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Hi all. Long story short. I'm 37 years old. Despite tinnitus, I was doing quite well two weeks ago, but things became darker when my father-in-law died at 71. Now I think about death all the time. I even stopped dreaming about a "cure" for my tinnitus, because "I will die anyways". "Why is...

This is very important. People can ruin improvements when they get more confidence. I'm living proof. The damage is cumulative and each time your tinnitus needs less and less sound to reborn, and it gets worse each time.

Same thing happens to me. Seems like there is a link between movement and sound perception. Just from Google: Stop and listen: Study shows how movement affects hearing

Really? It was nothing for me. When someone says "I have it too, I hear it when I go to sleep" I always think "no, you don't have it".

Which option is better for damaged ears? 1) A 2 hour flight (normal airplane, not the quietest ever built). 2) Driving 15 hours on a road trip in a new affordable car. 7 or 8 hours per day at 70 mph.

I only took a plane once in my life before tinnitus (it was very, very mild). So I have almost 0 experience flying. But days ago a friend told me "I think the landing damaged my ears, I have muffled hearing since then". He was chewing gum, so maybe that trick doesn't work for everyone.

Useful, but what about barotrauma? That's what I fear about flying.

Anyone else trying Naltrexone? How about sexual side effects?

News and updates about this the next 3 years and then nothing. That's all.

I think those theories are BS. Chronic tinnitus usually fluctuates and we have moderate and severe days, so it can change.

Maybe severe tinnitus is not as profitable a market as we think. Most people have it in a mild form and there is a lack of interest.

I wonder why research is developing in such different directions. Seems like there are 10 possible treatments but we have nothing today. So frustrating.

Can OTO-313 affect the glutamate levels in the whole brain or does it just work in the cochlea? I know it's locally injected but I talk about systemic absorption.

It improves. I agree. It's not always habituation, it can fade a lot over time (years). But loud sounds are everywhere, and one day you ruin your improvement going to a party, a concert or working in a loud environment, and finally it gets worse.

Maybe the new cells are weaker. I didn't damage my ears with a single noise exposure. It took many concerts and mistakes.

Maybe there is a correlation. I developed the Post Finasteride Syndrome years ago. Fortunately the sexual sides are mild now (took nearly 2 years to get better) but tinnitus is very loud. Mine is from noise exposure anyway...

Sad. There is no much place for "non-somatics" in that answer.

So I should put the device in my neck, even when I can´t modulate the ringing with neck movements (n)

Does it make sense to try this device when your tinnitus is non-somatic?

That`s no joke, but there are a lot of drugs with nasty side effects on the market. It just seems like we are always 2 or 3 years away from a treatment. :(

"Tzounopoulos is confident that the days of tinnitus being a disease without a treatment are numbered" I wonder how many days left. :S

I remember being in my car with my partner talking about FX-322. She was like "that's just an experiment". She was right. And the absence of good results explains why we didn't see news about this on mass media. I was doing well with the ringing, it was less invasive, but I am now going through...

Finally the test is done and she doesn't have COVID-19. My worsening could be just noise (no concerts, no pubs, nothing too loud though...) or just the mysteries of tinnitus. I had some pain in my ears yesterday when I went to bed. Seems like a "reactive" trebly component is back after months...

Maybe it's just a coincidence but my wife is going to get a COVID-19 test today after a loss of smell and headaches. I had some dry cough the last days. Before this my severe tinnitus was more tolerable and easy to ignore. I read this forum only once or twice a month. I wasn't so anxious about...

Thanks for answering. What about side effects after the intervention and recovery time?

Hi! I have had mild / moderate floaters since twenties. But they got super worse some weeks ago. Based on my experience they will not "fade". I was coping decently with my severe tinnitus (still bothered but not suicidal) but this is a new challenge. I just want to be normal. I know the best...

Today I read about the Oxford´s vaccine to treat COVID-19 and it just irritates me (sorry for being miserable). They did it so fast! And here we are always projecting our life in 5 or 10 years. I´m not reading Tinnitus Talk so frequently but it´s always depressing when I come back and there is...

Just my own experience: Too much damage = no fading.

I hope you are right. I have a nearly normal audiogram but maybe I need a new test. Everything here sound so futuristic and complex. Sometimes I would like to be a time traveler.

Do you have a 6.5 kHz sound sample? I found 6.5 kHz (6500 hz) on YouTube but it is really trebly. My current tinnitus is trebly but no too high frequency. No improvements in volume...

