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Quick q, for specifically new tones, is it normal for them to take weeks to subside? And did they occur from noise in your case?

Thank you so much, I needed to hear that. Sending an internet hug

I haven't used Tinnitus Talk in about a year but recently things have taken a turn for the worse and I could really use some support. So about a week ago, I started hearing a very high pitch dog whistle in my left ear accompanying my tinnitus I've been used to for 2 years. I started worrying...

But when is it absolutely necessary? That's what I don't get. I hear about it being used after temporary deafness or pain, both of which I may have experienced on a very minor degree where I didn't notice it. All that I'm pretty sure is that the tinnitus is perhaps more intense and noticeable.

Hearing protection?

It sucks I cant even try it without force, I'm kinda scared. How long were you exposed? I was exposed for about 2-3 seconds without earplugs right above my head and then 10 seconds from a distance while plugging my ears. The noise was the equivalent of loud amp feedback

Really wondering if I need to lie about astmha or get someone else to in order to get it? I'm not a forceful person :(

Same here, I was under a fire alarm test unprotected before I plugged my ears in about 2 seconds. I think it's flared up and tried asking my GP today, he thought it was too risky. But I don't know if the chance constant increase is more risky considering it already makes me suicidal

Is a second or two of a very loud fire alarm test permanently damaging?

What about a second or two of a VERY loud fire alarm?

My fire alarm was beeping a few hours ago so I pressed it assuming it would stop it and it did a test alarm, a quite loud piercing sound and I was right under it. I closed my ears after like a second and went back to my room. I think I may have a spike, not too sure, I don't think it's louder...

Did you notice any improvement from your health break? I haven't so much made my choice, it's just no one told me these could be risk factors

I guess I just don't know how long this will be, I've already been smoking, playing drums and gigs and listening to headphones at low volume since onset. I may do it until I notice a decrease but it may never come. And it also means more monitoring.

It may seem unwise, but it also seems unwise to give up my music career I've been working so hard to get. I'm only 18, I can't just give up my dreams I'll keep these in mind. It's just so frustrating, I either live life like always to try and mentally recover, or I make drastic changes to my...

What do you think if headphones? I'm a huge user so I turn mine down. You think that's good enough?

Gigs I play I guess, I would rarely go to gigs myself as I'm fine with spotify. I wear plugs too, I just cant give up on my band because of this, I worked so hard to get it

Good on you man, any rapid improvements is likely a good sign. Not sure if I've had many of those, I get quieter moments but no constant reduction. It changes a lot during the day. Day= :confused: Night = :headphone::sleep: Morning=:mad::arghh: Did you get your hearing checked? Are your...

Well, here I am again in this dark void. Not really expecting much can come from this but thought it was worth a shot to ease my mind I've mentioned before that I have SNHL in my right ear (to be confirmed by ENT) and I'm just really unsure what to expect. I've heard people mention that...

If I'm honest, I've given up hope of this going naturally. I'll do things to make sure it doesn't get louder like wear earplugs and listen to low volumes, but I'm not letting it destroy my only joy in life which is music. I shouldn't even have it, what I used should have been safe as it said, if...

I wish someone had told me this beforehand, it was all just so stupidly manipulative. As I said, I was very wary at first. If it had just been bought from a chemist with no recognition online, I wouldn't have trusted it for a second. But no, the amazon page was all professional looking, many...

Hey man, sorry this isn't really very supportive, I imagine there's not a lot one can say to change your mind, because I have to admit I'm in the same boat as you, and feel very similar... Right now, with mild tinnitus in quiet rooms for about 3 months (congrats on making 10 years, I cannot...

Anyone else had dreams of being injected with a drug to the ear and getting tinnitus cured? Had one a while ago, before even knowing about FX-322, Otonomy etc. Hopefully it's a sign :angelic:

Back from a night of drinking and punk rocking, wore Ear peace ear plugs and I think I'm fine, maybe a tiny bit louder but that's probably from drinking, hopefully it goes down to baseline soon enough

Did he have tinnitus at the start though? I guess it just seems like it to me since the acoustic caused my hearing loss and the T started soon after. What in the heck do those lucky hard-of-hearing do to not have tinnitus? Something about limbic gating system?

If continuing drumming and headphones makes the T stay, which it would likely do anyways, so be it. "Live Fast, Die Young" - Circle Jerks

Would you say your reduction was very significant or just minor, and it's still fairly annoying? If stopping headphones means a minor reduction, it isn't really worth it in my case. I can still sleep, it's just hearing it quiet or loud makes me depressed. I can't slow my career for a minor...

Thanks for the advice, but drumming in a band is my dream, for better or worse. The upside is living a life I want to live apart from sitting at home, listening to T feeling near suicidal. I understand the downside of being unfortunate and making it worse, but screw it, I'm gonna try my best to...

They're pretty good ear plugs, ones that mould into your ear rather than plain yellow cylinder ones. I'll probably invest in high-grade ones when I get the chance

I ordered magnesium citrate from Amazon since reading about it today, but not coming till Monday so too late for gig. Usually when I practice with the band with amps and everything, I stick an ear plug in my right ear where I believe my hearing loss and T is, afterwards my left ear feels a bit...

