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I don't think the earplugs were very good. I use different ones now that are better but I have since quit the job and no longer have to use Shop-Vacs. I won't go anywhere near a vacuum now.

Good to see you Roy. I haven’t posted in this thread before but as somebody who suffers from catastrophic tinnitus, I understand the suicidality of those that post here. I have been following your story here and was wondering about you as you hadn’t posted in a long time. Glad to see you are...

Constant stress, every minute of the day.

May I ask what made it improve? That is interesting. I can’t usually go longer than a couple of hours before I am at my wits' end with the torturous ringing and I have to turn on some sound therapy.

Do you use sound therapy to try to mask it?

Yes, using a Shop-Vac was a part of the job. I thought I was protected using earplugs. Hindsight is 20/20, I should have quit my job sooner. I'm 47.

Yes exactly! Not even my sound therapy that I play through my hearing aids can mask it. It’s just way too high pitched and loud! Do you use sound therapy at all?

Is anybody’s tinnitus as loud as mine? I can hear it while walking around the house. It screams very loud over the TV. I hear it while walking around outside. I hear it in the grocery store. I hear it while driving down the highway. It’s very loud all the time. The only escape I have is through...

I'm using sound therapy through my hearing aids all day. I don't know of any other way. Do you have any advice?

It was from another Shop-Vac that I had used for about 10-15 minutes. I'll never use another Shop-Vac again for as long as I live!

Actually not very good. 2 months after i habituated, I suffered another noise trauma due to a poorly inserted earplug. The noise damage kicked me out of habituation with much louder tinnitus. I had to quit my job a couple months ago because I didn't want to risk any more noise damage. I...

Alcohol always spiked my tinnitus so I quit drinking more than a year ago.

It could be that your tinnitus is changing. After my initial onset, around 2-3 months in, I developed reactive tinnitus with 2 more tones which lasted for about a month or two before it went back to a single tone and became non-reactive.

Drinking alcohol while on benzos increases your risk of tolerance and given that benzos are already highly addictive I would highly suggest abstaining from drinking.

I have severe tinnitus that I can hear over almost everything. I hear it while outside and while driving down the highway. Work is hard to concentrate at nowadays and I can’t wait for the work day to be over but I haven’t habituated yet after having suffered another acoustic trauma. Now I...

Sure. My tinnitus story started about 11 years ago when a classmate in trades school discharged high pressure nitrogen through a hose next to my ear. The tinnitus grew louder and louder over several days and kept me awake for a week until I finally went into hospital emergency and told the...

I feel your pain. I am on my 4th time having to habituate in the last 11 years. It is so frustrating that once you have tinnitus you have to be so careful to not make it worse. I had habituated just a few months ago from severe tinnitus and then made a mistake by not wearing double hearing...

The only thing I did that may have expedited things was in taking anti-anxiety medication. I thought it was going to take years to habituate but I think with the help of medication, I was able to get there faster. Besides that I just used my in ear maskers daily. I think like @BrOKeN_1 said...

Just thought I’d give an update on my situation. It’s been around 7 months since the onset of my tinnitus and it’s still there but I have habituated. It no longer causes any distress. I can sit in my quiet vehicle while my ears are ringing away and it doesn’t bother me. I haven’t used my in-ear...

I know exactly what you’re going through as I have been there. All I can say is to hang in there and it will get better. I heard my tinnitus wherever I went, almost everywhere, even in a busy department store, but now it seems the only time I hear it is when watching tv or in a quiet setting...

Hey Julian, The noise is just as loud now as it was at onset. I have just adapted and it does not cause distress anymore. If I’m home for too long and sedentary then it is more prominent and it can get annoying but it doesn’t create anxiety like it used to. i think you could benefit from an...

Hey Julian. Well I can tell you that the first 5 months were Hell. The only way I got through it was with in ear maskers. I got some hearing aids that cost $2400 but they were worth every penny. They are so much better then using EarPods because the batteries last 5-7 days. Anyhow, I was...

I have a similar story. I had mild tinnitus that I had forgotten about and then I used a loud Shop Vac with no hearing protection and now I have severe tinnitus. Mine is a constant high pitch ring. It may be a good sign that yours fluctuates. It may go to a lower volume. Time will tell.

Lately I have been using the Zen Tinnitus app by Widex and using the tropical night sound profile. It doesn’t mask my tinnitus but it mixes with it and helps break it up.

I only use them to generate masking sounds.

Thanks, those are all good. The last one you posted was one that I listened to for the first 2 months since onset.

May I ask what sounds are you listening to?

Thanks Michael, I have read some of your linked posts before. I’m definitely gonna hang in there, I have people who care about me and they help me hang on. I can only look forward to better days down the road. I know it’s gonna be a long hard road but I look forward to habituation.

I’m right there with ya man. I’m 4.5 months in with severe constant high pitched tinnitus from noise exposure and every hour of the day is pure agony. The only thing that’s saving me right now are in ear maskers (hearing aids). I have to mask every hour of the waking day or I go crazy with...

Mine is a high pitched Eeeeeeeeee tone. I’m 4 months in and nowhere near habituation. I can hear it over near everything. While outside walking, inside Walmart or the grocery store, while driving and while watching tv. The only place I don’t hear it is while in the shower. I use hearing aids...

Yes to the first 4 questions, no to the last two. It has to be about 75 dB before mine is masked.

I can relate because I am 4 months into severe tinnitus as well. I can hear mine over everything and have had to buy in-ear maskers to get through my days. I have also had suicidal ideation as well and am also struggling with medications and sleep. I was on Mirtazapine for awhile but found...

Hello all, I have been lurking here for the last 3.5 months since my onset and I thought I would introduce myself. This is the 3rd time I've had tinnitus in the last 10 years. The first 2 times were mild cases and I was able to habituate rather quickly within 6 months of each and I forgot I...

2 months into my tinnitus and I would rate mine as a 8-9. I have to mask it during the day with white noise otherwise it drives me crazy. I can hear it all the time . The only time I don’t hear it is while in the shower or while out riding my bike. I use meds to sleep so I don’t seem to have...