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Hi @sophia1688, I’m four weeks into the same situation, although my sound distortions occur with many things—leaves rustling, paper bags being crumpled, water running, and so on. Mine started after an acoustic trauma, even though I was wearing both earplugs and earmuffs. The exposure should...

I do not suppose you are still around, @Shoegaze, or that you have any update on your condition after all these years? Unfortunately, I am now dealing with the same issues, and I am finding it very difficult to live with at the moment.

Hello, Sarah here. Has anyone experienced a tinnitus tone or pitch that changes? Mine started as a humming sound and is now becoming more of a whistle. It is loud in my left ear, while my right ear is fine. I do not know what has caused this. Any help or advice would be appreciated.

@Mark F., Thanks for the kind words. I just hope you are right, and that there are better days ahead for all of us. This hope is truly all I have right now. It is the only thing that keeps me going.

This is for all the MAGAs.

Hi all, I was wondering if those of you still active here would be kind enough to check in and let me know how your symptoms are now. I have walked a long and strange path with my tinnitus and hearing issues over the last two years. At this point, the dysacusis is very prominent and affects...

Hello everyone,OMG!I’m not alone with this really bad noise coming from my head.My medications include gabapentin,could it have caused the tinnitus.I want to ask also,is there anyone in this forum that has an hearing aid for tinnitus?I have an appointment with an audiologist next week and I seem...

If you find a way, please let me know how. Thanks.

I had a normal audiogram three days ago (nothing else) up to 8 kHz, and I feel like my tinnitus has spiked. Is that possible, or am I starting to lose my mind? The strange thing is, I had another audiogram a month ago, along with tympanometry and an acoustic reflex test, and everything was...

Everyone is going to hate how screwed they are if they have a medical emergency. Two major impacts are going to hit the healthcare system that will affect everyone when they have a life-threatening illness. First, many hospitals that rely on Medicaid dollars are likely to close. The second...

What were your MEM symptoms, please?

Oh my God, I’m only 44. I don’t want to stay home, I want to live my life. I loved my life before this. I love spending time with my family. Now I’m stuck wearing earplugs and can’t go anywhere with them, and it’s making me miserable and depressed. I’ve read that some people get better from the...

How is this pseudo-academic? It is a legitimate research article. Anyway, here is the paper for anyone who is interested:

I have lived in Texas for almost 70 years, and Austin ranks near the bottom of the list of places I would want to visit, let alone live in. It has too many similarities to San Francisco for my taste.

If you could go to the pharmacy and get a pill to save your hearing after being exposed to loud noise, or if such a pill could be used by patients or professionals who are at risk, it would be a massive breakthrough. As far as I’m concerned, anything that treats ear-related conditions is a win...

Does it also get worse with high-intensity exercise?

I developed tinnitus about two weeks ago. It started out very mild, and at first, I was just ignoring it. I did not even notice the reactivity, but it has been gradually getting worse. I went to an ENT and had my hearing tested, and everything came back fine. I do have issues with my cervical...

The same thing happened to me last week. I’m so angry.

I’ve got this too, two months after an ear infection. It’s a low-frequency, warbling tinnitus. Sometimes it merges into a constant tone, then shifts back to the warbling. It’s horrible.

I’m another hum sufferer following an ear infection two months ago. It has an irregular rhythm but is constant. It gets worse when there is no ambient sound. Sometimes it becomes a steady hum, while at other times it pulses, though not in sync with my heartbeat. It measures around 100 to 150...

Ugh, I have the same thing. Low-frequency tinnitus (around 100 to 200 Hz). It warbles and is irregular. I think it’s always present, but most daily noise masks it. At times, especially when I’m in bed, it can turn into a constant tone. It also seems worse in certain rooms, yet barely audible in...

@SpiralPath, life sometimes throws us curveballs. Just when we feel on top of the world, a crash can happen. I have had so many ups and downs in my 55 years that, honestly, I see it all as one big adventure—good times and bad. But stay hopeful. This too shall pass. You are still quite young...

My doctor prescribed 0.5 mg, one to two times daily, since October 2024. I also take 50 mg of Zoloft. I will pray for you, @delta784. Thank you, @linearb, for your very detailed response. Klonopin tends to lessen the distress, and my tinnitus has come a long way toward quieting down. I have...

Happy 4th!

Hello, I do not take it regularly. I only use it during very difficult periods, and I usually take 0.25 to 0.5 mg every three days, one to three hours before sleeping. I have never taken it for more than two weeks.

So, the clinical trial hasn't even started yet? Damn.

