Search results for query: *

I'm sorry that you cannot sleep. I've been there and it is truly awful. I feel for you, I truly do. Just hang on. I promise you it will get better. You've only had it for a about a week, so odds are that it will go away. I had mine for about 2 weeks before it left. And right before it left, I...

You'll be okay. I had this too. In fact I think I probably still do have it. But it's gotten to the point where I can't hear it anymore. Either because it's quiet or because I've habituated to it. Trust me, my whole body used to feel like it was vibrating. Once your brain stops focusing on...

Hello everyone. If you were active on this site a month ago, you would have seen me fretting in the support thread about having developed terribly intrusive tinnitus from a concert. I was inconsolable, worried that I would never hear silence again. Looking back now, it's all but a bad dream...

Thank you for your advice. I have been trying to slowly reintroduce louder noise into my environment, at a reasonable rate of course. And nothing too loud. So this is reassuring. I just feel anxious and jumpy sometimes because I fear I may be doing damage by exposing myself to certain sounds.

Thanks for your reply, Michael. I'm relieved that I haven't accidentally ruined my progress. So I can use earplugs near traffic? Great. I will admit that my hypercausis has calmed down a decent amount now, which is reassuring. I'm glad I'm moving in the right direction. Experiencing another...

My tinnitus has been decreasing drastically over the past few days to the point where it's gone from a 10/10 to a 1/10. However this morning I woke up to a loud spike in one ear and now it's at about 3-4. I was outside yesterday for a few hours, and I had to endure the loud traffic sounds. I...

Lane - thank you. I appreciate your cautious words here. I have personally resolved never to take any more risks with my hearing. I've thrown my ear buds out and have purchased earplugs to ensure I don't so any more harm to my ears. It does look like I am unfortunately susceptible to tinnitus...

Thank you, I sure hope so. I've been freaking out for the past few days...

Hi, almost missed you! I have that too, but it's not exactly what I have in mind when I think of this. To me this is far more disturbing. Thank you though.

Hi, you had MES ? I'm experiencing that right now. How long did it take to go away for you and what did you do?

For the past few days I've been hearing what I can only describe as a low droning sound that sounds like it's coming outside. As if someone is running a generator outside my window. I've been hearing it everywhere. I don't think anything triggered it, just came out of nowhere. Happened the last...

Thanks Bill. However now I'm hearing sounds that don't sound like regular tinnitus. They sound totally external. What could this be??

Is this normal? My normal tinnitus has declined significantly. But now I'm hearing a what sounds like an engine going off, a random assortment of bass tones, and recently, bells. Yes, bells, like the chime from my living room clock when it strikes each hour. These all sound like they are coming...

Thanks for your response. Noises don't cause physical pain per say, they just cause my tinnitus to spike wildly. Like the sound would be accommodated by a loud, harsh hisss. Sometimes it would make me slightly dizzy.

Thank you. It seems to be better when I sleep without it. Right now it's quiet again. Then it spikes moderately every once in a while and then goes back to soft hissing and a quiet tone in both ears. I think it's getting better. The only thing is the sensitivity to sound...

I fell asleep with some light music on for sound enrichment. I've had some sensitivity to sound that makes my tinnitus spike a lot at slightly higher volumes but I've just tried to ignore it for the sense of treating the sensitivity. The music was hardly loud at all, very low and quiet. However...

I'm bordering on hysterical now PLEASE JUST TELL ME IT WILL GO AWAY

So this is it?? This is my life now, forever? It just hit me that I have to let go of the denial. I've only had it two weeks so it may go away soon but if not, then what?? This is what I live with now???? I thought it was getting better. It was silent this morning. I rejoyced and thought I was...

Hiya I've just started experiencing this à few days ago. It's so scary. Right now it sounds so loud, like someone is drilling outside but I know for a fact that nobody is there. It makes me so relieved to hear that yours went away. How long did it take to leave? What signs did you see when it...

Thank you so much for writing back.

Thank you so much for writing back. Have you been hearing the same sound too???

I'm so so sorry for spamming, I know I have posted several times in a matter of a few days. However I truly feel I am going off the deep end. My high pitched ringing is coming down, which I am happy about. But it seems as if a constant hum/drone has taken its place. It DOESN'T SOUND LIKE...

Please, can anyone help me? This is really freaking me out

Feeling scared. Can't stop hearing a low hum. Keep thinking it's an engine because it sounds external. Can hear it even with ears plugged.

Hi y'all, me again. So, improvements. Yay! This morning I woke up to perfect silence. It remained for about half an hour. The hissing started coming in but it is so much quieter. So that aspect of it sounds like it's going away. However, for the past few days I have been hearing this non-stop...

Hi, thanks for your response. I couldn't agree more. 2 weeks still feels like no time at all. I had my last episode with it for about a month before it subsided and vanished. In that time I felt hopeless, but a part of me believed it would vanish - and it did. They say 3 months is the acute...

Hi all, The last two days have been the worst possible days for my tinnitus. Today it is still noticeable, but I am somehow feeling more optimistic. I've noticed a few changes: - high pitched dog whistle is evolving into a hiss. Comes back intermittently but eventually settles to a hiss...

I almost missed your post! I will do everything I can to protect my ears now. How has yours gotten over the course of the four months?

I certainly am very anxious right now. The past few days have been just so, so rough. I'm trying to relax. Talking to my boyfriend helps.

Oh thank GOD. For some reason though mine has gotten louder than it was at onset and its really destroying me. I feel like I'm moving in the opposite direction. I hope it fades and completely vanishes in the next few days

Please, anyone? It's so much louder today, I don't understand what's going on. It was a lot quieter at onset, now it's so loud that my ears feel full. Will this go away?

Hi everyone - me again. This sucks. Wanna know why my name is optigirl19? It means optimistic girl. I'm usually so optimistic. But right now, I'm scared. My tinnitus started two weeks ago after a ridiculously loud concert. It progressed from a tone in my left ear to what is now a high...

Thank you for youe long and detailed response. That's why I'm waiting on the doctor's orders. I know steroids are nothing to be played with. I didn't take any sort of treatment last time and this all went away. How have you been? Has it gone down a little, or at least become more bearable? I...

Thanks for that helpful explanation and the link as well. I'll see what the doctor says.

Cheers Lane, thank you! I was thinking that too, I've had periods where it goes down to nothing. They were brief, but they've happened. So I don't think this will stick around. I know, my ears have been compromised. I really pushed it by attending thay concert, although I assumed it'd be at a...

If taken early enough, can steroids really help? And how?

Thanks! I've booked an appointment to see a GP later today so hopefully that goes well. Can steroids work even two weeks after the initial onset?

Oh believe me, I don't plan on going to another concert ever again. I wouldn't have even gone if not for my friend dragging me along... Will it get better at least? It's only been about 2 weeks, can it decrease? It fluctuates a lot which reassures me that it won't be stuck being as loud and...

Hi everyone. I'm an 19 year old girl about to turn 20 next month. I've been here before, I had a bad bout of tinnitus almost two years ago that eventually completely subsided after about 2 months. The initial onset was not as a result of noise trauma. To be fair I have no idea what caused it...