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  1. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    I do not mind street music, crowds etc., any such noises at all. My fear are suddden loud noises out of my control, o. I used to have no issues walking through busy streets and stuff.
  2. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    I just went outside for a walk to calm down but I forgot it is the weekend (normally i dont go for walks here on weekend nights). and someone was shooting fireworks or gunshots i dont know. it happened 4 times until I nmanaged to run home. first shot i was out on a field. second to fourth i...
  3. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    I will try not to worry but my ears feel clogged and the tinnitus is definitely louder.
  4. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    I really was not made to handle tinnitus. I didn't have anxiety before tinnitus. I am surrounded by people who tell me "I have tinnitus too but I just ignore it all the time". I used to have such phases too, but lately no more. I just want to focus on my life again. I want to be...
  5. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    Hi, I see your point, at the same time maybe I didn't describe the situation well. My room is basically exactly above that front door,my two windows are vertically parallel to that door. Right outside of my room, which only has a normal wooden door, is a granite staircase, which leads downstairs...
  6. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    My tinnitus is extremely loud and my ears are clogged. I am in a nightmare
  7. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    I really need help evaluating this situation my ear feels clogged now but I dont trust my judgement anymore I am losing my mind
  8. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    Please stop arguing with me. I need a rational evaluation of whether it could have caused damage to my ears, given that I was not in the room but given that the slammed door was right below me on the ground floor. You are not helping at all sorry to say but I really struggle with this already...
  9. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    I dont care about what happens I need to know if this coudl have caused damage.
  10. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    I posted a picture of the door in my previous post. the door slammed from the wind because someone let the door opposite to it open
  11. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    I really need someone to rationally tell me whtehrt this could cause a spike. I have no idea how many decibels it was. "Please tell me if it is possible to get a spike from this. I was not next to the slamming door but in the room above it. My room has 2 windows which are right above the...
  12. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    I dont want to scream but my family is horrible, they mock me for being scared of door slams, if i had the strength i would go away and never ever return to these vile people.
  13. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    I am not going to a hospital, already went through that and all it did is make my anxiety worse. it contributed to me having a hard time calming down. was at a hospital for 3 days and was extremely mistreated.
  14. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    I just screamed really loudly cause i am freaking out and my face feels numb. I am so scared
  15. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    I will never ever take prednisone again, i am still fighting with its side effects
  16. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    I was working on that but each time they do this to me i only want to end it all i have no more wenergy to move anywhere my whole life has been falling apart. the people who did this know exactly that I cannot stand slammed doors and they keep doing it and then they blame me
  17. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    I dont know anymore. i dont know if my hearing is muffled.
  18. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    My room is on the first floor of this house, facing the front side of the house, so my room is right above the entrance of the house, i.e. the front door. I was sitting in my room when it happened.
  19. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    Please tell me if it is possible to get a spike from this. I was not next to the slamming door but in the room above it. My room has 2 windows which are right above that door, but they were shut. the house is built out of concrete. The door that slammed is a house front door, typical German door...
  20. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    Yea it was permanently worsened and I went through hell the past weeks to calm down and now this. My room door was shaking I wonder how loud it could have been. given that i am right above that heavy front door. i am losing my mind and i am so close to giving up on life today was the first day...
  21. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    The whole room vibrated from the impact. I am so scared please help
  22. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    Help please my tinnitus feels so loud now.
  23. lifeisover

    Door Slam — How Many Decibels?

