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New University of Michigan Tinnitus Discovery — Signal Timing
Well, Lenire has got such a bad rep here that people tend to forget it actually helps some people.- Bart
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New University of Michigan Tinnitus Discovery — Signal Timing
My apologies. I did not mean to sound so negative. It's just that after ten years of being on Tinnitus Talk (I've been away for a couple of years), I've seen so many things come and go, being hyped up that the cure was just around the corner. I am getting tired and skeptical. If it works...- Bart
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New University of Michigan Tinnitus Discovery — Signal Timing
I certainly hope so. I am talking about the media silence regarding the fact that no professional has ever heard about this so-called device or Susan Shore in general, at least here in Belgium. My audiologist asked me to link her to Susan Shore's research. She was not convinced about this...- Bart
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New University of Michigan Tinnitus Discovery — Signal Timing
I don't mean to be a party pooper in any way, but it seems as if this device is again considered as some holy grail. My audiologist and I are pretty skeptical; similar devices and research have been tried before with subpar results, and Auricle's complete media silence and updates are not...- Bart
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@makeyourownluck I think I will call it quits on the amitriptyline, I'm on an extreme low dose...
@makeyourownluck I think I will call it quits on the amitriptyline, I'm on an extreme low dose (6mg) in a combo with trazodon (20mg) but the side effects are not so good, I'm pretty sensitive to meds I guess (oh joy), I got a prescription for the duloxetine though, can I ask what dose you're on ?- Bart
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Hello, not so well, I been diagnosed with pudendal neuralgia after a diagnostic nerve block but...
Hello, not so well, I been diagnosed with pudendal neuralgia after a diagnostic nerve block but there is definitely another nerve involved as well , this stuff sucks! Started taking amitriptyline+trazodon and it really helps for the pain but my ringing is getting louder and louder, it's getting...- Bart
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Are you starting to notice any improvement? I feel like we are stuck in the same boat, can't...
Are you starting to notice any improvement? I feel like we are stuck in the same boat, can't even sit comfortably for more than ten minutes without pain in my sit bone and the muscles are all cramped up, doing physiotherapy without much luck so far, only seems to be making things worse, what the...- Bart
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Hey are you taking the amitriptylin? Doc wants me on it as well , thanks
Hey are you taking the amitriptylin? Doc wants me on it as well , thanks- Bart
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I hope you find some relief soon, I have been suffering from burning nerve pain myself for a...
I hope you find some relief soon, I have been suffering from burning nerve pain myself for a couple of weeks, they don't really seem to find what's causing it, been prescribed Trazodone+amitriptylin, it helps but now my tinnitus is spiking, nerve issues can take a while but things will improve .- Bart
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Hey how is your nerve pain ? It might be the pudendal nerve that is acting up , do the drugs...
Hey how is your nerve pain ? It might be the pudendal nerve that is acting up , do the drugs work? It can take some time before they start to have an effect.- Bart
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Viagra/Sildenafil with Pre-Existing Tinnitus
If you Google it, there are very few anecdotal reports of people that got tinnitus after taking an ED drug. The mechanism behind it is not understood and the correlation is not proven, it could be due to any number of other reasons as well. Personally, I think it's fine in low doses and taken... -
Things People Say When You Tell Them You Have Tinnitus
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Things People Say When You Tell Them You Have Tinnitus
I have chronic prostatitis as well and sometimes need to take Doxycycline to deal with flare ups. Doxycycline does sometimes seem to spike it but not permanently. Remember that the stress from pelvic pain causes stress that can also worsen tinnitus. The thing with chronic prostatitis is that... -
Erectile Dysfunction (ED) and Performance Anxiety — Has Cialis or Viagra Impacted Your Tinnitus?
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Erectile Dysfunction (ED) and Performance Anxiety — Has Cialis or Viagra Impacted Your Tinnitus?
