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Currently in the middle of my worst spike yet (going on 2 weeks now) so I feel you. I hope this goes down but it's hard to be optimistic about it, especially when it's making it hard to sleep or concentrate... Ugh.

I keep going through up and down periods with my T. For a long time this spring/summer, I felt like I had, if not fully habituated, then definitely adjusted to the T and found ways to deal. Since July, though, I've found myself having horrible spikes every few weeks. The spikes then take a week...

I slept for a solid eight hours on Saturday night (sans medicine), and spent Sunday with my boyfriend's family with the T barely noticeable. Having trouble sleeping now but it's clear that days of being unaffected by T ARE possible, and I'm going to do everything I can to make sure I have as...

I would never go with earplugs in. Plugging my ears magnifies my ringing to begin with, so I can't imagine how horrible it would be at the dentist...headphones or the big earmuffs seem to be the better way to go.

This thread has been really helpful for me. @michela , I've been experiencing the same anxiety and "what if?" thoughts, which seem to get worse after a particularly bad sleepless night. I also have generalized anxiety disorder so it's incredibly hard to avoid the negative thinking and worrying...

Yep, @russiancarl, that's exactly what happened. I'm trying to stay positive, because I eventually felt better and acclimated after my first spike this year, but it's hard sometimes. The "staying relaxed" thing is really the hardest!

Thanks for the advice, everyone. My T has been around since 2005 but was very low-level until this January, when I had my first bad spike in a long time. I had mostly adjusted to that - sleeping without meds, feeling pretty good most days - but in the past two weeks it's been really bad, and...

Wanted to give an update - I had the first of three procedures for this done today, this one being the one with some drilling and a lot of digging around in the tooth itself. Fingers crossed, ears seem to be doing okay. I took some of the advice here - brought headphones and listened to music...

@inadmin No, I'm careful about it now. But that gave me a base level of T that began around 2005. This latest spike began in January for no real reason I can identify (stress/anxiety perhaps, sinus stuff is also a possibility I guess).

@inadmin I suspect it's in part from listening to loud music (even though I always used ear protection at concerts after my first bout in 2005), but I'm not sure where this spike came from. I saw two ENTs who couldn't give me a concrete diagnosis. I know stress, anxiety, and not sleeping make it...

I'm currently experiencing a really bad spike, the worst since I started noticing the T back on January. I can't sleep, even with white noise and medication (trazodone to take as needed for sleep); the ringing has become so loud and so high-pitched that it's just impossible to sleep. I know I...

@Grace I had my teeth cleaned about two weeks ago, and they used the UltraSonic. It wasn't too bad because it only happens for about 2-3 minutes, and my hygienist took breaks. I don't think the current spike I'm having is related, it seems more like it's coming from stress. For my appointment...

@luckyman316 That's what I'm worried about! I've heard people say this before...this will be my 2nd root canal, and the first happened without any problems. The dentist I'm going to seems to know about tinnitus and I'm hoping he'll just be okay with my incessant worrying and question-answering...

Thanks Leah! That makes me feel a little better. When you say ear protection, do you mean earplugs? Or the bigger ear defender headphones? Trying to figure out if it makes sense to get anything noise-canceling before the appointment.

Hi everyone, wondering if anyone has advice about getting dental work done. I have a few procedures I need to do over the next few months (the first being a root canal in a couple days), and I'm really anxious about having a T spike after that. Mine has already spiked pretty badly recently...

Apologies in advance for the whine. But the past few days have been as close to unbearable as my T has been since this recent spike happened. I'm not 100% sure what happened; maybe it was having a few glasses of wine on Friday, or not sleeping very well (thanks to the wine), or being too...

@DebInAustralia It was definitely good! Hard to say if it was worth another big spike, though...

My T was actually doing a little bit better over the weekend - either I was getting used to it or the meds I was on were maybe working their magic, but either way, it had become a little less noticeable. Then, last night, I went to a concert; normally I wouldn't have, but I got the tickets in...

Wow, @alibee, thanks for posting that video - that's really helping me, too!

Neenie, I know how you feel. I'm lying awake with T screaming, seemingly worse than before, after getting a few hours of sleep. I've been taking all sorts of meds (steroids/antibax to treat possible ETD, sleep aids to battle insomnia because the T keeps me awake) and nothing seems to help, and I...

Not a treatment question per se, but since my latest flare up I haven't been listening to music much since the only headphones I have are the ear buds that came with my iPhone. Does anyone have recommendations for good headphones that won't disturb the T too much? Missing having that extra bit...

@Steve Thanks for the response! I'm not listening to them through headphones, so this helps. I've had them right about at that level and keep them on throughout the night to help me sleep (mostly unsuccessfully)...it's just taking forever to habituate. Sigh.

I still go to concerts but I'm much more careful about prepping before I go (wearing earplugs, not standing near speakers, etc.). My biggest trigger is bars - you can never gauge the noise levels, so I've ended up at places where it's been way too loud and has definitely made the ringing worse...

Going through the same thing right now. It's been a few weeks and seems to not be getting better. It's frustrating but I'm holding out hope it improve. So, I hear ya. Good luck!

Mine definitely gets louder at night, probably because I'm worrying more about whether or not I'll be able to sleep. I also surround myself with distractions during the day - TV or being outside when I'm not at work, music or other noise when I am at work - and at night, it's harder to make...

In order to try and get some relief from my T (especially at night), I've been listening to sounds via a white noise app on my phone. (The app is just called White Noise.) I've found a few noises that are soothing but they never seem to cover, or even distract me from, how loud my T is...

I know noise is the underlying cause of mine, and is what gave me my first bad flare-up about eight years ago. but as for the most recent flare-up, I have no idea. My ENT thinks it's sinus-related (I am feeling lot of pressure in my head so maybe he's right), but I'm worried it's just the T...

Christine, I'm not sure. Most of the literature I've found says that there shouldn't be an increase but anecdotal evidence seems to suggest otherwise. My doc thinks that a sinus infection could be causing this flare up so I want to stick it out with the amox. I just wish there was some way to...

Has anyone else noticed a change in the tone, volume or pitch of their tinnitus over time? Mine went from being a fairly low-volume, somewhat high pitched whistle (kinda like a kettle, I guess), to, in the past week, constant high volume and pitch. And it's getting worse!! I never used to notice...

Hi there, Glad I found this forum. I'm sort of at a loss for what to do. I've had tinnitus for some time now (since 2005), most likely due to spending my teen years at concerts without earplugs, and listening to headphones at the highest volume setting. While the tinnitus was pretty bad at...