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Hi HZO. Welcome to the club no one wants to enter. I am also from Portugal, near Lisbon. Hope you recover soon from tinnitus. I am a veteran with almost 23 years dealing with this. All the best to you.

Alcohol just relaxes a bit and makes me ignore my tinnitus. Never noticed any increase in volume from alcohol, coffee or other stuff, but your case may vary.

A small random sound hurts your ears or are you jumpy and nervous about it? Hyperacusis normally tends to react to some kind of sounds like paper, cutlery, dishes, glass or is uncomfortable to high noises like cars, trucks, motors, sirens, etc... By now my house is the only place where I don't...

Most of the symptoms you mention are also common to depression and anxiety. I think you should go to a doctor.

I have different sounds each day. Sometimes it just takes 10 minutes of sleep to change the tone. When I come home from work and I take a little nap, (the ride take about 45 minutes), the tone change. My most common tones are a hiss, cicadas and something like an ultrasound high pitch. Sometimes...

In my first years of tinnitus I listened to a lot of music. I have a good hi-fi set with a Sonus Faber Grand Piano speakers and one thing I noticed by that time was when I was not in a good day the sound of piano's high notes messed with a light hyperacusis I had in those days. I like a solo CD...

As you should have noticed, each one with tinnitus and hyperacusis have different tolerance to sound. Some years ago I went to a really loud party in Brazil with those loud wall speakers without protection (reckless) and I noticed no change. Today I am so sensitive to sound I doubt I can make an...

If you think it´s useful, download the video to your phone or to a player. There´s an add-on that can do that.

Brief story, for those who don't know me. I have had tinnitus for 22 years, first accompanied by just with a very light hyperacusis. I lead a regular life for 15 years listening to music and so on. In 2013 a balloon exploded next to my ear and my tinnitus increased a lot and I got hyperacusis at...

33 and now I am 55. I remember the day OI was sat on my couch and I heard this hiss in my ear. After the first days and some months later, I improved, had a regular life until a new acoustic trauma (15 years later) turned my world upside down.

I was listening to your story yesterday (well done by the way), and I laughed when I saw the only thing that could mask your tinnitus is the razor machine near your ear, because I have a nose trimmer and I use it to mask my tinnitus when my spikes are really high and there´s nothing that can...

Your tinnitus is at a low level, so you should adjust just fine. Much of the process of adapting to it depends on the level of sound you get in your ear/head. Each person is different, but low tinnitus is like wearing glasses, after some time you don´t think it´s there. I´ve been living with it...

Same here. First was just when I had done extreme movements like stretching my neck or bending too much. A year ago I began to notice when I was seated my tinnitus would become bilateral, and the sound I used to have mainly on the left side was transferred to the right one. Now if I bend to tie...

Try 8000 Hz.

Well, after all i am a survivor of this stuff.21 years living with it it´s not a piece of cake.I hope one of this days i can have some relief.By now my T goes between a 6 and a 9, depending on the days.I never can say what is a 10 because when i think it´s the sound i have it´s worst , i...

When i got T ,(20 years ago) ,one the first things i noticed was the fact that if i put phones even just for a few seconds,my ear began to vibrate and only stopped after some minutes.One of my wise decisions on this thing of T was to drop out right away the use of phones.By that time i began...

In my 20 years with tinnitus never noticed any change with food. Tinnitus is really a strange thing that can affect each one in different ways.

Hi Angel Dust ,for me it´s 20 years of it.I guess you are depressed and all that is getting you down.If your T is as you say it´s not hard to cope.I know now things look dark ,but if you calm down ,relax ,sooner or later you will be used to it.For me the first 15 years were hard in the first 3...

I have T for 20 years.My H just began 5 years ago because of a strong acoustic trauma ,but only 1 year ago (it makes one year today),because of a loud siren, things become worst and my life was turned upside down.I began to be sensitive to things like running water from a tap , turning paper...

Man ,how i understand you. Same thing with me , and there´s things we can´t prevent ,like sirens and alarms and other stuff.I think i have the same you have ,and to me silence is best. When i get outside my T and my H go over the roof and a curious thing ,some days i use earplugs and the sound...

