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@Michael Leigh, a car went past, with a loud scream - gear box issue I think. My ears spiked and there has been a hissing ever since. It feels like it's worsening too :( Can this get better?

The pain is in my forehead. I had an ENT look at me, who said I had swollen turbinates. I don't appear to have high blood pressure? Also, I had an eye test which was normal... The other signs, I don't have. I have a weird whooshing now in both ears. I didn't have that before.

Guys, I have been getting headaches in my forehead region for 4 months and they have been pretty damn terrible. I have had tinnitus (ringing) since 2016 but lately a whooshing sound has started and it sounds like air going shhh. I don't know if it's in the rhythm of my heart but I know it goes...

Do you think my turbinates being swollen could be the cause of the extra tinnitus noise? I am getting lots of headaches and facial pain too. It’s so grim x I’m curious to whether you have sinus issues - headaches and facial pain? I’ve had them since the beginning of the year. When I can sleep...

Hi. I have an update to share. As you know, I developed a new noise in October. Low-level humming that has been there ever since. It varies in intensity and just appeared randomly. I am so frightened because yesterday another noise was added to the cacophony of noises I already had. My tinnitus...

I’m wondering if anyone has constant fluctuating tinnitus? One minute it’s doing crazy noises, then goes to one sound for a bit, then bang to the crazy sounds again.

Thanks @Michael Leigh. I am barely getting 4 hours sleep and that’s with benzos. It makes me relax for a bit, I fall asleep but wake 4 hours or so later and hear the loud noise. It’s, as you stated, a cacophony of sounds. Mine is like a frantic 2 tone violin off tune. It goes berserk on and off...

Can I ask if any of you developed a new tone, like a lower frequency tone, did it ever go away? My other tones are louder and very intrusive. It’s driving me insane :/ I just wish I had hope it will reduce to what it was.

Hi. I have an appointment tomorrow to ask for that. I also may ask for Mirtazapine as it helped me before. It’s called Remeron in the United States I think. I have a lot of stress around me at the moment, and I’m a mess with this noise which has gone exactly back to how it used to be with...

I’m having multiple tones and a loud hiss over the top. It’s unbearable. It’s loud and intrusive. I’m a wreck because I can’t sleep and settle.

At breaking point. Not slept. I can’t believe I’m here again, only this time worse. Louder tinnitus and unable to get any rest bite. I can’t go on like this :(

Hi @Michael Leigh, thank you for your comprehensive response. I have spoken to Julian Cowan Hill but as lovely as he is, he charges a lot and you said it before about it not being a quick fix. Stress takes time to reduce. I did get a good deal on Cranial Sacral Therapy and had a session this...

Thanks for your responses - really appreciate it. I was at breaking point last night and eventually fell asleep exhausted with it. The house move wasn’t that bad. I moved 8 months ago to a lovely little house and I have been enjoying doing up the garden. I have been fairly relaxed and not...

Hi @Ken219 - yes. Starting Cranial Sacral Therapy tomorrow. I’ve also had a session with Julian Cowan Hill. Do you believe the new noises can go? And that the old ones can settle? I’m terrified of it getting worse. :-(

I’m in the U.K. I feel so flat. I’ve gone back to square one. The low-frequency humming is low but then gets louder; it’s hideous and it is intrusive. It stresses me out to a point I feel sick. I didn’t sleep last night. Lay awake nervous and the noise louder to a point my head was...

@Michael Leigh, I haven’t listened to loud music or had any exposure to noise. i can fully assure you of that. I never do, because I’m paranoid about loud music etc. i wear earplugs when I cut my grass. Trust me, I haven’t been exposed to loud noise. Currently sat up in bed upset despairing...

Please look up Julian Cowan Hill. I am hanging on by a thread too but he’s my only hope. It’s shit.

Hi everyone. I’ve had tinnitus for 6 years. At the start it was hellish but I somehow managed to cope. Eventually I got used to the noise and it fluctuated up and down. Sadly I’ve gone back to square one and my anxiety levels are tripled. I’m not coping as I’ve developed a low-pitched...

Hi. No of course not but when you have hearing damage from noise exposure - you usually know about it very quickly after the noise exposure and I hadn't done anything differently. I wasn't stood next to blasting speakers. I was actually in a hospital with my good friend and worried about her. I...

No idea about hidden hearing loss.

Perhaps you need to watch YouTube videos of Julian Cowan-Hill. I think he knows what he is talking about my friend. Damage to the cochlea, not always the case. In fact, how did my ears get damage to both ears over night? By what? I didn't do anything. But it's also worth pointing out that...

With the exception of illnesses, such as Ménières and many more, I think it's a case of 'once you've heard it, you simply can't unhear it'. It sounds ridiculous and I know some of you will be reading this thinking I am talking rubbish but think back to when it first began. The more you...

I absolutely no but you have no choice but to let it do what it does and the more you stress the worse it'll get trust me. Try some deep breathing exercises before bed tonight. So big inhale through your nose and gently breath out as if you're playing a flute. Do that for 5 minutes and let...

Why epsome salts?

Hi Karen. Don't worry about the MRI. Mine was clear and it only took 10 minutes. Trust me it won't make your tinnitus worse, I promise you a million percent. Take ear plugs and they'll give you headphones and it is over in ten mins, if it's an IAM. Internal Auditory Meatus (just side, covering...

Thank you for your replies. I really appreciate it. It was very quiet last night so I woke up very chipper and thought I'd go to yoga to keep up with the relaxing momentum. Got back from yoga and it was hissing at me. I have found my jaw aches sometimes so I could well be grinding in my...

Hi. Yea I had an argument with someone. The conversation got quite heated. I was upset and I noticed that evening I had a high pitched dentist drill sound and I hadn't had that before :( It can't be a spike because it's been since week?

