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Your inner ear issues are real, and it's true there's no cure for them. But based on your post history, they have led to a severe deterioration in mental health, and that can and will get better with time, if you accept treatment for it.

@2049v You are in a spiral of anxiety and depression right now and you need help to get out of it. Please believe me, I have thought my life was over several times because of tinnitus and hearing issues, but both times I got my life back. I'm currently back in a dark place, but it's not as scary...

BTW @2049v I saw that you are hesitant to try an antidepressant because it would be like admitting that this is a psychological issue. Please consider if the way you are feeling right now is worth proving a point. The tinnitus won't go away, but it could help with the anxiety that comes with it.

My hyperacusis got better but the tinnitus has just slowly gotten worse over time. I don't know how severe it is compared to others, but if I listen for it I can hear it in most situations, not just in quiet. I had ear pressure and fluttering three years ago with the loudness H, but it got...

I have not yet had new audiogram to see if that is because my high frequencies have deteriorated. Subjectively, I feel I have trouble understanding high pitched voices, especially with background noise. Considering going to get another audiogram soon.

I was in the normal range, 20 dB from 500-1k, 10 dB at 2k, 5-10 dB at 4k-8k. I think I have a steep drop after 12.5 kHz, but has not been professionally tested. Since I got hyperacusis three years ago, I've started to get some distortions on S sounds and have trouble hearing S sounds spoken by...

Good of you to return with the equally good news. This forum needs more of that.

I'm not an expert, but based on what I've read here on Tinnitus Talk, it seems like tinnitus is more commonly associated with sudden, dramatic changes in hearing function. Maybe because brain plasticity can't keep up? It also seems likely to me that very loud noise damages the cochlea in other...

Never had a CT scan, no. But good to know.

I've been to two ENTs in my life, and now that I think about it, the first one commented on their teeny-tiny size as well. Now I know why using regular foam earplugs gave me impacted earwax.

In any case, being on here is not making it easier to deal with. I will try to limit my time on Tinnitus Talk more.

I don't know if it's useful advice for everyone on here, especially people with very severe tinnitus, but it definitely is for me. Thanks for the reminder. I'm also dealing with a spike that seems to be permanent, but maybe it's just because I'm back to monitoring my tinnitus after years of...