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Thank you both for your responses, at least I now know what to ask the doctors about (open MRI possibilities space for ear muffs etc). I would like to rebook it as it is worse on one side so I should really check it out.... but kind of glad I freaked out at the last minute because I have not...

Hi guys, Haven't posted in a while - I was supposed to have an MRI this evening but made the mistake of researching it out of anxiety before I got there. After seeing a lot of people say it was too loud and some scientific articles/papers supporting the idea of it being risky, panicked and...

yes! I posted a story in the support forum a week or so ago. I'll see if i can put a link to it here.... https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/1-year-on-positive-post.31122/#post-368066 There we go. It is worth saying that the best diagnosis I got for the tinnitus itself in the end was blocked...

Yes that's exactly what happened to me! I must have spent such a lot, I never added it up but Christ. I'm so glad I'm not there any more.

That's awesome, I'm so glad you're so much better!

No I don't have any of it left. I do still get very anxious in loud environments which causes a kind of anxiety fuelled return of the hyperacusis very briefly, but I don't get any pain unless there's an unexpected very loud noise now.

For me, the hyperacusis was the worst part. I totally understand how debilitating and soul crushing it is. I couldn't tell you why it was that mine started to improve. All I know is that I gradually started having to go outside and I slowly slowly slowly started to feel comfortable removing...

Hi all... I haven't posted anything in a while, even though I was a near constant presence not all that long ago. I realised yesterday that I think it's a year almost to the day that I developed tinnitus (I say 'almost' because as I didn't develop it after a specific noise trauma, it's hard to...

Hiya, I’m no expert but I’m sure @Michael Leigh and @Bill Bauer will be happy to help you out, both were very informative and kind to me when I first popped up

hahaha oh my god yes

Their word seems to be the truth? That'll be why only 5.7% of cases are convicted then, and why a guy (Brock Turner) who was literally witnessed raping an unconscious woman was only sentenced to 6 months.

https://www.facebook.com/notjusthollywood/ read the stories on here if that's your argument. These are all true, all from real women, all anonymous so you can't argue it's for attention or to get at a guy or whatever. No female that I know is trying to overpower any man. A smile is nice...

What you say would ruin your day is very often what happens to us.

I didn't realise people had responded to this thread I forgot to mark it as one I wanted to watch. Yes, false accusations of rape and sexual assault are extremely rare, especially once it gets past the stage of simple accusation and authorities are involved due to the huge amount of emotional...

Went to a kinesiologist today and she did this thing she claimed was special chiropractry where she flicked me on the head with her fingers, I wasn’t happy about it because she didn’t ask and I may just be hyper perceiving but I think my tinnitus is slightly worse and I’m pretty mad since I...

1) yes mine gets worse with a cold because is *apparently* caused by ETD so I guess the blockage gets worse 2) I don’t know if it gets worse or if I just get more hung up on it or both - I think both personally but I suppose it could just be my perception. Mine definitely fluctuates so it would...

Sorry to post again, I don’t like to keep bothering all you wonderful people but there’s just no other place with anything approaching answers. The doctor gave me an otovent today, and I started it this evening. You’re supposed to inflate the balloon up to the size of a grapefruit and I just...

I’ve just started using Beconase which is a corticosteroid spray like Flonase - I can’t tell if it’s making me worse or not? I was having a pretty bad spike anyway due to a train journey where my ears popped and became much louder and more painful than they had been in weeks, and I can’t tell...

@BillBauer my t is not noise induced so that may work in my favour, and yes there are a few people travelling but I don’t have a big family so it won’t be a huge number of people. Anyway, today is my birthday so I need to try and keep my mood up! Spike has gone down quite a bit as of now anyway...

there is no experience close to rape. I see where you're coming from though, maybe just say you feel violated or something in future. Rape isn't a term to be messed with.

I'm not planning to have any music so that's my thinking as well, I think I'll be able to tell pretty fast if it's going to be too loud so if it is I'll just leave

I really wouldn't use the word rape so lightly if I were you

I think I will look up some of those tips, I'll have to - not like I can avoid transport completely and walk 150 miles! My mum and I had quite a productive chat this evening so that's good but you're right, she does often assume she knows better than me simply because she's older but she doesn't...

i just don't know what to do, I did have a talk with mum this evening and she was actually really good, agreeing to be as quiet as possible and everything but with my party (which isn't till Thursday) I don't know what to do. I've been out for a pint and had people over for drinks before since...

I might give it a go, she’s not normally very receptive to that sort of thing at all (her way is the only right way doesn’t matter what I think about my own condition) but I suppose if I don’t try then I can’t blame her for not listening. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas too Glynis thank you...

So annoying right? I’m tempted to hide something that makes a constant noise in her handbag so she can experience it for a few days (I won’t of course). I don’t understand why people think they get to be in charge of how anyone else should deal with a problem and won’t listen to the person...

Hi all, not doing so well today. Long story short I had been doing much better but since coming home on the train and my ears popping/being unable to control the noise levels over the past couple of days, im back to singing noises especially in my right ear which popped worse, and both ears...

you're right sorry - wasn't acoustic trauma, just came on with a bout of tonsillitis about 3 months ago, running diagnosis is etd

For anyone who doesn't want to to read all this which would be totally fair enough because it's boring, my question is: has anyone found that while no noticeably loud noises have occurred, that they've experienced an increase in volume/pain/head buzzing (whichever is most applicable to you)...

did you get any progress/answers with this? I get a similar thing

I'm hoping that's the case, I'm no medic but I'd hazard a guess that the fact you can make it quieten is probably a good sign so don't lose faith :) I'm in my final year too, never been more stressed so that can't be helping :p hopefully it'll all be okay x

That's so strange, what a weird condition this is! I've had a few other symptoms besides, but they could be totally coincidental (who knows :p ). I can do that with the pillow sometimes, it's very odd. All the pressure in my head is definitely off so I'm hoping same as you! Yeah deadline season...

