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I think asian food from the restaurant because they are notorious for adding monosodium glutamate as flavor enhancer. I noticed a correlation only after I've red a bit on the topic, so it might be just auto-suggestion. Also I've read this article recently...

@Michael Leigh thanks for replying. I have read most of your posts in the beginning (I joined the forum just right after getting tinnitus). I have weeks when tinnitus gets progressively better day by day, can only hear it in the house when the db meter registers about 25-30 dB. Then I just wake...

For the last four months since I have tinnitus it fluctuates a lot without no apparent reason. What did you discover with time that makes your tinnitus worse besides the usual suspects: loud noise, headphones, alcohol, antibiotics, coffee, lack of sleep, stress, sports, etc? From this list I...

Not sure how it's in the US now, as I see you are from LA, but in Europe remote jobs are increasingly popular, at least in Germany and the UK. I actually had to refuse some offers because they were mostly remote. Since my tinnitus is not reactive I feel best in an office setting as the...

I was randomly browsing the forum and saw your question. I know it's not addressed to me, but since I am also a software developer and a tinnitus sufferer, maybe I can answer it as well. I think if your tinnitus is mild - moderate, being a software developer is a very appropriate job, because...

All antidepressants have a long list of side-effects and among these side effects there is usually also tinnitus. However it is a very rare side effect. I felt the need to reply to your post because I think I got tinnitus because of an antidepressant, Lexapro (Escitalopram). However up to this...

All these symptoms you are describing come from anxiety. Unless you are suffering with generalised anxiety disorder, you will get over it. I did feel like this a lot throughout my life and it always gets better. I am not talking about the tinnitus, only about the anxiety associated with it...

I think the OP made a mistake either in his profile or in the post, because he says "I have always been calm, never anxious, never depressed. Boy did that change in April of this year.". The post is from 2018 but the profile says April 2014. When did your tinnitus start @Jamesd

Two months later I still have ear fullness in my left ear (never had it in the right one). It's not better, it's not worse... it sometimes goes away for a couple of hours but it always comes back. I don't notice any hearing loss, no sensitivity to sounds, tinnitus is maybe just a bit better...

What does it mean exactly? That you should take no action regarding your tinnitus, just acknowledge if it's present or not and then go on with life? Or is it something else deeper that I am missing?

Wow... you are very strong person mentally. Thanks for being on this forum, advice from veterans is very much appreciated.

@fishbone I just saw that you've had tinnitus since '88 :(. Does it completely stop for you sometimes? Or did this happen during all these years?

@wonderingwoman My tinnitus also totally disappeared twice, once for a couple of hours and second time for almost 10 hours. It's really disturbing when it comes back because it's so easy to get used to not having it! Someone on this forum was saying something along the lines of (can't find the...

@lymebite Thank you for the document, very informative. It seems they encourage very high dosage though... I want to stop tinnitus and enjoy my day, not be totally knocked out and go to sleep. I think I will pass and wait for habituation to occur naturally :unsure:

I used to take Xanax on bad days, but it did not stop tinnitus, it just took the edge off, and I didn't care about tinnitus for the next couple of hours, something like instant habituation. @Michael Leigh Is there something specific in Clonazepam that makes it stop tinnitus? I would like to...

Since it was confirmed that your ears are full of wax, it's a good idea to get them cleaned, however I will second @Bill Bauer and advise you not to do microsuction, instead ask for manual removal. I have read at least 3 separate posts on this forum where people got serious, long lasting spikes...

I am glad for your recovery! I don't understand why are you negative about it... How do you know you have nerve damage in the first place... maybe your tinnitus was caused by stress or medication as I see you are also not very sure in the profile. Please keep us posted, cheers!

According to this report, yes, Sertraline (Zoloft) induced tinnitus is reversible: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crips/2016/1790692/ "A 50-year-old woman developed bilateral tinnitus after several weeks of being treated with sertraline 50 mg. She had been on a long-standing daily dose of...

Does anyone's tinnitus sound like there's sand climbing up the spine into your head? Does it mean that my tinnitus could be somatic, something related to my spine or neck muscles? I have this or the classic cathode TV sound.

