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I’ll be getting ankle reconstruction done on Monday. Has anyone here had surgery where you are given lots of painkillers with tinnitus? I’m super nervous about the surgery itself, and the possibility of my tinnitus or hearing getting worse is even more unnerving.

Lately, I've been using nicotine patches to help with my ADHD. I've read that nicotine can worsen tinnitus and hearing due to constricted blood vessels, but I haven't noticed any worsening symptoms since I began using them. I'm only using a quarter to half a patch, which is 7 to 14 mg a day. In...

As a rock music junkie, I want to see what other members’ favorite rock songs are. All varieties of rock and metal can be posted, both light and heavy.

I am thinking about taking a music/audio production class for my senior year of high school. I dropped out of band because of tinnitus and broken/distorted hearing. I hope to participate in this class because music is one of my biggest passions, and I want to get back into music as a whole...

I have had reactive tinnitus since my onset in June, although it has improved some since the initial trauma. Last night I put on some white noise for masking with pitches only consisting of 2000hz and below, which I thought would not make my ultra high pitched tone react, yet it was still...

I just remeasured my tinnitus, and it’s about that pitch, located at the edge of my hearing on my left (good) ear. It’s not super loud, but the pitch alone is enough to drive me crazy at times. Having a reactive component makes it even more annoying. I can’t believe my brain is dumb enough to...

Does anyone else expirence this? It’s a low vibrating sound in my head that lasts 30 seconds or so, then just vanishes. I’ve had the normal fleeting tinnitus where your hearing decreases and tinnitus increases/changes sounds, but I’ve never had this before.

I've been really stressed out lately from school, and as a result, my tinnitus has been spiking up frequently. My tinnitus often "resets" itself in the morning by turning into a low tone when I wake up. Lately, it's been accompanied by an extremely high pitched dog whistle/mosquito sound. The...

Every time a sudden loud sound occurs, I get this distortion effect for the duration of the sound. I have it in both ears. This has been going on ever since my tinnitus onset. It feels like I have extensive nerve damage. I’ve read that this could be related to Dysacusis and/or TTTS. Anyone...

Shortly after my trauma, I could not hear above 16000 Hz. Then, over time, I seemed to have regained super high frequencies back. For example, I can hear up to 19000 Hz if I have the volume on 70-75 percent on my left ear, and 17500 Hz on my right. Anybody else have this “recovery” of upper...

So I’m 3.5 months in, and even though I’m slowly getting better, I’m pretty depressed. My tinnitus at times is very quiet, and I sometimes have to listen for it to hear it. Other times, it’s a high, shrill, screech, usually when I am stressed. My main problem is music, which has always been my...

Last night I went to a football game/homecoming. I originally brought my earplugs, and put them in as sounds got louder, but my parents told me to take them out, so I did. I was exposed to sounds over 95 decibels for 10 minutes or so. After that, I put my plugs back in. After the game, I...

I go to the dentist tomorrow morning to get a cavity filled and a defect fixed. The cavity is on the bottom far left molar. Anyone else have had this experience with tinnitus? I’m really nervous because my tinnitus is very low right now.

The past couple days, my tinnitus has been very low, especially today. In fact, my left ear was almost completely silent today! Just 4 days ago, it was quite high (for my norm), and today, it's barely there. I definitely think stress makes this thing worse, and for those of you who are very...

I have decided to start a weather posting zone, because I love weather, and I want to be a meteorologist when I grow up. Here you can post about what the weather is like where you live, complain about it, brag about it, etc. For example, this is the current forecast for the weather where I...

I am curious to know how many people have "perfect" hearing like me, and have tinnitus. I also would like to know how bad your tinnitus is. I am wondering if there is a correlation between damage and tinnitus severity.

I got a stress induced spike last week in my left ear. The loudness has now gone down, but the reactivity has not. In quiet rooms, it is not/barely audible, but when I use my sound machine, it goes up. Is this hyperacusis related, or is it’s own class, and will notched white noise work on this?

I got my tinnitus and hyperacusis suddenly after a concert, and I never had experienced tinnitus before in my life. I am wondering how everyone else got theirs, and if it came on suddenly or gradually.

Last Friday, I got a new tone that came out of nowhere, and it hasn’t subsided ever since. I’ve had a new tone pop up before, and it subsided in a few days. This one hasn’t, and it appears to be very reactive. Wherever I go, it is always there. I can even hear it in the cafeteria.:( In very...

I have now had tinnitus for about 2 months now, and when I wake up in the morning, it is now often at a very low volume. After I get out of the shower, the tinnitus comes back. Does the hyperacusis have something to do with this, because every time I am exposed to even a moderate amount of...

Over the past couple days at school, I caught a glimpse of several people with their music up all the way. In America, max volume is 105 decibels. What amazes me is how they can listen to music at this level for who knows how long, be in marching band without earplugs, and go to lots of...

I’m going to the audiologist later this month. What tests should I take, and which ones should I avoid? @dpdx

I sleep on my side, and I am wondering if the ear on the pillow isn't getting any stimulation and healing from my pink noise that I put on. Is it still OK to sleep on my side, or will I have to sleep on my back from now on? Also, since my tinnitus volume is low, all it generally takes is one...

Hello everyone. I am 16 years old, and I have some interesting things going on with my tinnitus. It all started 5 weeks ago, after I went to a concert. I was in the 5th row or so, and it was at least 110 decibels. I was going to wear earplugs, but people said you’ll be fine. Big mistake. After...