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Child-free apartment too

I had that test done. While informative it did little for the outcome at the end of the day. I have hearing loss starting at 9k - 14k then back up at 18k which makes no sense... age will play a part in extended frequencies as well.

Never mind. No once in my city can do this test. Well...I expected this outcome :D

What anime do you watch, what are your favs?
I really enjoyed darker than black, talentless nana and angels of death, to name a few more unknown ones.
I also started the one piece life action series and I love the nostalgic feeling.

@Kiyomi To be fair I've watched so many I can't even remember 50% of the names. Currently, I'm watching Synduality: Noir. I've never heard of this anime but I really like it. I've always wanted to have a list of all the anime I've watched but it's too late to start now. The most nostalgic ones are definitely Bleach, Death Note, Attack on Titan, and Naruto. The Disastrous Life of Saiki is probably the funnies one :D

It's funny that my family indeed considers buying a cheap rancho in a desert that is just outside the city. I was always against this idea because everything is in an hour of driving but now... I am a new person lol. This idea is okay to be honest. I always wanted to live in a city center, now I want to live in a rancho with huge backyard with trees and enjoy birds singing. No bikers, no ambulances, no neighbors

It was a good day and everything went well! I took out my earplugs for a second and oh gosh the restaurant is soo loud. Hyperacusis aside, the music, the people, the dogs, the dishes, the AC... No. I think I'll be wearing my silicone earplugs in restaurants even if we would have cure for hearing loss, tinnitus, and and hyperacusis. It's just a common sense lol

Fleeting tinnitus is a scary thing.

Today I got 4 fleeting tinnitus(es). It's really weird. And all the time sounds are totally different. And different ears too. Today is only the right one, for example. What in the world...

Also, during fleeting tinnitus episodes I have to regular tinnitus! So technically I hear silence for 1-2 seconds after fleeting tinnitus. The only good thing about them :/

I am also grateful for my family. :)

Benzo's can have a rebound effect if I understand correctly.

Hi @Tryn2BHopeful, I hope you are right and it's just a side effect of Clonazepam. I want to believe this is all just anxiety in my head and nothing serious

@Tryn2BHopeful Yes, seems that's where you hear about the real struggles with benzos - trying to come off of them and interdose withdrawal effects of more anxiety. The hyperacusis and possibly T may improve over time after weaning off permanently.

SAME! My ears flutter with opening tea bags, plastic bags, utensils clattering, but paper is awful!

Ear fluttering sounds like TTTS rather than hyperacusis. I have both but experience TTTS myself sometimes to voices or typing and sometimes individual thumps spontaneously without external sounds. But, some sounds are perceived excessively louder than they really are due to hyperacusis.

We will see. Hope that’s the case for them. I think realistically the only way out of this is some sort of brain implant

at this rate, I feel like even in 4000, we are still doomed lol

Hello @streifzug, I have a question, do you have severe hyperacusis? I play games without headphones with volume 20/100 and 5/100 if with headphones. Still not great because I can only hear main dialogues but can't enjoy the background music and sounds

no. only mild hyperakusis. but near or catastrophic T left, right and center. my head is one loud fucking beep. I used to play with masking sounds in the background. now everything it gets drowned out by the t. no fun :(

@streifzug I hope you'll feel better soon. It looks like your T may be worse than mine. I am so sorry this happened to you. I continue to play games and listen to music but I totally agree with you that it's not as fun as before. I can't enjoy many things now and probably nothing can do about it. I'm just hoping Auricle device will be able to help me...if I will have enough money to rent it

Dr. Shore wouldn't or couldn't provide a price for the Auricle device, but Lenire is closer to $4K, so Auricle may be that much or more. We could have a lot of time to save up before it's widely available, though.

@RunningMan 4K is insane amount of money for renting a device, wow. It looks like I should start saving up right now. But again, I hope they will be able to provide installment plans or something like this. Paying 4K in one go is too much

Well $4K was just putting it in perspective of what I've heard of Lenire. I think I've seen someone say $3500 total also. But, the Auricle device could come in above or below that since they haven't given any estimates.

I have effusions in both my TMJs (determined via MRI) so that leads to inflammation of the esustachian tubes because these structures are right next to eachother. Hence a build up of mucus, which throws off the pressure in the eustachian tubes, and why they're having trouble opening and closing properly. It doesn't hurt, but it annoys me greatly!

thats all that noise is, just mucus around the membranes making a noise when opening and closing. If there is too much mucus like when you are sick or have chronic inflammation, that's when it becomes an issues bc you cant equalize properly. the noise when you E tubes are opening and closing is normal to everyone and part of normal function.

@Marina Moon exactly, fluttering is a middle ear (bones) hitting your ear drum in response of stimuli such as noises and other things, could be internal as well like yawning/coughing

I miss screaming while gaming or gaming in general. :(

I would love to have a 1/10 tinnitus. I don't think my tinnitus was that low in about 20 years.

1 out of 10 / ohhhh man. Awesome

It's been 3 days and my hyperacusis is still not as bad as it was before. Looks like some relief symptoms were permanent! I'm happy with that, but I will still wear earplugs outside of my house all the time with the exception of nature preserves and parks that are located at least 50 meters away from the road

3 days? But 2 days ago is when you said you took it, and you said it just made you sleepy and nothing else by that afternoon (Friday afternoon CST). Anyway, be careful with that benzo, especially with that much of a doze in one day. Typically benefit is temporary and becomes less effective with continued use.

What route is it? Oral or dissolving? Make sure you’re taking it correctly. Also 0.5 is the lowest dose I’m pretty sure.

Hi @SamRosemary, yes. It's oral generic tablet. The first one I swallowed whole, the second one I took sublingually just in case. The third one I took orally again. So far 1.5 mg with nothing. Like a placebo effect. Probably I'll ask doctor to change it for something else

1.5 mg of Clonazepam would be equivalent potency to at least 6 of my Lorazepam 0.5 mg tablets! That's a pretty big dose. Be extremely careful. I won't even take one of my Lorazepam with short half life more than once every three days due to tolerance and dependency issues that build quickly with benzos. Works a little for anxiety.

Had a zoom with my psychiatrist. She offered Lexapro and Busbar for tinnitus. I spent half an hour on her education about ototoxicity of all antidepressants and finally was able to get 15 Clonazepams. I hope it will mute tinnitus at least for 2-3 hours. I'm not asking for cure or anything. Just 2 hours of no panic attacks and ringing.

https://theentcc.com/ototoxic-drugs/
clonazepam and all other benzos are also ototoxic! be extra careful!

Hi @streifzug. Benzodiazepines are usually ototoxic when you cutting them of after a long period of consistent use (withdrawal). Using them once a week or less should prevent this from happening. Thanks for the info and link though!

Well. It's morning and it's still here. Wind sound in my good ear. Maybe... it's going to disappear before Friday lol

It's disappeared. Well...have no idea what's going on in my middle and inner ears but some serious processes and they are kinda scary. Anyway, tomorrow I MAY be finally getting anti-anxiety meds for my panic attacks. I hope everything goes smoothly and I won't be prescribed one more antidepressant that was linked to worsening tinnitus in patients with already existing tinnitus