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Finally saw someone from ENT, anything that was there that would explain the start and persistance of my T is non existant, I was offered CBT if I wished, I turned this down as I feel that I'm almost habituated already. I've been told that I have rhinitus, which is nothing new since I have...

I know it's been said before by others but I found walking and jogging helped my anxiety. For sleep have you tried turning / leaving your TV on to generate some noise to distract you til you're too tired to stay awake? I use both a fan and my TV to drown the noise out at night if it gets...

The T is still there, if I listen out for it I get the noise. Most of the time I'm not hearing it at all anymore. I've actually been quite in in regards to other symptoms but my doctor is started to suspect a corellation between my eustachian tube problem and my other issue. Essentially at the...

Hi Rob, When I first noticed my T back in January I was acting similar, I broke down several times etc. I can't give as much information as everyone else above has given you but in regards to habituation I never thought it would happen either and without even thinking about it 2-3 months later...

Hopefully we do, the only time I hear the T is when it spikes for about 10-15 seconds, it quickly fades after that.

Hello all, I just wanted to post an update for my 4 months anniversary with T. I know this seems to be said about habituation but for anyone who is new with / trying to cope with T but for my case (mild/moderate) it does get better. I spend most of my time no longer actually hearing it and...

So whilst I've been told that I'm pretty much 100% going to lose the T after my eustachian tubes lose their inflammation and the fluid that's stuck behind them drains by 4 doctors (3 family doctors and 1 ENT), and also that I've had a major reduction in what my T was like when I had the onset in...

When it comes to music / anything sound related I generally set the volume to 60% and I've noticed no problems. I've been meaning to purchase a dcb meter just to satisfy my own curiosity in regards to the noise certain parts of everyday activity cause. Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't loud...

In regards to working in loud workplaces and listening to loud music, have you had a hearing test to see if you have hearing loss? That was one of my major worries when I had the onset of my tinnitus, due to my use of headphones in the workplace. I had two hearing tests done, one was within the...

I should probably clear up that I was only having the anxiety in the first 2-3 weeks. I know it seems really early to call this but I think I've partially habituated to the noise. Thankfully I saw my doctors quite early on so they steared me away from all the remedies etc that I found from...

That was one of the main problems for me early on too, in that I was quite anxious about the T and it made the entire time seem worse. I've come to accept it, in it's current state that it is. I'm rarely if at all noticing it in every day life right now. My goal is to just let my ears get on...

Week 7.5? (I think.) update, I've went to the doctors about a week earlier in regards to my 8 week appointment as I'm busy next week and won't really have a chance. The doctor, who I've seen previously, has checked both my ears and the fluid is no longer actively visible behind them. Although...

Hi everyone, The fluid built back up quite badly this week. Bringing the T back with it to a constant volume that I can hear. I've definitely noticed that it's not as loud as it once was. I've started taking decongestants again in an effort to clear my sinuses and hopefully allow the fluid to...

I've had a weekend of near silence, the T was only audible during the night, very faintly, or when my ears were fully blocked up - earbuds with nothing coming through etc. It seems to be staying like this, beside the random spike once or twice a day. I'm still in week 6 of the 6-8 weeks recovery...

Yet again, another day in where the T has been considerably low in both ears, except for the odd spike now and then. These spikes seem to last 10-20 seconds in total before fading again in to the background. I'm back to where I was nearing the start of my experience with T in regards to that I'm...

Another good day in regards to my left ear. My right for the most of the day has been ringing quite consistently, although for the last 3 hours it has stopped ringing altogether unless both my ears are fully blocked! I believe I'm on the final stretch to recovery now.

A partial day, the majority of it so far, my left ear has been clear of T, I've had the odd sound for a few minutes now and then but I'm positive still. My right seems to have flipped the table, it's bunged(?) up again from the feel. The T itself in that ear is not as bad as it originally was...

All I can say that's helped me was a fan and my TV. They helped cover the noise of the ringing enough to let me sleep.

Another full day of what I think is no T in my left ear, apart from spikes in both, and only slight ringing in the other when I fully block my right ear. I can still feel fluid / wetness within both my ears so I'm assuming the fluid is still there and that my eustachian tubes are slowly...

Might be a bit early but I've just woken up an hour a go and the ringing from the right ear is practically gone / only present for a small amount of time. There are still a few spikes which make it present in both ears but on the other hand it seems to be clearing up nicely.

