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    Should I Change Careers?

    Thank you for the responses, I really appreciate it. I just needed to hear the opinions of fellow T sufferers who know how debilitating it can be, my family is very supportive but they don’t quite understand and think I’m making a knee jerk reaction. I think I’m going to try and make the jump...
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    Should I Change Careers?

    Hello everyone, I’ve got a bit of a dilemma and need some advice. I’m currently working as an apprentice electrician about 3 years in to my apprenticeship, I love the job and it has great pay and benefits but the problem is my tinnitus increased 6 months ago to be rather intrusive with multiple...
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    Severe Tinnitus Increase from ETD

    Mine seems to be the same as well, at times it gets quiet and others it’s screaming.. I’m starting to think it’s a perception thing mostly which means habituation is happening other than that it means it’s improving so even better. To prove the point I have to religiously wear hearing protection...
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    Severe Tinnitus Increase from ETD

    The Good news is since our tinnitus seems to have appeared from something other than acoustic trauma, there is a good chance it may reduce or disappear. Have you guys had fleeting tinnitus episodes where your tinnitus all of a sudden gets deafingly loud for about 10-20 seconds since your ear...
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    Severe Tinnitus Increase from ETD

    Hi Bazan, I’m sorry to hear about the increase in your tinnitus, it can definitely bring your quality of life down at first but don’t despair because it really does improve. Mine increased from being to extremely mild to intrusive multiple tones in each ear and even recently I had a new tone...
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    Severe Tinnitus Increase from ETD

    Sorry for the late reply, I’ve been through quite the ordeal since my appointment. Another symptom I hadn’t mentioned that began around Christmas time was kind of a mild dizziness. I had a very brief moment of vertigo and then I would feel off for days at a time however since I had hit my head...
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    Severe Tinnitus Increase from ETD

    Thanks for the reply! Sorry you’re going through the same thing, this Etd none sense can be a real quality of life vacuum... it’s good to hear we are heading in the right direction though. Lately I’ve had brief moments where the crackling stops and my ears feel normal for a second but it comes...
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    Severe Tinnitus Increase from ETD

    Hello everyone. First time posting although I’ve been browsing the forum for a few months and would like to say thank you all for the positive posts that have helped me through a bad time with T. I’ve had tinnitus for 12 years but it was never a problem in my life and was pretty mild until four...