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I can't speak too technically to your question, that's probably better left to an ENT you trust. I can just say that in my own anecdotal experience with overproduced earwax, the effect on my tinnitus seems to be shared between my bad tinnitus ear and my less-bad tinnitus ear. I've had a sudden...

Hi Leif! I really feel for you, I know that initial onset period is extremely rough. I remember taking a lot of showers too. I can't speak for the hyperacusis, as I've never had to deal with that, but I've been there when it comes to the high-pitched tinnitus that seems unmaskable. In your...

There's a lot of "here's how we do our research" type discussion, but I tried to skim out the stuff relevant to developing treatments. Stanford created a broad multi-disciplinary group of 90+ scientists dedicated to making the treatment of the inner ear as accessible as the middle ear...

I love this post. Video games are great for tuning it out, I remember the first week I had tinnitus I decided to buy Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice to take my mind off it. When I was in the middle of a boss battle on the verge of either winning or dying for the 10th time, the tinnitus was not even in...

Honestly, that's hilarious. Did you ever think you'd say the sentence "Basically, eating 8 bananas a day seems to have got me to this point" with dead seriousness? Extremely happy for you, savor that feeling for all of us! We'll get there some day!

I had almost an identical situation to yours, I got totally used to my tinnitus and then about a year after it began I experienced the static. It terrified me, I was so used to the tinnitus tone of the past year that it barely crossed my mind at that point. It totally threw off my habituation...

Hey Zach, extremely sorry to hear about the time you're having. I know exactly how those hellish spikes can feel. I had a similar situation happen about a year into my habituation process (an unfortunate up-close encounter with a fire alarm I was trying to replace the battiers of) and it went...

Reading your response to this has been extremely inspiring Billie. I have had ups and downs in my tinnitus and hearing loss path as well, some more shocking than the others, and I'm going to think about these posts and take your attitude whenever I hit a bump in the road of life. I have...

This movie was actually extremely cathartic and helpful to me, even though it addresses deafness and not tinnitus. There are going to be spoilers about the general direction of the plot in this comment, although I won't spoil specifics. Riz Ahmed's performance of someone who is trying to keep...

Huuuge news. A major breakthrough on the path to a cure. Very exciting times!!

A few of your symptoms are pretty normal, I remember feeling strangely dizzy when I first got my tinnitus too. Mine also generally is better in the mornings and worse in the evenings, it's always changing. I had a similar phase to yours when I first got it where I started constantly protecting...

Hello! Really sorry to hear about your experience. I have no knowledge about the medication side of your post, but I can tell you that 22 days is nowhere near chronic. Acoustic traumas take a long time to heal, so don't worry. It is almost guaranteed to fade with time, as hard as it sounds the...

If you want to get really anal about it, there are phone apps you can download that can loosely measure decibels in your environment. You generally don't want to be hearing sounds at above 85 decibels for extended periods of time, although periodic crying and stuff like that isn't the kind of...

1. Get totally comfortable with life and get started on the next chapter, whether it be through an eventual cure or just not caring about a dumb phantom sound anymore (getting there!) 2. Get over my fear of recording vocal tracks and finally put out this giant vat of music I have sitting 90%...

Hello! Sorry to hear you're not doing well. I know how that initial phase of tinnitus feels, it totally sucks but I guarantee you it's going to get better. There are plenty of accounts on this website where tinnitus goes away after an acoustic trauma, check out the success stories section for...

1. Prednisone prednisone prednisone! I was shocked my ENT had never heard of this as an option for treating ear-related traumas. 2. "You'll just have to learn to live with it" is devastating. My ENT did not seem to grasp (or even come close to caring) that I was at a level of distress that was...

Hello! I don't have any personal experience with lexapro or ibuprofen-related tinnitus, but I just wanted to pop in and say that it's important not to worry too much in the early stages. Tinnitus and anxiety often go hand-in-hand, and I remember being absolutely mortified the first few weeks I...

I disagree generally, but the quote is apt. Masturbation obviously isn't anywhere near as intimate or pleasurable as sex, but it's used as a way to relieve the natural sexual tension a human being faces when they don't have access to the real deal. It may be a facade, but it's a pleasurable...

@Cris-99 Yep, it can be hugely frustrating. The fact that you habituated once means you'll 100% be able to do it again, for me it was a combination of throwing myself into tasks that consume my full attention and time. Eventually my brain got 'bored' of scanning for the tinnitus signal...

To make a long story short, I got tinnitus one year ago and took a few months to get 'used' to it. Then this covid 19 business started and my wax-overproducing ears plugged up. I used debrox to soften the wax and stop the blockage, but shortly thereafter I became convinced that my tinnitus had...

Hello and welcome! The success stories category of this forum was a real help to me. The early days of tinnitus can be pretty scary, but one of the important things to remember is that it will get better as long as you protect your ears. Ear healing can take a lot longer than wounds/illnesses...

I like a good ol' positive post with someone whose life has improved. It's good to reflect on these when the times get tough. I hit a terrible spike recently, it threw me back to those early days of anxiety because I was convinced that I had to deal with this new level forever. Today I was so...

This is very encouraging news. Having someone on this forum who can report tinnitus/hyperacusis relief from a new development makes me feel like the medical community is beginning to understand this condition well enough to have medically-assisted success stories. I look forward to being able to...

Currently I'm still at the higher level, but I've experienced one such period (albeit one that lasted a few weeks less) that eventually died down to the previous baseline. Sometimes fluid in the ears or other seasonal factors can have an affect, so I'm assuming that just like the first time I...

Hello Ben! I'm recently in a similar boat after the allergy season ratcheted up my tinnitus to level where it can no longer be masked by things that used to mask it well. My car's air conditioner on the lowest setting used to cover it up, now I can hear it even when the air conditioner is...

Hello everyone, 1-year tinnitus sufferer with a question about ear hygiene. I'm in a bit of a worried place right now. I've been told my doctors that I have very narrow eustachian tubes, and I occasionally have ear buildups/clogs that I can't get rid of even with Debroxy (over the counter...