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There is a connection. I hope it helps you, but in my case, the thyroxine itself is the cause off my tinnitus - although I should stress that this is really rare. My advice to you is that you need to obtain detailed thyroid results, that means free T3, free T4 and TSH, not just TSH which is...

I am all too aware of this, which is why I specifically pointed it out. There is someone else on this forum that I exchange PMs with that has a similar experience, but we do seem pretty rare. Sadly however, try telling the average ENT. The first one I saw just said that the only cause of...

I don't think you can say that "Only people who have never had severe H would say that hearing protection makes it worse." I can't speak for everybody on here that has a similar viewpoint to me, but I don't think anyone is saying "don't worry about your hearing, just push on and do what you...

I never claimed it to be permanent or irreversible. I was just offering a bit of friendly advice so as to not worsen anyone else's situation by making a poor decision in a panicked state. Since you ask for some sort of evidence for this, I have included a link to and excerpt from the British...

I'm pleased this is your experience, but not true for everyone, for most people I have spoken to and also the audiologists I have seen all regard it as self-fulfilling, with ever increasing over-protection causing ever worsening hyperacusis.

Be careful not to overprotect your hearing, it actually makes hyperacusis worse.

2.5 years since onset and not yet stable, but it doesn't vary as much as it used to. I hope given more time it will stabilise, but based on progress so far, I expect it to be at least another year yet.

There is always hope, but generally speaking the chances of it going diminish with time and it seems that for most, it generally goes within about 6 months if it is going to (this is based on empirical evidence). Having said that, I have had tinnitus for a couple of years, and even now, it is...

I too have seen gradual improvements over the past 18 months. If I think in terms of weeks, then really, I can't see any difference and I find it pretty depressing, but if I think in blocks of 3 months, then it definitely has improved significantly. The perceived amplitude is lower, the amount...

He sound s as much of a fool as the first ENT I saw. My honest advice is to find another ENT. I assume he means the auditory cortex. In a way, he is correct, but honestly, I think he has stumbled across a thread of truth, rather than really understanding what he has told you. Put simply, all...

To check whether or not you have a blocked parotid gland is really easy - I had it about 6 years ago (before tinnitus started and totally unrelated). Choose some food your really like, something that makes your mouth water and stick it in front of you. You should notice the level of saliva...

I'm sorry to read that you're suffering so much - I don't need to imagine, I have been there. I would have to refer you to some others that have experience with benzodiazepines, as I have a bit of a drugs paranoia - my tinnitus was caused by an allergic reaction to a prescription drug in the...

If there was a "cure", then I'm damn sure someone else would have heard of it. Personally, I'm with @erik and would be sceptical of an ENT talking about cures. How severe is your tinnitus? How much is if affecting your quality of life? - keeping in mind that the hardest part for most is...

When my tinnitus first started, it was 100% absent in a silent room and for about 3 months, really didn't bother me, so I know what you mean by the reactive part. For me, sharp noises like a metal fastener clinking in a washing machine, or cutlery on a plate produced a weird, amplified sort of...

I only have tinnitus because of a drug allergy, so I can understand your concerns. Following long term use of glucocorticoids, your adrenal system will start to reduce its production, so the purpose of tapering is to allow your own endocrine system to gradually increase its production so as...

I can totally relate to this. I used to rebuild cars as a hobby, from engine rework, to respraying, but now I can barely be bothered to do basic servicing. It is amazing how much enthusiasm it saps out of you. I am over 2 years since onset and like you, mine was not through some stupid...

I discovered that my stupid, clever brain has the amazing ability to filter out white and pink noise and focus only on the tinnitus when I tried it, in a way, making the tinnitus seem louder - so I don't o_O I tried a few things, but in the end, I found out that leaving a fan in a remote...

I have tinnitus that is not caused by ETD anyway - but the 2 were caused at the same time. It is a pretty unusual form as it was caused by a drug allergy (not ototoxicity, but an allergic reaction). Part off it comes and goes with the wind, can be in the middle of my head, or in one ear, so I...

Not loud at all. I had an MRI with 30dB earplugs in and that was still many times louder than tympanometry. Oddly, there is another post that thinks theirs may have been made worse by tympanometry, but it made no difference at all to mine. I guess you suffer with pretty severe hyperacusis...

