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I recently have taken Zithromax for sinus infections several times in the past 3 years for sinus infections. I have not noticed a change while taking them, and I was conscious and monitoring it. I only stick with it because I don't want to take an AB that could cause a worsening. I don't...

Did you have tinnitus before taking it?

Hi All, Anyone with existing tinnitus experience a low hum when sick with a cold or sinus infection? My left ear normally has a low hum tone, very subtle though. When I get a cold it seems to increase and I feel a low hum in that ear louder but kind of in my head as well. Hoping it won't be...

Where were you? Were the alarms job or school related?

It's understandable to be upset with yourself, but no one realizes before tinnitus, that noise can have such severe impacts. Someone with cancer, would have the same regrets wondering what they may have been exposed to, to get it. The logic just isn't helpful, and no one can predict events...

Hi Ludvik, don't focus on regret of an incident. I put myself in situations I would think back on, and recall all the times I went to shows and wasn't completely protected. It really isn't helpful. As a musician and club-goer at the time, I seen many other musicians play show after show with...

Hey Tim, we have all been through the suicidal idealization tinnitus can bring on, especially when you start projecting into the future. Problem is the more you focus on the horrid sound and monitor it, the more it appears in the forefront. You're not alone in how you feel. I know you can't...

Wow, yeah a lot of people do. Mine is strange, simply moving around can create the feedback sound, the minute I stop moving it goes away. It comes every few weeks and leaves, then comes back. But this time it seems more reactive. And of course the more I stress and worry about it, the more it...

Sorry if this is not in the right forum, but I can't tell what exactly is going on with my ears, and the anxiety is only making it worse. When people talk, I talk, and certain background sounds such as wind, can create this 'ingggg' sound over the external noise. I do have tinnitus, but this...

It will go down the next few days. I would play shows and be exposed around loud music way longer and the next few days it would get better.

Have you tried xanax? It can be extremely helpful

Cocaine would probably make it worse!

Thanks for the informative response!

Sounds sort of what I have been going through now. (3 or 4 years ago I had tinnitus that would only appear with external sounds, like running water, people's voices, or the wind blowing. It would sound like flutes, and an echo-like wind tunnel sound, and would disappear in complete silence.)...

Interesting... I would think they would still find it distressing.

I have taken Prevacid and it didn't notice much affect on my tinnitus, but I wasn't sure either so I stopped taking it. I do have inflammation in my esophagus, when I went to get my endoscopy in August. I was prescribed protonix, but hadn't taken it, in fear it could mess with my ears. Now, I...

An update: It comes and goes. I generally find exposure to loud music brings back this feedback sound or even being in a noisy bar. When I refrain from noise, it settles down usually in a few weeks and goes away. Occasionally, I still get the feedback sort of sound when I talk or others...

Hi Bekker, mine went away about a week after posting it. I did have it in the past, and I have a feeling it may be caused by taking OTC Prevacid for Gerd. I'm not 100% sure. But during that time I reduced my caffeine level which I don't think did anything, and then I stopped taking Prevacid...

You're 17 years old. There are many other job opportunities that are a lot less quiet. Enjoy your youth, work at a job you can tolerate and have fun.

I know. It's always a gamble when you really need to take something. With T, you're even extra cautious not to add more fuel to the fire. Every action has a reaction, and medicine is exactly that. Sorry to hear about your friend, but I am glad he won his fight against cancer despite his...

Hi Stacey. Thank you. I had an ear infection when I was 10, and I took an antibiotic. I remember shortly after a very low ringing.

Anyone here who has T and/or H should not be thinking of the regrettable moments. I first remember T from an antibiotic I took when I was 10, it was very mild then. Being a musician made it worse. The reality is I would have gotten it some other way at some other time period eventually. It's...

Thank you Karen. I recently been hearing about the benefits of magnesium and will give it a try :)

I did have this once before. For a weeks and eventually it did go away. I think mine happened once we I slept with a fan on and it blowing in my ear, and recently driving with the top down and cold air hitting my ear. I am sure yours will subside

This is so odd you bring this up. For about a week I started getting this tinny/glassy sound in my left ear. It usually happens if I talk loudly, move around, and certain other sounds. TV or music doesn't really bother it. I wasn't sure if I am experience some hyperacusis because of...

Hi Glynis, Thanks for the kind words. I am trying to manage my stress with cognitive therapy in the meantime. I have Xanax, but I never take them, maybe I should!

Hi Tommi, Yeah, fortunately (and hopefully not), sounds aren't hurting or causing physical pain in the ear. I feel like I can hear everything and the gain has upped a notch. I am trying not to overprotect my ears in normal places I usually would go. Thanks for the advice, I will try to chill...

I'm ranting. My tinnitus is worse than ever. I had it since I am 10 and dealt with it very well. Not doing well at the moment. My anxiety is jacking it up. I have been very stressed lately and a little depressed. I know this is making my tinnitus rage. I feel for all you people on this...

Hi all, I been under a lot of stress lately and noticed some odd things with my hearing. I have been definitely obsessing with my tinnitus, monitoring it, which I realize it is making it much worse. I notice almost a glassy, echo sound, almost if you were to rub water on the rim of a wine...

Thank you LadyDi. The only issue I had with tinnitus and the dentist was with a new dentist who was using a ultrasonic cleaning tool, rather than manual de scaling. Thanks for all the advice everyone, looks like the crown is the best option.

