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I had my 1st Pfizer shot on March 29th, after 2 weeks I haven’t had any noticeable effects on tinnitus. I have a slight spike right now from a super loud restaurant but nothing from first vaccine. I did get an interesting reaction though where I felt burning from the injection site, down my arm...

So sorry to hear. May her beautiful soul Rest In Peace.

Ah I’ve been getting worsening TMJ symptoms lately

So sorry this happened to you. I know it’s really hard to get used to chronic tinnitus at first and it’s certainly exacerbated by the stress of it, and likely by the depression you were suffering initially. I do believe that habituation is often possible with this, I’ve seen stories here of even...

Randomly started hearing a super high pitched tone ew :/ here’s hoping it goes away after some sleep

I found out someone I know has Ménière’s & severe tinnitus today; he’s also mostly deaf. Hearing problems are just the worst, wow

Hey! The only fire alarm I’ve experienced that has given me any issue is with my initial trauma in which I was exposed for 2-4 minutes. Since then I’ve experienced probably 10 fire alarms, all for durations of 2-30 seconds approximately and none has done anything except make my ears feel a bit...

My acoustic trauma related tinnitus increase improved drastically after about 4 months. My tinnitus is more reactive than it once was and I am more prone to small spikes, but I live normally again now. I have even experienced more fire alarms (my initial trauma) since and have been ok as I...

I’ll be thinking of you and hoping you can get some relief.

Somatic elements of tinnitus are really common, jaw/neck issues can influence it and I’ve heard of cases like yours also where popping your ears can create problems as well - not sure what the mechanism behind that might’ve been though. I hope it goes away eventually!

Maybe. Tinnitus is fickle, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned is that it won’t always make sense. I’ve gotten a spike from 5 minutes of listening to earphones a little too loud, but been fine at a loud bar with music blasting all day. your best bet is to be careful, always carry hearing...

I think it’ll be temporary, though many say you’ll need to wait 1-3 months to say for sure. Take great care of your ears for now, don’t listen to earphones at all, limit noise exposure, and so on... take supplements like magnesium or zinc or NAC (magnesium took the edge off for me) and take good...

Hello everyone! I’m back again after several good months. Back in November I was exposed to a fire alarm for 2-4 min which gave me a horrible spike, tinnitus is still a bit worse from that but I had habituated. I’ve actually experienced 4-5 fire alarms since the initial one that spiked me, none...

Sorry that you had to do so. In the end though I think it’ll lessen some of your symptoms and help your ears to heal, and hopefully give you some quality of life back too.

Today, someone dropped a pallet next to me. It immediately lowered my T. What the hell?

Hey! So sorry that this happened to you. Sirens and other noises like it are some of the worst to have to look out for, for sure. But I really do think that in time this will go down for you. I was exposed to a fire alarm last November 4th that debilitated me completely for 2 weeks and left me...

I embrace it

Fuck fire alarms I’m sorry! How long were you exposed for?

Tinnitus is so crazy! I’m sorry. I’d imagine it shouldn’t last longer than a week or two once you stop the medication.

My ear ringing is so low :)

I am cross faded right now and I don’t care about my ear ringing at al”

So glad you are doing better!!! Tinnitus is so crazy, I’m glad that its been improving for you!

Yes that seems to happen a lot! I’ll always care about tinnitus and this community, in fact once I can get back to college I want to become involved in looking for treatments/cures. I’d say I have habituated for the most part, I still am aware of it, but it doesn’t cause me distress for the...

I’m sorry you’re dealing with this! I’m of the opinion that hyperacusis is worse than tinnitus and both together can be a real hellscape. How has it been since you last posted? I still deal with hyperacusis as well after my noise trauma 4mo ago but I’ve found that really what helped me was...

The app says that it’s best with any Apple earphones or Beats headphones, other ones can still be estimated but not as accurately I guess.

So it’s been 4 months since I set off a fire alarm at my job, and I have to say that while my tinnitus has definitely remained louder and while I still wear ear plugs a lot while in public, I find that I am doing a lot better and really getting back to my life. I’m not miserable any more, I even...

The new iPhones have a feature in the health app where it tells you exactly how many dB your music is at. I’m listening right now at about 30% volume and it says it’s at 64 dB.

I'm not sure if this is what he was referring to, but I was told by a friend that they can lower volumes/reduce bass level so perhaps that?

Personally I wouldn’t risk it but I also have a bias, as seeing a movie about a month after initial tinnitus onset a few years ago caused me to develop hyperacusis as well as other ear issues such as clicking ears and a feeling of fullness that persisted for several months. Didn’t worsen the...