Well...don't feel so sad. Most doctors don't know about these reasearch news.

Yes. It's a long time. Probably we will have FX-322 available sooner. But it's good to have two alternatives. If FX-322 does not work.. you have the pill. I hope it works for chronic cases too. I'm trying to be optimistic.

There is usually 3 phases for clinical testing. Maybe 6 years or more. Am I wrong?

Tinnitus is mentioned as a common side of Trobalt. But I assume that the drug works different in our "damaged" brain.

That sounds good. Bad side effects usually appear when you take a drug for a long time.

I asked the same months ago and she said "it might work but we don't know". I think that she just doesn't want to kill our hope. I'm a layman and I don't understand why they cannot test the device on 3 or 4 people who don't have somatic tinnitus and tell us the result (as an anecdote).

I am worried about not seeing more news about this in the mainstream media. I mean... if we are 2 or 3 years away from regenerating the human ear.

Same experience here. Masking doesn't work for me, except the real sea sound.

Strange beast. My tinnitus is always worse after showers. If I am having a good tinnitus day (really difficult lately) I take a super fast shower. If it's too long my tinnitus gets really worse.

Hi. Thanks for the information. For some reason speakers and masking sounds usually incresease my tinnitus. The real sea sound have a different effect. Days ago I ride an old gym bicycle. It makes a "biii bii" sound and my session lasted nearly 1 hour. After that my tinnitus was lower and...

It can get better, but not always. My first bout of moderate tinnitus lasted more than 2 years. Then it suddenly got better (I ruined it 2 years later). I thought that Lenire could make me return to my previous state, but I see that it is nearly impossible.

Hi Buzz. Residual Inhibition is common for many tinnitus sufferers. Try to mask your ringing during many seconds / few minutes. When you stop the external masking sound you can note that your tinnitus is not there (or the volume is really lower). That can last few seconds or even minutes. Mine...

This thread makes me feel down. You end confused after reading all the precautions. Normal people travel a lot without issues. Imagine that you take a trip for pleasure, 5, 6 or 7 days and you get a temporary spike. You spend all the time worried about your ears and can´t really enjoy. I´m a...

Mmm...I can´t modulate my tinnitus with facial / jaw movements and my residual inhibition is usually 2 or 3 seconds. I´m fried.

The same thing happens to me. I guess that my brain "resets" and find the hearing loss again.

Well...I usually hear it all the time, except when I am taking a shower. I can listen to music but it does not mask my ringing. There is some fluctuations and I can reach 1 to 2 moderate days per week (maskable).

Music was my main hobbie and passion. But my tinnitus is severe, and it´s not an option anymore.

Thanks for the support. Maybe I'm afraid to look ridiculous. You know...a heavy weight 35 years old man throwing slow kicks.

Nice story. But at my age I can only think about my own goals, not to be really good doing something. I was reading about age and sports / MA and they say something like "It's never too late. Just be careful because injuries can take longer to heal. Choose styles that don't require much...

Well... that's the point. I know that loud intrusive tinnitus is probably a big influence here, and maybe some hormonal imbalance, but I am starting to think that I am getting old. When I was 20 years old I took some Sipalki-Do (old Korean martial art) classes during 6 months or so. Now I was...

I wonder the same. As I always say, my friends are 35 years old and they go to nightclubs, pubs or shows every weekend, but they never get tinnitus. Weak ears or some brain problem? Maybe we will never know.

I wonder if masturbation is altering your GABA levels in your brain when your testosterone levels are lower.

Yes. Big spike after loud videogames with silicon earplugs. Now it's difficult to have a complete "good" day. Loud tinnitus returns easily.

Yes. Recently I went to my daughter to the video games (4 or 5 times) and my tinnitus got worse. Now I lost my moderate days. No fluctuations anymore. :(

Spending time at sea "improves" my tinnitus. This vacation I woke up with a very bad tinnitus most days, but when I stayed many minutes at the sea it calmed down for the rest of the day. I can't achieve this with any other sound. Even if I search for "sound of the sea" on YouTube the effect is...

In my experience you can have a significant improvement even after years (in terms of volume, not habituation). The problem is that you need to take care of your ears for the rest of your life and we live in a noisy world. So there is a high chance of worsenings. Tinnitus is not good at second...

Mine is fluctuating less and less. I think tinnitus just get worse in the long term. Maybe it fades for months or few years but it always come back.

Wise decision (y)