Yeah, I know it's kinda risky, but I can't miss out on gigs that are so important to me. It's good that I mentioned it otherwise I would have just gone with earplugs. In terms of protection, I have earplugs, NAC, magnesium oxide and big ear defenders/muffs. I'll take the NAC and mg before and...

Yeah, wouldn't that be swell. All we really know is to keep away from loud to very loud noises, moderate noises are still murky waters, but who can really avoid those completely? I'm playing my first punk gig tomorrow since tinnitus onset, I pray I won't be back here regretting my choices...

Ok, cheers for the help. Still don't know if I can make that commitment. I'm a drummer so I need to listen to headphones anyway when I'm practicing so me stopping wouldn't really be stopping, just using them less I ain't letting T ruin my drumming career, but it may ruin every other part of my...

So one week after stopping headphones you noticed the reduction? Was this right after it started or a few months in?

Do you have any idea of timestamps between headphone cessation and T reduction? Like how long did it take you to stop using headphones and how long it took for you to notice reduction after? Just trying to decipher if stopping headphone use was key in your case or if it was just coincidence...

I'm going to try to make this my last thread here, after this I'll be out of questions and just have to play the waiting game. That being said, I'm grateful for this community always being here when I feel hopeless and alone. :thankyousign: So, I have two main questions: From multiple success...

Hey, I'm also a fairly new sufferer of 3 months. I got mine from a very unlucky case of self-syringing and the regret is immense. You should be glad you got to get to ENT so promptly (still awaiting mine at the end of this month :unsure:) and they got you prednisone quickly, I've heard it has a...

Been playing and listening to punk bands for years like Black Flag, Descendants, Dead Kennedys, Nomeansno.... the list goes on. Punk is pretty much all I live for right now

Not yet, suppose I'll try them with enough money and time. I'm just unsure about efficacy, I can see my self trying both and feeling the same, unless I experience reduction which isn't guaranteed. I'm someone who feels very unlucky, so thoughts of nothing working for me cloud my mind

I appreciate the honesty and realism, I'm not discounting habitation, I'm just at a point where that seems near impossible for me. As a CBT video I saw once mentioned, if the patient was already prone to isolation and low mood (in addition to ASD, anxiety etc.), they are a lot less likely to...

I get this may be an easier outcome, but I can't help but see this as a less realistic outcome given the hearing loss. I mean maybe you're right, but I still frequently use headphones (at low volumes), smoke sometimes and eat junk so I could easily be back here with the same or louder volume...

Not really sure what people would say to this, I guess I'm just curious on others views that may comfort me during very dark times. As many of us have heard, regenerative medicine will potentially be released in the next decade (hopefully). As mine came from acoustic trauma/mechanical trauma, I...

Very true, this happening to me on an hourly/daily basis. Usually during the day I say to myself "I can do this (until a cure)" and by evening I'm bawling, thinking it's impossible, wondering about how a cure maybe be many decades away, and how that will lead me to end my life. Either way, a...

Anyone else concerned about using this before regenerative treatments in the future, if that might mess things up or 'lock in' the tinnitus so to speak?

Yes it seems like that would be a good indicator. I'm not really sure what counts as 'fading' though. I've had days where its quieter, but never a quiet day, its generally constant in quiet spaces. Not sure if the louder moments are just caused by particular foods or smoking, although never...

Hey guys, I've seen this question brought up a few times but never really any conclusive answers due to the ambiguity of this condition. If you've read my intro, I believe my chronic tinnitus started when I used too much pressure with an ear syringe labelled as 'safe' about 3 months ago, as...

Have they made any statements about release in the UK yet? Not sure whether to travel or wait x amount of years for the UK release.

Hmm, props to you for being able to stop, I'm just way too much of a music lover that I can't commit to taking it out of my life, can make it quieter, but not stop completely. If I was to choose between tinnitus and never using headphones, the I'd regrettably choose the former even though it...

I guess we'll see, as I mentioned I have ASD and am very sensitive to noise so may brain may be hard-wired to not accept anything other than silence, especially when it was taken through such a moronic manipulative manner. I can still sleep ok, I don't hear it loudly except in the morning and at...

Thanks for the advice, I do think cigarettes aren't doing me any good, I guess I just don't wanna cut them out if the T will just stay the same. It never makes it louder, sometimes it's even quieter after a smoke. I just suspect I don't have many years left in me waking up every day morbidly...

Yeah, been trying to limit noise, Idk about headphones though, music is my life and I can't go many places without a pair of earphones. I keep the volume down obviously but struggle to keep them off, there's so little to live for otherwise. Opinions on smoking and t recovery? (been trying to...

Yah, just in quiet rooms, thank bejesus it's not severe. Still, I loved silence. Many take it for granted but I didn't, I moved to 5 different uni accommodations because every one had some kinda irritant noise which made me depressed and insomnious, I yearned for a quiet room. Now I yearn...

Hey there, kinda been putting off joining here, hoping it would pass but screw it, I'm here for the long run it seems. The name's Louis, I'm 18 from London, UK and 3 months ago one use of a simple looking device opened the gateway to hell on earth. This year, late February I noticed a moderate...

I've been seeing a lot of talk about Neuromod which I think will be helpful but very little on Frequency Therapeutics and Decibel Therapeutics's efforts. I for one believe both hold a lot of promise for those with acoustic trauma, which is a lot of us. Is this false hope? Am I being irrational...