I’m so sorry tinnitus has affected you this badly. Does anything you can do help give it relief at all? Like for example I find drinking a lot of water, taking magnesium supplements and wearing ear plugs any time I’m in public has taken the edge off of the tinnitus somewhat. I’m right around...

I also eat a lot of spicy food and I haven’t ever really noticed it affecting my tinnitus. I do think excessive salt can affect it badly though.

This is a nice thread. It’s awesome to see you guys! My avatar is my face so I won’t post, I just wanted to say that.

Hey, I’ve seen your posts lately and I just wanted to say I’m so sorry you’ve been having such a terrible time with coping with this horror. Tinnitus is really life-robbing in so many ways, especially when accompanied by hyperacusis. I’m glad you get some support with this at least, we all need...

I’m actually on the bus right now, not wearing ear plugs. I am wearing a tight hat though that helps with noise a little. It’s a bit loud for me overall but not bad, doesn’t really do anything to my tinnitus. It all depends on how comfortable you are I would say, I use ear plugs as a sort of...

Shit sucks, but I am getting back to my life

Man I feel this... it’s been 3 months since my tinnitus got worse from a fire alarm and ive still not really been able to smoke, i think it may be ruined for me. I kinda used it as an escapism from the shitty every day life, it made work more bearable, but now it damn near makes me panic every...

My boyfriend (though admittedly doesn’t have tinnitus) got his out yesterday. He said there was about 5 seconds of drilling in total which shouldn’t affect tinnitus badly- generally the rule with drills is to try and do 5 seconds drilling, 10 seconds off.

Hey- I’m 22 as well. Tinnitus definitely sucks and I’m sorry you’re dealing with it! It definitely impacts my life a lot, but I have a lot of optimism about where we will be in terms of treatments in the upcoming years. I really do believe in 10 years we’ll have multiple decent treatments...

I saw this on Tumblr the other day and it really makes me think of stupid tinnitus and how it makes you feel. I really can’t imagine what else it’s supposed to represent actually lol.

I get it. I’m sworn off movies and concerts and anything else crazy loud, but man, if Radiohead ever came to my city or I had an easy opportunity to see them I don’t think I could resist. Luckily that won’t happen, lol. I’m just glad I got the chance to see My Chemical Romance as a teenager...

Hello, I just wanted to check in and see how you’re doing, I hope you are well.

Thank you. It was definitely unfortunate - I just wish I had the same reaction as I did the first time the fire alarm went off.. I definitely wouldn’t have fucked my hearing nearly as much. Oh well, hindsight is 20/20. I’m definitely going to look into those earbuds. I need something different...

What an absolute nightmare to be involved in, I’m so sorry! You’re not wrong, alarms and sirens are definitely awful, I believe some of the worst sounds we have to deal with. Perhaps ridiculously loud mechanical screeching would likely be worse, but luckily those noises aren’t as prevalent. I...

Thank you, I’m hopeful that this one won’t be as bad as the last, though I’m sure I’ve incurred some damage at least as 9 hours later I still have ear fullness. Ringing now seems slightly louder also I think. I’m so sorry to hear you are still struggling. Tinnitus sucks, but I think when...

@pinklights98 how are you faring? I was really upset to hear that Lenire didn’t help you and made it worse. I’m thinking of you and wishing you well. You don’t deserve the hell you’ve experienced with tinnitus :(

Thank you. It’s definitely not as bad as the last fire alarm exposure, but I’m also sure my ears are still way weakened from that. I’m just praying it won’t be a devastating spike like last time.

So I had a worsening of tinnitus about 3 months ago-Nov. 4th- when a fire alarm went off at my work. I was dumb and just sat there while it went off, for about 3 min., and only covered my ears for 30 seconds of that. Today it happened again. I was wearing ear plugs about half inserted, when it...

Fire alarm again!!!

Is your tinnitus unilateral? I’ve heard of a lot of people getting their tinnitus much worse from MRIs.

Man, you've really had a rough go with tinnitus so far, I am so sorry. Spikes from ototoxic things should go down when it gets out of your system/you stop using it, I really hope things ease for you.

Before my tinnitus worsened a few months ago and I developed some hyperacusis again, i didn’t give a second thought to my tinnitus 99% of the time and would go out in loud places (admittedly not often as I’m a homebody), listen to earphones on high volume, with no issue at all. Even sirens and...

So sorry you’re dealing with this! Has it always been like that for you? For me my tinnitus always feels a little better after a shower.

I think it could definitely be the cause, I had an exposure to a fire alarm for a few min about 2.5 months ago and it fucked me up for quite awhile. It also didn’t start really setting in until about day 2. I’m still not back to pre-alarm baseline but I’m doing a lot, lot lot better. You...

Well, drinking seems to lower my T a bit. How fun