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Hi I have an audiology appointment today which will include measuring my tinnitus. Does anyone know if this is safe or can involve loud noises and possible hearing loss? The reason I am being cautious is that ENT department caused my mild tinnitus to go severe I think. Any advice would be really...

Sorry to hear that you're having such a bad time. Mine spiked through tthe roof about two weeks ago and cannot mask at all (unless have music at dangerous level). If your's ETD related it might go down as ET begins to work better again. I'll be honest, and admit that I have become a bit...

Hi In the past I was someone who enjoyed helping out others and never thought that I would be in such desperate need of help. After a second lot of major hearing damage (as a result of hospital I think) I now have about six T noises, several of which are too loud or high pitched to be masked...

Hi Hope your T spike has gone down. I was wondering about the A101 trial. Do you know at what stage they ask to see your medical records at your doctors and whether you are allowed to keep back info (on other illnesses) which is not relevant? Thanks for any help you can give on this. Best wishes

Thanks for message and hope you're doing OK. I think mine was noise trauma. Had extra trauma about a month ago and seem to be collecting extra tones like collecting stamps since then. How hard are you finding it to habituate to 11 tones? Even with six plus, I find that as I ignore one tone, then...

Hi Interesting post. I'm thinking of getting a hearing but wondered about a couple of things. Are the NHS ones as good as privately bought ones? Are there any safety issues in terms of increasing unexpected noises to dangerous level? Thanks for any info you have.

Hi Interesting post. I'm thinking of getting a hearing but wondered about a couple of things. Are the NHS ones as good as privately bought ones? Are there any safety issues in terms of increasing unexpected noises to dangerous level? Thanks for any info you have.

Hi Sorry to hear you're having a hard time. I think it is really hard to wear earplugs and chat to people and probably isnt necessary unless you are having coffee on a firing range. But sounds like you're doing pretty well in meeting up with friends and working and so forth. Hope you get a...

Hi About 8 days ago (maybe following earlier noise trauma) my number of tones went up from 3 to sixish. And they keep taking in turns. One gets softer as I get used to it and then the next steps in. And tones change every few minutes. My question is, is six a record (but not one I want to...

If you had asked me two weeks ago, I would have said no. Since then (and major hearing trauma - dont ask!) I have gone from three bearable tones to six louder and unbearable tones. Now I would say yes. I would also throw in my legs if necessary. Hope that doesnt sound flippant. Is just that am...

Ok. It was microsuction at ENT and I should have said no to it! Am obessing about the moment I didnt say no.

Hi Cheza Thanks for your reply and I hope you are doing OK and notching up the pages in the T book. I have now got some valium from the GP. I think Lyrica is strong anti-epilepsy drug with very serious side effects. So might give that a miss! You sound like a fighter and I think you will get...

Thanks Zora and I hope your are doing OK. I am completely obessessing about what I thi bk caused it and blaming myself for listening to doctors. But if its OK I prefer not to say what caused it, as I dont really wnat to write it down. I know that sounds crazy but I thibnk I have gone a little...

Hi I really really appreciate your reply. Your situation sounds similar to mine and you gave me some much needed hope. But I am sorry that you have been through such a tough time. I have kind of taken your advice and have now got linked up with the local mental health crisis team. I never...

Hi Thanks for your reply and sorry to hear that you are having a tough time too and hope things begin to imporve. Do you hear the T all the time, including outside? I too was thinking about diazipin. Do you know much about the side effects and if its OK for tinnitus? Hope good weeks get more...

Hi Sorry to be back so soon to ask for help. But things have gone from terrible to (almost) unbearable. I've had T since September last year and it got much worse two weeks ago following noise trauma some time before (resulting from medical incompetance I think). I now seem unable to mask it at...

Thanks. Glad that your's went away and will keep fingers crossed for the same. Aye, was kind of like a test. Better to find out now that she was not the person I want to grow old with. If I can shake the T depression, I hope to meet some one else (and someone quiter!). Cheers

Hi Chaza Nice to hear from you. Hope T book is going well. I think I have been falling pretty fast the last few days but have just had long chat with friend about doing some voluntarty work advicing people on employment law problems and that kind of thing. I think having a positive project...

Hi Thanks for your response. Hearing it everywhere but the shower sounds hard.I hope the habituation continues to work out for you and that you soon get to the end of that long journay and to a happy place. Will join you there for a beer when I get there too I hope! All the best

Thanks for answering. And am sorry to hear that you are having a tough time too. I'm also worried about mine getting worse but I think that in reality sudden noises would need to be pretty loud if just for short time. The ENT consultant for example said not to worry about short peeps on car...

Thanks. Did seem to come out of the blue. The ENT person said sometimes you just get extra tones. Now I have about 5 (though is hard to tell as they seem to mix together)! Can you hear your T outside and if so how do you cope with that? Thanks

Hi About four days I "gained" a new T sound. And for the first time I can hear the T everywhere outside and cant seem to mask it inside. I am literally going mad. I'm not sure how I can manage with this. Can someone please tell me if they have T which they can hear outside and find very hard to...

