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Hi guys, I’m on vacation with some friends in a rather busy ski village. Most restaurants here are pretty noisy, but my friends don’t mind if I put my earmuffs on. The problem is that although I try to pick soft food to avoid crunching, I do feel the occlusion effect a little when chewing...

When I had a "busy" day (lower threshold than the average person without tinnitus of course), I just can't. After a day of regular, non-noisy activities though, I can and I enjoy it. My boyfriend is very understandable, so I'm lucky that it doesn't affect my relationship too much.

Well, a lot of people here are frequently talking about ototoxic substances. Just want to avoid any of that.

I've read some older threads here, but it seems to me that the answers were all very different. I thought, let's give it another try in 2021. So I'm 21 years old, and thanks to homeopathy I "manage" my tinnitus quite well (I do have spikes sometimes, but on an everyday basis I hear a...

I’d say it’s a 2, and a 6 when I’m tired. I’ve been hearing noise for 5 years now, it became quieter like two days after taking the pills.

I’m doing fine physically as long as I’m not too tired. I still struggle with every day sounds though, it’s like a full time panic disorder. Or are you asking about something more specific?

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Hi! It’s been a while. One week ago I got diagnosed with Ménière’s. The ENT said that the problems I still struggled with (sudden deafness and echo in an ear or other forms of disturbances) + the pressure tests were enough to give me the diagnosis. My balance has never been the best, but I...

I had to Google Visual Snow first, but hey you freaked me out o_O Two days ago, in the evening, I suddenly saw a lot of “floaters” (got that word from one of the Visual Snow images on Google) in the edges of my field of vision. It was temporary though, but the coincidence with your comment! I...

Fine, really. It's not always quiet in my ears, but I can say it's pretty much gone 95% of the time. After all these years I am still struggling terribly with my anxiety disorder though. Busy places terrify me, I am still worried that the initial beep will come back / get worse. But physically...

I’m really glad that I helped at least one person by sharing my story. Because I’m still quite easily scared, I’m currently on a more psychological mission. I’m currently working with a therapist, and I consider hypnosis too. Physically I’m still better than ever. I wish you all the best!

Sorry I didn’t respond to those asking for the pills: I hadn’t checked the website due to my exams. I see the thread has been posted. I definitely suffer from phonophobia, even now that the tinnitus is gone. I’ve always been scared to worsen it, right now I’m scared to “activate” it again... I...

Hi everyone! It's probably a little bit paranoid, but there's no harm in asking: my dishwasher beeps five times when it switches off. I often turn it off a few seconds before the beeping will begin. A bad habit, you might say. Anyway, I'm not always keeping track of time and sometimes I will...

Ah come on, bad timing man. He certainly did a good job with the extra protection, even though you can’t literally add up the two. His ears will have been the safest possible. BBakers, kop op, makker! Those other people had nothing but their fingers to protect their ears, and this situation...

Hi! I don’t feel comfortable sharing this old doctor’s information with strangers. I don’t even know where you live. He probably doesn’t speak English, and I’m very afraid he will be spammed because his information was shared. Especially because he didn’t intend to treat my ears, he just...

I’m sorry. Again, I wouldn’t advise anyone to buy the drugs if you never got your intestines tested. If your intestines aren’t the cause, those pills will never be the solution. Just repeating what the doctor said. I’m still doing fine by the way. A week ago I didn’t take the pills for three...

It faded within days of taking the medication. I had another spike in the meantime, but it was again a less scary and definitely shorter one than my pre-drugs ones. Plus, I had way more spikes before I took the medication. Right now I'm trying to overcome some fears like eating crunchy stuff...

Don't forget that salt has a big impact as well!

My tinnitus started the earliest comparing it to the other people here. I wish my mom would give me some credit for that. It's definitely not easy being the "very intelligent" kid that "went mad" all of a sudden. If I fail an exam at university, it's always because "I'm out of my mind". Sorry...

