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Remember to be gentle to yourself. This condition is tough, exhausting and sometimes it brings even the best of us on their knees. That's why we need to love ourselves more than anything. We deserve the best life we can have. You are the key to that life.

Hi there! How's your tinnitus now? Has it become more stable? I'm into a 4-month spike with some random good days here and there, and I'm hoping it settles soon, as I feel exhausted.

@Head Tone, what is your audiogram like? Did you experience severe-profound hearing loss?

I’ve had tinnitus for about 30 years now, but it’s gotten severely worse in the past year. It started shortly after, when, during a heated argument, my ex-wife snuck up behind me and slapped both of my ears at the same time while I was sitting down. It’s mainly in my right ear and at times also...

The only trial I care about is the trial on myself.

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@Regis, @Joeseph Stope, @Robster, @hubast. Thank you all for your valuable input. I'm going to share a couple of audiograms here. This one was done a month after the spike started. As I later saw a huge air-bone gap at high frequencies in my right ear, I tried to figure out what could be the...

I had never paid for any tinnitus treatment or cures, until I took a chance on Audizen. I got the 6-bottle quantity, and I am on the 3rd bottle with absolutely NO RESULTS. Took a chance - no joy.

How did you get along with Mirtazapine, mate ? I can't decide whether or not to start taking it.

@elebon78, did your Prednisone spike ever subside?

Today I checked the AudioCure website, and it looks like something is happening: They were still recruiting 2 months ago. When I checked clinicaltrials.gov, it seems like there might be results by the end of next month, or early next year. And I know this is not for chronic tinnitus, but...

Please excuse grammar and spelling. Here’s my story so far about my experience with high-pitched pulsatile tinnitus. Since February 2025, I’ve had a very high-pitched cardio rhythmic sound constantly, 24/7. Since this condition is extremely rare, bothersome, and in some cases dangerous, I...

I think most spikes come from loud noise. Often there is a delay of 1 to 3 days, which leads to misattribution of the cause. I see people looking for explanations and coming up with all sorts of possibilities that, in most cases, seem unlikely. All of my spikes have been accompanied by increased...

Hi @Paulie87, it’s sad to read that you’re in a psychiatric hospital, but this isn’t rare for people new to tinnitus or those who have severe tinnitus. It isn’t a sign of weakness. Dirk De Ridder sees veterans with tinnitus, and it isn’t PTSD they want treatment for, it’s the tinnitus. This is a...

9 days ago, my ears started ringing and it hasn’t let up. I already knew what tinnitus was, so I acted quickly. 2 days after it began, I got a CT scan and it came back clear. 2 days later, I saw a specialist and learned a lot. I learned that unless there’s an underlying cause, I may or may not...

I find his writing makes a lot of sense. However, wouldn’t we essentially be seeing severe tinnitus often become manageable with anti-seizure or migraine drugs if the hypothesis were true?

When mine gets bad, I use open-ear earbuds and an ocean white noise sound from my phone, Bluetooth-connected to the earbuds. It helps quite a bit. I also use a room air filter or fan about 3 ft from my head for sleep, along with a white noise generator from Amazon placed at the foot of the bed...

Thanks @Nick47, it went well in that nothing suggests Meniere’s anymore. There is no large hearing loss or significant vertigo. However, it is difficult when you learn there is no silver bullet, and that time is the best answer. The stranger, but oddly more reassuring part, is that both my ENT...

I can’t offer any advice, but I can certainly sympathize. I’ve been going through an intense spike for the last 2 weeks and haven’t got a clue what, if anything, has caused it. Normally, when my tinnitus spikes, I can pinpoint a reason. It might be a loud noise, a new medication, lack of sleep...

Hi all, I recently became the father of my second child, and all in all, my life has been very stressful over the past years. I’ve been on Mirtazapine for 6 years at 7.5 mg for sleep. I’ve had difficulty waking up early in the morning to help with the kids, so together with my doctors, I...

Did the musical tinnitus go away for you? I’ve also been dealing with musical tinnitus for the past 8 months. I think mine was caused by a combination of factors, including moderate hearing loss, spending about 3 to 4 months in silence due to hyperacusis and regular tinnitus, and being on a...

@Eric N Please update if your spike from the neck ultrasound subsides. I'm currently going through the same thing.

A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld an almost $1 million penalty against Trump and his attorneys for "sanctionable conduct" in a racketeering lawsuit they brought against Hillary Clinton and other Democrats over the 2016 election. "Mr. Trump is a prolific and sophisticated litigant who...

Hi Please is there a update for this and a good result ? I have been going through exactly the same including bowel pee issues, chest pain neck pain arm pain, my doctors think its mental issues but i never had mental issues like anxiety or depression, please could you help me out and let me...

Caught on to the sham?

Welcome to the world of Chronic Tinnitus. It's an up-front lifetime series of "lectures" on basic science. For instance, the first line of your post says: I’m kind of gobsmacked by that sentence, and my brain immediately goes, “Whoa there!” Causation. And here we are, in the thick of life as a...

No. If I participated in a video meeting, I used the built-in computer speakers. I don't know how well subtitles work out in Zoom, but in Teams and Google Meet, it's okayish.

Great read. It addresses what those of us in the severe category already know to be true. One part of this article I'd like to highlight: Too f**king right. Time for a paradigm shift, indeed.

