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Two weeks ago I ran into some issues with my right ear completely closing up leaving me with very muffled hearing and a pretty uncomfortable pressure feeling. These symptoms aren't new to me as I've suffered with issues equalising my ears for a while now and take a daily antihistamine and nasal...

I popped to see the GP due to fullness, slightly dulled hearing, and increased tinnitus in my right ear. After looking around he said I do have some wax covering half of my ear drum, and the inside of my ear looks a little irritated. I have no pain, swelling, or itchiness of the ear, but he said...

I think its 9 weeks now? As of two weeks ago it seems to have moved to my right ear, with no improvement to my left. No change to sleep pattern, diet, no loud noises, no new medication, so I've no idea whats up. One thing I noticed this time round when it shifted to my right is it happened when...

Five weeks now and its still bothering me. I have the odd hour or so where it does seem to calm down but doesn't take long to become louder and bothersome again. I have also noticed now is I seem to be quite sensitive to harsh noises, like my mechanical keyboard in a quiet office, or some...

Two weeks now since the start of the spike and no real signs of it getting better, but if anything its a little more bearable and does seem to fade into the background if my mind is occupied on something else. For some reason even though I can hear it at night it never prevents me from sleeping...

I've had a few spikes in the past and they've always either resolved or my perception changed to a point where it doesn't bother me. I'm more so seeking advice to tackle the stress and anxiety that comes with the spikes that I seemingly can't shake, even though I know that it'll probably...

Hey Greg. The thumping did eventually go away after a couple of weeks, though I have no idea what caused it. Blood pressure was deemed normal so I guess the only thing I could pin it on would be anxiety again. Only other possible issue, is that the side I have had the thumping on and now the...

I had been spike free for a while but over the last couple of weeks I've been hit by two that have stuck with me and I'm struggling to find ways to cope. First spike came after a week of Flucloxacillin to treat folliculitis. I did try to avoid the medication, but nothing was helping and the...

This is the first time its really been an issue, and every time I feel like things are improving I'd wake up the next day only to be back at square one. I think the concern is I really don't have any other symptoms other than the new hiss.

For a while now I've suffered from tinnitus spikes caused by congestion. I take Beconase twice a day and a once a day antihistamine and this usually keeps things under control. The spikes usually last around an hour or two and fluctuate a lot with a fullness feeling. About a week or so ago I...

I've been prescribed Flucloxacillin to treat an infected wound, but I know antibiotics play havoc with some people's tinnitus. Does anyone have any experience with Flucloxacillin at all? From what I can find, it being in the penicillin class should make it reasonably safe...

So, just over a week and the thumping seems to have settled for now. Sumatriptan did nothing but make my headaches twice as bad, so went back to my GP who suggested low dose amitriptyline to control the headaches, and a neurologist referral which is to rule out anything nasty I'd imagine. So...

Well it was quiet for 4 days, only to return again this evening... I’m not really sure where to go with this now :(

A little update for anyone interested. Thumping seems to be tightly coupled with headaches, and as my headache faded over a couple of days, so did the thumping. Spoke to my GP about this, they didn't seem too bothered by my blood pressure as it wasn't testing constantly high. They did take an...

Yep, that's fair, I understand nobody on the internet is going to magically know the answer to my problems :) After leaving a message with my local doctors they'd like to see me due to the symptoms I've reported, so I've an appointment booked for next Tuesday. Hopefully they might point me in...

@Greg Sacramento Appreciate the detailed responses, certainly a lot to think about. I think I'll try and have a chat with my GP and see what they think. The headaches I'm getting are more of a concern than the thumping right now, at least I can actually function with the thumping...

@Greg Sacramento With my ear still thumping away this morning my blood pressure is 122/80 which is normal from what I can see. It may still be vascular related but I’m not sure blood pressure is the cause :dunno: The thumping is a solid pattern though, it’s not random. Most reports of TTS I...

@Greg Sacramento So I've picked up a blood pressure monitor (OMRON M6 Comfort, if that makes any difference) Taking a reading as the guide is telling me and I'm getting 151 mmHg SYS and 89 mmHg DIA. Putting those into Google and things don't look overly great...

Thumping still clearly there when I woke up this morning, just accompanied by a thumping headache. This happened last time only the headache was so bad I had to try and sleep it off and I couldn’t do anything else. Basically figured it was a migraine without aura as I’ve had plenty of those in...

