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Hope everyone's been doing okay over Christmas. Have read here and there on the forum people mentioning things that reduce their perception of tinnitus. Even for use every now and again when needed. Finding it hard to track down the posts in question. It's a very optimistic question I know...

If so, is it safe to just stop taking it?

Could Lustral (Zoloft/Sertraline) cause this kind of stuff to increase? The patterns etc were there before but faintly/or not insistently. Yesterday they sped up, some came higher pitch and more often Only thing I did differently apart from a late night, was start 25mg Lustral 2 days ago. Has...

Do you need to worry about withdrawal including possible t spike with short term diazepam use anyone? And what would people consider a 'safe' short term - a week? A few months?

Further advice/information welcome from anyone. Been discussing some of above questions offline

Not sure if I'm ready for headphones Thanks for the information

Should have said earlier, thanks that's really good of you. I even just gave a medal :) I have M Audio monitor speakers but I always feel they are a bit heavy on bass so not sure what to think of that. They might be best ones I have. Interested to hear any thoughts from audio inclined people...

Traffic sounds makes low tone louder, other sounds make other tones louder. I've been spending too much time in silence as a result but nobody has thus far been able to help me break out of the cycle

Thank you

I have repetitive fragment of a tune and two tone patterns in one ear that have increased and sped up. They are testing my sanity. Has anyone dealt with this? I don't know what to do Have hyperacusis and tinnitus is reacting to pretty much everything so I haven't found a way to mask it

Scratch that they just mailed back and said they're actually WAV. The speaker is small though

The company has told me the files are definitely compressed to go involved device chip or whatever but they don't even know in what way. Thanks for the replies

Hi all. I know that in the case of using pink/white noise as sound therapy, compressed file types should be avoided. Also not recommended (understandably) are bad audio quality files on YouTube for listening to nature sounds or white noise etc. What about table top devices re avoiding...

How is that treatment administered please Deb/anyone ?

Read through pages and pages of reviews of Zoloft online and no one mentioned tinnitus. So hard to know what to think

Does that only work for hearing loss related tinnitus?

I wondered around how that was working too regarding the hearing aids. Thanks everybody this is really helpful

I'm totally open to what you are saying both of you and appreciate your hardwon experience and wisdom. M, I hope you don't mean I'm convincing myself before I start that it won't work, as I think it's fair enough to ask about people's experience before you do important things. I am glad I asked...

Hi Dorothy, If the cause of your t was tmj I think I would definitely look into everything I could on that front. Have you been searching on the forum about that area? I'm sure you probably have. It's not (I don't think) related in my case so I haven't carefully taken jaw related info on-board...

Thanks to both. Fishbone, what treatment did you pursue when you say you got on it and got treated? Michael, hi, thanks. I'm talking about perception of outside sounds rather than perception of tinnitus: Can changing how we perceive or approach (psychologically/emotionally) outside sounds...

Hi all People are telling me that if I retrain my perception, not of tinnitus, but of outside sounds and how they affect me, they will affect me differently. This is part of the basic retraining/TRT model I suppose. I.e. I have found that certain sounds affect tinnitus levels. I am told that...

Yes, I would be inclined to be very thorough in these matters regarding getting the professional help, for sure. Long story but I am working remotely with an audiologist. It's noise induced as far as can be ascertained at the present moment, it came with a noise induced tinnitus increase.

Thanks Oceaninshell and Michael, M - Had tinnitus longer than that, habituated to the first version. The current version feels like action needs to be taken, for many reasons. Have read your articles, thank you for putting so much into them. Some would be steps I have taken, some that I don't...

Hi all, I've come across a good few threads and other accounts relating to hyperacusis where people talk about how it was bad for them and now it's much better. Sometimes it's not clear how that improvement happened. If anyone had any points or helpful information it would be great to know...

Apologies I had it in in different thread, it's noise induced. Thanks all. Yeah, trying to do as much sound as I can..

