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    Floaters are annoying, but nothing compared to tinnitus distress. But as my tinnitus has gotten...

    Floaters are annoying, but nothing compared to tinnitus distress. But as my tinnitus has gotten worse so has the floaters, and it’s just scary. Obviously there’s something in my brain, some sensory filtering that has malfunctioned big time and it’s just getting worse. And I wonder how bad it can...
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    No effects on my tinnitus, it has possibly slightly improved my mental health.

    No effects on my tinnitus, it has possibly slightly improved my mental health.
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    I sometimes have brief moments where I belive I might be able to eventually live a decent life...

    I sometimes have brief moments where I belive I might be able to eventually live a decent life with this condition, more often I’m horrified of the level of my tinnitus and can’t see how I’ll ever be ok! But I will keep trying until I won’t.
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    My mental health is somewhat better while my tinnitus has gotten slightly worse. I’m taking one...

    My mental health is somewhat better while my tinnitus has gotten slightly worse. I’m taking one day at a time, trying to live my life more or less as pre tinnitus. But I rarely enjoy life anymore and seeing myself under this level of distress/annoyance years ahead is more than I can bear...
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    First dose of new AD Vortioxetine this morning, introduced as I taper Ecitalopram. No...

    First dose of new AD Vortioxetine this morning, introduced as I taper Ecitalopram. No sideeffects yet, beside really quiet T :)
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    @DeanD I read somewhere you can’t sleep (at all). I think you should discuss with your GP to...

    @DeanD I read somewhere you can’t sleep (at all). I think you should discuss with your GP to short-term try a mild benzo instead of Zopiclone. Hopefully it could help you both fall asleep AND stay asleep (at least for a couple of hours).
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    My Hyperacusis Is Cured & I Barely Have Tinnitus Anymore

    THIS!
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    Please Don't Say There's No Cure for Tinnitus

    Ironi. If your post truly was an effort to warn sufferers against noise, I’m sorry.
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    Please Don't Say There's No Cure for Tinnitus

    Well that’s the first post I’ve ever seen on Tinnitus Talk that I actually think should be removed. There are kids here (thinking their lives are over)! Know your audience!
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    Anyway if Ativan helps you relax I see no harm in using it for a while longer. I can’t imagine...

    Anyway if Ativan helps you relax I see no harm in using it for a while longer. I can’t imagine such a low dose is holding you back in terms of improving.
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    As I’ve written in one of my threads my tinnitus often seems somewhat so quiet when in complete...

    As I’ve written in one of my threads my tinnitus often seems somewhat so quiet when in complete silence, but I’m often horrified how prominent it is when there’s external sounds as fans, AC, traffic noise, dishwasher etc. heard. I don’t think it reacts or the volume changes, but it just seems so...
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    But I wonder if it’s more the effect of «contrast» as however loud external sounds are you...

    But I wonder if it’s more the effect of «contrast» as however loud external sounds are you simply can’t mask with evironmental sounds when T > 8 - 10 kHz. At least I can’t. Are you sure it’s all about reactivity and not at least partly related to it’s high frequenzy? 2/2
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    How loud is your baseline? I understand you have quite high pitch tinnitus? The thing with high...

    How loud is your baseline? I understand you have quite high pitch tinnitus? The thing with high pitch is that althoug not that loud it can be heard over almost everything, I often wonder if mine is reactive as it seems the louder I turn up fans, white noise, AC etc, the more prominent my hissing...
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    I have quit and reinstated Remeron like 5-6 times the last 8 months. Once I’m on those I can...

    I have quit and reinstated Remeron like 5-6 times the last 8 months. Once I’m on those I can swear I get worse, once I’m off I get worse. It’s a neverending cycle, trying all these things and constantly monitoring it’s effect on your T. You could look into the progress of @Vicki3116. Thats one...
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    I dont’t think so, but brains are different so who really knows. Could get better, worse or stay...

    I dont’t think so, but brains are different so who really knows. Could get better, worse or stay the same (I got worse, but was it the benzo?) As you know I believe searching for and trying all kinds of things to get better makes some of us worse, as opposed to just accept that this is how my T...
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    I sometimes wonder if trying «everything» actually have made me worse. I feel as if tinnitus...

    I sometimes wonder if trying «everything» actually have made me worse. I feel as if tinnitus actually feeds on desperation, and trying so hard to get better means you monitor and focus a lot on the sounds. If only I could just accept it and try to live my life somehow with tinnitus, things might...
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    True, even tough I feel more sorry for my kids than myself

    True, even tough I feel more sorry for my kids than myself
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    Experiencing Palinacousis, Reactive Tinnitus, TTTS, and ETD — Any Link Between All of This?

    Zopiclone kicks in fast and will help you fall asleep, but not stay asleep.
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    Tinnitus Fluctuations: Signs of Recovery or Just Normal?