Sorry to hear about the tinnitus. I've had it now since last September and am slowly going mad but trying to stay sane. Hope that your T lessens over time. BTW It is too late to take a case to an employment tribunal I think (as 11 months on from resigning). But you have two years from time of...

Hi I'm going to see an ENT consultant on Thursday about ETD (which might be making my T worse). Can anyone tell me what sort of ETD treatment options I should be asking about. Have tried nasal inhalents already. What about ear poppers? What about those balloons that you try to blow up with your...

Hi Sorry for delay getting back. Have developed new sound and can now hear T outdoors while walking in woods. So am not feeling 100%. Anyhows, your book sounds great. I look forward to reading it. And 4 pages a day is fine I think. Means about a chapter a week. B

Hi Cheza That sounds like a great idea. Will help out if I can. I use to work in campaigning and so know a little bit about getting media publicity and that kind of thing. Though havent done that sort of work for a year or two now. But maybe I can at some stage have a bash at writing a proper...

Having lain awake for half the night last night this popped into my head. Just wondered if others might have put their T troubles into rhymes. Though I'm useless at rhymes, I think writing them can help think things through. Anyhow, hope others will add theirs to this thread. Like three furies...

Inspirational, especially the final para. Cheers.

Mine is now seldom maskable but it is still sometimes bearable. It often feels like hell and so unreal. But I think people have to just decide that they want to go on and from there begin buildinga better life or best life that can. Damn, I have just received divorce papers from my wife! That...

Fairpoints. Sometimes people in severe distress need to keep articulating that. I can do that with my family; I guess that not everyone can. Though I think it can be counter-productive if done too much.

@jdjd09 Very interesting post and I think it might be a good idea for jd and indeed me to think about what we have done so far to deal with the situation and what more we can do. I for one feel as if I'm in a living hell which alternates with moments of being bearable and some moments which are...

Please ignore above post in which I seem to have just accidently copied your whole post and my reply has disaapeared! Will get the hang of this site soon. Anyhow, just wanted to thank you for your positive info and to say that I hope that your T continues dwnwards and hopefully out the door. Cheers

Thanks glennr. Hope you are doing OK and that things go well for you in the future.

Hi Billie Thanks for your kind words and good advice. Have already looked at and got a lot of hope and help from your story. Will keep busy and try and get through these darkest of days and keep my fingers crossed for better times ahead. btw just in case this is useful for anyone else, I found...

Why did none of their studies use a placebo patch? Only one answer I think!

Thanks Glynis. And thanks for all your good TT work.:)

First, thanks to all those who run and contribute to this site. Its been a big help knowing that there are others in the same boat who have learnt to cope with T. Six months ago I was happily married, "trying" for babies, and finishing off a phd. Now I'm single, struggle to focus long enough to...

Hi Am sorry to hear that you are having a hard time and feeling isolated. I completey understand aboutthe not being able to read. However hard a day had been , I use to find comfort in climbing into bed with a hot drink and a detective novel and losing myself in the story until I lost myself in...

I'm new to TT and quite new to T but having read your post I just wanted to wish you luck. I too find that I dont enjoy doing many of the things that I use to love. But, like you suggest, I think it is worth doing these things anyhow and eventually we hopefully enjoy them again. Moving in with a...

Thanks Sara. And if you get hold of that time machine, please send it my way when you have finished. No hyperacusis, I'm glad to say. That sounds really hard. Though since T started, seem to have developed severe depression (which never had before), though would be "funny" if wasnt depressed at...

Hi Sara Be kind to yourself Sorry to hear that you're having a bad day. What struck me most about your post was the bit about blaming yourself. It is what I have also been doing from day one and I know the self bame and focus on what caused the tinnitus is stopping me from moving on and is...

Hi Sara Just want to say that it was very kind of you to share this positive and inspiring news. Many of us are going through hell at the moment and sometimes cant imagine a happy ending. And so postive feedback, such as yours, is golddust. Thanks again and I hope you go from feeling better to...

@connor Hi Connor I had a similarish thing whereby I lost a good deal of my hearing for a few days and was "prescribed" eardrops to help remove impacted wax. The problem is that doing it this way can take a week or so (to soften the wax enough to be irrigated out at the GP's or ENT). In the...

With some friends I thought that they weren't concerned but found out later that they just didnt know what to say. Might be the same with some of your friends.

I'm too new to tinnitus to have much useful practical information. But I can empathise 100%. I developed tinnitus in 2015 and recently, because of some hearing damage, it has got much worse. On top of that my wiufe has left me! I think the tinnitus and OCD became too much for her. Anyhow, I'm...

Hi Still not sure if this is how I reply or if I need to click on something else first. Anyhow, hope Otex is now working out. In the end, I got to see the emergency ENT who microsuctioned my ears. Unfortunately, they left wax on the right ear drum without me knowing. So, afterwards, my hearing...

Hi Am new to this forum and so this message might end up in the wrong place! Anyhow, in reply to Brad, I had sudden loss of hearing last week and full feeling ears at the same time. I couldnt get to see a consultant and so went to A&E, where they said that wax could have impacted against my ear...