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    In Fire Alarm for 4 Hours — Frightened What It Does to My Tinnitus

    An update: To cut a long story short, I am on curcumin with bioperine for absorption and NAC. ANyone who is reading this in the UK, it is your choice entirely but just know I would not recommend going to any hospital and trying to get prednisone or steroids. You will end up sitting in a...
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    Steroids: Prednisone / Dexamethasone / Others (Oral and Intratympanic Injections)

    Today I may need to make a decision on whether to have steroids or not. My ringing is from a fire alarm on Sunday (it is now Thursday). I am v concerned regarding side effects. If they just work on hearing loss I don't want to take them, as I am not fussed as much about that. It's the awful...
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    In Fire Alarm for 4 Hours — Frightened What It Does to My Tinnitus

    So basically tomorrow I may be able to get steroids as an ENT is seeing me in his hospital clinic (long story) but I need to make a decision on whether to take them. Last week I had surgery and as part of the surgery I had a steroid injection which wasn't planned and i made an on the spot...
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    In Fire Alarm for 4 Hours — Frightened What It Does to My Tinnitus

    John thank you for your answers. Just to be clear, this: "No. If you had a recent noise exposure and the little hair cells in your cochlea are on the verge of dying, then oral and injected steroids CAN bring them back from the brink of death. The steroid injections are far more effective than...
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    In Fire Alarm for 4 Hours — Frightened What It Does to My Tinnitus

    Hi, With these supplements, which protect to stop RINGING and which prevent hearing loss? Is it that: - dexamethasone steroid shots and prednisone protect against hearing LOSS - magnesium and NAC protect against the ringing? I'm sitting here with the NAC and magnesium and scared to take them...
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    In Fire Alarm for 4 Hours — Frightened What It Does to My Tinnitus

    Thank you for your replies. It sounds like high pitched very loud ringing, and in one ear there are noises that I can only describe as sound like a whip or someone whirling a lasso around. Like wuhh wuhh wuhh wuhh. Even though my appointment is tomorrow I'm going to turn up at the audiologist...
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    In Fire Alarm for 4 Hours — Frightened What It Does to My Tinnitus

    Hi, On Sunday the fire alarm went off in my apartment building. The fire brigade were called and apparently given the code over the phone but were unable to switch it off. I phoned the management company and my neighbours did repeatedly and each time we were told someone was on the way. No one...