    Despite my requests, someone today forgot to close the front door (a really heavy front door of a house) and the wind caused it to smash shut. My room is on the first floor, directly above this front door. My room is directly next to the stairs, that lead from upstairs right next to this front...
  24. lifeisover

    Canal Drainage Car Right in Front of Window

    Im only guessing 90db, http://www.breideneichen-entsorgung.de/cms/images/kanalreinigung.jpg this was the kind of machine only bigger, it was really loud when they turned it on I am so scared and scarred that I was exposed to this machine for so long.
  25. lifeisover

    Canal Drainage Car Right in Front of Window

    I really dont know. My tinnitus is louder since, I can't deny it. I am so scared.
  26. lifeisover

    Canal Drainage Car Right in Front of Window

    But it was a really big machine.... it probably makes a different type of loud noise than a classroom. and all this is assuming a smartphone app accurately captured the noise level..
  27. lifeisover

    Canal Drainage Car Right in Front of Window

    over 30 minute exposure
  28. lifeisover

    Canal Drainage Car Right in Front of Window

    35db assuming this smartphone app can be trusted.. and it was fairly loud. the machine it self is apparently 90db, and i was around 3meters away from it on the first floor....normal double-glass windows. i cannot be sure
  29. lifeisover

    Canal Drainage Car Right in Front of Window

    It;s already over, it was a total of 30 minutes or so, this morning (6 hours ago)
  30. lifeisover

    Canal Drainage Car Right in Front of Window

    When I briefly looked at my phone while the machine was here it showed on the app 35db, but I can't know for sure if this was while the drain was in use or idle. I don't even know how accurate this app is. But i rarely listen to music even that loud. 35db is the sound the kitchen stoves air...
  31. lifeisover

    Canal Drainage Car Right in Front of Window

    But our ears are already pre-damaged. None of us would stay beside such a loud machine out of fear of tinnitus spikes. I do not deny my anxiety, I have 3 weeks of hell behind me with lots of panic attacks and today was the first day where I actually slept more than 5 hours a night and my...
  32. lifeisover

    Canal Drainage Car Right in Front of Window

    I was half awake because I took anxiety meds the night before and I havent slept well the past 2 weeks. It was new for me too to be so grogged out, I was half aware of what was going on but my mind wasn't working (normally I would have gotten up and waited it out in another room!!). I heard...
  33. lifeisover

    Canal Drainage Car Right in Front of Window

    Can we discuss it
  34. lifeisover

    Canal Drainage Car Right in Front of Window

    Sure but this canal drainage car was extremely loud outside my window and I was exposed to it for over 20 minutes......
  35. lifeisover

    Canal Drainage Car Right in Front of Window

    Yes of course that's what I wrote..
  36. lifeisover

    Canal Drainage Car Right in Front of Window

    Please my tinnitus has spiked now, I cannot take more. it was this kind of thing: http://www.breideneichen-entsorgung.de/cms/images/kanalreinigung.jpg 3 meters away from my closed windows. Working there for half an hour.
  37. lifeisover

    Canal Drainage Car Right in Front of Window

    I was too tired and on anxiety meds to notice. It was there probably fro 20 minutes before I woke up. I am panicking and out of my mind now. The canal opening is right in front of my window. This big machine was in front of my window for a good 20 minutes working on canal drainage. I AM LOSING...
  38. lifeisover

    Took Prednisolone 80 mg — I Want It Out of My Body

    Why do I have to suffer like this? What kind of life is this? It's just a ringing why does it drive me insane. Why
  39. lifeisover

    Took Prednisolone 80 mg — I Want It Out of My Body

    No i dont. It's more about the medicine. I really dont want the side effects it will give me. They seem permanent
  40. lifeisover

    Took Prednisolone 80 mg — I Want It Out of My Body

    It didnt' really resolve but I was in an environment where I was safe and planning to tackle the anxiety. but 2 weeks ago everything went to hell becasue of a person. Since then Im stuggling with anxiety attacks, tingling head, increased tinnitus. i should not have gone to the ent who prescribed...
  41. lifeisover

    Took Prednisolone 80 mg — I Want It Out of My Body

    I feel horrible now despite what the doctor said I should NOT have taken it. I'd rather live with tinitus than this worry. I want to die so badly now I don't know how to handle this.
  42. lifeisover

    Took Prednisolone 80 mg — I Want It Out of My Body

    How long until I can be sure this drug is out and will not have harmed me??? I took 80mg 6 hours ago
  43. lifeisover

