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I know how you feel, exactly. My Hyperacusis was pretty terrible, which was equally as scary as the tinnitus at first. That part, definitely did heal. I'm not sure how, and it took a pretty long time... but the tinnitus (and being slightly more deaf in the ear that I got it in) are what stayed...

No, I agree with you. The source & cause is the ear. But there have been incidences where people have had their nerves to the brain completely cut and still suffered from tinnitus. The misfiring is in the brain, and I would not be surprised if anxiety & brain chemicals play a HUGE part in...

No, actually! I think it flared before the concert more than it did after, haha. There is absolutely no noticeable impact, and it's been about 4 days. Of course, without the plugs I dont know if I'd say the same, but at this point I don't even care. The music still sounded good. I still...

They absolutely used to. When I first got tinnitus, everything was off balance. Left and right loudness shifted while I was listening to music, and sounded muffled. This made me so angry and sad at the same time. It took me two years to get the courage to even go to a party with people talking...

First off, thanks to everyone who posted. You are all great, and this is exactly the support I needed. The concert was LOUD. Far louder than the one that gave me tinnitus in the first place. I didn't get the courage to use my musicians earplugs, as I'm sure it would be something I would have...

I think I just died. Thank you for this.

The first year I had T I was unable to use headphones and my H was so bad that the music would fluctuate up and down and was pretty terrible. This almost completely subsided the second year, and headphones are not an issue anymore. In time, I'm sure this will change for you too.

Thank you. I really needed to hear this. The plugs I purchased have an NRR rating of 29DB, and some foam ones just in case. And you are absolutely right, when I get anxious about it, it's so much worse, and even if it didn't make my tinnitus worse, I definitely notice the tinnitus for a couple...

The fact that you recognize that it's anxiety related is pretty huge, and in my opinion increased your chance of habituating. I remember experiencing exactly what you described, the sounds completely changing (while always having a very high pitched static sound in the back), but sometimes a...

-Move out at 17 -Play music at a ridiculous level in your car for years -Watch your brother die and your mother become an alcoholic and your girlfriend of 4 years leave you -Give in to the insurmountable stress and start taking xanax and other drugs to cope -Embrace full blown psychotic break...

I volunteer to be the next mouse. For science.

To be fair, the mice that they give tinnitus are probably begging for death at some point -.-

I am going to see Tool tonight in a pretty big stadium venue. Before I begin, I know the risks of this, making my tinnitus worse would be devastating. However, the existential depression I've experienced from not being able to live my life or do the things I want to do has been weighing on me...

I lost everything I love. My parents, my brother, my girlfriend of 4 years, my job... Either dead or left me for one reason or another. I don't know how I made it through to where I am. Suicidal doesn't begin to describe the feelings I felt. Things are still very hard, yet somehow I can...

That's lovely. I'm glad you found solace in religion and hope your life continues to improve.

Sorry, but that's just not true, and is a pretty ignorant statement to make. Mine was loud enough to make me suicidal for a year and a half. Could hear it in the car, the shower, over music. My posts on this site in the past will testify to that. Everyone's brain is different, your loudness...

Hey everyone, I recently bought tickets to Tool in SLC on october 24th. I have had tinnitus for about 3 years now, and the great news is I am pretty much habituated (coming from almost being suicidal when it started). I've been in a couple loud places (bars, parties, etc) lately with...

This only started happening after the antibiotics, and it's a very intense muffled feeling. I already had tinnitus from loud noise, I can't deal with deafness and am wondering if I need to go to an ER?

I just started taking some antibiotics for lyme disease. (clindamycin) This specific drug isn't known to be ototoxic. About day 3 into my treatment, and my ears today feel completely full and muffled. My doctor hasn't responded to my messages. What do I do? Has the clindamycin destroyed my...

Very helpful reference, thank you.

I'm currently being treated for lyme disease, and am on amoxicillin 2000mg per day. It's neccessary to add one of the antibiotics of the class that seems to have the most reports of damage to the ears (ending in mycin) and I'm wondering if anyone knows any substitutes that accomplish the same...

I do not remember what it's like to enjoy life. I wish I had the capacity for suicide. June 2013: Mothers alchoholism is getting bad, haven't seen her sober in a year or two. I wake up with derealization and panic / anxiety and blurry almost blinding vision, go to doctor after doctor being...

That's the problem, Doxy isn't supposed to be ototoxic. The disease requires a very specific course of antibiotics or they will have no effect. It's like I'm having to choose to have lyme or worsen my tinnitus, it's making me go absolutely insane.

The problem is I need to be on these for a month, and if I can't last 3 days then I'll never get rid of this disease. I'm afraid that the longer I go, the more the spike will become permanent.

Hey everyone, It's been a while since I've been here. I got pretty used to my tinnitus (still really depressed that I got it in the first place, but adjusting.) Anyway, after random constant muscle twitching and weakness all over my body and slurred speech and literally 30 other awful symptoms...

Yeah no, I didn't end up going out of fear of making it worse. You say you've been to two shows, have you been fine after? And yeah, the show I gained tinnitus at was the loudest metalcore I've ever heard in my life haha... they were fantastic, but not worth this obviously.

Furthermore, I am miserable and lonely because of my anxiety and tinnitus. I don't know if I'd be happy living a life of solitude. Of course an increase would be worse... but if there is a chance I'm over thinking it I'd love to go.

My friend bought me tickets to Brand New tonight, at a pretty large venue. I have high pitched tinnitus that I originally got from a concert that was EXTREMELY loud (I'm guessing 140db for the majority of the time) without plugs. I bought these for the show as I really really want to try to go...

Fantastic :) you can keep making music. Unfortunatelu I never had the chance to play mine, but never say never. Things could very wel change very soon.