He's 6ix9ine, a prominent rapper. I understand he is easy to hate, but reading his biography looks like he didn't have an easy life growing up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6ix9ine

Some of them do get it, but we just don't know it. There are some that do talk about it, for example Anthony Kiedis from Red Hot Chili Peppers (wrote about it in his book I think), Will.i.am, Chris Martin from Coldplay, Ozzy, etc. The list is pretty extensive actually. Here's two videos:

No worries :). I also ask many questions to people on this forum that I feel have a similar situation to mine. But I think it's not that relevant as we think it is. Tinnitus seems to be unpredictable, SSRI medication the same... Just after I told you that I have a positive trend, my tinnitus got...

It is high pitched but not very loud. I can hear it just because this frequency is hard to mask. I think a bit of both habituation and lower volume. Some days it does not bother me as bad when I have a cigarette on my very silent terrace. However it's still driving me crazy sometimes. Also, yes...

Mine is also around 14kHz and I got to the point where I sometimes hear it only in silent rooms, but it fluctuates a lot, I can even hear it in the park while jogging some days. The overall tendency seems to be positive though. Unfortunately I cannot give you a wholeheartedly advice to stop or...

@juliob I was only for 3 weeks at therapeutic dosage (10 mg) and before that 5mg for 7 weeks. I was also on 0.5 mg Xanax and once in a while Imovane for sleep. After I got tinnitus I stopped the lexapro and Xanax in a 5 day taper and continued with the sleeping pills for one week after because...

How did this happen exactly? Was the tinnitus completely gone after you stopped the medication? And why did you take the same medicine after that? I am also scared of taking medication, I did some research and there is this guy that says there is a connection between serotonin and tinnitus...

Yes I remember a couple of weeks ago when you mentioned this medicine. Thanks for the info. Unfortunately they do not have this Vessel due F in Germany where I am currently living, but I see it's available in Romania (where I am from) so I might try to get a prescription for it next time I...

@MuffinMan How is your bite not aligned? left / right or bottom / up? My bite is also not perfectly aligned, the lower teeth in normal resting position are a bit behind the ones above (I think it's called an overbite). I would appreciate this at about 2mm distance. Is your misalignment worse...

I am a casual runner, about 25 km / week and often my tinnitus spikes after a run. It subsides to the normal level after a couple of hours. "The most typical form of tinnitus after exercise is caused by the increased blood flow in your body. When you exercise, your heart pumps more blood to...

If you want to buy them I would not get discouraged by my 'review'. The other customers seem to really appreciate them. I think I have a particular situation since I could never wear in-ear plugs that are made of rubber because they make me feel like I am underwater, lol.

I have tinnitus since two months and even if I don't feel like it is reactive to noises I want to be cautious and bought a pair of (quite expensive) earplugs. Model here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Senner-protection-festivals-aluminium-transparent/dp/B01N21FPDI/ Now the thing is I never ever in...

I did not pretend to know everything about tinnitus... I apologize if I offended you, it was not my intention. The link that I provided is to an article that explains a potential connection between increased serotonin levels and tinnitus. It is not my personal opinion, it is the conclusion of...

emphasis on not always "If they do this is usually short term" - I do hope you are right... My SSRI induced tinnitus is still present approximately 6 weeks after stopping the medication. I admit that I feel slow improvements as the time passes. @Nathan if you want to the take the of path...

I can hear it when I watch TV and if I focus on it I hear it in the park while jogging. For some reason (that I am really grateful for) it tends to quiet down when I lie in bed and try to sleep, like the brain would be like "ok stfu T, it's time to sleep now". Of course this does not happen if I...

Yes please :)

@Bam, @JohnAdams Haha, I also drink, I though it's not a long term solution though.

My tinnitus started approximately 7 weeks ago after being one month on a therapeutic dose of Lexapro (Escitalopram). I was prescribed this anti-depressant after a long history of anxiety, panic attacks and mild depression. It was so bad, at some point I could not take the train to work because...

@MuffinMan I did look it up, it looks promising. Is this only a short term treatment? Why don't to start taking the medicine combination again if it worked the first time?

@MuffinMan In which country do you live? I have never heard of this medicine before, but after researching a bit it seems to be a drug that works really well for tinnitus in combination with melatonin. I wonder if it's an approved treatment in Germany... Did you have any side effects from the drug?