    Unless you have tested your hearing prior to this discovery, you may have had this hearing loss from 12 kHz and above for many years without knowing. I have high frequency hearing loss starting mild at 6 kHz and am more or less deaf from 10 kHz and above. I have probably had this for many years...
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    Tinnitus Fluctuations: Signs of Recovery or Just Normal?

    I think it’s impossible to know if these fluctations means something in terms of healing. In my early months I often hoped that sudden fluctations (or any changes at all) was a a sign of better days to come. I would kind of be listening for changes. Nowadays I’m not that hopeful.
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    I Prefer Being in Silence with My Tinnitus

    I hate those! The rare occasions where my tinnitus is not clear and present, these frequent short bursts are always there to tell me it hasn’t gone anywhere.
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    Experiencing Palinacousis, Reactive Tinnitus, TTTS, and ETD — Any Link Between All of This?

    SSRI and Remeron. The SSRI really does nothing, while Remeron might be helping me fall asleep. However, I suspect the Remeron is causing some vivid dreams and nightmares which often wakes me up (with crazy loud tinnitus). The first months I used a benzo, but my intake got completely out of...
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    Experiencing Palinacousis, Reactive Tinnitus, TTTS, and ETD — Any Link Between All of This?

    Makes a lot of sense. It’s been a year for me - and the anxiety, panic, depression and suicidal thoughts have more or less been with me ever since. I keep telling myself I can’t evaluate how (if) I will be able to live with this until the depression and anxiety is gone, but with constant...
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    Experiencing Palinacousis, Reactive Tinnitus, TTTS, and ETD — Any Link Between All of This?

    No anxiety when suddenly experiencing all of this - is nothing but impressive. I have a high-pitch hiss in my left ear, that is constantly worsening, so that I now hear it over almost everything - mild compared to your struggles, but it has brought me to my knees with severe anxiety, depression...
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    Experiencing Palinacousis, Reactive Tinnitus, TTTS, and ETD — Any Link Between All of This?

    I’m sorry to hear about all this! If you are in a state of severe anxiety and hyperawareness, I believe it can cause at least some of the symptoms you are experiencing (palinacousis and that you «feel» the tinnitus), and probably exacerbate the others.
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    I Prefer Being in Silence with My Tinnitus

    I have a high-pitched hiss in my left ear. It’s sometimes constant but often oscillating with sudden changes in pitch/intensity/volume (like a sensation of tiny zaps in my ear). I think the volume of my tinnitus is low/low-moderate - it’s rather the high pitch and these «zaps» that makes it...
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    I'm Lost with Constant Suicidal Thoughts — My Tinnitus Is All I Can Think About

    My tinnitus has been progressively worsening since onset late 2021. When I got out of the depression in May, I found it easier to deal with the sound and I was somewhat optimistic I could learn to live with this if it could get a little bit better or at least stop worsening. I was still...
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    I'm Lost with Constant Suicidal Thoughts — My Tinnitus Is All I Can Think About

    May and June were good months - the depression left and I was able to be somewhat optimistic about the future. Tinnitus didn’t leave but I was thinking less about it and able to enjoy things in my life. However, the loudness/pitch continued to worsen, and as months were passing, so did my...
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    I'm Lost with Constant Suicidal Thoughts — My Tinnitus Is All I Can Think About

    I’m doing better. Not at all great, but coping somehow and not suicidal. The last week I haven’t spent a minute here on this forum and I’m not planning to do so until i hopefully can come back and write some kind of success story. Until then, I’m out :)
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    What Do You Wish Your Doctor Had Told You?

    Ask if the patient is experiencing: Insomnia/sleeping problems Anxiety Catastrophic thinking If so - any of these things should be dealt with instantly. It's really important to try to avoid the onset of a potentially chronic fight/flight-response as well as the patient being obsessive about...
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    I'm Lost with Constant Suicidal Thoughts — My Tinnitus Is All I Can Think About

    Lexapro is the same as Escitalopram. But as you say there are other drugs out there that could be beneficial.
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    I'm Lost with Constant Suicidal Thoughts — My Tinnitus Is All I Can Think About

    I went to the ER yesterday. Now hospitalized with severe depression, anxiety, fatigue, insomnia due to tinnitus. I was about to say «farewell and goodnight» so this was just about time. The doctor who welcomed me said «I can see an extremely tired man sitting in front of me». First day/night...
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    I'm Lost with Constant Suicidal Thoughts — My Tinnitus Is All I Can Think About

    For four months my life has been spiraling downwards and now there's really nothing left. There is tinnitus and nothing more, my brain is 100% occupied with it (and floaters). I've been sent into a depression (and anxiety) so severe I'm even incapable of finding joy in thinking of my kids, my...
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    Tinnitus, Blurry Vision, Visual Snow, Double Vision, Starbursts, and Other Symptoms — I'm Scared