Notwithstanding the fact that the sham induced a placebo effect, you can't statistically validate the existing Treatment 1 loudness chart without actually having designed the entire trial as a single-arm trial. Ergo, Susan Shore's statement about how well the active treatment performed in...

...a systemic brain condition requiring multimodal, rehabilitative care models to comprehensively address its complex nature." Hamid R. Djalilian, MD*, and Mehdi Abouzari, MD, PhD, on behalf of the Hearing Committee...

Hi @Paulie87, your meeting seemed to go well. You may want to read this: Severe Tinnitus: A Brain Disorder Beyond the Ringing Sound

It's lovely to see you @Daniel Lion! You have a beautiful family!

@Vincent R, did you regularly use headphones for work prior to that?

@LivingGhost371, any TFI change within about 15 points is within the placebo range and daily variation. It is more concerning that 2 of the 3 improvers were also within this range. One person did have a very large improvement though. Taking all the studies together, the results are about 50/50.

@Wolfka, yep, preservation it looks like.

Happy Thanksgiving 😊 Daniel calling Daniel. Sculpture, but not a good photo.

Has anyone had success with NeuroMed? The protocol is $5000 and I’m not sure if it’s worth it or just another black hole for my money to fall into.

Check out the post about Neu-002 here in the forum. The researchers there called this synchronous activity a “Parasitic Oscillation Loop.” I also read your reply. The first link about tinnitus and sleep is very interesting. I recently developed chronic tinnitus after undergoing major, painful...

Shoegaze gives you a wall of sound. Reverb and delay are used to sustain notes and chords, while new notes and chords are played. The result is a wall of sound, with all frequencies present all the time. Sometimes you have to concentrate within this wall of sound just to hear the structure of...

I would really like someone to weigh in on this. I went and saw my ENT today. I was fully expecting him to give me a shot of Dexamethasone in the ears, as he has done before when the belief was that I had Ménière’s. Recent inner ear MRI scans and ongoing hearing checks have not proven that...

I am with UCLH as mentioned above, and it is pretty much just telling me to be strong and try to live my life as best I can despite tinnitus. They are being as helpful as they can, but my mindset is pretty stuck with how bad the tinnitus is. I am not sure what any ENT or Neurology can do...

Unfortunately, I had no luck with the Atlas Orthogonal. I had 10 adjustments. The chiropractor said my adjustments were not holding, which he determined was due to my uneven legs. He wanted to see me for at least 3 months. Each session was only 10 minutes long. I have been seeing a Functional...

The election-interference case in Fulton County, Georgia, against President Trump and the remaining co-defendants has been dismissed after the prosecutor who took over the case requested that it be dropped. In January 2024, Fani Willis, who started the case, was dropped after defense attorneys...

I may get flooded with responses, and I actually hope so. Do any of you have Kaiser as your health provider? If yes, I’d love to hear your experience with how well or how poorly Kaiser handles your case. I actually filed a grievance with Kaiser that they never responded to, asking what they do...

Very slowly. Remember that the spike from your daughter whispering was nowhere near enough to cause actual damage. The spikes will fade with time and normal sound exposure. But yes, I know what it’s like. It’s not fun. But there is hope. It’s going to take time, though.

Don’t worry about the Ibuprofen. Almost every medication in the world has tinnitus listed as a reported side effect. They might as well include people who were struck by lightning after taking the pill.

They figured out that they were sloppy with the electrode placement on patient 2, so their theory is that this caused the worsening. I’m going to wait for the results of a wider study before writing this off.

I'm stopping by to wish my fellow Americans a relaxing, quiet Thanksgiving tomorrow. I hope you see, smell, taste, and touch things that bring you joy.

Sorry to hear that you're going through a bad patch, @El BUZZ. My tinnitus has gone into a spike too from a succession of events. It's hard to say exactly what caused it. A smoke alarm going off in the room Getting my flu and COVID jabs for the winter Going to the dentist who wanted to clean...

Link? If you have one.

Teams and Google Meet have a function called Subtitles. Zoom should have it as well. You can have the volume on zero while reading what people are saying. (I started to use the function to avoid noise accidents during video meetings.)

+1. It would be great to get an update on this. I’m surprised it hasn’t been more widely discussed.

A little energy-bending from ATLA's Lion Turtle would surely cure my T

Hi @El BUZZ, from my own experience I know that an emotional factor plays a real role in the perception of tinnitus and in the ability to habituate. When I first got tinnitus 2.5 years ago, I became deeply depressed. I got better over time thanks to antidepressants, CBT, changing my reactions...

If I understand correctly, their research is currently focused on preserving the hearing you have, improving clarity, and adding some decibels. Outer hair cells are responsible for clarity and can enhance sound by about 40 to 60 dB by targeting those cells. If it works, it will be administered...

Hi @Paulie87, Clonazepam is well known to reduce tinnitus and hyperacusis for many. Diazepam only seems to reduce the anxiety. I woke up with mine screaming. When I went to bed it was much quieter and softer. @MindOverMatter, did you notice the same in a setback? Waking up with it screaming...

So I saw my ENT today. As many have said, they don’t have a lot to add; however, he’s a neurotologist, so he’s at the top of the field. He no longer believes Meniere’s is playing a role in my case due to all tests being negative, with no hearing loss or hydrops on the MRI. He also added that...