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I think when it gets like this and you’re not coping perhaps ask your doc for something to take short term to get through it. For me, I drink a couple of wines in the evening - that’s not everyone’s ‘go to’ but it has helped me these past 17 years.

I reckon it will settle Kiel. Until then, keep busy, have a glass of wine or two, go out walking (being outside helps I reckon) - do whatever it takes to get you through this hiccup. It happens to all of us. You just have to do things a little differently to get you through. It’ll be ok.

Go and check if you have a build up of ear wax at your doctors. Muscle tension in the neck and shoulders can cause weird sounds and sensations in your ears too. Or it could be a eustation tube issue perhaps.

Hi candy / it kind of comes and goes / I wouldn’t say it’s constant but it hasn’t gone away completely .

Yes I only ask for a manual clean. It’s distressing the everyday things in life we now need to be aware of in order to protect our ears.

I really hope you end this relationship and free yourself. Be strong and walk away. Life is too short.

I believe only taking a few of these pills (it’s called Avanza in Australia) kick started the hiss in my head 17 years ago. I regret taking those 4 pills. Didn’t take much.

And there would not have been all the medications around that can cause tinnitus either.

Hi Brandon This happened to me a few years ago - a congested in my sinuses head cold then a full feeling in my left ear for about 5 weeks afterwards. I was a nervous wreck about it given my high anxiety levels with my long term tinnitus. My GP told me that ears can take the longest to come good...

Say in your 20s you were out and about in noisy venues not aware of ‘hearing health’ then you settle down and live a quiet life for many years after. Can tinnitus come and bite you later in life due to what you did in your youth even if you’ve been careful around noise since then?

Hi Brandon In 2016 I got a really congested cold. My left ear wasn’t quite right for up to 5 weeks after the cold finished. My doc said that ears can take the longest to heal after a cold. Given my tinnitus and heightened anxiety, it was a miserable 5 or so weeks for me.

I’ve been living with this condition since 2002. Being an anxious person anyway, it’s been pretty hard to take at times. My left ear has been giving me a new high pitched sound for the last 6 weeks I’d say. Not sure what made it change as noticeably. Getting older perhaps? My neck and shoulders...

Spikes can last a long time Scott, don’t assume the worst. Mine has thrown me curveballs over the years ... perhaps just one of those coincidences that you’ve noticed an increase after your wax clear out.

Yes I woke up with a stuffed left ear after a head cold and it lasted for about 5 weeks. I had been laying on that side too. Ears can be the last things to right themselves after a cold my doctor told me.

I often get this too as I’m a side sleeper but after being up and about for a little while it goes away. I’m not sure why it happens though. Gravity ? :dunno:

Perhaps Scott this is just our cross to carry with this condition. We get fluctuations and torture ourselves trying to figure out the cause. Sometimes this is just what tinnitus does - it’s not a fully understood condition and we have to learn to cope with the changes .... :dunno:

It will settle Scott - find ways not to ‘hyper focus’ on it and ways to relax. You will be fine.

But extracting wax is an outer ear procedure, just in the ear canal - not internally into the inner ear region ??

You know I’m doubtful that a quiet procedure like a manual wax extraction would cause an increase. Perhaps your hearing is getting used to a better level of sound that can get through now and your brain is adjusting to it? I read that here once.

Yep I’ve been a nervous nelly all my life. Tinnitus is a nightmare when you already have a more anxious disposition - it just feeds right into it !

Hi Scott Good on you for just getting the manual clean and not micro suction which is a no no for folk like us. Have you been on any medication recently? No noisy environments lately?? Perhaps your anxiety and preoccupation with your tinnitus is making it ‘spike’. The mind is very powerful.

Just think this could be a eustation tube issue ? Patulous ?

:huganimation:Hi Jen, I’m glad you posted, I hope we can comfort you - I understand how consuming this is and the gut churning anxiety that is often at its worst in those late night hours. Although you feel it, you aren’t alone and we are just a tap away on this website and fully understand...

I often end up on the couch in the middle of the night so that the hum of the fridge gives me some background noise. Often my husband will wake up and I’ve ‘hit the couch’. My cat jumps up with me and I try and get some sleep. Not something I’d be doing if I wasn’t afflicted with this condition...

Gday Rust I had similiar after a very congested head cold a few years ago. Just in my left ear. Whooshing sound when in a quiet room. I then had aural fullness in that ear for about 5 weeks. I was very anxious about it throughout that time. When I had a hearing test while I was experiencing that...

I started with this in 2002 at 28 years old. I’ve had plenty of ups and downs on this journey. Given tinnitus is a chronic condition I slowly came to learn that my life had altered and I had to make lifestyle choices and make my hearing health an ongoing priority. It’s a condition that from my...

Hi Alan you started experiencing your T very young ! I had a baby 9 years ago and they are shrill little things I tell you. It was quite stressful for me as it’s really not something that can be controlled. Kids are just noisy. My kid was a shrieker too and I kept ear muffs handy at home to get...

Many people on here warn against micro suction for wax removal and I agree 100%. This is a dangerous procedure for hearing - ask for a manual wax removal only.

I’m a long time tinnitus person (16 years) and I have noticed a tendency to try and convince new sufferers that ‘once you habituate you will be fine and life will return to as it was before’. I think we need to be more transparent - life changes with a chronic medical condition which is what...

I’ve just read that coffee can contain quinine. I never knew this but do know that quinine can cause / spike tinnitus. Could this be why having a coffee can spike tinnitus?

Would an audiogram have different results if you have one while having a spike in your tinnitus? I had a bad temporary spike last year and now that it's back to baseline was thinking if I should have another one done.