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My tinnitus is the volume of a loud TV. A super high-pitched screech. It's louder than conversation. My best guess is it's about 20% louder than a person talking. With respect, I'd barely call what you have tinnitus at all lol. You can easily overcome it with some positive attitude and mindset...

Everyone can cope with tinnitus better over time, but like everything in life, it depends on how strong your mindset is and how much you're willing to try.

Even suggesting someone could end their life over tinnitus is not only irresponsible but it's also pathetic. People read these melodramatic posts, who are looking for serious help and advice. Not silly posts about the idea of ending their life. It's like chopping your foot off because you...

Extremely intrusive. You won't believe me when I say it's a high picked screech the same volume as a TV right next to my ear. I can't mask it.

Surround sound speakers. Problem solved.

Get a grip. Euthanasia for tinnitus is absolutely ridiculous.

Hope is great. False hope is dangerous. People need to accept they probably have tinnitus for the rest of their lives and nothing will cure it. It's better to be realistic and accept it. Otherwise people can't learn to live with it. They will waste that time hoping.

You maybe hear it over the TV? Mine is way louder than a loud TV! Be grateful you have mild tinnitus and move on with your life. And no, Mirtazapine won't make your tinnitus louder. Your mind might trick you into believing it does though!

With respect, you are being tricked by your imagination. WiFi isn't making your tinnitus worse. Your mind is making you believe it. I'm not meaning this in a disrespectful way. I have OCD and my mind regularly makes me believe things that aren't true. Get off the Internet searching for other...

Only in America could 1 person be taking this on a daily basis.

I've been online long enough to see probably 10 things that showed positive results. But nothing ever materialises to a cure. In 10 years' time people will be having this exact same conversation. One person saying a cure won't be found, and another saying things are on the horizon. The ear is so...

No it's not a fact. But it's very likely it will get worse. And absolutely nothing is on the horizon to help. And kidding people of the contrary does nothing to help people in the long run. AM-101, the machine (Lenire) people were buying a few months ago, they always turn out to be an empty box...

Bagpipes are a horrible instrument and sound horrible. But that's another point. In future be rude and selfish if neccesary. He won't be the one listening to your tinnitus, so look after your ears and not his ego.

An episode can improve. But chronic tinnitus won't. And we aren't on the cusp of any medical treatments which will help tinnitus. That's just giving false hope which is worthless. The truth is every few years there's something around the corner. But that day never comes. The truth is if your...

Tinnitus always seems to get worse with time. The ear is damaged so it will continue to get more damaged, not less damaged. I think those who think their tinnitus has gotten quieter, have just gotten more used to it!

if the vaccine doesn't work on somebody, then logic would suggest it has no effect, therefore wouldn't help at all if the person contracted the virus! But I have no clue what I'm talking about!

I wish I could exaggerate my tinnitus. If anything I can't do it justice when describing how loud it is!!!!!

Yeah I think I did. I turned up my headphones too loud and I got a pop and it hurt a bit. Next day, tinnitus!

I agree with jdjd09. But when I've had to use ear plugs or ear protection, or I need to leave somewhere because it's too loud, i simply say "sorry I've got a problem with my ears". No need to go explain yourself or justify your behaviour. "Sorry, I have a problem with my ears" is all you need!

I'm just going to get straight to the point because I am typing on my tablet. My tinnitus is super loud, never been masked, never will be. High pitched screech in my head. 1. Accept it's not going anywhere. Neither are you so you have to live with it. 2. Keep busy. Do any activity that helps...

For God's sake allow people to try Prednisone early. After all you don't face the prospect of intrusive ringing in your ear for the rest of your life. So stop being as useful as a google search, allow people to try something that might help. You know no more than i do do let me try...

Or try Prednisone.

Yes mine was stable for 5 years. Then it got suddenly louder. Give it 8 weeks.

If it's worse in a quiet room, then it's not that loud. Mine is so loud it doesn't matter which environment I'm in. It's louder than everything. I'm not trying to have a competition with you, on whose is louder. I'm just trying to give you some reality. And the reality is, if you look after...

If you don't know whether you have tinnitus, you don't have tinnitus.

Who knows. That's the problem with tinnitus. We can't be sure of much. Perhaps you wouldn't have had a spike anyway, maybe you would have. But over protecting your ears can be problematic too.

1. Don't wear earplugs unless doing anything louder than a loud tv. 2. Yes it sounds like it will go away. Fluctuations are great news. Just be sure to carry on looking after your ears. 3. Mine started the day after listening to very loud music on my headphones. It came the next day and never...

Nope. Never experienced silence for 6 years now. Never will till the day I die I doubt!

Hi what caused this sudden hearing loss?

Well I'm not going to say you've been silly because I know how easy it is to get complacent and take a risk. I did it in July on a holiday beach buggy tour. It was really loud, I never had my earplugs and I continued to stay on the tour rather than get out and protect my ears. The result was a...

