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Some of you may know me as Hotaru. I've had tinnitus for 6.5 months now. Whether it was caused by the ear infection or the coming off anxiety medication has not been confirmed. It hasn't gotten better. It's still there. I tried the AM-101 trial, most likely didn't get the real thing. I tried...

How exactly can I determine that I have it? And has anyone tried balloon dilation?

I don't know if I'm right about this, but I read that when the tinnitus becomes centralized (meaning you hear it in your head more than directly in your ears) it becomes more difficult to treat?

After a week of not having any pressure behind the ears and seeing an ENT earlier today who told me I didn't have ETD, I get pressure again. Also, I might be going to an AM-101 screening. This is my third bout of possible ETD in two months. What should I do now? Should I get a scan? An operation?

I need to vent, sorry. Honestly, what are the odds of it going away? It doesn't get better. I have T in the left ear now, too. It's lower than the right ear T, but it's not any less intrusive. I've tried Magnesium, B12, yoga, distractions, sleeping quietly, changing my diet, and soon I'll get...

My T was not caused by noise, it was caused by URI/ETD. So why does it get louder when I'm exposed to noise? I went to get my hair cut, and I wore earplugs, but T got louder anyway.

New ENT prescribed this ear drop because he sees hard gunk on my eardrum and he tried getting it off but couldn't so he gave me this. Will it make tinnitus worse?

This would be a lot of work, I know, but it would be great if somehow data from people on this site was collected, such as what are people's causes of T, if they still have it, how they got rid of it, if they got rid of it or habituated, if the drugs work or not... it really is a jumbled-up mess...

Do you think I should? My father doesn't think I should do it, but I'm running out of time because I read the trial ends in February, which is NOW, and I'm already 8 weeks into having T and it hasn't gotten better. I still have ETD, but I'm going to an ENT Thursday to hopefully put an end to...

I now have T in the left ear, and it's a different tone than the sound in the right. Each sound gets louder. None of the methods I tried worked. Steaming, neti-pot, Valsalva, B vitamins, magnesium, exercise, dieting, sleeping in silence... I'm in utter turmoil. The minute I start thinking...

I got a URI 6 weeks ago, been on 2 antibiotics and 2 steroids, I'm starting my third antibiotic tomorrow. This URI caused me to have T and ETD. I thought the second one did it, but a mere week after finishing it the fluid in my ears comes back. I feel like my head will explode and water will...

From what I've learned, prednisone is supposed to help T caused by infections (could be wrong). I took it twice a day for three days and it did nothing for it. So why is that? Do I really have T caused by anxiety? I don't see how that is. Whenever I get anxiety, I just get some stomach problems...

Prior to tinnitus, my hearing was super-human. It was a blessing and a curse, since I could always hear everything and tuning it out would be quite a task. My parents and friends would always be like, "Wow, how do you even hear that? That's amazing!" Was anyone else like this before tinnitus?

What is happening to me? I'm absolutely terrified.

Has anyone had surgery for their tinnitus in some way? Has it been successful? If you had the money, would you get surgery? I 100% would get surgery if I knew it would help, but what about you?

Since mine gets louder each day, does that mean it might go away faster at some point?

Has anyone tried this and had success? Will the T go away if I go back on Zoloft?

My name is Taru. I am suffering from T. I'm 26 and female. Six weeks ago I came off the SSRI drug Sertraline. Since then, my health deteriorated. A month ago I got my ears cleaned with water by a doctor who didn't know what he was doing. During that week, my right ear felt cold and wet inside...