS!
as we started for HUNTINGTON DELL!

If it helps I don't mind. Hopefully you'll adjust.

I choose to believe I imagined it.

Did some loud noise occur while you had them out?

Just my computer whirring, my mouse clicking.

There's an uncanny electric piano noodling around in my left ear.

If you're showering (without protection) and not using protection all that much at home, you're (in my opinion) not "overprotecting" - you're just being sensible.

Congrats on GETTING SOME my man! Hope he/she was hot! (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

@Shelbylynn I've had panic attacks before, this ain't it. I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow.

@Cory_ I understand. I hope you find some answers and feel better soon.

@Shelbylynn Thanks a lot for your concern. I've been referred for an ECG soon

It will. Do your best to remain calm and reduce stress.

I feel you on that

It did, it did, it did. Sorry for talking like that, guys.

If it stays like this (which it most certainly will not, spikes are a part of life and I accept that), I'll be very happy indeed. This is a valuable spot of hope.

Update: It didn't "GO", per se, but over the next few days it sort of melted into the main body of my T and became a lot less obnoxious.