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99.99% it will settle - been there 100 times over the last 18 years with tinnitus - but I jump on the “what if“ train every time :)

Hi @martinberryhorse. In fact mine lowers too, significantly. I just came off a 10-hour flight (the tinnitus was 11/10 before the flight and 3/10 after). I wore earplugs for all 10 hours. I have tried this before - wearing earplugs for 3-8 hours and then the tinnitus settles. Temporarily...

Hi all. I've had tinnitus for 16 years and been using CPAP for 10 years. My tinnitus goes through the roof if I sleep without the CPAP machine.

Hi David, My name is Troels, I'm a 46-year-old male for Denmark - nice to meet you :) Yesterday I read one of your posts and I think that our condition is very similar - the section I refer to is this: I can see that you have used white noise generators - did it do any good? The reason why I...

Hi Michael, thanks a lot for this great post and many others which I now have read from start to finish. Our story is very similar and I am also trying to habituate again after many years of moderate tinnitus. I go from mild, normal, severe, intrusive to extreme on a daily basis. Best, Troels

Hi Ken, I have read a lot of your good comments through the years. I had one big spike in 2015 due to stress I think. It lasted for 6/9 month or so. Went back to baseline. When you write that you have had 3 setbacks - did you get new tones or “just” louder tinnitus sounds? I am back in a...

Hi Michael, I have hyperacusis. It has also spiked again. I don’t think I have been exposed to more noise than anybody else lately. I live a quiet life, no loud music, use special ear protection etc etc. Really trying to do all the right things. Can it be the hyperacusis that are causing it? I...

Hi Michael, Again - thank you so much for taking your time to answer me and thank you for your condolences. I will try to find a doctor here in Denmark to help me with the WNG. Like I told you I am in the middle of a bad spike (3 weeks so far) and the worst part is that I am experiencing...

Hi Michael, First of all thanks for all your great answers to the members - I really enjoy reading them. I have been dealing with tinnitus for 15 years - and have had several spikes which eventually went back to some sort of baseline (whatever that is after 15 years). At the moment I am in...

Just wondering, why do you write “somatic hissing”? Do you think “hissing sound” comes from somatic tinnitus? All the best, Troels

Do you still have it @valeri?

I have the PRECISE same symptoms @valeri. I have had tinnitus & hyperacusis for 14 years and the burning ear pain comes and goes. Sometimes it disappears for up to 2 years - then returns. Often at the same time as a spike. Right now it is very bad and my normal tinnitus sound has changed to a...

Hi @Sven no problem. I tried to pm you but are not allowed. Maybe you could write to me and I Will reply?

Hi @Sven My name is Troels (from Denmark) and I have had T for 14 years. I have read your posts and it is really interesting how many things We seem to have in common when it comes to the way you describe spikes, the sensations in the head etc. Would you be interessted in Maybe exchanging...

Hi, Did you find an answer to the clicking?

Hi Anne, It will not last forvever. Mine has never done - and is gone completely now. My symptoms were 100% equal to yours and began in 2006 an has slowly gone away (maybe have it once a year now max.) Do not have so much time right now but can write more later. Best Troels

Great to hear :) Things will be better.

Hi @Newbie Have not been to the site for a while :) Got an e-mail alert from your reply. Yes - in fact I am 100% sure it will go back to what it was. But - I am also 100 % sure that you will Experience other spikes in the future. The hard part is to stay calm between the good and bad times...

Hi Tinnitus Talk, I am 2 weeks in to weaning off zoloft (taking it for 11 years) My tinnitus is increasing a lot - does anyone have knowledge or experience with this? Have had tinnitus for 12 years. Best Troels

Hi all, It does it for me also - in the beginning I used it during the day to lower the noise... Still works.

Hi both, 6 month according to me (11 years of T) :)

@Blujay - loud Music and stress

Hi all, I have had T for 10 years. Hell In The beginnning - took me 3 years to habituate. Have had Lots of spikes during The years. Got The Spike from hell In june this year / New hiiiigh pitch sounds, very loud too - could hear it above everything. Terrible headaches and tension, my HA also...

