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I used the Red Light Man before work for like 5-10 minutes per ear, and again at night. Typically I'd just do it when my wife was getting ready to leave and I was sitting there watching TV. I'd just lean it up against my ear. No need for safety glasses or anything but don't be a moron and stare...

Your mileage may vary. If you want to experiment, Red Light Man (google it) makes very cheap lamps with multiple wavelengths. DO NOT pay tons of money to one of the hucksters like Wilden or the dude in Sarasota. The lamp is like $100 as opposed to their $1000s. I am not affiliated. I did...

Personally, I spent years terrified to live my life because I spent too much time here with people telling me how dangerous the world was, which only made my mental state, and ironically, my tinnitus worse as it's absolutely related to the body's fight or flight system. Honestly, I don't give a...

My tinnitus was anything but mild. I sat in a small apt with a washer dryer/tv/dishwasher, and AC unit running and it screamed over all of it. I wore earplugs to talk to my wife because my hyperacusis was awful. It's very mild now. I'm in a quiet office and I can only hear it if I cover my...

Thanks for your permission. LOL. Jokes aside, I never once had a spike from a show. My ears predictably ring a little louder during the winter months, and then quiet down to a mild hiss for the other 8 months of the year. If I get sick, they'll be loud for 2 weeks. I have Westones, from the...

If it's too painful to enjoy, don't go. My first live music experience, believe it or not, I performed at. It was at a bar with an open setup - front wall was a gate that goes up on the beach. When it wasn't my hour, I stayed outside, but it was still kinda loud. Much louder "inside". Point...

DO NOT SKIP CONCERTS UNLESS YOU HAVE HYPERACUSIS. And get REAL earplugs. Customs, with good filters. Not for more protection, so you enjoy the show more. I go to like 20 shows a year. It is safe.

You're staying pretty urban in those areas, but you'll def be happier. I planned to move to Weehawken before exploring further out... Honestly, take a look, you may be surprised how much more you get for your money just adding 15 minutes to a commute. Just watch out for plane lines because...

I moved to Essex county. I still have to commute 2x a week to the city. Yes, I hate how loud the city is. I'm pretty open with friends and coworkers about what I went through years ago (they see me wear musician's earplugs in loud bars and on the train etc) and I've had many ask me where I got...

I know many people who had dramatic improvements and I am one. Not everyone who leaves gets better, but most who get better leave.

Has David actually solved ANYONE'S tinnitus on THIS SITE? How is anyone still talking about this? This thread is 5 years old. Where are the success stories?

Custom earplugs are one of the best purchases I have ever made. I still use mine 6 years later all the time, even though I don't have hyperacusis anymore...

I definitely avoided it for a bit... I'm glad to have started playing again. I never said it was psychological or that I am anything more than 1 person. I know my outcome isn't always the case. My point is that people who get better, leave forums, so people shouldn't project their prognosis...

The Combo Mini. It had like 4 colors, some IR.

It's something I'd say was crazy to try if I didn't have tinnitus. Just sharing what I did. Can't say that it works.

Yeah. I had a few periods of silence early on. You also trimmed this post. I was basically advocating getting drunk at the time. Alcohol abuse absolutely quieted my T, and I was abusing alcohol then, and even in that post down playing how much I actually was drinking. Don't trade one issue...

Yes. SCM muscles being tight is a big issue. This was where I started. Go see a pro though. I took lots of supplements and used a Red Light Man light. It's like $100 so I figured why not? They say LLLT is bullshit for your inner ear and it's probably true but it does help muscle...

I'm not a doctor, but my hypothesis is that hyperacusis is the tensor tympani muscle stuck in activation mode - essentially trying to guard your hearing. Think of a clenched fist. Doesn't hurt - but if you held it for a month? A year? Even gently touching it would be agony. It's that, but your...

Well, I have a small child these days - so I don't really go to raves at this point. But I absolutely have gone to them, and I frequent concerts - like 15-20 a year. Hell I've done a few 3-day festivals. I wear custom molded earplugs. Usually 25 dB of reduction ones. When I'm in loud small rooms...

I do not post here much anymore, and rarely check in. But this is the type of thread that deserves more attention. For anyone whose been around long enough to remember me, I had it pretty awful. I wore earplugs to do literally anything because of the hyperacusis. Tinnitus screamed over...

Basically, yes. My ears would be totally silent. And believe me - I looked for it. I can't say what works better for tinnitus. MDMA is more fun than mushrooms are though. Lol.

The kitchen sink. Lol. Jokes aside, MDMA primarily. But yes, mushrooms.

My tinnitus faded to nearly nothing since having extreme tinnitus and we'll call it "bad" hyperacusis in 2016. Through this time I am not ashamed to say I used psychedelics quite a few times, and each time my tinnitus completely went away and stayed away for some time afterwards. If we are...

Gotta be Koss headphones though, right? Time away from headphones is part of what helped. Definitely wasn't sleeping while wearing them. Lol.

Honestly I slowly reintroduced sounds into my life and rested my ears a lot. I did use a very cheap LLLT therapy but candidly it probably did nothing. It's hard to say what worked because I'm a focus group of 1. I tried every affordable treatment.

I'm fine. My ears hiss a bit. I played drums and electric guitars daily.with moderate protection.

Very, very bad. I used to wear earplugs to do basically everything due to sound intolerance. Many frequencies for me would cause secondary noises and distortions, and I could hear my tinnitus in a 600 sq apt with a washing machine, dryer, dishwasher, AC unit, and TV on. I could "feel" it...