I've done nothing but use sound to distract me from the T and a hot water bottle on both ears whenever the ear ache got rather bad. My doctors said it was all down to time for when my ears would clear up, so far that seems to be the case. I guess in terms of things I've taken paracetamol is the...

Hi all, I've only been on these forums for several weeks now but I'd like to talk about my hopeful road to recovery! An overview of my tinnitus is thus, I was diagnosed with fluid behind both eardrums about 1.5 months a go , this itself follows along from when my T started in both my ears. In...

I've noticed the T seems to be pretty much clear from my left ear, unless I have a spike, the right seems to be slightly quieter but still going strong. I'm hoping this is a sign for nearing total recovery.

Hey, 2 months back I started with pressure in both my ears, along with tinnitus the following month, my doctor said I had a fluid build up in both due to probable inflammation in the Eustachian tubes and would take 6-8 weeks approximately to clear up. Whilst I suggest you see your doctor, as...

I've noticed that the T itself is affecting one ear more than the other, today. Is this potentially to do with the mucus in both my ears differing on a day by day basis until the blockage is clear? This morning and early afternoon I was able to block my left ear completely with no sound of the...

I'm not going to say anything for definite but the T this afternoon, especially after having a bath and putting my head underwater, has quietened since the onset of this. I remember doing the same thing near the start and almost been deafened by the T in both my ears. Whilst it is still present...

So I've had the bone conduction test as well as a pure tone test re-done today, they used a warbled tone for the headphone portion to differentiate with the T and to also apparently bypass the fluid. According to the test results both my ears are within the 0db - 10db range. I guess it's just a...

Thankfully the bone conduction test is free, I'm mainly going to have it for peace of mind. I've entered that stage of slight panic of what if the tinnitus doesn't go. I'm assuming it's completely normal for mild to moderate dampened hearing to occur from fluid? With a bone conduction test as...

I've just been booked into a bone conduction hearing test tomorrow, I'm hoping this follows the results my doctor gave me of my hearing loss been conductive.

Some good news today, I had a follow up with another GP, this one who worked in ENT whilst he was training. He focused mainly on my hearing test results, saying that the way they were displayed, that been no major loss in a certain frequency, that I most likely have conductive hearing loss due...

I'm glad to hear it's not uncommon for this to happen, I'm pretty much functioning normally on the fact that my GP has told me once the fluid leaves my system my hearing / tinnitus should go back to normal / go away. 3 and a half weeks a go I was able to sleep with my head actually rested on a...

Well, todays been a bad day, the T hasn't stopped ringing at all, all day. I'm beginning to panic that this itself won't clear up once my ears are cleared out, I'm honestly started to wonder how I'll cope if it remains, I've barely had the issue a month. A small thought I've been having is that...

Thanks for your replies, I've stuck to just using my fan to mask the T, I think I'm quite lucky at how quiet mine seems to be comparable to others that I've read on here, although at times it does spike to a very loud ring. I'm getting more confident in regards to the fact that my T is caused...

Hi all, I've only just recently joined this forum and I'm looking for a couple of answers. I've had tinnitus the last few weeks from what I've been told is fluid build-up behind my ears. Is it normal for T to happen 24/7 when my ears are blocked up? I was told the blockage has caused me to lose...

Hi Lorritay, I hope you get some good results / answers on Wednesday. I think I'm quite lucky in regards to having a very good idea on what's causing my T, my hope is that once the blockage starts to go and my hearing starts to come back the T will fade away again. I'm in a similar situation to...

It's good to know the hearing loss is normal. They both seemed to end the conversations with if it doesn't clear in 6-8 weeks come back, I'm not too sure I've had a good run in with the doctors I've seen. I guess I'll just see how the next 5-6 weeks go and hopefully it all clears up by then...

Thanks for your reply, at the moment all I'm doing is taking it day by day, I'm not one to listen to extremely loud music via headphones or concerts so I'm optimistically on the view point that it's purely because of my blocked ears and should clear up once the issue goes, I've managed to get a...

Hi everyone! Recently, in the last 4 or so weeks, I've had quite loud, high pitched ringing in both my ears. I first noticed it one night when the power went out during the night and a loud ringing was there, this itself disappeared rather quickly and wasn't there the next day. Fast forward...