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...and know what I'm talking about. You are entitled to your opinions even if they are wrong. I wasn't blaming anyone. Please go to my started threads and read the following posts: Tinnitus and the Negative Mindset, Acquiring a Positive Mindset, The Habituation Process, Is Positivity Important...

Michael, Thanks for the insight and links. A lot of reading to do on this topic... I start on one thread and just wander into other threads. After reading and absorbing information I started to wonder if something else might have caused my ringing tinnitus. I honestly don't know when it...

Hi Spchpsrhngb. You have noise induced tinnitus, which is one of the most common causes of this condition. Typically it is caused by listening to audio at too high a volume through headphones, earbuds, AirPods, headsets, noise cancelling and bone conduction headphones without realizing it...

Hi @TrevorSanders. I am sorry to know of the difficulties that you are going through with tinnitus at the moment. I have a few suggestions that might be helpful. I have taken a brief look at some of your post history and note, that you haven't mentioned whether you have had tests at ENT or been...

I have read a lot of your posts and you do offer good advice. My issues are not quite the norm though. We all have T from different sources but how many are stupid enough to deliberately go too a 120db high freq external sounder? Not many! The chances of this happening have me literally...

Since this is the first time your tinnitus has spiked in 6 years, I believe this is good news and your current spike will hopefully reduce to your baseline level with time. For this to happen there are a few things that I advise you to do. You have said that you are acutely aware of any change...

I disagree. Please go to my "started threads" and read my post: food, drink and tinnitus. I experimented with my diet when I first got tinnitus many years ago. Reducing red meat. Dairy products, alcohol and coffee, salt. All that happened I felt miserable. After 5 weeks of doing this there was...

Thanks Michael. I won’t be in silence. I forgot to mention I have slight ear ache and when I lie down at night and the ringing starts to happen it’s like the pain has been released a bit, do you have any idea about that? I have been told I have a head cold.

Steph, please don't confuse me for @Damiancunt123. I'm sure that guy's doing better than any of us right now; with mild tinnitus and his half pint of neat whisky knocking him out before bed every night. Think all of us here would trade for his circumstances, liver in 5 years or not. What a...

HI @Chris M I am using a Tablet and not my regular PC so cannot post links to my posts and will have to be brief. Since you have been affected by noise trauma with tinnitus and possibly hyperacusis, you have to realize it will take time for you to recover. This can take many months usually 6 to...

@Apocalypse77 Please read my articles: Tinnitus, A Personal View and Hyperacusis as I see it. Read them in full and not to skim through them. Also, read other posts on my "started threads". Please follow the advice especially in Hyperacusis, As I see it. It will help desenstise your auditory...

Hi @martap. Many things can cause tinnitus including stress. It can also appear for no apparent reason and gradually go away all by itself which can add more mystery to this strange anomaly. The fact that you have been examined by three ENT doctors, had hearing tests and an MRI scan, should...

...but if you think you have that's okay. I do believe in hyperacusis and it can be treated if self help doesn't work. Please go to my started threads and read the following posts: New to tinnitus what to do. Tinnitus, A Personal View. Hyperacusis, As I see it. The habituation process. What is...

...still here. At times life hasn't been easy but I'm going to try my best to live it. If you need any help please ask. Please go to my started threads and read my articles that I hope will be of some help. I see on your Avatar, that your tinnitus was noise induced. My advice is not to use...

Q. When you received TRT, did you only use one type of sound pattern for the whole time under treatment? i.e. static pink noise. Q. Are you recommending that the pink noise I listen to should be below both my tonal and non tonal tinnitus perception levels? If that's the case, then what is...

Hi Michael. I have read many of your responses. When you say no headphones, earbuds etc, where do hearing aids fit into this? Essentially they are in-ear speakers still? Regards, Nick

...is responsible for your tinnitus, habituating to it without wearing hearing aid(s) will become much more difficult. Please go to my started threads and read the following: New to Tinnitus, What to Do?, Tinnitus, a Personal View, How to Habituate to Tinnitus, The Habituation Process, Tinnitus...

Hi @neliath. I am sorry to know you are still having difficulty with the tinnitus. There is always hope so try not to give up. The doctors you have seen have said your ears are fine which is good to know. Masking your tinnitus so it can't be heard is not a good idea, because your brain will...

The main reason for disparagement from some people towards TRT is the simple fact it is expensive. I will be honest and say that I wouldn't have been able to afford the treatment but got it free on both occasions. The other matter is that some people are looking for a complete cure from their...

Thanks for the advice

It’s almost as if you heard the conversation between me and mom lmao. She also mentioned that the years of “abuse” of listening to music all the time and at high volumes was just the start of it and the syringing was the icing on the cake. I was definitely a music listener with headphones...