There are a number of people whose tinnitus is affected by all sorts of physiological changes, including hormones. It is poorly understood, but surprisingly common.

As I said, I know a lot of it is conducted, but there is still an awful lot of noise carried through the air. As such, I still believe it more effective to wear them than not. I wouldn't wear blocking earplugs anyway, musicians earplugs still have a hole through, it's just very narrow. Since...

I think most would class that as very mild. Hopefully, it is such that your brain will tune it out. For the more severe sufferers, a teapot about 2 inches away is a good day! There is no correlation between perceived amplitude and emotional distress though - it is tough at the start...

In fairness, it is doubtful that I have met them, but you're not alone. My tinnitus can also be silent, severe and anything else in between.

What sleeping pills were you given? There are a number of early anti-histamines available that many people find make them drowsy, for which you don't need a prescription. In fact a number of these are marketed as sleeping pills...

Personally I'm not wholly convinced that this works, but this is what people are referring to.

http://www.fauquierent.net/etd2.htm

Before mine started, I must admit, I could cover my ears with ear defenders, hold my breath and stand in a near silent room and the only thing I could hear was my own heartbeat. However, I am aware that a lot of people do have various noises they hear all the time. ETD can last days, weeks...

As someone that has tinnitus as a consequence of a drug allergy (just to be clear, not strictly speaking ototoxicity), my personal advice is that if there is a suggestion of allergies being involved, it is worth a shot. Loratidine is considered one of the safest anti-histamines available and I...

I would personally make sure you wear earplugs. I spoke to a few people that had previously had MRIs before I had mine and a couple thought it wasn't even loud. I wore earplugs and am extremely pleased I did. I thought it was really loud, but tolerable thanks to the earplugs - I suspect I...

I'll try and keep it short, but to make some sense of it, it needs a bit of background. My tinnitus was caused by a prescription drug allergy. Not ototoxicity in the true sense, but effectively, I had systemic allergic symptoms to Levothyroxine which included typical allergic symptoms such as...

@Karam Mine used to absolutely scream from just normal, everyday sounds - in fact, the first tinnitus I ever had was purely reactive, I had no continual tinnitus once the reactivity had settled. I could be in a silent room all day and I would be tinnitus free, but put me in an office, watching...

I attended a humanist funeral about 2 weeks ago and it was actually quiet throughout. I hope the one you attend is similar.

Most likely, if you do not have fluid in the middle ear, they will pass you as fine. I'm afraid to say that even if an ENT says it is fine and that you don't have ETD, you may still have it. Taken from the following NHS document...

If an experience allows an individual to better deal with their own circumstances, then it can only be a good thing. However, if I want to see people in terrible life situations, I only have to turn on the news, but no matter how awful life may well be for others, there is no change to my own...

The Dymista tends to improve things within a few days, but at this point I need to keep taking it for any benefit. In my case, the routine of 1 week, twice per day and then reduce it to just in the morning seems to be enough to keep it under control. I personally only found the glucocorticoid...

@Jacob83 My tinnitus is connected to a lot of things, including allergies and ETD, so when my nose becomes blocked, my tinnitus increases significantly in perceived amplitude. I guess you mean Loratidine as it is generally considered one of the safest antihistamines, which is why it is often...

Ever since mine started over 2 years ago, it comes and goes, ranging from silence to screaming and everything in between. It used to be present about 95% of the time, but now it is probably around 50%. On average though, it is gone increasingly more often and I still hope that my brain will...

In brief, my own NHS GP didn't really even know what to do, so my parents paid for me to see a well regarded private ENT. He cared even less than my own GP and left me feeling sick to my stomach - he was so cold and kept talking over me and telling me his thoughts, rather than listening to me...

Tinnitus is not just affected by oestrogen and progesterone. Other hormonal changes are known to affect tinnitus.

@erniej I understand how you feel, as I had around a year of severe tinnitus as a consequence of a drug allergy, sleeping for months only through passing out. Fortunately mine has very slowly reduced to a tolerable level, but I understand your immeasurable suffering as it pushed me to the very...

My personal opinion is that like so many other problems that commonly occur in the human body, it is just another example of evolution not quite finding the best solution. The ideal would of course be the ability to fully repair itself, but failing that, simply deleting missing frequencies...