My experience with Cialis (I take it recreationally sometimes) is that it can sometimes make your tinnitus louder, but it's temporary if you don't freak out too much about the possible temporary spike. I have asked several doctors and ENTs and they all pretty much say the same thing, that it... -
New University of Michigan Tinnitus Discovery — Signal Timing
That is why TFI scores take an average per week and not per day. TFI also does not necessarily say something about perceived loudness but more about the impact of tinnitus on someone's life, which is different for everyone.- Bart
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New University of Michigan Tinnitus Discovery — Signal Timing
Maybe the TFI scores reflect the fact that the participants' tinnitus was of fairly recent onset <one year, so habituation yet has to do its part of reducing the distress in general, so even with a good reduction in intensity, the TFI scores would still be significant because participants will...- Bart
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Have I Experienced What Habituation SOUNDS Like?
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Back for Support — In the Depths of Despair with Worsening Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
I feel your pain as my story is very similar to yours. But we need to try and stay confident that we can get back to this good place. We have done it before so we know it is possible. We have done it before and will do so again. Time is a healer. It will just be a temporary setback towards the... -
Have I Experienced What Habituation SOUNDS Like?
I would like to add that according to Dr. Hubbard even people with fluctuating tinnitus can habituate as there is always a certain pattern or the same repeated sound, but it's obviously harder and more time time consuming and the degree to the habituation may also be somewhat less, but even if... -
I am now in therapy to handle the stress and anxiety and keep it in check because I get panic...
I am now in therapy to handle the stress and anxiety and keep it in check because I get panic attacks whenever it spikes, hoping the spike is temporary again, it's getting hard to keep the faith.- Bart
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It actually improved a lot after some months/weeks, however after a family meeting my anxiety...
It actually improved a lot after some months/weeks, however after a family meeting my anxiety and stress levels went out of control again that caused another spike this weekend, that improved the day after but unfortunately I took some herbal meds that spiked it again very very badly, and this...- Bart
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Hough Ear Institute's Hair Cell Regeneration Project
Oh boy, another company with a miracle pill/cure "we will have it on the market in 2020" - lol.- Bart
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Louder Tinnitus After Vaping Synthetic Nicotine
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Will Stress-Induced (Divorce, Grieving, Moving, COVID-19 Infection) Tinnitus Spike Get Better?
Well, it did go back down 90% but it took some effort, I dealt with the stress with the help of my therapist and made sole lifestyle changes and things were good again, habituating at fast pace and eventually I would get to baseline again, things were looking quite good and I was happy again... -
Antibiotics? Tinnitus Spikes?
Hello, I started the antibiotic Doxycycline yesterday evening, 200 mg and follow up days 100 mg twice daily for 10 days. Today after taking the third dose my tinnitus seems to have spiked pretty significantly. I hate to stop taking it because it seems very effective but I am worried things... -
Will Stress-Induced (Divorce, Grieving, Moving, COVID-19 Infection) Tinnitus Spike Get Better?
Small update. Today I am doing much better and getting better every day. Never give up hope. -
Will Stress-Induced (Divorce, Grieving, Moving, COVID-19 Infection) Tinnitus Spike Get Better?
Clonazepam and Xanax are similar but Clonazepam is longer lasting, I have had good results with both though, although Xanax seems to be more addicting or harder to taper if needed from what I have heard. Xanax is typically effective for four to six hours, Clonazepam is supposedly effective for... -
Will Stress-Induced (Divorce, Grieving, Moving, COVID-19 Infection) Tinnitus Spike Get Better?
To the point I could go days without even noticing it, but it was there somewhere in the background, only really heard it in total silence after a while and it was not bothersome at all, but I remember the first three years it was quite bad. -
Will Stress-Induced (Divorce, Grieving, Moving, COVID-19 Infection) Tinnitus Spike Get Better?