He also has multi-tone tinnitus. This condition takes everything from me. Combined with noxacusis, hyperacusis, tonic tensor tympani syndrome, and other ear problems, it becomes extremely difficult. My advice to you is to protect your ears, because you never know when things might get worse...

Therapies targeting recent-onset cases are where most of the successes seem to cluster. (Mind you, I have submitted my patented cure for recent-onset tinnitus — 100 percent natural — breadcrumbs! But don’t tell anyone. 😎) It makes you wonder about the connection between psychology and...

Go on! Silver-tongued, pseudo-academic, raising our hopes… But if you are actually onto something, that would be wonderful. So, where is the catch? Does it only work for early-onset cases who happen to be billionaires? 😟

What I meant was I have to drive at least 30 miles for most things, which isn’t great when your ears and face hurt.

I'm only 29. How long have you been taking it daily?

@momus, have you tried Clonazepam?

Hey @Mark F., Thank you so much for the response. It really means a lot to me because I feel so lost right now. I am worried because I feel like tinnitus will eventually win. It may only get worse over time, and my quality of life might keep declining. It hurts more and more to watch myself...

I think it is incredibly hard to say, honestly. It is a purely internal perception, so it has no actual volume associated with it, and the relative volume it seems to have compared to the rest of my audio feed is extremely variable. It depends on factors like fatigue, muscle tension, hormone...

Dry needling seemed to provide some occasional improvement. I am still experiencing both good and bad days, but overall things feel more balanced. For now, I am holding off on continuing the dry needling therapy, as I am concerned about the risk of hitting a nerve or potentially making things worse.

@kingsfan, what do you mean by a 'rural nightmare'? Isn't that better than an urban nightmare?

Can I ask why? Someone recently recommended it to me.

It took me four long months to get off Clonazepam. I’m happy to be off it now because I felt like a zombie for a year and a half. This medication helps you cope only because it turns you into a zombie—nothing more. That being said, I’ve adjusted to my tinnitus, TTTS, and dysacusis in the best...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40540593/

I take 1.0 mg of Klonopin daily. I am 62 years old.

All of these studies focus on fresh onset. How ridiculous. As if everyone will have immediate access to an emergency room after a noise event, and the right treatments will just happen to be available. It comes across as lazy research design. There really should be ethics committee discussions...

I didn’t get my tinnitus from acoustic trauma. Mine started after a sinus infection, along with taking an antibiotic for the infection and sleeping with earplugs because I lived in a noisy environment. In the beginning, my tinnitus was extremely loud all the time. Over the past 30 years, it has...

Reporting back in. I had to run some errands. I went to a local grocery store about 20 minutes away. I live in a rural nightmare, and while the store is expensive, it’s quiet—unlike Walmart or Target. The entire time I was out, my ear canal had that unmistakable menthol burning sensation. On...

I hear you. I used to pay $900 for a one-bedroom apartment right next to Balboa Park in San Diego.

I think what you are doing with the finger drumming is redirecting your attention. Oddly enough, though, a lot of people swear by it. And if it works, then go for it.

I purchased DMSO, but after doing some research, I decided not to use it.

Oh no, I lived in San Francisco over 40 years ago. It was nice back then, and my apartment in the Lower Haight cost $375 a month. Now, I think it rents for $3,500. There are no true liberals left in the city. Being politically correct is not the same as being liberal. And when you do find...

Luke speaks the truth about the war in Ukraine:

It is a bad day to be part of the 99 percent of Americans. Republicans just added 3.3 trillion dollars to the national debt while cutting critical benefits for millions of working-class Americans. Do not ever let them gaslight you into believing they are “America First,” especially while they...

Could you please specify the following: 1. How severe were your symptoms initially? 2. How long did it take before you noticed the first improvements? 3. What kind of healing have you experienced, and how long did it take? Thank you.

Tinnitus Research: Novel Compound AC102 Makes Constant Ear Noise Disappear in Preclinical Model

Hahahaha. Hitler-boy is acting like he has power (he does not). I will leave when I feel like it. Not when some mush-brained, weakling orders me to.

I developed this in January 2022. I have no idea what caused it, but I suspect it might have been the COVID booster vaccine, which I received three weeks earlier. I had no issues with the first two doses. It is mild. I can listen to most songs clearly—more or less. I really thought it would go...

Trazodone didn’t help me sleep at all, and as far as I could tell, it didn’t affect my tinnitus. So I stopped taking it. I’ve never taken Mirtazapine. I’ve taken Hydroxyzine, but it didn’t help me sleep either. Quviviq helped a little, similar to Dayvigo, but not enough to keep using it...