@drivera2592 @fishbone is right drivera. Go to my "started threads" and read my article titled: Tinnitus, A Personal View. There you will find suggestions that I think will help you. Also in the list is my post: Hyperacusis, As I See it. Hope you start to feel better soon. Michael

...use any type of headphones, earbuds or headset even at low volume, as there's the risk of making the tinnitus worse. Please go to my started threads and read the posts mentioned below. If you are able to print them I suggest that you do, as it's a lot to read and better to refer to them...

I suspected all along that the increase in your tinnitus and the spikes you have been experiencing are the result of listening to audio through headphones, or being exposed to some type of loud sounds. A similar thing happened to me after a long habituation period, although it was caused by...

HI @RonnieCarzatto In my opinion, it is it is far too early for you to even consider TRT or CBT for that matter. Please click on the link below and read my post on TRT. You may not even need it. Give yourself time to adjust to the tinnitus, as many people naturally habituate to tinnitus within 6...

...noise cancelling and bone conduction headphones even at low volume, as there's a risk of making your tinnitus worse. Please go to my started threads and print and read: The Habituation Process, How to Habituate to Tinnitus, Will My Tinnitus Get Worse, Sound Machines and Tinnitus. Tinnitus...

My T just started one morning seemingly without any cause. I've never been into listening to music with headphones because I think it's gross. I used to go to the cinema quite a bit and a few concerts a year, obviously not anymore now that I have T. I did go to the cinema a few weeks after my T...

Thank you for your comment Michael. I occasionally lurked here before the recent worsening, and you have always been an extremely valuable guide for this complex condition. Out of curiosity, how often did you use Clonazepam at the beginning? Weekly? More often? I have heard it can be very...

...headsets and AirPods even at low volume. The third is stress. If any of the things mentioned resonate with you, please go to my started threads and read the following posts mentioned below as I think they will be helpful. If you are able to print them my advice is to do so. This will help you...

...a lot. Try not to be too alarmed as this is normal. Carry on using the sound machine at night keeping the volume low. Please go to my started threads and read the posts below. If you are able to print them please do so rather than reading on a screen. You will absorb and retrain the...

I don't think telling them that TRT is a waste of money is spreading negativity.

If you want to know the reason I had TRT twice, please go to my "started threads" and read my post: My experience with tinnitus, the answers are there... People that are new to tinnitus are highly stressed and emotional. They need support and help not negativity which is what you and others...

...of headphones including earbuds or headsets, even at low volumes, as there's the risk of making the tinnitus worse. Please go to my started threads and the posts: New to Tinnitus, What to Do. Tinnitus, a Personal View, The Habituation Process, Tinnitus and the Negative Mindset, Acquiring a...

Hi @H225. Please understand you are not bothering me, as I am here to try and help people that are having difficulty coping with tinnitus. This condition isn't easy to deal with especially in the early stages which you are in. Therefore if you follow my suggestions, I believe they will help to...

...about medications that can affect tinnitus. This often causes more harm than good by reinforcing negative thinking. Please go to my started threads and read the following articles: Tinnitus and the Negative Mindset. Acquiring a Positive Mindset. How to Habituate to Tinnitus. The Habituation...

@Tessie It is likely that your tinnitus and oversensitivity to sound will reduce and go completely away in time. I say this because you've said your tinnitus was caused by a sudden acoustic shock? If you hadn't experienced tinnitus before and not a regular user of headphones/earbuds, then I'm...

Thank you Michael for sharing your extensive knowledge in a concise manor. And your post about habituation is really a description of my journey. Learning to deal with it and then get complacent. I’ve had a few accidents in the studio which caused the current spike. But I’m sure it doesn’t help...

Hi @IntotheBlue03. The tinnitus would spike almost every time I used Tiex and remained at an increased level for 1 to 4 hours and then subside. There was no set pattern. This continued for many weeks right up to 4 months of use then started to improve. It was just by chance I came across the...

HI @Craigyboy11111 Tinnitus can appear for no reason but usually something causes it and many things can. The most common is exposure to loud noise. Before the tinnitus onset, did you frequently listened to music through headphones, earbuds, or regularly used a headset? Listened to loud...

...the white noise below the tinnitus they find this preferable as it doesn't make the hyperacusis and tinnitus worse. Please go to my started threads and read the posts mentioned below. They explain how to treat hyperacusis and tinnitus and how to use white noise generators with or without...

I wasn't using headphones at all when tinnitus started, I was actually out of town. I've been a gamer my whole life with headphones, but my T started from taking Ibuprofen nearly a week after I was out of town/hadn't been using headphones.

