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When sitting here stationary, I am free to scan my mind across my whole past, starting from my first ever conscious memory, all the way to present day, right now. My mind is free to do that. When stationary, I am free to analyze my whole entire future, allowing positive or negative lenses to...

LOL. I don't want that level of craziness... I just love funk and disco music and it always sounds like such a great time; the topics they sing about like partying and dancing and stuff. I guess being in my early 20's in 2018 I'm a little late for when that stuff was popular. Now clubs usually...

I guess it is just my ever-present desire to be someone who I'm not. I would rather be "young and stupid" at this age than knowledgeable about the risks, even though the way I am now is probably better for me long term. If I had never cut the metal a year ago then I would have remained in my...

This has been my main struggle the past month or two. Even if my tinnitus were to go away completely, 100%, and my hearing loss repaired too, I would still forever be afraid of going out to any kind of loud event. I am a single male in my 20's, and really do want to experience having a...

Nice to hear that others have experienced the same. I’ll probably ask a professional at some point but it’s good to know that I’m not the only one. It’s less of a worry to me that way :P @Contrast Yes I do actually hear complete silence for that second of no hearing. T is 100% gone from that...

Is there any reason for worry, or is this just "part of the game," so to speak? Approximately once a week I have a moment where I lose ALL of my hearing in one or the other ear, but never both at the same time. The hearing loss lasts no more than 1 second, then immediately after I get an...

I find anything that sounds like machine violence sets it off for me, with STRESS being a big factor as well: Mine was initially triggered by noise from a power tool, and probably built up to that from years of wood/metal work as a kid, before the initial trigger. Loud music does set it off...

Back in high school and elementary I had 2-3 very close friends like what you describe. Ones I could talk to about anything. When I got to university I wanted to redefine myself, and be the kind of person who has plenty of friends. I wanted to be "cool," you know? At first that didn't go well...

I agree. My thing with the mouth guards (I have one as i am also a night-grinder) is that they seem to make me want to clench more. It seems like I'm constantly chewing on the thing. I've used one for over 3 years so it's not because I'm not used to it. The few times I've skipped using it I...

The way I see it is: •Plugs pros = discreet, more decibel reduction, more comfortable(imo) •Plugs cons = must be properly inserted to give the designed amount of dB reduction, hard to use with dirty fingers, can irritate ear canal(depending on person) •Muffs pros = pretty much impossible to...

Not sure how this topic will fly here, but I’m kind of curious to see what sorts of replies I get. Having another sleepless night so I’ve decided to hang out here in the general chat section. Well then, how old were you? I’m 22 and still waiting on mine :D :D XD

•Woodwork/metalwork. (less now, as this likely led up to the T) I have ear muffs now so that I can easily put them on/off if I’m going to be loud. Better than plugs for putting on/off with dirty hands, although they don’t protect quite as much. •Electric bass @ low volume or again with plugs...

I suggest that if you can’t fall off into sleep after some time trying, don’t try “too hard” to sleep: instead what works for me is to get out of my bed and do whatever else that’s calming, like reading or listening to music as per Glynis’ suggestion. Important for me is to physically leave the...

Meh. Sure, I have hearing loss too since mine is caused by noise damage. It shows on my audio gram and also in daily life (right is worse than left). I grind my teeth at night too, always have, got a mouth guard a year or two before onset but since onset the grinding/clenching has gotten a bit...

TL;DR: I discuss my progress with separating stress from tinnitus. Please read the whole post, or at least the part about the locomotive since I think that part is most helpful and easy to understand. Hi all, Zer0 here back again after a little while of being absent... (I even forgot the...

Thinking about riding tech trails on the North Shore

I know this is desperate, and I know this topic has been covered before on this forum but I don’t know how to proceed with my decision making. I understand that if this were to be effective, I’d need to start it as soon as possible since I’ve had a noise insult last Saturday, 3 days ago. I...

I just finished a course of the highest dose of cephalexin they give I believe. It was 4x/day for 10 days, can’t remember the dose in mg but that was just last week or so that I finished it and it hasn’t caused me any harm. My doctor said cephalexin is based off amoxicillin and so he thought it...

Hi, so I’ve had tinnitus for about 10-11 months now which was caused by acoustic trauma (using power tool with no ear protection). Just last Saturday I was volunteering for some “repair children’s bikes” event and had a tire blow up near my right ear while I was inflating it. Immediately after...

I can't habituate. I'm going on my 10th month since this started, and it's completely changed my life around. I can't do anything without being scared of how it will affect my ears. I can't eat or drink anything without thinking about that. I can't even go outside my house because I'm worried...

I’m 8 months in and it’s still able to bug me a lot. That being said, it has decreased a lot since it started. Either it has actually gone down or I’ve habituated to it more. (I can’t tell which, and aren’t those two things the same anyway?) Recently I’ve had some spikes from some mildly loud...

Hey all, Zer0 again, Just a short(ish) one this time: is it possible to have a permanent tinnitus increase from sounds less than 85dB? Also: is it bad to speak loudly with earplugs in? I just went to a restaurant where they were playing loud-ish music, according to my decibel app on my iPhone...

Hey again, Last night I was invited to a small social event, not something I get invited to often, so I decided to go. Brought earplugs, wore the earplugs at first, but then felt embarrassed for wearing them at one point, so I took them out. It didn’t seem that loud, but I didn’t check decibels...

TL;DR: Had tinnitus because of loud noise insult 7 months ago, yesterday got concussion, ringing has increased since. Wondering if anyone has had this and will it go away. Will the ringing in general go away, since it’s been with me for 7 months? I could only find existing threads where either...

Hey guys, I’m just wondering if my tinnitus could be at least partially related to this dull neck pain that I am experiencing? My T started about 6 months ago from loud noise exposure, but since then the constant-tone, high-pitched hum has reduced a lot. (I believe this tone was due to the...

**warning** negative emotions involved in this post. Hey people. I’m experiencing a crisis and am wondering if anyone has figured anything out on this topic before: Basically, what is the point of living? I’m only 21, and about 5 months ago I stupidly damaged my hearing with a loud power...

Thank you all very much for your replies. I’m taking all of your posts into consideration. Wow, looking back at my post, I should have shortened it. I just typed it out in one go and didn’t realize how lengthy it was. Anyway, today I had the last session of the hyperbaric treatment. I think...

Hey guys, first post here, but I’ve been reading the forums for a while now. I finally decided to post because everything that I’ve tried, and all professionals that I’ve talked to have not made a difference, or made things worse. It’s long so I’ve summarized it in the TL;DR at the bottom...