I don't believe stress makes the perceived amplitude of mine higher, but I totally agree with this. If I am tired, feel under-the-weather, or become stressed, I definitely find tinnitus more intrusive and difficult to deal with.

Tinnitus and Hearing loss are commonly connected, but they do not have to be. Plenty of people have severe hearing loss without tinnitus and plenty of people have tinnitus with only mild, or unperceivable hearing loss. It is all down to how your brain interprets the inputs. Some amputees...

I have never stopped believing that mine will improve with time and so far, slowly, but surely it has. I'm not saying that the end result is zero tinnitus, as I have no way of knowing. I am even aware that all of a sudden, it could totally drown out the world around me once again. I am now 2...

My tinnitus was caused by an adverse reaction to a prescription drug and it has irrefutably reduced in amplitude. I used to be able to hear it above almost everything, all the time. It still varies from hour to hour, day to day, but by and large it is possible to ignore it much of the time...

There are two very thin membranes that separate the middle ear from the inner ear, the oval window and the round window. In simple terms, the oval window is effectively the junction that allows sound to be transmitted into the inner ear following amplification in the middle ear. Because the...

Sorry, I'm not sure what part is unclear or could not be taken "seriously". The sentence is a statement of fact. If I tell you your income tax is to increase by 1%, then you have been informed of the tax increase. You may not like it, you may disagree with it, you may think the money will...

By no means would I tell anyone that there is no association between tinnitus and RF. Based on research, the rareness of the drug allergy that caused my tinnitus is estimated to be 1 in 20 000, so I know about improbable sources of tinnitus and the problems associated with having a rare...

ETD is poorly understood and often goes undiagnosed. The average ENT assumes that if there is any passage of air between the nasopharyngeal opening and the middle ear - even if positive pressure is required to do so - then there isn't a problem. However, poor passage of air can still cause...

Not with Zoloft, but I have had a similar experience. I developed tinnitus as a consequence of an adverse reaction to levothyroxine. Oddly though, when I transitioned from it to an alternative, at first, my tinnitus went absolutely mental - impossible to mask without damaging my hearing from...

The proximity of it to your eardrum means that you have virtually zero attenuation or spreading losses from source to receiver. You might think it isn't that loud, but imagine sitting a meter away from a speaker, listening to something at a reasonable level and then putting your ear immediately...

Allergic reaction to levothyroxine. As best as it is understood, my immune system did not accept it to be identical to natural thyroid hormones which triggered a systemic autoimmune response. I take NDT instead of Levothyroxine. I have taken magnesium supplements every day for the last year...

I'm pleased you have found a regimen that works for you. Hopefully things will continue to improve.

At its worst, mine could be heard over almost everything - I would sleep with a radio, a fan and the TV on. The combination of all those jumbled noise sources wouldn't mask it, but it was such a cacophony of noises that it would offer a lot of alternatives to feed my brain. It has quietened...

Seconded. I saw 3 ENT consultants. The first 2 really didn't know anything about tinnitus, nor seemingly did they care. The last was very caring and did assure me that in the majority of cases, even if the tinnitus doesn't improve, the ability to cope will, but beyond that, he couldn't help...

The cause of my tinnitus is pretty rare, so I would be the first to accept unusual causes, but placing a phone upside down against your head is about as unusual as I have ever heard? How long was it present? Did it instantly appear, or some time later? The negative health effects associated...

I'm exactly the same. Saturday was a really quiet day and I was positive and upbeat, yesterday was not so good and I felt really low and depressed all day. It makes sense to me though. People often feel low, depressed and sorry for themselves when they have a cold, so why wouldn't it be the...

@DDD My tinnitus started very, very strangely. In fact, I cannot find a person on this earth that had exactly the same experience as me - if you know of someone or you're reading this, I would love to connect. In effect, it was as if the threshold to my hearing had been significantly reduced...

Had you asked me a year ago, which would have put me roughly where you are now in terms of time since onset, I would have said "my life is over". Today however, it still gets to me and still irritates me, but it does not stop me living. Of course there are things I avoid, so my life isn't the...

I'm not sure a spike means exactly the same to every tinnitus sufferer. Just as tinnitus has a wide variety of sounds, there also seems to be a huge variance in what triggers/increases it, what constitutes a spike and how long a spike lasts. The most common that seems to be discussed is an...