Hi @DeanD - thanks for asking, and sorry I missed this question. I've been mostly posting about my LLLT experiences over at this thread (I don't know how to link straight to a particular point on the thread, but my most recent post is down at the bottom of that page). To answer your questions...

Please try not to think that the hearing aid with white noise generator will not help ease the tinnitus and make your life easier. This is negative thinking and by continuing to think this way, you will not make any improvement at all. Tinnitus is mostly mental, by this I mean it is an integral...

...and there are plenty good advisors in this forum. Please beware there are also negative thinking people here too. Please go to my started threads and read my post: new to tinnitus what to do? Then read my article: Tinnitus, A Personal View. As I've said there's some good people here that can...

Michael, Thank you. I am only 3 weeks in. At this stage what is your advice on how to determine when to use hearing protection so as to not cause further damage but also stay exposed to healthy sound levels and not induce further sensitivity out of fear? I am finding that some noise, say around...

My opinion on this is to try and forget focusing on what people say about medications affecting tinnitus. My blood pressure medicine is listed as "can cause ringing in the ears". It hasn't made my tinnitus worse. Take the medicine and get along with your life. You haven't had tinnitus long and...

Thanks for your reply Michael, I've had a read of your post and taken note of your advice. It's disappointing to hear that there isn't a way round it, but I've managed this far without headphones. Do you know what the mechanism is that makes headphones cause tinnitus to return? Is it being...

...make it so know how you feel. Try to focus on the positive things in your life whenever the tinnitus gets too much. Please go to my started threads and read the following articles, that I hope will give you some inspiration: From Darkness Into Light, The Habituation Process, Inspiration, A...

...with the condition. However, I believe you have a good grasp of this already. If you need more information on this, please go to my started threads and print some of my posts on positivity and not read them online. They are a form of counselling and will help to reinforce positive thinking...

...or connect it to a pillow speaker. More about this is explained in the link below: New to Tinnitus, What to Do? Please go to my started threads and print the following posts: The Habituation Process, How to Habituate to Tinnitus, Will My Tinnitus Get Worse? Hyperacusis, As I See It, Tinnitus...

What does not work for you, may work for someone else. Just like how you mentioned jogging and computers can hurt T but will not for everyone. If we can agree that T is very 'your mileage may vary' then I think we can agree that it might be worth exploring these avenues. The above poster...

...conduction headphones. It can also be caused by exposure to other types of loud sounds even when wearing earplugs. Please go to my started threads and read: Hyperacusis, As I See It, Tinnitus, a Personal View, Will My Tinnitus Get Worse? Tinnitus and the Negative Mindset, Acquiring a...

HI @LindaS I am sorry to know of the difficulties that you have been going through with tinnitus and hyperacusis over the last seven months. You have always been polite and respectful towards me. When a person is this way it shows a lot about their character and it's something I take special...

...I know this isn't easy. Talk to your GP who may be able to prescribe some medication to help you feel less stressed. Please go to my started threads and read: New to Tinnitus, What to Do?, Tinnitus and the Negative Mindset, Acquiring a Positive Mindset, From Darkness Into Light, The...

HI @Barry33 Many things can cause tinnitus even the conditions you've mentioned in your list. Exposure to loud noise is the most common cause of it. Stress can be responsible too. If you have been listening to music through headphones/earphones/earbuds regularly, this is the likely cause of the...

...hyperacusis and this isn't treated, the risk of spikes and the sudden increase in tinnitus will always be present. Please go to my started threads and read the posts that are mentioned below. If you have a printer my advice is to print them and refer to them often. This way you will absorb...

@japongus I am not here to defend TRT to non believers and the same applies for any other treatment. My purpose here is to help and advise people on tinnitus if possible. I have had TRT twice and know it works. I have never said my tinntius went away or was cured. I said my tinnitus reduced to a...

HI @acute You are new to tinnitus and in many cases people will make a good recovery in time. The tinnitus can go completely away or reduce to a low level where you habituate. Now, if you want to give yourself the best chance possible of recovering from tinnitus and for it not to return with a...

...earwax. When you are seen at ENT and had tests then hopefully you'll get a diagnoses and be recommended treatment. Please go to my started threads and read the following posts that you might find helpful: New to tinnitus what to do. Tinnitus, A Personal View. The habituation process...

Hi Michael. Thanks for taking the time to respond. I went to the ENT and he said there's nothing he can do for me since the tests show I have normal hearing and normal pressure. Actually when I told him I need to yawn constantly, he asked me if I feel dizzy (as if he was aware of these...