But what does silence sound like, right? After 4.5 years, I feel a huge difference. Of course I hear "something" sometimes (I've had a very short 2-minute beep twice), or a low silent buzzing now and then, but to me, it's silence. I don't use earplugs because it jams my ear wax, but I use this...

Same situation here, ups and downs. What about your earwax? Doctors believe my dry earwax must be related to it.

I don’t know what caused it. People have blamed it on my dry skin (sometimes eczema), on PTSD, on extra sensitive hearing, on ... But never on any damage. Not knowing is frustrating, so in some way your question is frustrating as well. I understand that the pills are expensive, but please don’t...

It’s been four years of course, but I’m quite sure that I did every hearing test that was available at the UZ Antwerp. Some measured pressure, some counted (?) the tiny hairs in my ears (again, no clue how to call them in English), and the hearing tests must’ve been very specific as well: I...

I don’t really know how to answer that question. Hell, it changed so often. Buzzing? Different tones and volume levels. The buzzing sometimes “mimicked” stuff I’d just heard. Like crickets, hair dryers (I don’t use one, but for example when my parents dry their hair with the bathroom door...

I want to, honestly, I’m just not sure how often I should post about it. So in terms of chronic tinnitus it’s still reaaaally quiet, even when I go to the supermarket or drive my car for a longer period of time. Such things used to upset my ears. I haven’t tried anything more daring though...

Not sure if we have the exact same package, but mine says “keep dry and cool”. In Belgium that means “don’t put it in the fridge, but not in the sun either”

Google shows me tons of Belgian websites when I type in the medications, and I guess Decola is also a Belgian company. Not sure how to help, but maybe they ship from their website www.decola.be...?

Mine was actually very reactive as well. I couldn’t stand the sound of running water for example, even my “SuperSilence” vacuum cleaner was annoying because of the monotonous sound (I believe). As I mentioned I still drink coffee and I do believe that it’s good for my tinnitus (because I’ve...

Update: Still doing great, but I’m getting a cold and it’s definitely messing with my hearing (without giving me tinnitus however).

So which one of my medications is the “precursor GABA”? (Did some research on the term because I didn’t understand it, but I get it now).

I’ve tried many diets in the past, but I didn’t do keto. Diets keep you guessing if your spike is caused by it or not, I know the feeling... I believe that reactions are different for everyone, because the classics (for example caffeine and salt) have never triggered me.

I don't want to be overly optimistic, because my tinnitus has "only" been gone for 6 days, but after almost five years it's an amazing experience. I've finally found some (I think) 'alternative' pills that work for me. Important note: my ears aren't damaged in any way (not sure if that's...

Well, to be fair, both times were during my “stop days” (I don’t know the English terminology). I take the pill 24 days and then I have 4 stop days... I skipped the stop days a few months until now, so maybe you’re right?

I've only experienced it once, two years ago. I was terrified really, I heard my own voice twice each time I spoke. Luckily it was bed time so I had an excuse to disappear. I remember that the next morning, I whispered something to myself - scared to death - and I had to try a few times before I...

Good night (Belgian time) everyone! The past few days I've experienced some type of panic attack twice. The weird thing is that it's always at the exact same moment that I experience ear fullness. My heartbeat goes up, my hearing changes for a few minutes and I'm having this really scared...

The problem is that I often experience earfullness (in this case as well) in combination with a reduced tinnitus. Right now, I almost don’t hear it anymore but I do feel as if my ears are “blocked”. Usually the tinnitus returns after some days, and most of the times it will sound a little bit...

Hi guys! My tinnitus has its ups and downs, but my mental state is only going up. However, I still have a hard time not getting paranoid sometimes. The thing that I’m struggling with right now, is this: I accidentally smacked my phone to my headphones because I forgot that I was wearing them...

Hey! Based on your explanation, I think that I’ve experienced that several times, but only for a real short period of time. For example after someone slammed a door, my one of my ears would do that. It’s been some time since I experienced it, but I also guess that it has to do with ear wax. I...