Tinnitus could be a strange stuff.I have a lot of symptoms like yours.Press any part of the head and it goes up.Turn the neck and it increases a lot,yawn and the sound goes up.Just eating any stuff and the sound always changing. One day i use earplugs and the sound stays the same.Other day i use...

I guess you don´t have just T ,but your big problem is hyperascusia. When you have just T you don´t fill uncomfortable with noise.For 15 years i had T without H and i was not bothered by pools ,music concerts,trains,plains, and even child shouting. I got H from a ballon who exploded inches from...

Just a small piece of advice ,protect your ears during the MRI.That machine is very loud and for sure you don´t want to get worst.Use earplugs and headphones if possible.If you have H ,(like it seems) you better be safe than sorry.This problem you have with loud places and noise it´s hyperacusia.

I will try to help where I can. First of all, numbness when you sleep it's caused probably by backbone problems. Your spinal medula is compressed and cause this numbness. Could indicate the beginning of backbone problems and it's very common. I also have it a lot of times. Don't worry too much...

The most important advice is,it's bad but it can always get worst, so protect yourself from noise . Avoid clubbing and loud music. If you have to give up going out for shows don't hesitate . Coping it's different for all. It depends on a lot of things, specially the kind of noise you listen and...

Normally at this forum people don't talk too much about getting worst. I understand, because people have already enough to handle, so why bother people with problems that couldn't happen?Sorry folks, but the sad news it's noise induced T can get worst and if you are reckless for sure it will be...

There's no defined period of time, but I believe if your T aren't gone in one month, you better use to it. What can you do to avoid getting worse? If you T it's noise trauma related, avoid loud noises like concerts, sirens, fireworks, horns etc. Other things can cause T, not just noise, but also...

I have T since 1998.I have loses in high frequency, but I can't say I am deaf. Sometimes T can be a warning to stop messing with you ears. Hope you follow the advice.

I agreed with you. The volume you have /listen is the key. A high level volume it's really hard to cope.

As a fellow ex audiophile I know the feeling you are experiencing. In my case it was a balloon who exploded too close to my ear . I had mild T since 1998, but that episode in 2012 really took things to another level . I almost have to gave up listening to music. I have an expensive hi-fi set and...

During pregnancy the ear pressure increase, that's why women get nausea, so maybe it's just a temporary things must have hope because depression and anxiety doesn't help you with T.

I have the same advice you received last post. From now on avoid all the loud noises. Each case of T it's different, so if it stays you will have to cope, adjust and live a normal life. T it's a pain in the ass, but if the noise it's not too loud it's just like wearing glasses after some time...

It all depends on how high it is and how your T reacts to sound .Mine hardly can be masked. Just in shower and only in good days.

In my early days of T, piano was one of the sounds who messed with my H . It's a piercing sound and people who lost high frequency tends to be affected by it. Such a shame because I love to listen to a loud piano.

Maybe just a coincidence, but I saw here a lot of people complaining that were taking zoloft and suddenly started having T. The problem it's not conclusive because all had depression, one of the causes for T, like noise trauma or backbone issues are, so........but sure can be related.

Hold on man. I'm living with since 1998. Sometimes it can be hard. My T can be heard above all noise, and if anyone knows the noise that a ultrasound bath does it's more or less the sound I have Inside my head. It also increase with sound, so the rumbling of traffic or going to a maul can be...

I have T 24 hours a day, I believe it was caused by noise trauma and for sure it was aggravate by noise trauma. A balloon who blew to close to my ear 3 years ago increased my T from a mild level to a high level that can be heard in all kinds of environment above all noises. I also have some...

Like I said here before the way you can cope with T depends a lot how higher the sound is. I passed for the 2 situations and when I had a mild noise it was a piece if cake. Now it's hard, and it take more time. Maybe your noise returns to a more bearable level. Good luck.

The hiss you have when you move your neck, press your head or similar are normal in people with T, at least on some, because each one is a different case. I have those symptoms too .About medication, what I can tell you is I am dealing with it for almost 20 years with just some occasionally...