    Steroids: Prednisone / Dexamethasone / Others (Oral and Intratympanic Injections)

    Hi, my doctor prescribed me 80mg, 60mg, 40mg, 20mg, over 4 days. I was hesitant because I have had bad side effects when I took prednisolone 6 months ago several times in short dosages. But I still took the 80mg today. And now I am worried beyond hell. I do not want more of the side effects...
  44. lifeisover

    Took Prednisolone 80 mg — I Want It Out of My Body

    I feel like the tinnitus actually increased
  45. lifeisover

    Took Prednisolone 80 mg — I Want It Out of My Body

    He does nto know about my med history, doctors here don't really care they just brush you off. I told him that I had taken lots of cortisone a couiple months ago, but always as short-term doses. It made me feel really bad and I feel like I have lasting muscle damage from it. The doctor didn't...
  46. lifeisover

    Took Prednisolone 80 mg — I Want It Out of My Body

    How muich time?
  47. lifeisover

    Took Prednisolone 80 mg — I Want It Out of My Body

    It made my tinnitus louder. My whole body feels destroyed, I will have to suffer the side effects and withdrawal
  48. lifeisover

    Took Prednisolone 80 mg — I Want It Out of My Body

    Why is it too high, the doctor said it would be normal for a short-term treatment. I am suffein really badly now, i dont know what to do.
  49. lifeisover

    Took Prednisolone 80 mg — I Want It Out of My Body

    I am so scared it will mess me up more mentally
  50. lifeisover

    Took Prednisolone 80 mg — I Want It Out of My Body

    I decided to stoptaking it after the first dosis, in no way will I take 3 more days.
  51. lifeisover

    Took Prednisolone 80 mg — I Want It Out of My Body

    But did you have the joint pain after you took it
  52. lifeisover

    Took Prednisolone 80 mg — I Want It Out of My Body

    Help please. I dont know what to do
  53. lifeisover

    Took Prednisolone 80 mg — I Want It Out of My Body

    Please help, I can't take it anymore. I want this med out of me.
  54. lifeisover

    Took Prednisolone 80 mg — I Want It Out of My Body

    My doctor prescribed me 4 days of Prednisolone (80, 60, 40, 20 mg). I was hesitating taking it. I have no hearing loss but a clogged ear and tinnitus increase (probably from stress). I went to another doctor and he said I can take it but he didn't seem too interested in my medical history...
  55. lifeisover

    Flying & Tinnitus

    I've been reading that it's dangerous to keep plugs during the pressure change. But Im scared that the take off noise will affect my tinnitus for the worse
  56. lifeisover

    Flying & Tinnitus

    bump,I really need some helpful advice, if someone can spare their time. I know there is a bunch of information in the forum on this topic already, but I'd appreciate someone addressing my post. It would (hopefully) help. Thanks
  57. lifeisover

    Flying & Tinnitus

    Yes, I want to fly again. Not just metaphorically, but on an actual plane. I've been putting it off for over 5 years now, ever since I got tinnitus after a plane ride (probably due to listening to music + engine sounds, but not sure) I am extremely scared to even go near a plane, I just can't...
  58. lifeisover

    Hi, I was browsing the forum and saw a post of yours about flying. I wanted to ask if you had...

    Hi, I was browsing the forum and saw a post of yours about flying. I wanted to ask if you had the chance to fly since, and how it went for you. I am trying to beat my fear of it at the moment (noise induced tinnitus).
  59. lifeisover

    Big Setback... Need Support Urgently...

    I know I have other issues, 'm just worried about my tinnitus right now, my whole focus has always been to protect my ears and now this. I am scared I could have caused actual damage to my ears.
  60. lifeisover

    Big Setback... Need Support Urgently...

    I'm so scared right now... I had a big setback. I was trying to become better at managing tinnitus and anxiety about it but I feel like I doomed myself for good this time. 3 days ago I received some news I had difficulties handling, to say the least. I spent 3 days crying, shouting, screaming...