    Jesus! These are exact the same symptoms I’ve been experiencing the last couple of days (and you could add floaters). Developed all of these symptoms during only a couple of days after some insane panic attacks and tinnitus reaching new heights. Wonder how things went for you @TheGopher?
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    I'm Lost with Constant Suicidal Thoughts — My Tinnitus Is All I Can Think About

    @Michael Leigh - Regarding headphones/AirPods (music at low volume). Why is this any worse than using hearing aids with masking/enrichment at moderate volume? Listening to music (without disturbing others) is more or less my only relief these days. And the only thing that gives me a needed...
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    I'm Lost with Constant Suicidal Thoughts — My Tinnitus Is All I Can Think About

    I think the last few weeks might have taught me that I'm completely incapable of suicide. There have been so many nights where I have decided 'this it it', I've made a will, prepared letters for my loved ones - but I just can't commit suicide. However, as my psychologist said - giving completely...
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    My Story: Tinnitus Probably Caused by Either Loud Music, Ibuprofen, COVID-19 or a Bad Fall

    Very glad to hear you are still living a normal life!
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    I'm Lost with Constant Suicidal Thoughts — My Tinnitus Is All I Can Think About

    Hi @Uklawyer. I might disagree - since my tinnitus was really faint/low in the beginning, I think that if I had positive personality and had been mentally stable at that time (and not already was suffering anxiety/depression), not prone to OCD - I would have been able to let this go instead of...
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    My Story: Tinnitus Probably Caused by Either Loud Music, Ibuprofen, COVID-19 or a Bad Fall

    I know exactly what you mean. I think it is the fact that the sound isn't that loud which makes it more easy to cope with in quiet surroundings. But since it is so high-pitched, it's very easy to notice it in environments with other various ambient (and even loud) sounds. This has been causing...
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    I'm Lost with Constant Suicidal Thoughts — My Tinnitus Is All I Can Think About

    @Michael Leigh - Regarding masking. Somehow masking makes me even more aware of my tinnitus. And masking at night hasn't provided any better sleep, I actually often wake up panicking thinking that the masking is the sound of my tinnitus.
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    I'm Lost with Constant Suicidal Thoughts — My Tinnitus Is All I Can Think About

    Hi @Michael Leigh - thanks for your kind response. My small high frequency hearing loss is probably noise induced. I suspect it's caused by a concert I went to some twenty years ago where I experienced some dullness, pain and tinnitus in my left ear for a couple of weeks afterwards. I have for...
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    How do you protect your ears when in the boat? Among all the other things I worry about these...

    How do you protect your ears when in the boat? Among all the other things I worry about these days of suffering bad only 4 months after onset of a high pitch intrusive tinnitus (among them suicide) is how the hell I am going to enjoy a summer in my boat - without damaging my ears even more. Its...
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    I'm Lost with Constant Suicidal Thoughts — My Tinnitus Is All I Can Think About

    You are correct, I only tried out a hearing aid for my left ear. Maybe both ears could have made a difference, especially since I now am also experiencing onset of tinnitus in my other ear as well. However, I've found that my high pitch hissing is probably around 15,000 Hz, way above the...
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    Be Honest. Do You Still Enjoy Life?

    Initially slowly worsening and eventually the sound changed from a tonal sound to something way more intrusive in the form of a high pitch hissing static oscillating monster - impossible to mask, as it is resistant to any volume of noise I throw at it. Since my sleep became very affected mid...
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    I'm Lost with Constant Suicidal Thoughts — My Tinnitus Is All I Can Think About

    @Pau Marti, thanks for your kind response. What freaks me out is that I’ve never had a baseline, rather a volume that’s seems to be increasing progressively. This last week I can even notice it beeing slightly louder every morning when I get out of bed, and its already way more intrusive than I...
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    Be Honest. Do You Still Enjoy Life?

    Only four months into this and it seems like I have been suffering from tinnitus for years already. Still I can very well remember what life used to be like, and I miss it so bad. I have experienced some periods of anxiety and depression earlier in my life, but these don’t even come close to...
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    I'm Lost with Constant Suicidal Thoughts — My Tinnitus Is All I Can Think About

    @Uklawyer, I was already under a lot of stress, dealing with anxiety and a quite severe depression at the onset of tinnitus. I was (for the the first time in my life) hospitalized and got ECT. I suspect my second (and for sure last) session of ECT triggered the initial tinnitus, but it was...
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    I'm Lost with Constant Suicidal Thoughts — My Tinnitus Is All I Can Think About

    First of all, excuse my English. By the end of November last year I noticed a faint ringing in my left ear, a low constant beeping sound. It was initially barely noticeable in silent environment (and for all I know it may have been there a while already when I first noticed it), however I was...
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