I am not ashamed to talk about the fact that I have tinnitus so people also open up. I found out that a friend of mine and 2 colleagues from work have or had tinnitus. The friend has been a techno dj and producer for more than 10 years and when I told him in a dramatic tone about my tinnitus he...

"The Hum is a phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming" "It seems to be possible for hearers to move away from it, with one hearer of the Taos Hum reporting its range was 48 km" @Siskiy Interesting but probably not...

@Michael Leigh I have deleted the question in the mean time because I figured this thread maybe was not the place for it. I appreciate taking time to answer though, thank you.

@dpdx My tinnitus is mild - moderate and I am slowly starting to get used to it. After reading your story and others’ I decided not go to any ENT or audiologist anymore since there is a risk of their tests aggravating my tinnitus.

@Deamon22 I totally understand you... I was really bothered by it when it came back even after only 6 hours of silence. You can adapt so quickly to feeling better and so hard to feeling worse. Are you sure there is absolutely no event that could have made your tinnitus come back? I am slowly...

My tinnitus was also gone for about 6 hours on Sunday and now that it's back I feel it's a bit milder than before, not by much, but I think it's a good sign. The fact that there is alternation between silence and not, means that the brain can still block the tinnitus or ignore it.

What medication caused your tinnitus?

Yes, exactly, sometimes I actually wonder if this is just the sound of silence and somehow my brain started making a big deal out of it because of the medicine I was taking ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Don't get me wrong, I am still bothered by it and sometimes panic, but it's only been 6 weeks and I feel I am...

You are basically describing my tinnitus... I only have this since the beginning and I thought it is 'the norm'. Like you it also seems to fade a bit when I plug my ears with my pinky fingers, and after that even disappears for a couple of seconds. I also have a hard time associating tinnitus...

Sorry for the unrelated question, but what is the treatment plan?

Not sure I understand your comment... Is an audiogram safe? And what does BEHAVIORAL mean in this context?

@dpdx Ok so Probably I didn’t have a tympanometry. I would like to know if I have hearing loss though. An audiogram should pe pretty safe, right? I am also curious if after all these tests you got a proper diagnostic and a treatment schema or something? Since I got tinnitus my only concern was...

I think I had a tympanometry but I am not sure. The doctor inserted a device in my ear that felt like it was putting some pressure on my ear drum and I could hear my ears pop. The procedure took about 10 seconds for each ear and then he printed a small paper with some graphs that he said looked...

@dpdx I am very sorry to hear about your situation and I reaaly appreaciate that you are raising awareness about this. Why did they do these tests in the first place?

@Jack Straw I did not order ear plugs specifically to go the dentist, but it’s good to know that I should not wear them in case I will go to one!

Please do it! I am a self taught programmer and don’t feel inferior to my colleagues that studied computer science. You are very young and won’t have trouble finding a job as a junior programmer. After that it’s only up to you to progress. While I am coding at work and I am very immersed in...

I have drug induced tinnitus and I don't feel like sounds influence me that much, even though I became very paranoid and ordered some ear plugs just in case. I am not sure if the dentist drill would affect my tinnitus, but I would better avoid it for now. Thanks for the advice

Thanks, this is exactly the kind of information I would like to know. But was it only one of those the culprit or any of them? I think completely avoiding going to ENT is pretty extreme... I want to inform myself first and in case one of the dangerous tests is proposed I will politely refuse.

I see that sometimes people report their tinnitus aggravating after having some tests done by their ENT or audiologist. I am quite new to tinnitus and I have been to one ENT and only had a tympanometry (even though I am not sure if that's what it was as he never told me). Since I would like to...

Ok judging by your story it seems like your tinnitus is pretty mild since you could easily ignore it for a whole week. It probably got worse once you've read all the negative stories on the internet. By 'got worse' I actually mean your perception of it got stronger as it is now the main focus of...

Are you sure it can only mean one thing? After googling this it could also be other things, like an ear infection. I don't think I have hearing loss, but could be. How to find out? Is there a specific test for this and if yes, is it safe? I do not want to do some test to find out that I have...