First of all, you have to give time, since you are not cured from the cold. You should have hope that this can be temporary before freaking out. Relax a bit, or at least try. If a month will past and the noise stays,then you have reasons to be worried.

These spikes happens a lot and when it happens you have to adjust again to the new level. Can be frustrating since you had cope already, but T it's really a pain in the ass. Just try not to go down or depressed, because better days will come after it.

When you have menieres it's common the attacks last several days, not a few hours. I am not a doctor but I would say you may have other stuff like anxiety. Problems with Heights is very common, even I have have a strange sensation when looking from a high place.

Well my friend, you are young and everyday progress are made, so maybe one of this days all of us could get rid of it. In a few time I will be celebrating 20 year's of T, and I still here, so as you can see people can live with it and have a life. High pitch his really boring but it's most part...

I had the same procedures and nothing happens. I don't think you have to worry about that.

I believe what causes you fatigue is depression and not T, but that it's just my opinion.

After 20 years if the level of noise remains the same or you have occasionally a spike you more than used to it. Movies like Mad Max and Interstellar are really crazy on sound and if you already have problems you have a serious chance of getting worse.

I gave up movies a long time ago. I saw Mad Max at home where I can listen to it a at a level I can control. I imagine how high it will be at the theater. T caused by noise trauma can always be worst if you expose your ears to loud noise, as you should be aware now if you weren't before. What...

Welcome to the Bad Luck Club. A club nobody wants to enter. First of all you have to calm down. I have this for almost 20 years and still alive. You are facing a complex problem and you must be aware you have a big challenge to deal, but you have to face it, because there's no other way. The...

That's one of those stupid things we don't have control. In my case it was a stupid balloon who blew to close to my ear. Who is expecting something like this?

When my T was mild, if I used headphones my ear start ringing more and the volume gone high till I took it out. When my T raised to a higher level I discovered I have reactive T. So maybe you have reactive T, but your T is mild and you just notice it when you put a sound too close to your ear...

Well, I believe the first thing you have to do is to calm down. Life can be hard and hit you, but you can't stay down. Brazilian people are very positive, with great attitude. Little by little you have to raise, and like you said your T is mild, so you will cope very soon. Vamos lá irmão, bola...

Your T it's pretty much like mine. Reactive T is really annoying since we can't use devices to mask it and contrary to other people we prefer silence otherwise the level of the sound we listen will increase. Mine also increases with the sound of cars, etc. Some days I can handle better than...

Tamika, your husband T can be different from yours. The volume of the sound you listen could be a lot higher the one your husband have to cope.How you will describe your T? You can listen above all daily noises?Do you have spikes or the sound is always the same?

When I say loud noises, I say sirens, alarms, fireworks, horns, plain reactors, and off course sound of speakers at concerts who are the cause of a lot of injuries you see on this board.

Like others say, overprotective it's not good since you don't seem to have H. Anyway loud noises can increase the sound of T or do a serious damage to the cells. In my case a balloon who blew close to my ear, increased the sound of my T to levels hard to handle. So, my advice is. It can always...

Hi Sarah. When you say your T is high, you can mask it with the sound of the shower or water running or you can hear it above all? Do you have tried any masking device? I know a lot of coping depends how high is the noise we listen too,but a high noise for you can be regular to other.

Most important of all. Protect your ears..Avoid all exposure to loud noises, like fireworks, sirens, explosions, and loud music. Each time you expose your ears to loud noise, you do some damage, damage that can't be fixed after the damage is done, like you now are aware.

Like Lorenzo said, sometimes we have spikes who can last some days or go away soon. T can change in so many ways that is hard to predict what will happen. By what you describe you have a mild T. Soon you will adjust to it.

Once you don't have intolerance to noise and your T can be masked by the sound of water running you may consider some masking device.

I work at a brewery and my T and H are not so bad as your seams to be. I work at the laboratory, so I'm not exposed to high noises, but sometimes I had to go to the production plant and I had a talk with my boss and she understand I wasn't able anymore to do such task, so other people do it...