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At Neuromod on Tuesday the Lead Audiologist said my eardrum on the right [the perpetrator of my tinnitus problems] looked grey, concave [like a pressure imbalance] and possibly some fluid behind it. Ear drums are supposed to be pink and reflect the light from the ear thingy. I don't have any...

Hi all, Some of you might remember earlier this year I was on Venlafaxine and most recently (about 6 weeks ago) I was switched to 15mg of Mirtazapine at night. 15mg of Mirtazapine is not enough to curb my depression, so my GP upped it to 30mg, however the sedative effect bizarrely gets less...

My tinnitus is my fault. I ignored my gut instinct not to go ahead with an ear operation. My tinnitus got worse a year ago following my greed for an oversized piano. My tinnitus got worse again following getting an ear infection after I picked and prodded at them recently. How do you deal...

Hi I have a certain pitch in my tinnitus that when my tinnitus reaches it, my hyperacusis can really start going off the charts. I've noted certain noises like shower water hitting the panel can trigger it, but if I'm careful or my tinnitus is low it doesn't set it off. However I had an ear...

Do you ever feel overwhelmed when you're in a room with multiple sources of noise like eating at the dinner table, TV is on, people talking and the tinnitus blaring over the top if it. It's like my brain has limited bandwidth that says 'stop'! One at a time! What is that? I used to be able to...

Hello, I've had an ear infection since Monday the 16th September. Swab taken on 17th came back as Pseudomonas. I've had a course of antibiotics, a couple of ear drops, swabbed again at the start of this week, told yesterday there was nothing in it. I have no pain, like I did on Thursday the...

Hi, Quick question... I developed Otitis Externia in my right ear canal last week. My ear feels blocked and according to the GP whilst the canal isn't swollen there is some 'coating' on the ear drum and infection in the canal. I'm using some quite thick greasy drops he prescribed me. My...

I was told I have ear wax impacted on one of my ear drums and a bit on the other. As the wax was quite dark, it was there a while and unlikely to come out without intervention. Anyhow... been taking just a couple of hot baths recently and been dipping my head under for a few moments and as I'm...

For those with hearing loss/damage... when you lost some hearing, did you know it at the time? I was exposed to a nail gun cartridge being exploded when I was about 17 in a closed room. My right ear made this whhooooWWWWWhhhoooooo noise and I lost a bit of hearing in that ear, but that's all...

What are your favorite YouTube videos for helping to learn to live with tinnitus, and accepting it as part of your life?

Just read about a woman in Australia who went out to her chickens to collect eggs and got pecked on a main artery by one and bled to death. Life is just seriously fucked up.

Hello all, I had a few weeks recently where I thought my tinnitus had finally settled back down to pre-spike October 2018 levels. I had developed myself a nice little routine that seemed to be working just fine and making my tinnitus more manageable. But on Saturday the intensity of the high...

Hi all I've had a good few weeks now of manageable tinnitus. However in this past 7 days I've been applying Acnecide [benzoyl peroxide 5%] or Epiduo [adapalene 0.1% & benzoyl peroxide 2.5%] at the back of my neck along the hairline for some spots that appeared and my tinnitus has increased...

Hi I've noticed some sounds sound really sharp... like coins dropping on the plastic surface of a car interior cup holder. Or a hard mint being dropped on a laminate floor. I think to myself... wow... that was sharp and I worry. But then I measure it with a mobile phone app [not calibrated I...

8 months in since my house alarm exposure in October last year following 20 years of being habituated to tinnitus. I'm sleeping better and not rushing to the garage in the middle of the night to buy cigars but every day is still difficult to get through. Every day and night I still pray to God...

Several years ago I started to experience a low level hum, like a lorry engine idling outside somewhere. Anyho, I figured it was just another new noise but I'm convinced it's related to blood pressure. I hear it predominantly in my right ear. It's been known to come and go. Recently it's...

I think it's dawned on me what's wrong with me. Since my tinnitus got worse and in recent weeks seems to react to certain sounds my daily thought patterns are like this: 'I can hear an emergency vehicle siren, is it coming my way'? 'That wine glass on the table is going to get knocked and let...

I've got to vent. I work in an open plan office and it's driving me f**king insane. I'm stuck on a bank of tables between two other tables full of people taking loudly because they can't hear themselves over the other desk. Then there's the individuals. One person is like the Joker, cackling...

I've decided... I'm giving this 10 years. My son and daughter will be 24 and 23 - old enough I think to handle my passing [or at least better equipped than they are now in mid-teens]. So tinnitus researchers... you have 10 years to either cure it or fix it. If not, I'm outta here. I'm in...

Hello all, I think what I'm going through is more an anxiety related issue (I don't like the word 'disorder') but I need help and guidance and it's important because this could happen to any of us. Like most of us, I dread making my tinnitus worse or developing painful hyperacusis. I'm...