I plug my ears and try and hear if it's the radiators or if it's inside my ear. It's distressing :(

Hi Mike. It's been 7 days of a new noise. Surly that's not a spike?

I got tinnitus in march 2016 and I went through a hellish 6 months. Finally I started to pick myself up and accept it and was sleeping with the noise, having times (albeit short) where my t would be quiet. Last Monday I was really upset and since that evening I've developed a hissing, dentist...

I can hear a new noise, like electrical chainsaw or high pitched and then all the multi toned noises underneath it. Does anyone actually believe this is caused by anxiety because I don't. I feel like I am on the edge. I have so much to live for but if this carries on, I won't be here this time...

@Glynis I'm so scared. All the months of trying to get myself okay and new noises appear and leave me terrified and feeling like I'm trapped. I don't know why I've got new noises. I'm scared I'll end up like that woman in holland who went for euthanasia because of tinnitus. She has terrified me...

Hi. I don't have a cold. I wish it was that. Thanks for your reply x

I have had tinnitus since March last year. I went through hell with it and deliberated suicide and all sorts of dark thoughts. I started to cope better with it until last week. Something changed, for no apparent reason it's got worse. It was settling down and then it just got worse and kept me...

Thanks everyone. I appreciate your responses. The noises do my head in. I wish I knew what brought this on. It's one ear that seems to squeak whistle and hiss and the other has a chain saw noise which is faint but there in silent rooms. It's driving me potty x

I don't know how loud. Not mega like concert loud. It was a band in a bar

I hope so. I just didn't know if a noisy bar would damage permanently. I've avoided it and I wore ear plugs but they were clearly not decent enough as they only protected to 12db. That's not great.... I was only in the loud bar hour half but it has affected me badly and making me feel so...

I've had tinnitus for 6 months and I've stayed away from clubs and loud bars. I went out Saturday but wore concert ear plugs but they only protected my ears 12dec which I think wasn't enough. My t has gotten worse. It's taken me 6 months to get to a place where I can function as I was...

What else can they see on MRI

I have tinnitus mainly in my right ear which is a high pitched violin two tone sound and it's hideous and cause me to wince in silence or when I hear it. I noticed the t in my left ear making electrical noises like a saw and last night started with a hissing. I'm so upset because I've not slept...

Does that stop - the fax thing As mine is up and down so much. And I also hear it without plugging my ears but I meant is it more apparent

Can you guys hear the tone of tinnitus when you put your fingers inside your ear with the tinnitus? Can you move your finger around and hear it change the sound so it's like tones in there? When I yawn I hear it do a tone thing. It's horrible :-( not sure how I ended up with t but I'm wondering...

Hi. Thanks but I don't have TMJ. I've been dentist. I have t that can be heard by plugging my ears and it's easily changed by moving my finger in my ear. Do you get the t sound when you yawn?

Does any of you guys get a tone when you yawn like a multi tone thing that sounds musical or if you put your finger in your ear can you manipulate t and hear these tones inside your ear? I feel like I'm going mad!! I know how bad my t is by the strength of that tone inside my ears. I know how...

Did yours get quieter? And more manageable?????

Thank you. I have been doctors and they make it worse by saying to live with it. I've started taking Kalms. Hopefully they'll help settle me a little bit. I pray for the day it goes. I don't know how I'm gonna cope if it gets louder

@Ian hair cells can be completely fine with tinnitus. Julian Cowan Hill has helped 100s of people with tinnitus who's either disappeared or diminished. My query was who's has actually gone on here. there can be tinnitus with no hearing loss too. And let's be logical - if t is caused by stress...

great to read success stories but not many state it went away. Titles like "severe tinnitus but coping well". To someone like myself who's terrified of it because it keeps changing etc and reading it can be severe and then coping doesn't help me personally. It's great people have found a way...

I have t in my right ear for 3 months and I'm literally rock bottom. I have lost sight of my friends and family and I am deeply depressed. The anxiety is crippling me. I got t after a period of anxiety and loss. Is this possible though? To just get it from stress. But more recently over a...

Brilliant post x

Stress is meant to be the culprit. If that's the case then maybe try reduce stress. It's hard I know but I'm doing everything I can to give myself the best chance. I'm sorry you feel bad.

I know but I don't believe tinnitus comes from anxiety. I will never be convinced. When I feel calm I hear t roar and when I'm feeling anxious it can go quieter. No pattern to the pattern. All I know is it is hideous and so stressful. The two tone fax is difficult to habituate.

I have different pitches too High pitched whistling and then it goes to a fax machine. Has yours improved at all and do you find its quieter at any particular times? Do you think yours was brought on through stress and anxiety? My tones have a low tone that seems to be constant but I can't...

I had a hearing test and it was perfect. No clue to why it's worse on one side. It's so distressing though. How many people actually get better? Who's goes away? Same amount as who may be committ suicide I suspect - rare as hens teeth. :-(

Can stress and anxiety cause tinnitus alone?

My tinnitus started 3 months ago (no idea why) but it appeared and I latched on the little sound that I heard in my ear which got worse over the days and weeks ahead. When I plug the noisy ear I can hear the noise there like someone is blowing through my eardrum. I used to just hear nothing -...

I hope so. I think the issue is - I want it to go away. It is so unpredictable :( it scares me.

I have noticed it appearing in the other ear too. I honestly won't cope if it gets as loud in the other ear. Every day is such a struggle with anxiety :( not knowing WHEN or IF it will worsen. It makes me feel terrified.

What changed for you?

Hey Thank you for this. I don't think my ear was perforated? I'm sure I'd ave known because I would have had pain. I stopped using them in January and the t showed up in March. I'm not convinced it would have waited 2 months to give me symptoms. I've noticed my t has moved into my other...