That is exactly what we say with every spike though, this time it's the worst! This is different, this has got to be the big one! Because we simply forget how it can be, get or was. I think I told myself that hundreds of times over the past 8 years but eventually they always did come back down... -
Will Stress-Induced (Divorce, Grieving, Moving, COVID-19 Infection) Tinnitus Spike Get Better?
After a factory visit? What happened? I have found that these spikes are often a vicious cycle. Once the tinnitus is back in the foreground, you get a spike from stress and then, in turn, the spike causes more stress. Distraction and positive thoughts always helped to break the cycle in the... -
Will Stress-Induced (Divorce, Grieving, Moving, COVID-19 Infection) Tinnitus Spike Get Better?
Thank you Michael, I have seen a counselor in the past and did a lot of sessions (CBT, TRT), it helped tremendously. I will wait this one out a bit longer, it should improve again as it always did, at least I damn well hope so, but we all know how this game is played unfortunately. For now the... -
Will Stress-Induced (Divorce, Grieving, Moving, COVID-19 Infection) Tinnitus Spike Get Better?
Sorry to hear that mate. Yes, I have taken Xanax and Clonazepam in the past but only for sleeping when things were bad but I did not need it for the past couple of years. I am now taking it before sleep and during the day when I feel the anxiety rise. It usually helped with the ringing but now... -
Will Stress-Induced (Divorce, Grieving, Moving, COVID-19 Infection) Tinnitus Spike Get Better?
Well, I had a first major spike a couple of months ago that eventually resolved itself for the most part (90%) after 2 weeks or so. This one seems even worse and has me a bit worried because my tinnitus was pretty stable and it follows so shortly from the previous one, but it has only been a... -
Will Stress-Induced (Divorce, Grieving, Moving, COVID-19 Infection) Tinnitus Spike Get Better?
Hello guys, My tinnitus for the last couple of years was pretty stable and low but I have had periods of very high stress and anxiety recently. I went through a divorce, my father passed away, I had a COVID-19 infection, and now I am in the process of moving. My tinnitus has spiked pretty... -
I Admit, It's Killing Me
I was in that place and it feels hopeless and pointless, i was there and believe me that I can feel what you are going through my friend, everyone on this forum can . But today my tinnitus is still with me and it spikes and does it's own thing but I don't care , most of the time I do not even... -
Poll: How Long Do Your Tinnitus Spikes Usually Last?
It depends , Hours, days or in rare cases weeks . But although I had countless spikes in the past it is important to remember they always returned to base level , in my experience the worrying about it is often worse than the actual spike , if it's even a spike and not just the normal... -
Clubbing and Hearing Protection
Hello Dr. Nagler, Yesterday I attended a birthday party in a club, due to circumstances we had to stand not far from the speakers and the music was very loud (sometimes you could literally feel the bass). Of course I wore custom made Variphone earplugs with a music filter, 25-30 dB reduction...- Bart
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Lenire — Bimodal Stimulation Treatment by Neuromod
If this is true, a 3 dB to 10 dB reduction might seem marginal but in terms of the actual tinnitus loudness it is huge.- Bart
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Habituation Linked to Sensory Memory
In my opinion the worst thing you can do is to set a date or keep track of it, it will come naturally , my tinnitus can get pretty bad where I hear it over everything but it's most of the time only slightly annoying . It comes with ups and downs like everything else in life .- Bart
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Spike from Loud Music (Approx 90 dB) or Maybe from Alcohol? Or Maybe Just a Product of Worrying?
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Spike from Loud Music (Approx 90 dB) or Maybe from Alcohol? Or Maybe Just a Product of Worrying?
It does not feel uncomfortable at all , it is done by proffesionals who know what they are doing, the procedure is perfectly safe . After the mold is taken, it takes about 10 minutes , you have to wait about 15 days untill the actual earplugs are made based on the mold , they first do a leakage... -
Spike from Loud Music (Approx 90 dB) or Maybe from Alcohol? Or Maybe Just a Product of Worrying?