@Greg Sacramento I'll pick up a blood pressure monitor as I am curious now. I'll report back if I find out anything after taking a few readings, though the fact it has no relation to the speed or timing of my pulse makes me feel its not really my blood pressure causing it.

Even if it has no relation to my pulse? I also find that forcing my head all the way down, looking at my toes, makes the thumping very noticeable.

After a couple of days it actually went away, only to return again tonight in the same ear as before. The pattern is still regular and way too fast to be my heart beat, but the intensity seems to be random. I’ve been on the magnesium for a week now too, and I’ve been using tiger balm On my neck...

After it seemingly disappearing the evening and night of the day it came about, it has returned again today after getting home from work which is annoying. @BuzzyBee I have some Magnesium and Zinc supplements I could try taking for a few days to see if it helps, but I was kind of hoping it was...

This morning I woke up feeling pretty good, only to be greeted by a mild spike a couple of hours later. The spike I can live with, my ears change all the time and it is just something I'm pretty used to now. chances are tomorrow it'll be the opposite ear and a different sound :dunno: The new...

Overall I think the ACSs are great. I have very small ears and ear canals so finding anything that fits is basically impossible, having these custom moulded ones is a life saver. Technically the 17db filters should be enough, on paper they say they'll block enough to make going to the cinema...

So the company I work for would like me to travel to Switzerland to meet a client, and have given me the option to either fly or go by train. I have told them about my tinnitus which is why I think they've given me the option. The train is going to be roughly 8 hours with changes in between...

Problem I find with wearing plugs while having my hair cut is the vibrations of the clippers become extremely loud, much louder than just not wearing any and putting up with the sound without plugs. Would love to know if there was a solution to this.

So my girlfriend wants to go to start going to the cinema again which is fair enough, but I've been avoiding it just like I've been avoiding any loud places. I currently wear a pair of ACS Pro custom mould ear plugs with 17 dB filters in for times when I can't avoid noise. Would these be fine...

I too experience frequent new tones. Sometimes last a day or two, a couple of weeks, or a couple of months. They appear completely randomly so I could just be sitting watching the TV or at my desk at work. They vary in loudness and mask-ability, but usually cannot be heard over a running tap or...

I'll give my custom moulds a go as I think they are better at preventing this. I'm just not a huge fan of sticking things into my ears that go pretty deep. I do have muffs, but they are the 3M PELTOR OPTIME III and to be honest, I hate wearing them, especially when driving. They also have this...

78 with the windows up. The road surface is terrible and basically makes the whole car vibrate.

So for a few miles on my commute to work the local council have decided it would be a good idea to lay down those loose stone chippings instead of resurfacing the road. This means for roughly 10 minutes of my journey I've got to put up with 78 dB road noise (according to my phone), both coming...

Do your changes hang around for long, or do they become your new sound until a new change happens?

So for around 6 months now I've had my tinnitus change almost weekly, sometimes for the better, other times for the worse. The most recent being last Thursday where I woke up with a new tone in my right ear, and again last Saturday where I now have an increased static noise in my left ear...

Sorry for the late response, but the appointment went well, even if it was to just go over a lot of what has been said in the past. My girlfriend did come along with me and was able to share her side of things and bring up points I wouldn't have thought to even mention. Overall the appointment...

I have another appointment with an audiologist next week to discuss my seemingly worsening tinnitus. I'm quite a shy person and will happily sit and listen without contributing much to the conversation over fear of being wrong or sounding stupid, this is probably an unfortunate symptom of...

Got the car back just using my ACS 17db plugs in the end, turns out they cut the drone completely. Only downside is that wearing those increases my perception of Tinnitus for a day or so. Hopefully my ears calm down once I calm down...

Hah, I was genuinely interested on the view of hearing protection and loud cars, as I'm sure plenty of people drive about with horrendously loud exhausts. I was also curious if anyone wore plugs / muffs during their daily commute regardless of their car being loud. Appreciate the reassurance...

I had an E46 M3 that I also regret selling, though buying a house was a little more important at the time. It did sound amazing though. :) I'll be back in an M3 soon but the 330Ci will fill my weekend rear wheel drive needs for now ;) To be honest I was just going to have a local exhaust shop...

Its a E46 330Ci. I had one about a year and half ago and I seriously regret selling it. This one popped up locally to me with the right spec and price, just unfortunate that its straight piped. I've test driven it without any hearing protection and honestly its not that bad, I guess the sound...

