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I am going to see Tool tonight in a pretty big stadium venue. Before I begin, I know the risks of this, making my tinnitus worse would be devastating. However, the existential depression I've experienced from not being able to live my life or do the things I want to do has been weighing on me...

Hey everyone, I recently bought tickets to Tool in SLC on october 24th. I have had tinnitus for about 3 years now, and the great news is I am pretty much habituated (coming from almost being suicidal when it started). I've been in a couple loud places (bars, parties, etc) lately with...

I just started taking some antibiotics for lyme disease. (clindamycin) This specific drug isn't known to be ototoxic. About day 3 into my treatment, and my ears today feel completely full and muffled. My doctor hasn't responded to my messages. What do I do? Has the clindamycin destroyed my...

I'm currently being treated for lyme disease, and am on amoxicillin 2000mg per day. It's neccessary to add one of the antibiotics of the class that seems to have the most reports of damage to the ears (ending in mycin) and I'm wondering if anyone knows any substitutes that accomplish the same...

I do not remember what it's like to enjoy life. I wish I had the capacity for suicide. June 2013: Mothers alchoholism is getting bad, haven't seen her sober in a year or two. I wake up with derealization and panic / anxiety and blurry almost blinding vision, go to doctor after doctor being...

Hey everyone, It's been a while since I've been here. I got pretty used to my tinnitus (still really depressed that I got it in the first place, but adjusting.) Anyway, after random constant muscle twitching and weakness all over my body and slurred speech and literally 30 other awful symptoms...

My friend bought me tickets to Brand New tonight, at a pretty large venue. I have high pitched tinnitus that I originally got from a concert that was EXTREMELY loud (I'm guessing 140db for the majority of the time) without plugs. I bought these for the show as I really really want to try to go...

The title says it all. What causes a spike? When I first joined these forums, my tinnitus was relentless and brutal, there was no such thing as a "spike" and I figured everyone who was talking about a spike was just paying too much attention to their T. I am fully aware that this is not the...

I was invited to a concert recently. Since my T onset 1.3 years ago, I have yet to go to a movie, concert or something similar and it seems to ruin my quality of life. I have slowly habituated to the T, and would of course be wearing hearing protection and standing near the back, but...

I'm almost 24, and my life has evaporated because of this. I already had too much on my plate when it started, but it has consumed me.I can't go to concerts anymore? I can't go out to clubs and bars with my friends anymore? I cant go to a god damn movie without worrying it will get worse? (has...

I was diagnosed with severe (can't leave my house panicking derealization severe) anxiety last year. After which I attended a very loud concert (Trying to make myself ok), and now have tinnitus. I read somewhere on this forum that those who suffer from stress or anxiety could possibly be more...

I wanted to go to a concert, so I did. I'm only 23 years old, why do I have to live a life of solitude because of my anxiety and tinnitus. It is now going crazy and is extremely loud, I'm afraid I've permanently made it worse. I've always wanted to DJ and had worked so hard to get where I...

Long story short, my ex girlfriend told me on my Bday that she has been dating a woman for the last 4 months, and has been leading me on / lying to me. The girl found out, so my ex girlfriend lies and pretended none of it happened, and then told me to "F#$k off" and that she would never speak to...

I haven't even tried going to concerts or movies since my tinnitus came. I already had extremely bad anxiety before this happened, and this added fear of loud places only makes my agoraphobia worse. So depressing. Would I be safe at movies with earplugs? How about concerts? The last thing I...

A suffering that I sometimes wish would kill me. I'm caged in my own skin, and my mind disposed of the key to set me free. Every night I dream about her, my former love. These dreams that my subconscious creates to keep me on my knees, crawling, as if at someones mercy through a now pathetic...

My extremely high pitch tinnitus does not seem half as loud or sporadic with earplugs in. Any thoughts as to why?.. I don't understand it.

So last night, in desperation for some good sleep, I took one of my (prescribed) valium. It was a small dose, just a 2mg pill. Needless to say the volume of my tinnitus went down & I didn't care about what was left of it about an hour after I took the pill, and it was a great feeling. I woke up...

I know this is a loaded question... It has been about 10 days since the onset of my Tinnitus due to noise exposure. I'm pretty sure that means it's permanent, right? :( Bummer... I guess logically, if it's a loud noise exposure then my chances are really bad, as the inner ear does not recover...

And I'm not quite sure what to think... would love some insight. I explained that I had Tinnitus after a very loud concert, so he sent me to the audiologist in the next room. Every single hearing test came back extremely well, and my eardrums were responding perfectly. The ENT then explained...

Hey everyone, this will be my first post after just recently finding this site... I'll try to make it brief. If you have a moment, please read through this. I'm so desperate. This year... has been a literal hell for me. I'm 22 years old, and developed severe chronic stomach problems as well as...