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    A Month and a Half in with My Tinnitus — Anxiety to Deep Depression Transition?

    My experience 1 month 1/2 into having tinnitus. And need some advice pls on how accepting it has definitely changed in the past 3 weeks. First 3 weeks were definitely hell on earth. Until your brain starts to somewhat accept the ringing there is really no avoiding that phase. My tinnitus...
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    Can Your Brain Be in a State of Anxiety / Stress Yet You Feel Perfectly Normal and Calm?

    If your body feels completely calm and you "FEEL" zero stress physically... is it possible you brain is NOT feeling that way at all? Is it possible you brain can be in a flux of anxiety and stress even though you feel totally normal physically? Yesterday my tinnitus was pretty low and I was...
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    Allergies — Tinnitus Volume / Sound

    I've been having some mild allergies from my daily walk that is by a huge park. When I get home the roof of my mouth always itches from the allergies. One really odd thing I've really noticed is when I itch the roof of my mouth with my tongue my tinnitus goes all crazy while I'm doing that...
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    Tinnitus Change/Transition? Ear Ringing to Head Crickets

    Have had tinnitus for over a month now...ive definitely noticed a change in it at least from my perception from a distinct specific ringing in the ears to more of a super high pitched crickets sounds in my brain/head? Is this normal? Or common? And the fluctuation of the cricket sound def...
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    Amitriptyline or Nortriptyline and Mirtazapine — Best Alternatives to Lexapro and Zoloft?

    I've read here that Amitriptyline or Nortriptyline and Mirtazapine - are best non-chance of making tinnitus worse alternatives to Lexapro and Zoloft for bad anxiety. I've never heard of those anti-depressants. Is that considered pretty accurate those are best non-tinnitus affecting? I'd...
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    My Experience with Xanax — Pretty Surprising / Eye Opening from an Anxiety Sufferer for Decades

    I've had bad anxiety and depression for close to two full decades. I'm 46. Never ever took anti depressants. ever. Struggled throughout life because of anxiety depression. I got tinnitus about 4 weeks ago. Have been to the darkest places in my life (and I've been thru divorce with kids, dad...
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    How Do Hearing Aid Maskers Impact Habituation?

    There is a audiology place here in Hawaii that offers those hearing aid type maskers....which cancel out the sound frequency of your tinnitus. Are those bad? Aren't you supposed to habituate to tinnitus? Or am I missing something? thx
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    Spikes. How Do You Maintain Hope?

    So far on my tinnitus journey the one thing I've learned that stands out above all else in regards to this terrible affliction we all share are spikes. Just when you feel better or feel more confidant or feel you can beat this.....you have a spike....and the world comes crashing down again...
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    Tinnitus So Loud After Naps — Why?

    One thing I've definitely noticed with my tinnitus is that I can have a great quiet day, very low volume for hours upon hours. But if I take a nap, even if it's just quick 10 min nap... when I wake up it's like 100000 crickets blew up in my head. Why is that? Is it the amount of brain...
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    How Do You Keep Your Job in the Beginning? I Cannot Work...

    Hi - I'm a wreck from hell since getting tinnitus 3-4 weeks ago. I'm 46, divorced, 2 lovely daughters who are under my health insurance. There is literally no way I can work and I just started this new job 3 months ago and I'm in charge of a huge project. But I'm absolutely serious when I...
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    Earbuds / YouTube Masking Videos — Safe? — Advice Please

    The only real relief I can find since this nightmare began a few weeks ago is putting on my earbuds and listening to various tinnitus masking videos with all the weird robotic beeps and the videos put some relaxing background noise or ocean or water behind it all. Is this ok to do? I don't...
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    Zoloft / Lexapro — Scared to Take, Really Need It, Advice Please

    I've long suffered from anxiety and depression before getting tinnitus a few weeks ago. It's been a nightmare since. My PCP prescribed me both Zoloft and Lexapro (I can choose which I want to take) and Xanax for bad emergencies. Reading all the stuff on Tinnitus Talk and on Google in general...
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    New Sufferer... Really Need Advice and Help

    Hi my T began about 3-4 weeks ago and its been a living hell. My T Cause is unknown. Been to PCP, ENT, etc., etc. ENT told me to try lipo flavanoid which seems useless. The worst part of getting T is that i suffer from bad anxiety and depression long b4 i ever got T. And the T, especially at...