So I'm picking a car up tomorrow with an extremely loud exhaust. Don't worry, the exhaust isn't staying, its just unfortunate that the previous owner decided having a straight through exhaust was a good idea, and the deal is still pretty good factoring in the exhaust work... Anyway, I need to...

So again, woke up this morning at my usual time for work only to be greeted by what seems an increase in tinnitus in my right ear. It was only Monday that I had a spike in my left ear that is still lingering today. I have no idea if its the new obsession over my ears recently that is causing me...

I've found that the flavoured water I have been drinking contains sucralose, not sure if that's a common trigger or not?

I guess it depends what is deemed high, I think the sandwich was 1.5g of salt overall. As for artificial sweeteners I've not really got a clue. Are there any food related tests that can be done to find intolerance and such? And would it be worth getting blood sugar tests done?

How long do these spikes last for you? Its interesting that I can eat junk food for a day and be perfectly fine, though a banana and a chicken sandwich sets everything off. Whats annoying is it will always be on a day where I'm starting to feel better.

Still getting pretty frustrated with spikes that seemingly last a few days only to be followed by another spike. I honestly have no idea what triggers them, if anything. Today's spike was noticeable around an hour or so after eating lunch but there isn't anything in my diet that I would deem...

Not sure if anyone will be interested in an update, but after Christmas has passed I had a couple of days where I couldn't even notice my tinnitus. I knew it wasn't going to last, and sure enough I woke up this Saturday just passed to find my left ear hissing away. What is interesting though...

I've not had an extended audiogram, no. Is this something you'd recommend having done? If I'm being honest things have been a lot better over the last couple of days, not sure if its because talking to the audiologist helped, or I'm finally seeing an improvement to the spike.

Just as an unrelated thing, is anyone else able to make their tinnitus quieter by clenching their jaw? I read a lot about people clenching and increasing their tinnitus, but a lot of the time when I notice mine is actually louder, I can clench to make it quiet. When I release it'll become very...

I am indeed, roughly a 30 minute drive from my house. I was referred there after experiencing quite a short bad spike in the summer where I spoke to an ENT. He did a few tests and his conclusion was that I had issues with my TMJ, which I pursued privately (can't say having a night guard is...

85db is the lowest Canford Audio will limit to, but I'll of course only be using headphones close to the lowest they'll go. The 85db limit is just there to avoid bursts of loud sounds from unavoidable accidents if they happen.

So I had my second meeting with an audiologist over at the tinnitus department at Addenbrookes in Cambridge. After explaining my situation and experiences over the last month or so he came to the conclusion that my sensitivity to change is causing my brain to latch onto them, with anxiety...

Cheers for the replies. Unfortunately telling yourself to ignore it and move forward is easier said than done, and its this I'm having troubles with. No matter how hard I try to push the thought of tinnitus to the back of my mind, there is always something that triggers me to listen and monitor...

I've not tried any active noise canceling headphones, though it was the Bose Soundsport in-ears that I was using when I first noticed my spike, and I now fear Bose headphones. Sounds dumb, I know, but unfortunately thats how my brain wants to work. I do know my parents have bought me a pair of...

Thanks for the reply @Kelvin The problem I have is music is pretty important to me. Being a programmer in an open plan office means headphones are essential for me to focus. Sound has never really been an issue for me until recently, I protect my hearing when I feel things are too loud, I...

I've had tinnitus at a level where it was only really noticeable in silent rooms for around 3 and a half years now, and after getting over the initial anxiety hump I came to accept it and it never bothered me again. That is until I took a trip to Cardiff to visit the girlfriends parents...

This. I found steam inhalations with a pinch of menthol crystals in works just as well, if not better, than a nasal spray for my eustachian tube issues. Nasal sprays are just a little more convenient every morning ;).

Interestingly I've been using Beconase for a long time now as advised by a couple of ENTs I've seen. Basically I need to use it regularly as my eustachian tubes have a tendency to just close up for a few days which is extremely annoying. Keeping on top of the Beconase stops this from happening...

ET issues was the first thing that came to mind as it was the suspected reason behind my original issues. I'm currently using Beconase with a daily antihistamine to see if I can get anything to shift. I saw my doctor yesterday who took a look in my ears and couldn't see anything out of the...

I've had T for a while and nobody was really able to tell me what the cause was. All I really know is I had a pretty bad cold and some stuffy ears, and then I woke up one morning with a pretty nasty ring in my left ear. This has been with me for a couple of years now and has gone from a 9/10 to...