Yeah 2 months is the average for a spike. Till then it's likely it will subside or even disappear. No more loud noises or headphones in the meantime.

Hi yes I'm really glad to report it did. It took a little less than 2 months but it finally went back to baseline. Which is still bloody loud but I can cope with it. I feel very luck it was only a spike. It was so loud I cant imagine habituating to that! It's taught me a good lesson. Never...

I would assume the tinnitus is an aftershock from the infection. If I was you I would avoid loud noises and look after them, forever ideally, but at least for a few months. It's probably a temporary thing. But it's a sign your ear isn't happy about something so no headphones, no clubs and...

It's got too surely. My tinnitus is so loud how could I hear faint sounds? I have a fuckin fire alarm going off in my ear!

Do you game wearing headphones?

There's nothing in the pipeline. And stem cell seems to be the answer to everything! But I expect it's overrated. I hope I'm wrong on stem cell. But nothing is round the corner. I'm not being deliberately negative. I just don't think it's helpful to give false hope. Habituation is the only...

Use musician's earplugs all the time. They aren't very noticeable and you can hear everything, but at a lower volume!

Well said. I don't think we'll be seeing a cure in our lifetime. It's sad but I believe true.

He was. I will try to try share the link.

I listened to a podcast the other day on the topic of tinnitus. The doctor stated that tinnitus tends to get better than worse if the person looks after their ears in the future. He also emphasized the younger the person, the higher the chance it will dramatically fade or even disappear all...

Great post. And never feel bad or awkward about leaving a situation that may damage your ears. Mine's spiking from a silly action 2 and a half weeks ago. Never again will I allow that to happen. Great post and we need to be strong. It's ok to feel down and low. But we should never let this...

My experience is the people conducting the examinations play a guessing game afterwards. They may as well throw a dart at the list of possibilities and choose one that way. I don't think it's lack of trying. They just don't have a clue what causes a lot of ear problems.

If you have extra energy after sex with your women, you ain't doing it right.

Wow you have a lot to deal with. I'm typing on my phone, so I won't go into to much detail. But although you wouldn't think so if you met me, I have generalized anxiety, OCD, hypochondria (only recently started admitting that one) and super loud tinnitus. So I share a few things in common with...

Sounds like we have similar tinnitus. Can you mask it with other sounds? I can't, it's so loud, nothing comes close. Your early seaside tinnitus actually sounds quite pleasant lol.

Is yours maskable? Mine is so loud, the idea of masking it is laughable. I had it bad but habituated. After being stupid 9 days ago on a 3 hour beach buggy tour, my tinnitus has doubled in volume and is now much louder than any other external sound! I'm not sure I can habituate to this if it's...

Just wait a year and we'll see who's right. I hope you are. But to me it seems to be another overpriced machine that offers nothing but the possibility to relieve people of their cash. Abs toning belts were meant to be a breakthrough for people wanting a flat toned stomach.

Well in the last couple of days I've had spells where it's more like baseline compared to spike level. But after an hour or so it goes back to spike level. So not great. Right now it's so high pitched and loud that it almost hurts. Thanks for asking though.

I'm pretty sure being skeptical of a device that sells to desperate people for 2000 dollars and is being hailed as a breakthrough, isn't the same as being a flat earther! If anything the comparison to a flat earther should be aimed more at the person who has only done research online, and is a...

How much have you paid for the device? I wasn't trying to put anybody off. I didn't even think it was on sale yet!

I agree perhaps I was a bit too quick to post as I haven't done much research. I've only read a few articles. It just screams fake to me but I'm hopefully wrong.

But that's what scams rely on. People prepared to pay money to "give it a go"! It seems like homeopathy-esque nonsense but I'd be glad to be wrong.

Completely concur. Go for it!!!!!

I've recently read about the Neuromod Lenire device and it looks to me like another medical con people will laugh about in years to come. Of course I hope I'm wrong. But I think it's going to join the list of wobble machines and abs electric pulse exercise tools.

I'm always down for a chat. My tinnitus has gone insane over the last week due to me being an idiot. So I'm up for chatting to people also struggling!!!!!

You are so lucky. My tinnitus is 4 times the volume of anything else all the time. And so high pitched. I'd love to mask it with anything even for an hour a day!

After habituating after a year 4 years ago I also feel I'm at braking point after a (hopefully) spike that started 6 days ago after stupidly driving a beach buggy without ear protection. I genuinely feel your pain and hope we can help get each other through this. My ears are screaming at a...

The olive oil has done the trick and my hearing is back. But the tinnitus is still raging. It's about 20 percent increase on baseline. I'm worried it's staying like this forever. It seems it was already loud compared to others. I'm on day 5! So there's still hope. Never again will I take a risk.

Really? I thought a temporary spike lasted a week at the most?