Do as you will. I personally think hyperacusis is a muscular disorder where the tiny muscles of the inner ear are desperately trying to protect themselves. Like a fist that was clenched for months and doesn't know how to stop aching. I'm a firm believer that psychedelics and entheogens may have...

Take a look at my posts in here. I'm one of the most positive people in this forum about your chance for recovery. If you want to play harsh high pitched noises into your ears to cure your tinnitus, I honestly don't care. But for anyone else with full cognitive function reading this, I...

Schizophrenia.

Sounds like God doesn't like you then, given you're on a support forum for a torturous affliction. And I guess he likes me despite me talking shit because my tinnitus is 98% gone. So maybe prayer means nothing here? Honestly pray in one hand and shit in the other and see which fills first. I...

I'm not remotely qualified to comment on whether or not this thing can regenerate the cochlea. Further, nobody really is. You have to kill the patient to do a test. I have about 20 dB of hearing loss. I haven't had an audiogram since I used the device, nor am I a believer that an audiogram...

As a focus group of ONE - I think, yes - the RedLightMan laser is effective. but I don't think it is for the reasons Dr. Wilden claims. I believe that muscular tension in the neck and ear make tinnitus worse, and these lights are proven to reduce inflammation. My tinnitus went from wildly...

Yes. I used the Red Man Light. At $100 it seemed like a low risk endeavor. I can't advocate for spending thousands without concrete proof there is any difference at all.

The times I really heavily used the light, I have noticed that my sound got louder, but also less tonal after multiple days. So, instead of a eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee on volume 5, it has a hissssssssssssss on vol 7. Which to me - is easier to deal with. The hiss volume increase was temporary. I...

Bill, I have absolutely no idea what point you're trying to make here.

I'm mostly fine these days.

Mine started like that and over 2 years got to the point where it basically stays at its lowest form.

My tinnitus spikes with the beginning of allergy season every year for like 5-15 days. Once my body adapts to the pollen it calms down.

I started to get meaningful improvement with my tinnitus at 14 months. Hyperacusis started to fade after about 9 months. From there it has gone up and down over the course of the 3 years that followed. But each time it goes down, it seems to get lower, and the spikes - while still loud and...

I don't have the patience to debate this with you anymore. @Autumnly I had bad hyperacusis for most of a year. I avoided loud sounds and wore earplugs most everywhere during that time. I don't advocate for people with hyperacusis issues to strap in some foamies and go see bassnectar. I've...

Nobody attacked Bill for telling people to avoid loud sounds. People have criticized him for going far above and beyond that. Like removing fire alarms from his home. Like removing airbags from his car in case they go off. He has advocated some truly dangerous behavior on this site. I'm...

I've had both. If you're still struggling, read "A headache in the Pelvis". This info and a good PT changed my life.

stay indoors people.

Never gets better, eh buddy??

I definitely do not care. Most of my circle of friends are musicians or are married to a musician. We all wear earplugs because we all know better. I was the one of the first to end up with these issues, but about half my friends have it to varying degrees. Once it became more common in the...

I think a lot of people are too concerned with the opinions of others. I took a drum lesson yesterday and when I walked in I explained to the teacher that I have tinnitus and to please not play at all if my ear muffs weren't on. He told me he has it also, and that he always wears protection...

No. Don't be Orwellian like the left and try to redefine words. rac·ist /ˈrāsəst/ noun noun: racist; plural noun: racists a person who shows or feels discrimination or prejudice against people of other races, or who believes that a particular race is superior to another. Sorry bruh, but...

Just a few more posts and I got Bingo, John. BTW aren't you a "Christian"? lol. Very Jesus like to check for papers before healthcare and feeding the poor.

This isn't accurate and is insensitive to many struggling white people. But it ain't racist.

Sanders isn't my dude, but racist? LOL. c'mon.

Get the mute system. There is no way this will hurt your ears with hearing protection on. Seriously man. It's an acoustic kit that can be played with un-amplified acoustic guitars and it "feels" real. tunable heaads, cymbals that aren't rubber. Doubles on the kick take more work, is the...

@Telis I feel for you man. I've lived with complications of a sports hernia for the better part of 10 years. The first 4 I had debilitating testicular pain (common with the injury, but not really common knowledge at the time). I've taken more levaquin than you'd imagine due to the docs...

If you dig through my old posts I know a few people (in real life) that saw volume reductions multiple years past onset. I had a spike again a few weeks back back and for a 3rd time it faded to very low. My first big issue with tinnitus was noise induced. The second was strep ear (yes that's...

Those things are the same. The whole reason they turn to coping mechanisms instead of curing you is because they acknowledge there is no cure. No doctor tells you to habituate to strep throat. That's b/c we have amoxicillin. You're taking their words too literally. Your reaction is the...

Ironically I'm a guitar player for 25 years, and picked up drumming 2 months ago. I use Zildjian L80s, RTom Black Hole mutes, and an acquarian kick mute. A non-smart phone dB meter shows my kit peaking at 92db at my ear and averaging 84 dBA. I'd strongly suggest the moderate investment if...

it's great that you're still playing. As to timing - I had my first real improvement around 14 months. I'd say I was really feeling OK at around the 2 year mark, but even comparing then to now is wildly different. I have setbacks here n there where I get obsessive or it spikes for a few...

Nah. really. Even the ones with experiemental treatments have a "your mileage may vary" clause. That one Israeli huckster may be the outlier here. I've seen a dozen doctors and therapists and audiologists for this. Not a single one said there is a cure. None.

I'm totally habituated but I also had to redefine what habituation is. By my original definition, nobody ever habituates. For example - I thought habituation meant I basically forgot I had tinnitus. That's anything but true. Reality is more - I think about it multiple times a day. When I...