_Shoto_

seriously?

That's Good. Enjoy those spicy tacos!

Must of been the pizza and tacos :p

Hi @Kiyomi, I have 3 tones in each ear. I had the 4th one in my left ear for 3 days but it's gone now. All 3 are very high-pitched ones

I wish I could just load an old savegame of my life and try again and again until I am happy.

Seriously

Yep and now it's gone or atleast severly altered. Everytime I had bad things happen or was down, I had my hobbies and ways to cope. But now I have nothing. Basically reinventing myself is the only thing I can do now. :(

Because fucking Murica. Land of cheap shit and loud noise.

My last hope is an anti-anxiety meds. If they would be able to reduce my T and H even if only for a couple of hours it's going to be a win. I hope my new psychiatrist will not be as conservative as my old one ._.

I had bad hyperacusis in the beginning. Tylenol helps with pain and inflammation. Make homemade ginger and tumeric tea and add pepper to active it. This helps with pain and inflammation. Magnesium helps with anxiety, sleep and inflammation. Hope this helps.

imo their response should be that they are going to go to the ends of the earth to find a solution for you and won’t be able to sleep at night until they do.

At the very least I hope that strong anti-anxiety meds will help me for at least a few hours. I will not use them every day or even every week but god I just need one, ONE, silent day. I'm not religious but I pray it will help. At least 20% noise reduction IS a win to me!

I felt the same way. Sometimes I wonder how this is even real.

20% reduction would be terrible, maybe not even noticeable, particularly with variable tinnitus. 50% reduction is 6 dB, which is noticeable but not that high, either. So hopefully Auricle will provide more than that over time for those it helps.

:(

mine got worse before it got better 6-8 months

I am literally praying rn before going to bed that everything is going to be okay and I won't woke up with a spike in H and T. I'm so scared. I am also only trying to get meds for panic attacks. I won't survive a flare up :c

My allergies test was alright. I'm allergic only to mold and dust. No plants or food. But I'm worried about my hyperacusis so much. I think I'll refuse to see my physical therapist until my hyperacusis is totally gone. Or perhaps I'll use earplugs all session long. Can't stand loud speaking next to my ears

Also, I was able to get a referral to a psychiatrist who prescribes anything you ask him for. Well, at least judging by his prescription records from 2019. I am so close to get real meds for my panic attacks... finally no "take hydroxyzine or amitriptyline" BS!

I was able to obtain not ototoxic migraine medication for my daily headaches, now I'm finally about to get not ototoxic panic attack meds. I'm finally ditching ibuprofen and antidepressants. Life is slightly getting better, even if only by 0.01%.

I will not miss antidepressants, but ibuprofen is so so good in managing even above average moderate pain. It's such a shame I can't use it anymore safely. It helps with headaches and toothache 100% of the time. It was such a life-savior. Same with paracetamol and NightQuill syrups. That's unfair that all of them are extremely ototoxic! :c

THC doesn't agree with my T.

I'd say most tinnitus progresses to a dual ear problem over time.

8 am. It still there. Well, I guess I did something wrong or this is just my fate to suffer. I was protecting my ears like crazy. Grocery store is only with earbuds. Walking near the road only with earbuds. Listening to music only without headphones (until 2 days ago) and even when I started using headphones again the volume was set to 6 out of 100. They couldn't cause this, I just don't believe it...

I think I'll start over-protect my left ear today...I honestly don't know what to do. A new sound after 2.5 months of tinnitus is crazy how scary. I just had a great day yesterday and here we are, back to square one. I love my life lmao

Well, I do have severe TMJD. My PT is a nice woman and she said my TMJ absolutely can cause tinnitus and my ENT is wrong about everything. Typical stuff for us, all doctors say different things. Next week I have Allergies test, and an hour later TMJ massage. We will see how it goes...
Forgot to add: TMJ massage is uncomfortable and very painful. I hope it worth it ._.

What pills are those?

@4Grace, they are called Ubrelvy. My PCP said these are the only meds in the USA that don't cause tinnitus or problems with jaw (I have TMJ as well)

Preach, brother.

I feel this.

100 percent. I feel like my family and friends are reaping the rewards. They feel so much better about the problems they believed they had. Now they say … well at least they are not like me.

I feel this to. My T is pretty high its like a laser beam going through my head. Sorry we have to experience this.

Your T and H sounds like mine. So sorry.

Hi shoto, may I how severe was your Hyperacusis and what did you do make it better ? I got my Hyperacusis when ear irrigation was used to remove ear wax.

Hi @Heal82, my hyperacusis also possibly started after ear irrigation. My Family doc did it 1 week after my tinnitus started because he thought earwax may be the problem. The first 2 days many sounds were distorted, especially the plastic bag and paper, but all that went away after a week. However, my hyperacusis still remains. It was, 5/10, now 3/10. I still can't tolerate normal speech, but slowly it gets better