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For me these would be the ones. The sheer energy of the whole place. Also, what started me down the path to tinnitus unfortunately.

Be careful, most people probably mix up towards 80/85dB. Sound perception/EQ changes with volume, which is why people mix at these levels. In my honest opinion, at your age already having this condition I would be extremely cautious. Mix at safe volume levels for fun, don't mix for hours on end...

You are correct in your thinking. If you feel it's dangerous to be exposed to those loud environments, then don't go. Listen to yourself. Doing things that could make it worse in my opinion are not worth it. Always bring earplugs, but know your limits. I also use a sound pressure level meter on...

None these days (thank God!) but Remeron and Trazodone in the past. Remeron leaving me feeling better the next day, but Trazodone really knocking me out for a full night sleep.

I found the best thing was to get busy living. This may sound rather cheesy, but try and sit with it, recognize, label it, whatever, but without emotion. When you can sit with it, and observe it without fear, anxiety, anger, or other emotions, I think things will get better. "Coping" seems to...

I call BS on this.

I believe it, but I think for most it's so low that it doesn't register except in very quiet surroundings.

I bring both earplugs AND over-ear protection, and will wear one or both as needed. But honestly, your best bet is to find a theater that's typically not as loud as others, and still bring and wear earplugs. It's worth having a little muffly hearing that risking more damage. I also have...

You're not alone. Clanking plates KILLS me too. And I feel my hyperacusis is so much better than the original onset of the T.

I would choose plantar fasciitis any day of the week over my tinnitus...just saying :-) At least if you sit down the pain goes away? I've had it before for around a 6 to 8 month period. Probably from doing too much exercise DUE to my tinnitus. What helped was getting special insoles (high...

I would reiterate what someone else said. Focus on what you can do, especially mental health. Reduce stress, exercise, and keep your mind active and engaged in other activities to reduce the tendency to focus on "the sound." Whether or not the tinnitus actually goes down or not, you will be...

If anything I would think it would make it better, because you'd be getting more oxygen to the brain and better sleep. And better sleep also means better coping skills. Anything else happen within the past week?

I think many of us with moderate to severe tinnitus would say clubbing is a "no way in hell, it's not worth it." I know one of the best things we can do is to try and keep on enjoying life and activities, but do you really want to risk making it worse? Just my .02c. :-)

6 months to a year for me. It's very loud, but somehow some of the mental emotion has left. The biggest help has been staying focused/engaged/concentrating on other stuff.

I think it's going to be an epidemic. Think about all those people with their car stereos cranking and trunks rattling from the volume. Or the headphones that you can hear from many seats away on a loud bus or train. Or the crazy loud clubs people go to without earplugs. I think it's just a...

Yes, that is called Valium, LOL. No, but seriously, I know *it's there for me* if my T becomes unbearable and I start losing it. It doesn't make it lower, but it makes me simply not care about it.

I *had* that type of tinnitus for 10+ years, where you'd hear it if you really listened for it, or if you were trying to go to sleep in a quiet environment. Absolutely zero fear or anxiety, just minor annoyance once in a while. Back then, I thought that *was* tinnitus, little did I know how...

I wish this forum would show the postings dates in BOLD... it's hard to tell that this post is actually kind of old, yet has recent activity and no sign of the original poster :-)

3 tabs a week seems fairly low. What dosage are the tabs?

Remeron helped me sleep when I needed it. I was probably on it for a couple months. I didn't notice an effect on the T other than giving me more coping skills due to sleeping through the night.

~8.3khz and up hissing, like a spinning hard drive with loud bearings. Thankfully, sometimes it's like AM radio static at a slightly lower volume. I haven't figured out if there's anything that I do that triggers one mode or the other, it's usually a day-by-day basis. If I figure that out, I'm...

Mine started maybe 3-5 days after the last of my loud noise exposure. It came on with a cold, and took maybe 2 days or so to reach volume.

I use a free app called Signal Gen on the iPhone. You can adjust the pitch with a wheel until it matches. I don't use earplugs to do this, just the phone speaker. I haven't had the volume measured, but I can use a lower pitched sound and hold the phone closer to me to match levels, just so I...

Same here!! But it was also preceded by noise exposure. It definitely came on directly with the virus though, and days after the noise exposure.

Sleep is #1. Without it, all coping skills seem to go out the window and the T seems louder to boot. If it's bad, and I start really focusing on something else, something that takes concentration, and maybe even if I have some light background noise on, after a while often the T's changed for...

It was a common cold (but a bad one) that the doctors think pushed it over the edge. Also, I did play at home (guitar) but didn't think it was that loud--no plugs. A gig with plugs.. A perfect storm apparently. I think if I hadn't caught that cold or didn't have the gig (I did wear plugs), that...

Regarding the Etymotic plugs, from the looks of them, I'm sure a good set of dense custom molds would probably offer much greater volume reduction. Don't go cheap on that stuff, we only get one set of ears.

Well, *my* suggestion, being a fellow musician in a rock band, is to stop playing out, LOL. I would give just about anything for my ears back, and making T worse would be awful. If you must play out, get an electric drum kit, and make everyone go in-ears and direct, no stage monitors or amps...

I think what you're going through is common--I was suicidal the first week, quit caring about things for weeks, didn't see a future, etc. Make sure you're getting enough sleep, that was the most important thing that helped me the first month or two. The other things that helped were engaging in...

How loud are you playing?

Totally late to this thread... but I think the brain sort of "reboots". Sometimes if I doze off for even 5 minutes in the afternoon I will notice a change in my tinnitus. I can also notice a change (for the better) if I meditate or do some real relaxation or something to get my brain/thinking to...

Only to get the masking noise effects, not for the hearing aid part.

Hi everyone, Here’s my story, it’s long (sorry!) but I don’t want to leave anything out. As a kid I got frequent really bad ear infections, to the point they put in tubes. Fast forward I got into electric guitar in my late teens, and played in a (not that loud) trio in college. I think I wore...

Yes, hearing loss in 8kHz range, exactly where the T is. :-( I think 8k is at -45db in my right ear. Left ear is also down at 8kHz, but not quite as bad. 6k is down, but by much.

Hi all, This is my first post (I'll post my full story later..) but here's the short version: I got my T about a month ago, very loud, it came on exactly with a cold but I had prior noise exposure (rock guitar). I'm in my 40's. I was suicidal for a few days, in tears 24-7, etc. My T is a hiss...