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While I do not doubt that accidental noise exposures can make tinnitus worse, I don’t believe that a few seconds at 88 dB will do any sort of permanent damage to you. I also believe that constantly hyper-protecting your ears can certainly result in increased central gain, hypersensitivity, and...

Just a quick update on the Guanfacine. I’m on day 3 so far (2 mg), so it’s far too early to make any bold claims. That said, my Morse code reactive tinnitus appears to be (significantly) reduced, and it coincided with the first day of taking the Guanfacine. It may well be a placebo or just a...

I was about to say the similarities in our respective stories are uncanny... but when you think about it, I guess not!

Hi @Cmspgran - I saw that your T is very much like mine - in the sense that it is reactive morse-code like beeps that ride on the back of other sounds (especially white noise type sounds for me). May I ask what background noise you use at night (if any)? I've tried sleeping in dead quiet, but my...

That's interesting - my son is actually on Guanfacine for ADHD... I can certainly ask my doctor if it's worth a try.

Hi @Cmspgran! I think you may be the only person who has described one of their tinnitus tones as exactly what I experience. My left ear has morse code like beeps that ride on other sounds. So, especially things like white noise (including refrigerators, air conditioners), the beeps both react...

Hi @Ksharky13 - thanks so much for your detailed reply. I'm after both a sleep aid and something to help with anxiety - although probably more the latter than the former (they go hand in hand to some degree!). I am not on Duloxetine at the moment - I was on it shortly after my tinnitus first...

Hi folks. I noticed Mirtazapine is an anti-depressant that does not have tinnitus listed as a side effect (tinnitus is labeled as "frequency not reported") on drugs.com. Is Mirtazapine, therefore, widely regarded as "safe" for use by tinnitus sufferers, at least compared to other SSRI/SNRI...

Have you continued with Cyclobenzaprine and, if so, what’s your experience been? I ask because I’m looking for an (even off-label) anti-anxiety medication that has the lowest risk of exacerbating my tinnitus. My psych prescribed Duloxetine / Cymbalta, but from reading the threads on Tinnitus...

I have a few constant tinnitus sounds, but one of them is a sort of mid-tone (c. 800 Hz) morse-code style tinnitus. It is reactive to volume (e.g., it gets louder in response to other sounds, such as inside a car or a white noise machine). However, and this is really odd - when there are...

Anyone know what this treatment entails - as in, how is this pulsed radiofrequency to this particular nerve done...? What is the supporting theory behind why this might help people? I’m unclear if this treatment relies on the sufferer having a particular type of tinnitus that is somehow...

Tinnitus Talk is such a great resource; thank you for taking the time to do it for all of us out here suffering. I’ve subbed as a Patreon and I’m looking forward to joining the Zoom on Sunday. Thanks again!

Thanks all. Actually, this morning, on waking, my tinnitus has settled back down to its more usual level. A significant relief!

Thanks for replying, I appreciate it! When you say it’s possibly a temporary spike, do you mean it’s more likely to be permanent - even from just a few minutes in that sort of wind? Thanks again.

I went to a very windy (25-30 mph) beach yesterday - big whitecaps on the water, etc. My watch decibel meter indicated the noise was 90+ dB with spikes at just over 100 dB when facing into the wind (and 80-85 dB when facing away from the wind). Due to the noise, I only stayed about 8 minutes...

Hi there - apologies for asking dumb questions as I’m not intimately familiar with the various research projects going on. When you say the potassium channel modulators being dead ducks - does that include the RNID funded research into HCN2 ion channel blockers (i.e. is that a dead end in your...

The paper alludes to silent fMRI being available towards the end. I expect this treatment has legs. Anecdotally, I am able to semi-influence my tinnitus through mental exercises, so it feels intuitively correct to me that with fMRI some people (not all) could “learn” how to adjust the auditory...

Thank you for your reply. At noisy events (I went to a wedding for example) I use full foam earplugs, or at a basketball game both earplugs and industrial earmuffs over the top. For normal things like people over for dinner or restaurants I would normally use my Loop Engage Plus earplugs with...

I take 200 mg Gabapentin when I really need to sleep, probably once every couple of weeks. It’s great, puts me down for the night. I haven’t noticed any impact on my tinnitus.

Hi all, Following a 110 dB concert on 17 October 2023 which I stupidly attended without earplugs, I’ve had chirping tinnitus, only in my right ear. First night was extreme Morse code, which went the next day and became arrhythmic chirping. No prior history of tinnitus. It had a huge mental toll...

I’m two months into tinnitus. Mine is pretty mild - random short interval ringing but constant high-frequency bird chirps. Today, my wife calls/yells our daughter’s name while she’s a foot or two from my ear, probably 95 dB or so. The yell is just a first name, so around half a second in...

Hi DITB - reading your fascinating posts about the 16khz hidden tone in the Bose QC20 - did you conclude this was something that only appeared when the earphones were plugged in via the audio jack, or does it appear even with “natural” external noises? Thanks!

I recently travelled long haul from US West Coast to Australia (including a short connection). A few observations: - Before flying my audiologist (who also runs a tinnitus management program at her hospital) recommended I wear ANC headphones - which I did (Bose). - The short haul (1 hour)...

For me, choosing intratympanic over oral Prednisone wasn’t because I thought there’d be a better outcome, it was because the significant potential side effects of oral Prednisone were eliminated by having Dexamethasone administered by intratympanic injection (whose potential side effects are...

Hi all. Following a (cursed) 110 dB concert on 17 October (this month), I’ve had chirping tinnitus, only in my right ear. First night was extreme Morse code, which went the next day and became arrhythmic chirping. No prior history of tinnitus. It’s having a huge mental toll on me, very limited...