@Stu1983 I am doing a bit better, thanks, fingers crossed! @Jack Straw The audiologist fills up both ear canals with some sort of wax and let that harden out for a couple of minutes before removing it, that mold gets than send to a lab where they use it to create a perfect fitting earplug... -
Spike from Loud Music (Approx 90 dB) or Maybe from Alcohol? Or Maybe Just a Product of Worrying?
I just got back from the audiologist and they did a leak test. The left plug, the one where my tinnitus is and the ear with the most hearing loss was fine and showed no leakage, it damped between 23 and even 40 dB in some frequencies, but the right one was terrible and almost dampened nothing... -
Spike from Loud Music (Approx 90 dB) or Maybe from Alcohol? Or Maybe Just a Product of Worrying?
Hello, Yesterday I attended a birthday party. It was very crowded and inside a fairly large hall with a DJ. The music was terribly loud, my dB app measured it around 90 dB, and I was there for about 4 to 5 hours with some small breaks in between. Of course I wore my trusty custom made Elacin... -
Leeches on Ears for Tinnitus Relief? It Helped Hitler
Hitler probably suffered from tinnitus as a result from WW1 and later the assassination attempt with a bomb in WW2. Hitler was a drug addict, and suffered from insomnia but I do not believe leeches are very useful for tinnitus. Medieval nonsense.- Bart
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Boss Talking Loudly Above My Head for 20 Seconds. Help?
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SOS! Problems with Glucose Levels After Taking Prednisone. Anyone Else?
This is a rare and temporary side-effect from taking corticosteroids , glucose levels should return to normal levels after you stop taking the drug , and 5 days is not long-term use . Just contact the prescribing doctor if you are worried about it , but you will be fine . -
Tinnitus Spike After Playing an Action Game on Xbox 360
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Dutch Song About Tinnitus: The Amazing Stroopwafels — Tinnitus
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Anxious About Tinnitus Even When It's Not Bad?
The way I see it that is not necessarily a bad thing, it keeps you vigilant and carefull . I stopped being that after 4 years and I started getting more careless , trusting my doctor when he prescribed me drugs that eventually made it alot worse again , not once, but twice , so yea, it has up... -
Zantac/Ranitidine and Tinnitus?
I have been taking this drug 150 mg once a day in the morning for the past 5 days but it seems this is ototoxic? Does anyone know more about this? Edit : tinnitus and/or hearing loss is not listed as a side effect . -
Q&A: Tinnitus Hub Meets Neuromod (Lenire)
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Q&A: Tinnitus Hub Meets Neuromod (Lenire)
They looked for participants who had tinnitus for not longer than 5 years, yet I believe @kelpiemsp has had it for 31 years?- Bart
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Q&A: Tinnitus Hub Meets Neuromod (Lenire)
What kind of device is this?- Bart
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Ototech
From my point of view it should not matter if it is caused by a virus, noise or meds, hearing loss is hearing loss no matter what initially caused it . But I think this is just smoke and mirrors , like the Brain clinic, it simply does not work or it would be well known and offered as treatment...- Bart
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Q&A: Tinnitus Hub Meets Neuromod (Lenire)
Well they better hurry before that silly leprechaun steals my pot of gold.- Bart
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Steroids: Prednisone / Dexamethasone / Others (Oral and Intratympanic Injections)
Again it depends , sometimes I use 2-2-2 days , so 64-64-32-32-16-16 , or I switch it up , for example, 2 days at 64 , 4 days 32 and 2 or 3 days at 16 mg . The 64 mg gives some side effects wich can be unpleasant , so I try to limit the days on those high doses . Be advised, the first day your...- Bart
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Steroids: Prednisone / Dexamethasone / Others (Oral and Intratympanic Injections)
I can only speak from my personal experience and when I take steroids it seems to calm down spikes every time, but indeed, how much of this can be attributed to the steroids or if it would have come down regardless is hard to say. My ENT said they prescribe steroids just to be sure, sometimes...- Bart
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