I had root canal on a tooth a few years ago and never put a crown on it. Part of the tooth cracked and had an opening. My dentist can probably fill it, but he recommends a crown. Dental work is agonizing enough for tinnitus suffers. I rather take the risk of the tooth dying completely than...

I am a musician too, and stopped playing shows, partially due to tinnitus but also burnt out from shows. I haven't been on stage in three years, and haven't recorded either. Though I want to start recording, which i think with just listening at the volume low, I can tolerate it. Playing on...

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I have taken Wellbutrin once in 2007 for a week. That drug made me stay up 3 days, straight and I lost 7 lbs on it, it's like speed. I already had tinnitus, and when i took it, it made it much louder. After I stopped taking it do go back to its normal level. Everyone is different, but yours...

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I'm a musician. I used to play live without ear plugs during bigger shows because I couldn't hear myself sing. I don't play live anymore. However, if I do plan on recording in the studio again, I will play music at a lower volume and wear 12 decibel reduction earplugs. Don't stop enjoying...

If someone yelled into a megaphone while I was driving, I would literally induce tinnitus right back at the bitch and/or murder. Anyhow, I hope you start to feel better.

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I am sorry you are feeling this way! It will get better, you are just in a bad place right now. Sounds like you are just over analyzing and your anxiety is making you highly sensitive and over aware. I used to take Paxil when I was 19 until 23, I am now 34 and haven't been on medication...

I used to run on a treadmill with my iPod speakers pretty loud. Long story short, if i did this for two weeks or more and than stopped with the earphones, within a few weeks the tinnitus would go down. It sometimes a month to notice the difference

I wear earplugs and visit a few night clubs. I carry a decibel meter on an app I use just to gauge the levels. If it's too loud near the dance floor I just chill near the bar with my ear plugs. I wear 33db reduction ones. Sometimes the dance floor will be around 85-90db. If it's more than...

I hope it helps you Mickey! Good luck and keep us posted

I took Zoloft when I was 21 once. Took it for just two days before I stopped taking it. It made me in such a deep sleep that I literally pissed my bed like a 5 year old. I hoped to not piss myself at least until my eighties again. I took Paxil which worked better for me during the time. I...

I'm a software engineer too in New York. I usually have a white noise app at my desk, during a louder than usual tinnitus week. Sometimes programming completely distracts me from focusing on tinnitus.

Just be aware not to take it out on her. If you are feeling you want to snap, explain your discomfort respectively. People who don't have this condition or any other ailment they don't have just can't relate. Don't expect your wife to relate either.

Word of advice. I am a musician that played onstage and recorded music for many years, and you have to wear ear plugs during shows, rehearsals and lower the volume of you are recording your own mixes. I should have worn ear plugs when I was on stage. Your hearing should return to normal. I...

Yeah it's so bizarre. It came on this Tuesday night, and I was in a quiet office doing some work, and I was like what is that damn sound. It even happens when I move. I googled it too, but the closet I got was reactive tinnitus. But it's exactly like a feedback or tunnel echo when a sound...

True silence, j honestly think it is stress and worry on top of even other things like not eating healthy consistently, etc. though tinnitus can cause some physical pain, I personally can have my ears blaring at times, but still feel energetic and good. When I eat crap, don't exercise at all...

I just posted the same exact thing at the same time, except mine is more of a whiny pitch. I am blaming the AC in my car for pointing directly on my ear, I didn't even realize it. But it's like a feedback over the tinnitus when I take s shower, walk or people talk. But not every sound...

I had tinnitus since I was 10, in now 33. Anyhow, my condition has always progressed through out the years. But something odd recently happened and I want to know if other users experience this too. If people talk, the shower runs, driving in my car, I get this almost feedback sound. It's...

Sgal, i feel your frustration. I am in the same 'terrified' mode you are in. I am experiencing an elevated level of T. I wish Tuesday I would have just canceled by new dentist for a cleaning that triggered a loud spike during using some ultrasonic tool. It def bought it up to a new level...

I sounds like it will greatly be reduced or might even go away. Tinnitus and colds can be temporary. It may also appear louder because your sinuses could be clogged or if there is fluid in your ears. If you are anxious you will focus on it more and even lose your appetite. All symptoms of...

Sorry to hear object. I can imagine how how bad it was. I'm glad it got a little better. I do novae a crown appointment scheduled for a root canal I had 2 years ago, but I think I'll just cancel it because the dentist is too friggin traumatic.

Thanks for the feedback. Just you're response made me feel more at ease. I handled T pretty well over the years, but you understand the feeling when something suddenly changes and you are in battle mode and feeling excessively worried. So thank you so much. It was definitely some cleaning...

You're an excellent writer. Your suffering is not the result of bad karma, it is the result of being human and inflicted with a condition that affects your quality of life.

I have tinnitus since I was 10 (runs in my family) and being a musician, worsened by ears from performing live as a singer and not protecting my ears on stage. Anyhow, I was just at a new dentist because my old dentist who is nice, kind of has a dirty office and I hear this often from other...

Good words Michael.

I know you said you use nature sounds to help sleep, but have you tried using white noise? I use an app call White Noise and when I use the nature sounds, they aren't as effective to me as using white noise. My T is high pitched, so the white noise does attempt to mask it better than using the...