Hi all, I got an email today from an ENT consultant, based in the UK who was in the Daily Mail having treated his own tinnitus. I'll refrain from naming him, but his tinnitus, IMHO, didn't sound too serious. Anyway, he got back to me stating he feared we were decades off any cure [which...

Hi all, I've been making a record for the past 9 days of my tinnitus severity... severity to me means how loud it is. 10 being maximum. Monday: T10 - heavy cigar smoking Tuesday: T10 - heavy cigar smoking Wednesday: T5 - Zopiclone the night before Thursday: T2 Friday: T1 up until 7pm and then...

Hi all, As some of you will know I switched from Venlafaxine to Fluoxetine about 7 weeks ago. I did this because I wanted to see if Venlafaxine was possibly making my tinnitus worse. Trouble is now the pitch of my tinnitus seems higher but I can't tell if it's better or worse because I can't...

Hi Sorry for this second post but its been a freak out day. Dr Google does me no favours. My original tinnitus back in 1997 was through ear infection/ototoxic ear drops, not through noise exposure. Sadly a noise exposure in October 2018 made my tinnitus worse and different. Before October...

What drugs; prescription or otherwise have you/do you take that have given you just one day's peace? I'm not talking a drug you'd want to take everyday that could have more unpleasant side effects long term or would be difficult to get prescribed constantly, but something that you can take as a...

When my tinnitus is bad, I get annoyed at certain sounds. No pain or discomfort, just a higher awareness of sound and an annoyance at it but at a 'that's getting on my tits' level... Is this a form of hyperacusis or me just being overly sensitive jerk?

I've just had two manageable days and four last week and today my tinnitus is back to a screaming high pitch across the inside of my head. As I work at a row of desk and the noise from people is irritating me at the minute I had one foam ear plug in my left ear. I popped some hard mints into...

I'm just out of a CT Scan. I was taken by surprise and not expecting to be injected with a dye. I was told it's iodine based. Should I be worried about it?

Hello all, I had a serious chest infection 8 weeks ago... Really knocked the stuffing out of me... Completely lost my voice too. Anyway, I'm all but over it except my voice which has been slow to come back but is just about near normal. My GP said a few weeks ago if it hadn't returned to come...

Hello all, My tinnitus has become so piercing in its pitch it almost hurts. I just don't know what is causing it to be so invasive. I've got no idea what frequency it's at but it's got to be high. I started Co-Amoxiclav 3 days ago for this chest infection and I quit Venlafaxine 2 weeks ago...

What hobbies do you all have that help engross you? I'm looking for something I can do in the home at any time that takes my mind off this infernal noise. Something that makes you happy is an added benefit!

I'm just back home from an event where there was a lot of children. I carry musicians earplugs (the plastic ones with two cups and a stem through them). As I was going out of one room and into another I knew all theses kids were present and it was loud because of their chatting so I popped...

Hello, Since noise damage in October further exacerbating my tinnitus I went through a spell of living very unhealthy, so much so I pretty much crashed and burned 6 weeks ago with a serious chest infection and overall man flu, which I'm still just getting over. On Wednesday I picked up a bug...

For one beautiful day today I had silence. Yes, after weeks and months of 24/7 noises in my ears and head, my tinnitus finally decided to STFU for a day. And for today only, I started to feel normal again. The spring started to come back in my step; I began to start conversations with my work...

My son is 14 and like most boys his age he loves his Xox. He can play it all day everyday. Right now he has a one ear headset that he uses for voice communications and the game sound emits from the TV. He's after a set of surround sound headphones and I am seriously against it. I think...

I was referred to an ENT in October 2018, here in the UK. Today I have my ENT appointment so I wait with baited breath as to what help I will be offered or be disappointed at how things haven't changed. Either way, I'll report back later.

Hi, Anyone try Wim Hof's breathing technique? Relative of mine said he's seen posts by people saying it's helped with tinnitus and depression. Of course when I search I come across posts saying it brought it on. Anyone have any experience? I tried it this morning and by my third round I was...

For those with noise induced tinnitus, can you describe your experience immediately after your tinnitus onset, and also your long term experience? I'm interested to know if, after your noise exposure, you got fluctuations in the pitch or new noises months after the event? I had a noise event...

Hello, 4 weeks ago I had a serious chest infection and a host of other symptoms. During the 3 week period I wasn't very consistent with my daily dose of Venlafaxine, which I had gradually upped to 115 mg a day prior to falling ill. I've been taking it since 2015. My tinnitus has been pretty...

Hi, I'm using olive oil a couple of times a day to soften some ear wax I'm told that is impacted against my ear drum. Not sure if it's my imagination, but my tinnitus seems a bit more irritable? Can olive oil cause a tinnitus spike?