Kelvin, I've been wondering, when you say dirty what you mean exactly and why?

If anyone has found or knows a way to break this cycle I can really do with any help I can get. Thanks so much

Thanks Michael.

Thanks a million Glynis. Yeah, just wondering I guess whether an awareness around, or specific training in the counselling aspect of TRT might be beneficial or even necessary in a CBT practitioner

Hm. Thanks all. It was in the context of relief of neurological discomfort, which I understand it's prescribed for a bit too. But same stuff. Thanks for replies.

Any thoughts or experiences? Thanks all

Hi all Not much to add to the thread title question. Any thoughts or experiences welcome. Thanks A

Appreciate you taking the time to pass that on Redhen. It's good to know more about how it went for people.

You're beautiful. Thank you x

Thanks Elfin. It's frustrating to be doing something I don't think is a good idea i.e. avoiding sound , but not knowing what else to do

Thanks A. Speaker based sounds weren't great for me last year when I had 'normal' tinnitus (low level, not sensitivity to sound or reaction much to it) so I haven't gone near them since I got sensitivity to sound. I'm so up for using the things you mentioned but not sure it will be great idea...

Thanks. I know that the prolonged silence isn't good but ordinary sound made it worse today too. So hard to figure out what to do

Hi all, A few days ago I got tired of being afraid doing ordinary things around the house would affect my tinnitus levels, so I just said I'm not having this, and went about cooking and doing things without earplugs, not running away from humming appliances etc like I normally do. Levels went...

Hi all, Any advice on when you are struggling with purely sound based cause and effect, levels gone up because of sound and those who support you can't believe it's anything other that your own psychological response that's the issue? I'm so grateful for the support I have but feel it gets in...

(Sorry if it's a bit off topic at this point in the thread, I'm looking into it and was interested in what people mentioned about it earlier in the thread)

Hi all Regarding Remeron, I'm wondering please does it help with less awareness of t during the day, or is it mostly just good for sleep? Thanks

One of the main issues relating to reactive stuff, a bit off point but anyway, is that the vent for the central heating system boiler is near one side of the house, where I usually am and where I sleep. Traffic is on the other side. Tried sound proofing the boiler vent as much as possible but it...

Hi Redhen Thanks Did they adversely affect your t levels when you started? Thanks a lot for the reply

Thanks everyone for the advice and info. Much appreciated. Thank you for all the links Michael. It's a complex area I guess. It's good to hear all the different perspectives. I definitely see more aspects to it now than I did. In the end of the day I *think* we're all talking about the same...

Hi all, Has anyone with reactive tinnitus successfully used white or pink noise generators or TRT please? Or know of any cases? Been searching related threads but so far not seeing this particular information. Many thanks, A

Great, thank you. I was wondering if I could click into it but didn't try the little arrow. That's interesting. Thank you. I'll have a look. A

Bill, I'm wondering could you tell me please what thread that quote is from about not listening to speakers? A

Hi, thanks guys. A, (sorry, prefer to abbreviate rather than type it in wrong!) I would describe the reactive t as hard to understand as it doesn't react immediately. Traffic outside definitely had an effect. Not sure what else or is it just random. Would you consider to report on the TRT...

Hi Aegaeon and Bill. Thanks to you both for your replies. A: yes, calm is good! I did thankfully find an audiologist who would communicate remotely with me (phones aren't happening at the moment). So far the suggestions haven't been a great help, sometimes the opposite so it's been tricky. But...

Hi all, I stopped going for walks and driving about 2 months ago to try to cap tinnitus symptoms which were reacting to sound. I started experiencing hyperacusis symptoms a little bit before that. Now when I go outside everything is too loud, ambient noise from a road a good bit away etc...

Hi there, I'm new. Thanks to all involved for this forum. I had 'normal' tinnitus symptoms last year that kicked up in September, along with sensitivity to sound. Realised at one stage in early October that going out for walk was making symptoms worse (little bit of traffic, some wind). In a...