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Thanks all for the responses. Out of curiosity, does anyone else experience just waves of sadness (I wouldn’t self diagnose myself with depression or anxiety)? This is also not triggered by tinnitus but I am just not as happy as I was a long time ago and it’s been like this for a while. But...

Thanks, I will start now. I’d rather live a quiet life than one with ringing.

Thanks for the help. I have noticed that when I lie down at night with no white noise, just head down in a normal position, it’s a lot quieter than 7 months ago.

Not sure if everyone can see this but thanks for the feedback. I’m going through a spike right now which my guess is activated from the bathroom fan. I’m scared as my usual spikes can be masked but this one can’t. What do I do? I’m scared.

Thanks for the feedback. I’m going through a weird spike right now and finding it hard to cope, I was using a bathroom fan and now I’m hearing it everywhere and I’m scared. I don’t like ear plugs as I’m scared of what people will think of me. I keep in places under 80dB though and my ears will...

Thanks for the feedback. I’m going through a different spike right now, I was using the bathroom fan and now I’m hearing it everywhere, no idea why. I’m scared of using earplugs because of what people will think of me.

Thanks for the support, stayed home today as everyday I’m at school I’m always around unnecessary loud bangs. Never expected to still be crying about this 7 months in. At times I feel so alone, not only am I one of the two people I know that have tinnitus, but I’m also the only 16 year old and...

I’m 7 months into tinnitus now. I first got it when I was 15 and sadly had it on my 16th birthday. I have learnt to sleep with tinnitus to such an extent where it just goes away into nothing as I focus on my thoughts (lucky am I right?). Anyways, recently I’ve come across a spike again and have...

I have the exact same thing. I have no idea what’s happening. My ears hurt, ringing louder, I don’t think I can ever live a happy life and I’m only 16.

Old post but I got these 24 dB reducing clear rubber ones. How do you guys deal with everyone looking at you with ear plugs and that? I get embarrassed.

Let’s get real, what better choice do we have? Not starting a fight or anything, I hate fights. But I’d rather be trying to act on ending my tinnitus than letting it get to me. I’ve personally habituated and live a normal life now (to some extent), but I’d give it a shot. What other choice do...

I know I’m a bit late on this, but what better ideas do we have? Liam is a guy who understands how we are suffering or have suffered and in my opinion generally wants to help us. Also what he says in the emails makes me feel better about myself and see some light in all this mess. Give the guy a...

I’m 5 months in and still a bit of a rookie with this. Does this mean cut myself off from anything that’s loud? In my case society in general.

Sorry for the late response, I’ve been habituating pretty well so I’ve started worrying less causing me to not be on this forum as much. The nauseous episodes started coming in the more I was constantly worried and scared about tinnitus but when I go do things I love like 4 wheel driving with...

Thanks, I’m lucky to have people like my dad and you to help support me. I never expected for it to happen to me considering I used to watch people do it every week multiple times as I sat out and did it not so often. Like you said I never knew this was a thing that lasted for life at times...

Thanks, I hate living with the fact knowing I did this to myself.

I always knew it was stupid so that’s why I decided to sit out 90% of the time. However being around my group of friends was the reason why I slipped and fell every now and then.

I'm now 4 months into tinnitus caused by what I believe was minor use of inhaling solvents (yes I know I'm an idiot). Was believed to be my ear buds, constant travel up hills, stress on body and wax build up but it initially started after inhaling solvents, ENT said my hearing's at the level of...

Recently I've discovered that the skin medication i've been taking can cause nausea, headaches, lightheadedness, blurry vision, visual snow and also hearing loss. During the 3 months I've been taking it, Ive been experiencing all of these and tinnitus has now become severely worse in left ear...

How do I keep a positive mindset towards all of this? I can now sleep with no background noise as I simply say to myself its there and there's nothing I can do about it so deal with it. But how do I deal with the fact that is much worse to me than having tinnitus and that's not ever living my...

I'm 15 and 3 months into tinnitus. I've only started noticing my visual snow 2 months ago and I also often feel light headed and dizzy for periods of time. Is this meant to happen?

I wouldn’t never mess with nitrous oxide ever. Noticed my tinnitus one night after messing around with this stuff. I mean I didn’t even do them that often, barely did them compared to what others do. My tinnitus was caused from heaps of things though. But I am a tiny tiny bit deaf in my right...