I've just noticed something weird. If I place a finger just on the tragus and gently push it into the ear canal then press firmly in and out I can modulate faint tinnitus sounds I have going on within my ear, that are very restricted to my ears and don't bounce around my head like my main and...

Quick run down. Spike happened in October 2018. Cue anxiety, depression and sleeplessness nights, puffing on multiple cigars at 1am each night for months in my back garden, often in the freezing cold with minimal clothing on. During this period, about 8 weeks ago, I tried to clean up my...

Hi all, I got my tinnitus in 1997, through ear infection treated with gentamicin on a perforated eardrum. For 20 years my tinnitus has pretty much been a constant whine, that would vary in intensities and locations... ear, head, both ears and head at the same time. Last October I suffered...

Hello all, I was posting quite regularly about 4 weeks ago when I had a really bad chest infection and lots of other virus like symptoms. My tinnitus really took a back seat during this period, it didn't go away, I was just overwhelmed with being ill. It did do some weird things every now and...

Incredible! Just seen an advert by Action on Hearing Loss about tinnitus on Sky! Appeal for funding via text for a cure. Brilliant stuff.

Hi all, What actions/vitamins/drugs should you take following a spike, to minimise the damage? I've read about Prednisone, but I'm in the UK and I've read that they don't prescribe it here for that. What else should I take? This last week has been insane. I've had a virus that has went...

I never posted in the Introduce Yourself section when I first arrived at Tinnitus Talk. Last Thursday I noticed a cough coming on,which I thought might have been my 3 or 4 cigars I smoked that day. I've been smoking (and inhaling them deeply into my lungs) since October after a noise exposure...

Hi all, I have the mother of all evil virus at the minute since last Thursday. Won't bore you with the symptoms, but I was just curious... Can a really nasty virus mess with your tinnitus?

No news as such but during Tinnitus Week my Facebook page has received a few posts from Action on Hearing Loss and I have to say I like their style... Plenty of talk about what they are doing to help find a cure... Which the BTA seem reluctant to discuss. Think I've found where my next...

My son, who is 14, went swimming (indoor pool) 2 nights ago. He got water in his ear, later told us it hurt him and then he mentioned hearing a very low 'eeeeee'. His mother told him to lie on his side and let the water run out. He said last night the noise was gone. Tonight I asked him and...

Hi guys, Since my piano (which I've now offloaded) spike in October I *think* my main original noise, which got quite intense over this past 4 months is easing a little and probably more like it's baseline (I'm not even sure I can remember what that was). 3 weeks ago a meep-meeep-meep-meep...

The BTA have announced the comedian Samantha Baines to be their new ambassador. Not a smart move if you ask me, @David. I saw her on Sky News a few weeks ago cracking jokes about tinnitus, which is the last thing we need. I've left a message on her Facebook page asking that she doesn't merge...

Has anyone tried a weighted blanket for depression, anxiety and insomnia? Basically it's a blanket that's 10% of your body weight and it 'hugs' you thereby minimising fidgeting and is supposed to help you sleep better and longer, which we know some of us don't. I slept under a heavy shawl last...

I'm going around in circles. My life is just consumed by tinnitus at the minute. It's utterly FUBARed. I spend my days flicking between Tinnitus Talk, Facebook and the web hoping somewhere there's a snippet of hope that will suddenly change me back to who and where I was mentally 5 months...

I don't know about anyone else but the middle of the night is the time when my anxiety over tinnitus is at its most vulnerable. Something about the dark, the quiet, the inability to have a sensible night's sleep seems to send my mind into overdrive. However, I'm pretty aware of when my body is...

I have an in-ear white noise masker. I've been using it to mask my tinnitus quite a lot recently. For 5 days I've had a new noise. Could a masker make things worse?

Morning, I have had tinnitus for 20 years plus. Noise exposure in October has sent my tinnitus mental with increased levels of sounds and additional ones that come and go. Since Thursday last week however I've had a beep or an intermittent whine you could call it that hasn't stopped. I hear...

Hi all, For those with more than one sound, how do you cope? Up until October (& for 20 years before that) I had one sound & all I had to deal with was variations in loudness. Since my noise exposure in October, my original sound is higher but I also have beeps in my left ear, that are there...

Anyone keep a record of what they eat and compare it to their tinnitus severity? Given we eat so many different things throughout the day, how do you narrow it down? I'm getting days when my tinnitus is manageable then days when I get extra noises and it's intense and I just can't figure out...

Hi all, Two weeks ago I started going to the gym before work, to burn off the anxiety energy. Probably doing 30 minutes on an elliptical running machine each morning. My tinnitus for the week was pretty bad consistently for the week. At the end of the week my back spasmed badly and I had to...