@lucluc you and I are on a similar timeline then, I've had mine for 2.5 months now - I'm sorry to hear yours is getting worse although glad to see your mood says fine :) do you mind if I ask if you've had any other symptoms along with it, ear pain, blocked up tubes and the like? Just curious.

you say it got worse, did it go back down again?

After two months of doctor appointments, sore throats, swollen glands, headaches, earache, jaw pain and tinnitus, doctor has decided I've got blocked eustachian tubes (thanks doc) and told me to use beconase steroid nasal spray from the pharmacy. Conflicting information online about whether...

Thought I'd get a conversation going on here about the whole #metoo thing, I know it's a bit of a hot button topic and it's nothing to do with tinnitus but it's interesting and important to me, and I know it is to a lot of people :)

@Jenni8619 Oh I’m definitelt not going clubbing, just makes me sad that I can’t because it was always so much fun. Not sure I’ll ever go again to be honest, I don’t mind not going while I’m at uni but we always have great nights out at home. Ah well, some sacrifices have to be made. I think...

People really don’t get it haha, I have a friend in a band and he was trying to persuade me to come to a gig (they always play ridiculously loud) and said he’d give me earplugs and I was trying to explain that even the television makes my head hurt and he just didn’t get it :p Yeah it’s...

Can I have an update on your problems? Quite similar to my symptoms and I’m going out of my mind a tiny bit :p

Have you had any answers to this?? I’m only 2 months in to start with and it was set off by an illness, there was the ringing but no real pain, except in the last couple of weeks my noise sensitivity has got way worse - was set off tonight by a bloody washing machine, now have moderate/serve...

I just don’t understand because this wasn’t noise induced in the first place, or at least not by a specific acoustic trauma, so why the crap is noise affecting me so much? I’ve had no pain, no deafness, no nothing except the ringing until the past 2 weeks or so when that all started, up till...

I am always so torn as to whether to follow your advice or advice like Michael’s which says not to overprotect, I wish I’d followed yours today and left the room when my ears felt uncomfortable rather than trying to stick it out and telling myself ‘don’t give into hyperacusis’.... guess what G...

I’m trying but it’s nigh on impossible in a house with three other people in it I find myself completely banished from the kitchen and living room because there’s too much noise.... I just pray to god this is gone by the morning, I’d just about figured out how’s to cope with it before. What...

Tinnitus spiked massively with extra tones and head vibration plus pain in right ear after half an hour of conversation with a washing machine in the background, I left the room because it hurt, then like 20 mins of barely loud tv an hour later which didn’t even feel uncomfortable?? How?? I...

Thank you for your advice - I have not used any sort of headphones since onset. It was also not noise induced but came on seemingly randomly with an illness, leaving me at a loss to predict what will and won’t set it off. I will follow your sound enrichment advice and I have been talking to my...

@Michael Leigh I would be particularly interested to hear your thoughts on this if it’s not too much trouble? I have already read tinnitus a personal view and hyperacusis as I see it and found them both helpful.

So I’d been doing my best to stay positive in the face of the massive anxiety all this has caused, had made myself take a couple of trips into town and once to the pub (not at a loud time of day) and neither of these made my tinnitus worse despite there being music in shops etc - theonly time...

I’m glad you think it’s realistic, you made me feel better just by saying that! I am doing my absolute best to stay away from any excessive noise (or even uncomfortable everyday noise) especially when I have more sensitive days. What’s a few missed parties compared to a lifetime of noise...

Thank you, I’ve been nervous of taking anything at all because everything seems to have been ototoxic to someone and made the tinnitus worse and I just know I couldn’t cope if it got worse, but perhaps natural remedies will be okay... I’m still hoping for it to go away as naïve as that may be...

@billie48 keep calm and carry on ;) You’re right of course, could have been any combo of all those causes - just so frustrating!! Not helping that I can’t sleep due to it and that whatever illness brought it on is still lingering and making me feel terrible otherwise / making the T and what I...

I keep reading about these peltor muffs, where can I get them and are they expensive? The only reason I haven’t been is that the ENT I saw told me I had no need to be careful around loud noise but since he also said it would clear up in a couple of weeks I’m losing faith...plus I’m a big...

I have a very similar story, haven’t tried decongestants or anything though as no doctor seems willing to listen to me, they just tell me to wait and see if it clears up but it’s been two months now, it hasn’t and I’m worried that much longer without investigation and treatment and the...

@Greg Sacramento Thank you so much that’s really helpful <3 just finding it really hard to tell what’s going on because it wasn’t noise induced with me, no idea where it came from so I worry about what will affect it. Thank you!!

Had some stupid bloody setbacks today. Yesterday I felt quite depressed and the noise and anxiety was really stopping me from sleeping. I finally managed to get to sleep about 6am only to get up at half ten to pick up a friend from the station. Obviously was feeling anxious especially with...

I have had an insanely emotionally stressful year and generally quite stressful so maybe I’ll ditch all the music and loud stuff for now and just focus on sorting my life out... thank you <3 xx

Haha I have to agree it’s worth it to be honest, dry bread it is ;)

Thanks for the advice :) yeah I don’t mind about clubs and parties and stuff I can easily live with that to be honest.... that’s interesting to know about those musicians though. I’ll have to weigh up whether I think it’s worth it or not...... I will definitely look into getting musicians ear...

Hi, I’m a twenty year old student, I’m happy to give up clubbing and parties and whatever that’s fine with me - but I’m also in a band as a singer, and it means so much to me. I haven’t been able to do any rehearsals or recordings or anything since tinnitus onset 2 months ago (not long in the...