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Never ever use headphones kids. Not ever. Fuck your neighbours, better to annoy them than have this living Hell.

I'm so bombarded with it I can barely tell. I know milk makes it worse. I love milk and drank two full glasses the other day and it made Hell in my head. Refined sugar doesn't do a lot of good either, like cordial. It never stops. I keep a strong face up but secretly I'm fucking dying. I don't...

I get moments when I feel entirely normal then the ringing comes back. I wish to God it would stop. I was just praising a woman on clean sheets and if her husband appreciated her. I felt for a moment I could be that man. Then, when I stopped to ponder...

I can't sleep regular hours. I'm up all night, sleep in snippets. Stressed, anxious, depressed, can't work. Can't do anything. It completely ruins a person. It wont make you dumber, but it will make one wish they were dumb enough to be optimistic about what the future holds for one with tinnitus.

Your brother certainly sounds like a simpleton. You nailed it there. Next he'll be telling you that it's all in your head and to just get over it. Avoid those twats, for their own safety.

I got tinnitus from headphones and was sensitive to sounds in the leadup. Throw the things in the bin and stay away from loud noises. You're likely right on the brink of getting the constant ringing forever.

Maybe it will. Maybe it wont. Nobody knows for certain.

I've had mine for 5 months. It will ruin your life. Loud music is fucking rubbish. Avoid like the plague, but you wouldn't know until it's too late. I mean, why would a person come to a place like this unless they're already fucked?

Things are better but the T is still there. I can't tell if it's worse. It goes up and down almost randomly now - doesn't go away though. Luckily I can go outside in the world and it seems mostly un-noticable. It seems worse when I sit for long times for TV and movies. I've still got computer...

Ok so... The tap thing will roll away fractional T but not the base. Mine was lower then it got set off by a slamming door of an angry female. Then she did it again! It's lower today but in the dead of morning my cat flicked the xbox stick and that set it off. Very sensitive. (mods should move...

My T is less today. I now might now know what they mean by "baseline" in that it did go up but it comes down. I also tried something experimental: If you plug your ear with a finger on the outer bit, then gently then tap the ear and lobe in different spots it matches the T in a spot and gives...

My "testing it" the other night was a stupid idea. I think I made it a little worse. Now I know I'm finished. I was a little optimistic, perhaps too much so. Now I'm completely in despair.

Yeah but you and I both know there's nothing that can be done. There is no cure. I've looked at everything known to man about this thing. It's a wait and see scenario.

I did go to the doc - he was some Indian guy so he wasn't much help. Kept asking "so you want a hearing test" - the guy could barely speak English. So I said "yes, hearing test" (what a stupid thing to say) and that's as far as I've been. I've never had an ailment this long. I feel knackered...

It's very siiiiii high pitch in left ear. I cant tell anymore so much because it has sent me half mad. Is it better or the same? If I thought it was the same I'd lose the plot completely. It's getting better.... i think.

Oh yeah, headphones. Same here. I also was around a lot of loud noise with saws and wood cutters. No problem. Damned headphones took me down. Welcome to the horror house.

I'm experimenting a bit. Been to scared to do much but tonight would be first night without a plug in left ear, even though it's there. I got light open music on.... I'll never wear headphones at a volume again though. I also know why my left ear is fried, when I rest to computer I lean on my...

On a technical note - it has changed pitch and sometimes I might think it could fade out, but it's still there each morning. I still remember lady here saying she lives with it so if she can, she's strong.... or bat shit crazy. Respect to her, either way. I think it might have gotten "better"...

I'm not happy. What is this thing. I have all my appliances that make constant noise, with pillows around them - even this computer. I'm still hoping for a logical reason for this horrible thing. I'm also too embarrassed to tell anyone outside the close, and it has effected my sleep patterns...

And also, how am I supposed to operate vibrating machinery now, what if it makes it worse? Out all day on a brush cutter is definitely not going to improve things. I'm in so much trouble with this thing.....

No, I'll never use headphones again outside necessity. There's a lot of sound jumps using headphones too. Not bad if there's no problem but if lazy flicking through video's, one guy the other day had low music and the voice kicked in really high and just hit in yelling. That would trigger worse...

The real annoying bit is noticing every sound now. The fridge, the computer, all the appliances. I've put pillows over all of them and replaced one power pack that I noticed making a weird sound the other day (could that have been it?). I'm trying not to annoy the other people around me with it...

I try to mask it all the time. Sending me crazy. As soon as I stop focusing on something it becomes apparent. I think I fried all the little cells in my ear maybe. Not knowing what I've done is also driving me mad. Maybe tomorrow it will heal itself. That's all I keep hoping for now.

Bad now. It's been since this started since I've slept in any pattern. It's 4am now. and it's riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiixinfinity. Not getting any better and can't do anything. Distraction constantly is sending me mad. The amount of shit on utube seems infinite but it's...

I got tinnitus in May. Headphones and music. About twelve hours of moderate to probably too loud music and gaming. Managed to avoid all other injuries for the most part up until 40 years old so it's frustrating to make such a colossal mistake at this stage of life. I'm just hoping it fixes...

Be thankful you have kids. I got no kids and now if this Tinnitus doesn't go away I definitely wont have them. This is the kind of ailment that damages a person. I'm now damaged goods. I also got the T from headphones, like you. I just got it in one long sitting and perhaps previous headphone...

I lost my fish. I put him outside in the pond and when winter arrived I had to bring him inside because he's a tropical and he died. People think one can't get attached to a fish but they are wrong.

I'd happily take a bit of hearing loss over listening to this high pitched ringing in my head. Four weeks in now and it makes one dysfunctional and the constant distractions needed are tiring. I'm here browsing for something similar to my predicament, with a view on recovery road. The 8khz...

Three weeks. No better. It's more high pitch now. I went to the doctor and got a hearing test. Perfect hearing. Wtf!? I sit here waiting for it to go away but it's not. It's so loud now it's impossible to mask. I have to wait for exhaustion to sleep. It's messing me up badly. Can't function in...

This thread was helpful and gave me some optimism. I got the T from listening to cheap headphones on a night of drinking. Thought I was doing the right thing, not bothering anyone with my shitty music. Now my hearing is screwed with high pitch T. Never use headphones is the lesson I learned. Let...

It's still there. A high pitch tone. Sounds like it's in my head. Damn horrible. This is life breaking basically, and embarrassing. I keep hoping to wake up and it will be gone. Been sleeping on the couch for a few days now. Bad sleep patterns emerging.

Tonight it's bad. The ringing is louder than everything and hard to ignore. I have moments where I'm happy for a minute then that's slapped down by the T. I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight. Been a week with this. No improvement, although maybe it's changed a bit - to a higher tone...

Killed by headphones. Oh that sucks.

Low decibels. Decibels - I'm going to get one of those decibel readers.

I have any volume on a dusty old stereo - I had to plug rusty wires an it still host cassettes. The sound is good. (low)

I'm going in head on. I'm wearing the same earpieces that did the damage as a shield now and having a night like before but notched down. I hope it heals. I have learned my lesson - Sound is dangerous.

Great thread, very thoughtful. I read it all hoping for a happy ending. (sigh)

I survived forty years without too much issue. Wore ear protection around equipment. Never went to concerts or nightclubs very much. Then I went and did something stupid. I bought headphones. I've thought about it and if I thought I was being reckless I wouldn't have done it. I would have...