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  1. Ghost

    Tinnitus from Stress and Anxiety? Hearing Is Fine — Should I Try Prednisone?

    Yes, honestly, it'll likely go away in time. There's a woman on YouTube who I watched - she said her purely stress-induced tinnitus took 9 months to go away (she said it was high-pitched and continuous). A therapist at anxietycentre.com (he's actually the founder) called Jim Folk was mistakenly...
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    A Few Nice Success Stories from People Around Me

    You're welcome! Thank you! Yeah, things do change. I recently watched a woman say on YouTube that her purely anxiety-induced tinnitus went away completely after 9 months (but those 9 months were after she sorted her anxiety disorder out) and a guy posted about his going away randomly for no...
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    A Few Nice Success Stories from People Around Me

    Just a correction in reference to my first story (1.) - my boyfriend's friend's tinnitus has been gone for two years now, not five. The rest is all accurate (he had it for three years, etc.). For noise-induced tinnitus it just takes time to go away, for TMJ disorder/neck/postural tinnitus the...
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    A Few Nice Success Stories from People Around Me

    My boyfriend's best friend had continuous tinnitus and hyperacusis for three years or so from cutting sheet metal (I think it was sheet metal) and it went away. It's been gone for around five years. He went to heaps of gigs and worked in construction with no ear protection for years before it...
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    Tinnitus Changed/Worsened After 7 to 8 Years: Currently at Suicide Levels

    I've also just been diagnosed with central sensitisation. In case this helps anyone else.
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    Tinnitus Changed/Worsened After 7 to 8 Years: Currently at Suicide Levels

    Update: I'm not creating another thread because there's no point, but I found some stuff out that I want to share with others who might find it helpful. I'm not coming back on this forum again because it never fails to trigger my anxiety, though. I won't be replying to anyone's posts, so...
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    Tinnitus Changed/Worsened After 7 to 8 Years: Currently at Suicide Levels

    Yeah, sounds like stress could have definitely caused or worsened yours. You're right. I got a prescription for diazepam again (I had been using it on and off since 2015) so I'm trying that short-term (very short term). I've been trying to only have it a couple of days in a row and then go a few...
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    Tinnitus Changed/Worsened After 7 to 8 Years: Currently at Suicide Levels

    I can't cope anymore. I saw a private ENT on Monday who said my tinnitus was due to stress and he didn't refer me for any testing. He cleaned my ears and said to go to tinnitus counselling (I can't afford it). I was hoping that the ear cleaning would make a difference, but it made none. I've had...
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    Tinnitus Changed/Worsened After 7 to 8 Years: Currently at Suicide Levels

    I did have the exact same reaction on both sides from 2012/13 to the end of last year/beginning of this year. The new sound appeared in my right ear recently. I didn't actually do anything besides get super stressed in that time. I've been using earplugs well before 2012 and had custom ones made...
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    Tinnitus Changed/Worsened After 7 to 8 Years: Currently at Suicide Levels

    The person on the helpline was really helpful. She said the usual stuff we probably all know, but it confirmed a few things nonetheless. A private ENT told me yesterday that 80 to 90% of people have tinnitus but just aren't aware of it 24/7/pay attention to it/their brain doesn't prioritise the...
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    Tinnitus Changed/Worsened After 7 to 8 Years: Currently at Suicide Levels

    I will do. In what ways have people said it's shite? Yeah, I'm sorry too, it had no reason to get worse besides wax, so I'm confused as to why it's the exact same after removal. Edit: It only got worse in one ear. That's what's scaring me. The other scary thing is that I always sort of used...
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    Tinnitus Changed/Worsened After 7 to 8 Years: Currently at Suicide Levels

    Hello, my tinnitus is currently at suicide levels. 10/10. It hasn't been this bad since 2013. I genuinely had a period over the summer in 2018 where it was unnoticeable without any background noise too. Now instead of lurking on this forum, I'm actually posting. I either got it in 2012/13 or it...