I noticed you mentioned something about tinnitus being accompanied by dizziness, light headedness and ear pain (I also have visual snow). What does this mean?

Thank you, I’m a 3-4. Was a 1 but I lost that 3 weeks ago which sucks :( How is your tinnitus @hans799?

I don’t understand tinnitus, I’ve been living my life under 70 dB (accidental exposure for maybe a second around 75-85 dB) and yet it is still worse but some days like last weekend I was watching a movie and when it ended there was no tinnitus at all. Also last week it was just a static noise...

When I first got tinnitus which was 2 and a half weeks ago, I was told I can go back to normal life and wear headphones again, just at a more quiet level by my doctor. Worse choice ever :(. I went back to going to partys and riding my dirtbike (not much), wearing my headphones at a low volume...

My guess would be anxiety, symptoms may last for a few weeks, come and go, or for a long time. In the end just try to be happy, it worked for me and will most likely work for you. However mine come back because of a spike and anxiousness from being scared it will be this bad forever as I did not...

Maybe get your eyesight tested, to be honest mine is no better. When I focus on something, my surroundings around me go extremely blurry (worse than it should). But I just don’t worry about it. I’m in a much happier position now. It may take time but just live life and protect your ears. I did...

What would you rate your tinnitus? Have you done anything that has caused it to become worse?

All over the place. I’m feeling quite sick now as I sleep with the window open to mask my tinnitus and winter's on its way. This morning I woke up with a roaring left ear 6. My right ear's the hearing loss one

When they go to movies do they wear ear plugs? I’ve been having crazy spikes because I did not know much about tinnitus and what causes it to get worse. In this case I have been watching movies, riding dirtbikes (not much), and so on.

How’s your tinnitus going? Mine's crazy, this morning I woke up and my left ear was a roaring 7. My right ear is the one with hearing loss.

Thanks for the response, what’s prednisone?

Riding dirtbikes has always been a passion of mine and regardless of what happens I’m never going to let it go. However due to having tinnitus this obviously affects my passion for riding dirtbikes (around an exhaust without ear protection can reach 110dB!). Anyways a few months ago I went...

I hope your tinnitus gets better, what on a scale of 1 to 10 would you rate yours?

Hope everything gets better for you.

Thanks for the support, I hope mine turns out like theirs.

Thanks for the support.

Hows your tinnitus been along those 4 months? Any improvements?

Sometimes when i think about it while laying down it goes significantly louder, but when I don't think about it, it fades away.

Thanks for the response, hope your tinnitus turns out ok.

Hi, I'm only two months into tinnitus. Yet it has already been a crazy journey for me. I went through visual snow and blurry vision (long distance and problems with focusing). I'm still going through these but a less worse extent and it has improved a lot. You get used to it pretty quickly and I...

Just wondering if there are any young teens like me with tinnitus out there and what’s your story? I’m 15, almost 16, and developed tinnitus from earbuds. I’m around 2 months in now and my tinnitus varies quiet a bit. It's a 2-4 out of 10, sometimes a 5 (not usually that bad but a 5 is when I...

Thanks for the info :)

Just wondering do you get terrible spikes and if so how long do they take to go down?

Thanks for the response, due to my tinnitus being caused by earbuds, i brought a pair of headphones and have been using them less often and at volumes which are always under half way. Could this be a cause of the spike and if so do they usually go down?

Thanks man, will do. Every day it’s getting better by the slightest bit (the amount of time it’s bad for is going down each day) which is good. I have hope that this issue will go away soon. I have the ability to habituate quickly so I think I’ll do fine. Hope you do well aswell.

Also is it possible for Tinnitus to get better. I heard that it usually does with 3-6 months and it’s just a matter of time. But also heard sound induced is the worst form. I’ve also heard many stories of people tinnitus go away, more than cases of staying.

Thanks for the feedback. I stopped using ear buds and brought headphones and started using them at always under 1/3 . Is this ok?

Hello, I have had tinnitus for almost 2 months now. It was caused by listening to too much music too often. I would put my earbuds in and for around a 14 day period, I'd listen to music at almost max volume around 6 times a day for about 30 minutes to 2 hours at a time. My tinnitus was always a...