The title says it all. What causes a spike? When I first joined these forums, my tinnitus was relentless and brutal, there was no such thing as a "spike" and I figured everyone who was talking about a spike was just paying too much attention to their T. I am fully aware that this is not the...

At first I masked all the time, and I don't think there is anything wrong with that as the first couple months / years are the hardest ... But like the user above me stated, it makes you constantly aware that you are masking tinnitus, which makes it hard to remove from your thought process...

Can I ask if you ended up going and what the result was? I have a concert I'm dying to go to but also scared.

So I shouldn't go?..

I was invited to a concert recently. Since my T onset 1.3 years ago, I have yet to go to a movie, concert or something similar and it seems to ruin my quality of life. I have slowly habituated to the T, and would of course be wearing hearing protection and standing near the back, but...

It's not even that I could kill myself. I have a little sister who is dealing with the same alcoholic parents I had to. We've already lost my older brother, I know they couldn't live losing me as well. But it's so hard living for other people and not yourself. But I would die FOR my family, so...

I'm almost 24, and my life has evaporated because of this. I already had too much on my plate when it started, but it has consumed me.I can't go to concerts anymore? I can't go out to clubs and bars with my friends anymore? I cant go to a god damn movie without worrying it will get worse? (has...

I was diagnosed with severe (can't leave my house panicking derealization severe) anxiety last year. After which I attended a very loud concert (Trying to make myself ok), and now have tinnitus. I read somewhere on this forum that those who suffer from stress or anxiety could possibly be more...

I'm sorry, you are not alone. We can only hope for the best.

I feel Xanax brought me to the point that I no longer have a desire to live, this is before my tinnitus started (unrelated to the drug). The anxiety I suffer daily after taking this drug is unbearable, I literally drive to work hoping someone will hit me and end the pain I'm in. I'm only 23...

That's the plan then. We kidnap Bill Gates and give him Tinnitus.

The times I've heard it in my dreams, it manifests itself louder and more intense than an ambulance until it wakes me up. Tinnitus is so much fun.

I feel like I was getting to that point... But thought I would be ok with a little loud noise exposure now I'm back to square one. Mornings were always still a bit bad like you said, but nights were getting a little easier to bare. It's just hard to habituate when you know at any second it could...

I appreciate you writing this. Are you saying your T actually got better?

For a spike? I've had Tinnitus for about 5 months now.

That's a good point. It's just said that we have to cling onto the "hope" that something we don't know will even exist in our lifetimes will appear. I feel like I'm wasting the best years of my life. Has anyone experienced a spike after loud noise that lasts a couple days? I just want it to go...

I wanted to go to a concert, so I did. I'm only 23 years old, why do I have to live a life of solitude because of my anxiety and tinnitus. It is now going crazy and is extremely loud, I'm afraid I've permanently made it worse. I've always wanted to DJ and had worked so hard to get where I...

Or remove the brain.

Long story short, my ex girlfriend told me on my Bday that she has been dating a woman for the last 4 months, and has been leading me on / lying to me. The girl found out, so my ex girlfriend lies and pretended none of it happened, and then told me to "F#$k off" and that she would never speak to...

I haven't even tried going to concerts or movies since my tinnitus came. I already had extremely bad anxiety before this happened, and this added fear of loud places only makes my agoraphobia worse. So depressing. Would I be safe at movies with earplugs? How about concerts? The last thing I...

A suffering that I sometimes wish would kill me. I'm caged in my own skin, and my mind disposed of the key to set me free. Every night I dream about her, my former love. These dreams that my subconscious creates to keep me on my knees, crawling, as if at someones mercy through a now pathetic...

My extremely high pitch tinnitus does not seem half as loud or sporadic with earplugs in. Any thoughts as to why?.. I don't understand it.

Hey there, you are not alone. In the last 6 months, I developed panic & anxiety disorder overnight, and then developed derealization/depersonalization (look it up if you'd like). I've been to the ER multiple times because of this. I met my adopted brother, and then a month later he died. My...

I will look into this. I appreciate it!

I know this isn't an anxiety forum, but it's extremely reassuring to know CBT helped you, as I start my therapy next month. There is no escape from your own mind, and mine feels poisoned from anxiety & panic right now. I feel like a prisoner in my own body some days. Really hoping to escape...

A very delicate question that I believe is subjective to the sufferer. Personally, if I could choose to get rid of my panic & anxiety disorder or tinnitus, I would be grateful to have my tinnitus instead. Derealization from anxiety has been an immensely terrifying experience for me. Imagine...

Trust me, I know the feeling of having too much to deal with (hopefully it makes you feel better to know you are not alone). Once the antidepressants start to really kick in (which will probably be soon for you), you'll be able to apply the CBT therapy as your anxiety will be masked. If you...

Technology and medicine develop very rapidly, if anything you can look forward to getting older as it's likely they will have a treatment for tinnitus shortly (many are already being developed with promising results). May I ask how long you have been taking the Lexapro? The ototoxicity % was...

I haven't started the Lexapro yet, the Tinnitus was caused by a loud noise exposure (concert). The depression & anxiety were caused by other life occurrences, the Tinnitus was just the cherry on top. I've called suicide hotlines, multiple times, I really do appreciate your effort to help...

I won't get into my life, as I've posted way too much about it already. All I can say is I am an anxious and depressive mess, and tinnitus decided to show up recently which makes me even worse off... I need to start an antidepressant, and have this bottle of Lexapro in front of me. I am...

Sitting at my desk today, and all the sudden I get that sudden feeling of deafness and loud ringing that comes with it, almost like you just heard a really loud noise or a flash bang grenade, that quickly disappears. This has been happening on and off since the onset of my T (about 3 weeks ago)...