Hi @Ed209 Our reaction sounds exactly the same. Also the thing about comparing... It do/did that all the time but are now fed up doing it and I cannot remember how my T was 16 weeks ago (sounds really crazy doesn't it) Do not compare - it is not about that anyway but more about how you feel...

@Sgguy46 - I tried to do everything, massage, cranial massage, stoppped drinking alcohol, caffeine, sugar you name it. Went to Belgium to get transcranial magnetic stimulation, went to Sweden to see a specialist etc etc.... Nothing really helped until I stopped trying so hard... Habituation...

@Sgguy46 - first time I would say 1,5 years until I didn't react to it.. maybe 4-5 years until I didn't hear it anymore... If you listen you will hear it but you have to focus to hear it. My T was louder than antyhing also the first time around. Now I hear it again but it is on its way to...

Hi all, Just checking in again... It is still getting better - on the way to the way it was!! It is 4 months now since the increase (10 times as loud as it was when i first got T). The road is bumpy but has a direction - the right direction towards baseline as I knew it. The days are...

Hi all, I have been wondering - when people write they have a spike is it then because their existing sound/s increase in volume or do they get new sounds added for a period of time? Next what is a setback - is it when the sound is suddenly high again or it is due to new sounds - or it it...

@Dante500 - Good to hear! Yes i follow you completely...! Mine was like the brain forgot the habituation...?!?. On top I got new sounds - did you also get that?

@Michael R I only used very mild sleeping pills.... 7,5 mg. @Freddie - hmm it is hard to give any advice because my experience is that the habituation process cannot be rushed. It comes naturally and to be honest when I was 2 years into my habituation I also had very bad days among the good...

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It did reduce very much - took 5 years. I also became numb to The sounds - have multiple sounds, Can hear it over anything bur shower. It took 2 years but happened naturally - cannot be explained it just happened.

Hi all, With fear of jinxing it I just wanted to tell you about my recent spike. As mentioned I have had T for 10 years - very very loud in the beginning but over time it went from 9/10 to a 2/10 level. I never noticed it unless I tried to listen for it. Of course I have had spikes over the...

Hi everyone, Does anyone else experience their tinnitus getting significantly worse for about 2 hours after eating? I mostly notice it after lunch, when my tinnitus becomes very loud. Anyone else experience this? Best, Troels

Hi all, Have had T for 10 years - HELL In The beginning!!!!! Did everything - No cofffee, No alcohol, healthy Living etc. Nothing worked - one day habituation kicked In and Cannot say when it why. I Can hear my T above everything. Now 2 months into second habituation since my T got much...

My T went crazy for 14 days when starting Zoloft - 50mg. It subsided and Zoloft helped me cope better I think.

Hi JimH, Thanks a lot for your kind words - it helps in a very stressfull time. I had/have a lot of stress since january because I moved my family to another part of the country and changed job. So It has been very stressfull 5 month. I really hope it will settle down. One of my main concerns...

Hi all, I am right now experiencing an increase in volume with very unstable tinnitus. I have tested wearing earplugs during some hours of the day and it seem to calm T down. Has anyone experienced this?

Hi all, Have had T for 10 years and 1 month ago it went crazy due to stress, having a cold etc... I am really back to square one I seems - panic, anxiety ans no sleep without pills. I seems louder than last - maybe just higher pitch. Will it go back or do I need to habituate again??? Please...

Hi all, Just curious - does your tinnitus become louder after massage/trigger point treatment of the neck? Mine seem to do that the days after a massage. Anyone?

Hi Shasta, I am having exactly the same thing at the moment. Sounds/feels like small "electric firing buzz" in a split second. High pitched and impossible to mask. I have had it over the years - several times (10 years with T) and it comes from time to time. This is my "hate-noise" number 1...

Hi all, I have had T for 10 years - the last 3 years living along side the T (with ups and downs certainly). A week ago I had a really bad cold - went to a concert (with earplugs standing a long way from speakers) - got really drunk and have had an enormous spike/increase in volume ever...