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Hi Deb, To be honest, CBT was only one tool in the toolkit, so to speak. In learning to live with and ultimately triumph over anxiety, there were several things that helped me succeed: 1. Learning what anxiety is and what causes it (i.e. understanding the fight or flight response and the...

Hi, checking back in with the outcome of my second Pfizer shot. I waited six months to do the second shot as I was very fearful due to the first jab making my tinnitus quite a bit worse (regrettably, that change has not improved). So, three weeks ago I received my second shot and there has been...

Hi, I wanted to share an update. After 6 months I finally got my 2nd Pfizer. After the 1st one, on Day 10 my tinnitus became quite a bit louder. To date it has not resolved. So I was very afraid of getting the 2nd jab. Due to Delta and other reasons (1st grandbaby, wanting to resume travel at...

Hello, how are you? I am very close to just going ahead and getting the 2nd Pfizer shot today but am, of course, still not sure. Would love to correspond if you are interested!

My sentiments EXACTLY. Teetering on the fence is becoming quite taxing, isn’t it? Before the Pfizer vaccine my tinnitus was a 1/10. Since 10 days after the shot back in February it is a 4/10 and hasn’t improved in almost 6 months. Like you, I am seriously worried about how to manage it if goes...

I have the exact same questions as @squirrelgirl. Your responses would be so incredibly helpful, folks. Please, please share your experience with shot no. 2 if the first shot exacerbated (or caused) your tinnitus.

@CathyJ, I was confused by your post that you chalked the new tinnitus up to the vaccine. Until the point you concluded that, I thought to myself, “Oh, good thing she had the vaccine as this looks like a breakthrough case of the Delta variant and, typical of COVID-19, it has messed with her...

No, I have not had the 2nd shot. Some days (usually the ones when my new tinnitus seems quieter) I feel like just going for it and hoping for the best. Some days I feel like getting the second shot would be the dumbest thing I would ever do, that the risk of further exacerbating my...

I am experiencing a spike caused by the first shot of the Pfizer vaccine which is ongoing for over 4 months with no change, up or down. I do have days which seem quieter but they come and go (could be days where the brain is beginning to habituate). Overall, the sounds associated with this spike...

T-L, I can’t tell you it will go away as you had hoped but I can tell you that your ability to live with tinnitus will improve. I’ve had tinnitus since 2005 or 2006 that was very mild. After habituating I could go weeks without even thinking about it. But 10 days after the Pfizer shot I...

Ah, I misunderstood a post of yours from a while back. My worsening from jab #1 (in February) is still with me, too. No improvement but I do have days where I think I am beginning to habituate somewhat. For the time being I am also choosing to not do the 2nd shot.

@Al Cuz and @kingsfan, I'm wondering how you are doing now that more time has passed since your second shot? You both indicated that your tinnitus was indeed worsened by jab no. 2 but it has now been several weeks. Any improvement? Are you yet back to your baseline (before the second vaccine...

Hi, my mild tinnitus started during a period of my life when I developed a severe anxiety disorder in my 30s. I had anxiety attacks daily back then and the whole thing drastically affected my life and who I was. I refused medication and instead threw all my efforts at understanding what panic...

@Oabmarcus, this is the frustrating thing about tinnitus; in many, many cases the cause can’t be 100% known. We are left playing detective and trying so hard to understand something that the scientific community doesn’t even have a handle on. Even though there are hundreds of reports of...

Similar to you, Sammy, my mild tinnitus got worse after the COVID-19 shot, only for me it was the first shot. It happened at 10pm ten days after the jab. You are suspecting the cause may have been the screechy movie you watched; I am wondering if the reason could be a period of intense anxiety...

I can add three bits of data: My two grown sons and I had mild tinnitus. 10 days after my first shot of Pfizer I developed a louder and more intrusive hiss that has not gone away; it has been 3 full months. I now consider my tinnitus ‘moderate’ and permanent. I have no plans to get a second...

Hi, your story sounds so much like mine. I developed mild tinnitus during an intense anxiety (both health anxiety and generalized anxiety) in my mid-30s (I am now 51). I developed a few issues that I believe were a direct result of my stress levels constantly being on the ceiling; tinnitus was...

@DebGal, I first developed tinnitus in 2005 or 2006 (been so long now I can’t recall which year it was) during a period of intense anxiety in my life. It was extremely dismaying at first but then I got used to it and stopped noticing it except in very quiet environments. Somewhere along the way...

Totally agree; there must be many, many people needing to know what the implications are if they need to not get the second shot. Fingers crossed the first jab provides enough protection for peace of mind.

A couple of weeks after your shot, let us know how it’s going. Best of luck!

Hi Shreya, I also have a buzz that is worse at night. Mine presents like an overhead sound. The sound can be a buzz or hiss but at night it is almost a crackly, staticky sound and even a slight vibrating feeling. So far the best coping mechanism I have found is playing on a loop a sound that...

I have a thought on your comment. I had the first Pfizer jab/shot on February 17th and 10 days later my very mild overhead buzzing sound became a moderate-in-volume staticky buzz. It is ongoing. There have been a few good days or brief periods of relative quiet but overall I consider myself...

I wanted to offer my reply to the question about how the tinnitus exacerbation after vaccine is progressing. My first Pfizer shot was February 17th and it is now 6 weeks later. For context, I already had ringing in my right ear and overhead buzzing since 2005. Both were mild and easy to live...

I have the same conclusion, that the 2nd shot seems like something we should avoid if the first one exacerbated our tinnitus. But then COVID-19 seems to have a higher correlation with worsening tinnitus. Either way, we feel we must roll the dice. The CDC is saying that one shot of Pfizer or...

Checking back in regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and tinnitus. I had the first Pfizer shot on February 17th and one week later become panicked when I perceived my right ear ringing to have gone up (from very mild to mild). Three days later the overhead buzzing I have increased from very mild to...

Hi there, I am trying to reply to the convo you initiated with me but can't figure out how to 'reply.' You asked if I had other symptoms after the vaccine. Nothing except the arm was sore/stiff for about two days at the injection site. My coping with the uptick in ringing and buzzing is...

Hi, I started having tinnitus in 2005 during a period in my life where I suffered from an anxiety disorder. I learned to overcome the anxiety and have been living with mild tinnitus in my right ear and mild buzzing overhead since then. I received the 1st dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on...