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I am tapering off Prednisone too and today I woke up with a loud spike, but maybe it’s because I slept in a cold environment and woke up with clogged ears and nose. What do you guys think?

Are you better now?

Did it eventually subside?

Did that spike eventually subside?

Could be ear wax, try saline nose spray.

Anyone? I am kinda scared.

Did the spike from Diclofenac resolve?

Some days ago I took Diclofenac gel for three days on my back. Now I read it is ototoxic. These last few days my tinnitus has been crazy and I fear it is due to the Diclofenac. I am afraid I damaged my already frail hearing forever. Has someone experienced the same with Voltaren /...

Did the spike subside?

Did the spike from Diclofenac eventually subside?

That's strange though. I never had problems in that ear, and after that earwax removal I started to feel so.

Two days ago I went to my ENT in order to further investigate my hearing loss. I had and audiogram and as I expected: Normal hearing in left ear. Severe hearing loss in right ear. I also had my earwax removed manually (no suction or syringing) but I noticed he poked my eardrums several times...

Three weeks ago, after years of habituation, my tinnitus started bothering me again. I don't know what caused the spike. Maybe it's due to the cold weather, maybe it's a consequence of using earbuds for video conference. Fact is that my low pitched hissing, which was basically bearable, turned...

Glynis, do you have any idea on why it happens?

Could it be due to weather change?

How much did it take for the spike to subside?

I mean I was at home last weekend due to quarantine and I swear my tinnitus lowered, yesterday I went to work and my tinnitus spiked up again. What the hell is going on?!

It's not permanent, it will subside.

I noticed it during fall season, could this be a temporary spike?

Last three weeks have been crazy, I got a huge spike and I don't know if it's due to weather changes.

Anyone else experienced it?

What are the odds that this spike will be permanent?

I explained it in my last answer.

Hi there, I had T for the past 6 years, lived pretty well with it until two weeks ago. Two months ago I started using earbuds for video conferences, not at crazy high volume tho. Stopped using it three weeks ago. Then, Two weeks ago I started hearing an high pitched hissing over my normal...

Ok but what if FX-322 won't help tinnitus?

I have a hissing sound, and I managed it well until last week. Now I am in panic and I feel it is louder BUT I don't know if it's just my anxiety that makes me perceive it louder or what.

I don't know if it's louder only because I focus on it more or if it's a spike. Fact is that I used to ignore it and didn't care until last week. Now I am in panic.

I managed to habituate to my tinnitus pretty well since last week. I heard it at night but didn't care at all. However now I am focusing on the hissing again, and I am legit feeling it louder, and I am afraid to go suicidal. Is this a spike or just my anxiety?

My fear is that it will ruin my life forever and I will be miserable enough to kill myself.

That's terrifying. That's exactly my biggest fear.

I mean, was it because of tinnitus? I don't get it. Maybe he was depressed.

Yeah I wanted to know if people kill themselves because of tinnitus... that's the thing that scares me the most. Not being able to recover and being forced to kill myself one day.

I habituated pretty well in the past 4 years. I hear a constant hissing sound in my right ear due to hearing loss. Now I have a relapse or a spike, I don't know. But I was wondering, and that's the thing that scares me the most, is it possible to be driven crazy by tinnitus, or is it just my...

Mine is like an electrical hissing, buzzing sound, sometimes it's ultra high pitched sometimes lower, when it's lower it's kinda bearable.

I think premolds are a kind of earplugs designed to fit ear canal

Not yet, guess it will take some more weeks. Anyway, it doesn't bother me that much during day, only at night it doesn't makes me relax as I would. Considering start taking melathonin to sleep better.

As other members said spikes can last quite a lot, guess we'll just have to wait and see. Just for asking, what kind of sound do you hear?

Man I'm too scared atm to even think coming back in that noisy enviroment

Well spikes still there but during the day it doesn't bother me that much. Sleeping well is quite hard tho.

I couldn't wear it because costumers were talking to me and I wasn't able to understand them with earplugs on.

Dude I hope we will all be T free in 5-10 years, many companies are making research at the moment

Dude I'm not saying your T didn't spike, I'm saying there's basic anxiety and there's acute anxiety. From what I've read both You and I are facing acute anxiety at the moment, caused by spikes in our T, due to loud noises expsoure. But when anxiety kicks in everything changes in a bad way, our T...

I'm sure anxiety is gonna make you perceive it louder, I mean, sometimes when I'm not battling a spike I completely forget about it but when I'm concerned about a spike nothing but my T seems to exist and it seems to overwhelm everything

Sure man, I already gave up that job! Too muc loud noises! Let's just hope our spikes will subside soon! By the way, how loud is your T during this spike?

Yeah dude I was working at a wedding party and couldn't wear earplugs (needed to hear the costumers speaking). Music was around 90 db so I guess I'm kinda f***ed up this time!

Yes, as I wrote in my posts I got a huge spike due to the long exposure (10hrs) to loud music one week ago, and now I am kinda freaked out cause I never stayed in a noisy enviroment for so long

Well, I took benzos and ssris for long periods of time treating my OCD. I never developed an addiction but taking it scares me as it's like admitting my T is unbearable and that makes me panic even more

What if I take benzos to relax? is it risky too?

Either it will settle down or you will habituate again, hearing loss can be difficult to manage at first but eventually you'll get used to it, don't worry! Also H can recover pretty well

Did you make an audiogram?

Moderate hearing loss or muffled ear?

To be honest, all that you have done doesn't sounds so bad, I mean, based on my past experiences I think your spike will subside. Also, keep in mind that anxiety can make you hear your T much more. I don't know how loud caloric test and fire alarm were but the other things sound pretty harmless

Same here Michael, got a spike from 10 hours exposure to loud music while working (earplugs were forbidden for me). It's been a week and I start to panic and thinking this time it will never settle down

How does a spike usually evolve? I mean, from the loud noise exposure or the onset of spike, to the settling down, how does things usually evolve for you?

In Italy it's called Fluimucil and should be pure NAC

In the end I took 16 mg of medrol, wich is way more strong than prednisone. I'm familiar with side effects and I know it could make me feel like a s**t but I wanted to try. Also today I'm starting taking 1800 mg of NAC/die and vitamin D as well.

Well, in this case I guess I should see my ENT or take medrol asap. I'm so scared and freaked out at the moment!

Woah! How loud was that sound? Was it a gunshot? Well, tbh I can't say for sure how loud the music was, my ears didn't hurt and I didn't feel like I needed to walk away from the noise, but sure the music was loud and probably I couldn't hear what other people said to me from an average...