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  1. FlyFish

    This Is Getting Bad... What Can I Do Right Now?

    Reactive tinnitus...sound reactive...kindling...wind up...whatever it's called. Escalates as the day wears on and unleashes at 3AM bolting me out of a Trazodone and Visteril sleep. Whatever I'm trying to use for ambient gets amplified 10 times...humidifier, streaming sounds on Bose Soundock...
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    Need Some Urgent Advice... (Tinnitus Has Become an Existential Threat, Looking for Relief)

    Hi everyone, Excuse the length. I've been suffering with tinnitus for 3 years and I think the cause was a single dose of Wellbutrin in Oct 2012. Anyhow, we bombed it with psych meds and a well intentioned psychiatrist put me on Xanax in Apr 2014, I developed severe tolerance and got very sick...
  3. FlyFish

    3 Years Ago Today

    It all began 3 years ago today. I had been using Ambien intermittently for several years and was having some huge stressors at work. The Ambien stopped working and my insomnia peaked. I raised my hand for help with my local GP and he Rxd Wellbutrin. Why he chose to give a stressed out...
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    Tinnitus, Hyperacusis, or Reactive Tinnitus?

    My tinnitus seems to ramp up when I try to get into a noise rich environment. This is true particularly on those days when it is very bothersome. It's almost less annoying in a quite room than when trying to mask it with other sounds. Any insight into this?
  5. FlyFish

    Can Someone Point Me to a Sound Generator/Masker?

    I know this is probably a dumb question but I've read through the book that describes TRT and the use of sound generators, etc. Can someone list some options? At this point I really don't care what it costs. Nightstand sound machines are a joke for me as are iPhone apps. I need somthing that...
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    Need Some Advice on Sleep

    All, I am looking for a masking solution for my tinnitus at night. The nightstand machines really don't help and I feel like I need something in my ear to drown it out. Insomnia and tinnitus feed on each other and I'm in great distress. I haven't tried pillow speakers yet and most appear to...
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    Need Help Now to Deal With the Demon

    Here is my story and worth reading: I had insomnia and anxiety most of my life but it wasn’t severe. I left the military with some very mild, intermittent, left ear tinnitus that never bothered me. It was the fall of 2012 and I had been having some stressful issues at work. My anxiety and...
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    The Serotonin Connection

    I am convinced there is a relationship between my tinnitus and serotonin. I have had to quit 2 SSRIs due to adverse side effects I couldn't tolerate (severe muscle pain and weakness). Both Lexapro and most recently Celexa, would often give me 2-3 days of no tinnitus in a row. Celexa was the...
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    What if my tinnitus is not tonal?

    I met with an audiologist and once he gets my ENT results from a battery of ear testing, he plans to start some therapy for me. I am also having a brain MRI. He gave me an App called Tinnitus Measurer and asked me to check to try and isolate the frequency and volume level of my tinnitus. The...
  10. FlyFish

    New and Need a Starting Point

    I inadvertently posted this in the ear pain forum so moved it here…. Thanks in advance for reading this long post. I have always been a somewhat anxious and high-strung person…incessant worry, etc. but at the same time an over-achiever. In the fall of 2012 I had a variety of setbacks at work...