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All things being equal and if there are no health issues that may be an underlying cause, both of you should probably experience a slow reduction in it. Please don't focus or hyper-focus on it and try your best to just ignore it for as long as possible. Please continue on with living at 100%...

Steve... As a currently unemployed IT Engineer (software developer, hardware systems and tons of SQL Server experience from both the development and DBA sides), I would certainly like to volunteer to help. I have plenty of computers here at home and I think it would benefit both the community...

Great! Well that's one less med you'll have to take and potentially have problems with. Although, it doesn't answer the thumping question. LOL!

Dave... Have you had previous issues with your T spiking in the past with loud noises? I only ask because T is such a highly personalized affliction that your past experience would be the best indicator of future problems.

Fate is as good a reason as any I believe because there is nothing I can remember that triggered it to become louder. It was just a slow, gradual increase. By 2005-2007, I started reporting it to my primary care doctor, in addition to moderate/severe anxiety issues. He ignored the T I was...

That's great your T is bearable. Please do everything you can to protect your ears from loud sounds/noises for as long as you can. Mine used to bearable over 10 years ago but it's been a true physical disability since.

All... Just a thought here but have any of you checked your blood pressure? A number of years ago, I was having these thumping noises in addition to a then lower volume of T, so when I checked into my primary care doc's office I had pretty high blood pressure (200/160). After I reduced my BP...

I too, am 52 and still deal with those very dark thoughts on an occasional basis. I just push those out of mind and think that my life will get better at some point in my future. I'm struggling to accept the fact that I'm probably going to have this the rest of my life so I'm trying to think of...

Yes, I was on Nortriptyline for the last month but it didn't help with the T and in fact, increased the volume dramatically, in addition to other serious side effects. Over the weekend, I started on Seroquel as a replacement to Trazedone (that one of my new doctors prescribed) but I'm stopping...

@ManApart - How are you doing? I know that absolutely no one but another tinnitus sufferer knows what you're going through. Everyone from my family to friends just think I'm fine because I can answer questions and have no outward physical trauma. The trauma is in our head somewhere, so the...

I have been taking Lisinopril 20/12.5 HCTZ since 2002 and it didn't affect my tinnitus one way or the other. Last summer, an ER doc prescribed me an additional prescription of HCTZ 12.5 and again, I didn't notice any affect. I hope that helps in some way.

I've never heard it put that way before but that IS EXACTLY how I feel. Thanks @ManApart I can only find some peace in complete isolation from the world but as soon as I have to reenter the human interaction portion which requires critical thinking skills, I'm toast. I've requested...

First, please do not let the bad thoughts take over. Tomorrow is another day and eventually things WILL get better. Also, those bad thoughts only lead to a permanent solution to a temporary problem, even if it seems like it's permanent problem, it's not. Sorry for the late response. Well, I...

All... I've never noticed this before but I was just at the grocery store and was looking down at my phone when someone brushed against me from behind and to the left. Naturally, I turned my head to the left abruptly and the volume of my left ear T increased dramatically and then dropped again...

@Tigo - I would stay away from this combo drug as it appears to have been banned by many countries, including the U.S. From Reference.com: "As of 2014, Deanxit is banned in the United States, Canada, India, Japan, Australia, United Kingdom and Denmark due to its lack of clinical trials and...

@garywi - There appear to many causes to T but I personally don't believe that anxiety and/or depression is a cause. That's just me though. I've had T for 30 years now but only in the last ten has it started to affect my life and in the last five years, it has impacted so severely that it's...

You may not be ready for it but a mild strength benzodiazepine when you are having a "critical mass of stress" will provide some relief. These types of short acting, anti-anxiety meds are designed for "point-in-time" relief until you can find a way to deal with T during these periods. I've...

How do I know when I find it? Does the generated tone cancel out the other T tone? My T is so loud that it buries other sound.

Are you able to sleep with an external masking noise like a TV, stereo or a rickety box fan :)? Like @glynis said, I've always had to keep the external mask noise below my the loudest tone before I can go to sleep with my TV on. Since I've switched to strictly streaming media for my TV and...

@glynis - Hello again... Yesterday I tried that AudioNotch Tinnitus Tone generator using a "Gucci" Bose Noise Cancelling headset and during testing, I inadvertently spiked my volume to 100% for just a couple of seconds and now my right ear (normally the quieter one) has been blasting at least a...

@stophiss - Thank you so much for taking the time to share all that out. I was very competitive person prior blowing one of my lumbar disks (see profile). I played golf 1-2 times a week up until then (my career at the time allowed to me play frequently during week). I also spent a lot of my...

Okay, Eric... Let us know how things go overnight. :)

Okay, but is it still helping with the popping? If so, then try a very warm and wet washcloth over your face. If you can get the sinus cavities to clear out some of the congestion/pressure that may be further relief today. I'm thinking: address one symptom at a time.

Outstanding advice. My now ex-wife also had a voice that just grated on me especially when she just kept telling me what I should and shouldn't do. From Day One, when I tried to explain what I was going through, she wasn't very supportive of me or reassuring about our relationship. I wish I...

What is the active ingredient that antihistamine? Wow, it sounds like you've hit on something there, Eric. Take a look at this from WebMD: http://www.webmd.com/allergies/stuffy-ears-sinuses#1 Or you can find more by Googling: sinus and ear popping

Thank you so very much, Glynis. I feel better now that I've seen a plan to move forward although my first goal is to find a job that doesn't stress me out. Why don't doctors (M.D.; ENT; PSYCHE) provide this simple plan? Love and BIG hugs to you too...

Great advice. I've done that with the help of a low dose benzo and not having to see or speak to anyone for a few hours.

Well, have they (or you) looked for any correlation with your IBS or other meds? The vibration would drive me overboard too. Sometimes when I get the very loud tri-tones in my left ear it will actually start hurting until it goes away a few minutes later.

All... I'm truly grateful I found this forum because I feel like I've lost my mind over the last 2-3 years. I guess I'm officially a hermit. I live in my daughter's basement and haven't been able to work consistently over the last year and minimize my personal interactions. I've had monotone...

I can relate about the doc's, ENT's and psychologist's. I've received many blank stares from all and the advice they give is figure it out yourself or my favorite response was "just ignore it". It's so loud now that I can't hold a decent face to face conversation anymore.

Eric... I've suffered for years with acid reflux and the only way I'm able to sleep is by using a wedge pillow with two smaller pillows on top it and four other large pillows surrounding it. I know you may not want to go down the path of prescription sleeping pills but between them and YT...