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  1. katriina

    Does Your Tinnitus React to Some Electronics?

    Like old CRT TV etc? Mine T goes crazy when those are around, it gets always louder!
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    Can Stress Bring a New Noise?

    I'm having a lot of stress and I think that my head is ringing more than ever... Could it be because of stress? Is is possible that my tinnitus could calm down if I can reduce my stress? I'm thinking of getting antidepressants to ease my anxiety... And I'm still not sure if it is good sign that...
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    Can I Take Tizanidine or Does It Make My Tinnitus Worse? Quick Help!

    Can I take Tizanidine (Zanaflex) or is it a big mistake? Does anybody know? Any opinion would be great!
  4. katriina

    My Left Ear Started Yesterday This Low Humming or Ringing?

    It sounds like that noise what comes from fridge sometimes... I wouldn't say that it is LOUD but I can hear it ALL THE TIME ???? I can't mask it with anything!! I hope it is just a spike because I have stress and I smoked yesterday like 3 cigarettes... Could it be just a spike? I have never...
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    How Lower Ringing or Humming Can Be Masked?

    I usually have high ringing that is easily covered by white noise etc, but what noise works best for lower humming or ringing? Having spike right now and my ears went crazy, I'm just hoping that tomorrow I only have that normal ringing that I have used to...
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    How Long Have Researchers Known That Tinnitus Might Be Caused by the Brain?

    I'm just wondering that how long they have tried to find a treatment or a cure for tinnitus from that moment when they discovered that our brain might cause it and not the ears... I mean if it's something like 40 years, then I will be desperate because almost nothing has happened, but if it's...
  7. katriina

    Stopped Smoking and My Tinnitus Became Worse?

    I don't get this... Now my left ear started low ringing that hasn't been there for a long time... My right ear doesn't ring that loud anymore but why my left ear started this low loud ringing!!!?? Can this have something to do with quitting smoking??? I haven't smoke for 5 days now.. But I...
  8. katriina

    What the heck is going on in my head!?

    As you know, I have had constantly changing tinnitus in right ear. After a while I noticed ringing in my left ear too which wasn't constant so it wasn't as bothersome as in my right ear. Now my left ear started to keep beeping and changing noises too!!! I'm scared... I haven't done anything that...
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    I don't think I ever will be able to habituate

    Here we go again... My T keeps ridiculous loud fleeting sounds again. My good ear has started keep noises too but they fade away quikly. This kind of T irritates and scares me the most. It is now quiet and suddendly it increases dramatically, my mind just can't take it. This happens all day...
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    How Long Does the Effect of Smoking Last?

    This might be a stupid question but if I smoke one cigarette in the morning, how long does it affects last in my body? I mean could it make my T louder for a day etc, just one cigarette? And why does my T decreases right after smoking? I have tried to find out answer to this question but I just...
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    My Tinnitus Is a Mystery?

    I noticed today that pressing muscles behind my ears makes my T louder? After done that my T started fluctuate like crazy... Does that mean something? I don't even realize why it's changing constantly and sometimes it's very quiet? I haven't heard that anyone's T would change during the day as...
  12. katriina

    I Just Need Some Comforting Words Now

    I feel miserably right now. To be honest I don't feel like I have deserved this ringing in my head because I haven't ever enjoyed loud music etc and I have always protected my ears very well. Well because life is a bitch, ofcourse I had to have tinnitus with all other problems I already have...
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    Tinnitus Is Louder When I Wake Up?

    After waking up it calms like in 15 minutes back to lower level... Does this happen to everyone? It's very annoying to wake up and the first thing you hear is your tinnitus louder than ever. (n)
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    I Just Left From a Party Because of My Tinnitus

    There was a huge party that could have been awesome, there was all my friends etc, but the music was SO LOUD that I was scared as hell that my T would increase because of that :( Ofcourse I had earplugs with me but I didn't want to take any risk at this point... I still hope that my T would stop...
  15. katriina

    What Do You Call This Kind of Tinnitus?

    I'm not sure what kind of tinnitus I have if it's loudness and pitch changes all the time, I mean literally ALL THE TIME. It can be loud or quiet, beeping, wavy or ringing... It doesn't react in any way to backround noises or when I move my jaw. So what do you call this kind of tinnitus and is...
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    How Long Does a Tinnitus Spike Usually Last? Months? Weeks? Days? Hours?

    I have wondered that how long T spikes last usually when they come... I have had few loud spikes in my both ears that has lasted like 5-10 seconds... Are these "spikes"? Or does spike means that T volume increases like for an hour, day or longer and then calms down again?
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    What Is the Point of Habituation If My Tinnitus Is Constantly Changing?

    Can I ever even be habituated? My T goes up and down, there are beep sounds and whistles, sometimes just one and sometimes many voices, sometimes loud and then again quiet... How can anyone ever be habituated with this? Should I just mask the noises as much as I can so long as they will find a...
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    Do You Still Listen to Music with Earbuds?

    I like to listen music while I'm walking outside or when I'm jogging etc... But does this cause more harm to my T? I almost can't exercise without music... Is it okay to listen music with earbuds if volume isn't too loud?
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    It's sad how you don't realize to appreciate silence until you get tinnitus

    It was just normal thing that when you went to the room where is no noise at all that there is completely silence. I really miss that feeling now... I'm under huge stress right now and I feel like crying because I miss silence so much :(
  20. katriina

    My Tinnitus Is Constantly Changing?

    When I first got this, it was one loud "weee" sound all the time. That was fine because it was easy to hide with background noises. Now I have one high "wee" sound and one sound that beeps all the time and constantly changes frequency! It's like "beep, bEeep, bEEp, beeep , BEeeEeep" ... Well, i...
  21. katriina

    How Does Your Life Partner React to Your Tinnitus?

    Do you both sleep with white noise on? Does she/he understands and supports you with your T and how this shows? How does your T show in your everyday life? I'm interested to hear how T affects to your normal lifes o_O
  22. katriina

    I really need support now, I'm only 18!

    I have had this tinnitus about two months now. It is really depressing because I'm only 18 years old and I feel like I'm all alone with this. I know this tinnitus is very common thing but I don't know any other young person who suffers this too. It doesn't help at all that everybody say "I only...