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Hi @Contrast, yes the first 2 months I was cautious, they went fine with earplugs. The latest accident was during Christmas when I was at a restaurant. I was in an environment where sounds occasionally exceeded 80db. Since then things haven't been the same. I noticed more T in my right ear...

Hi all, How are we today? So I've had tinnitus for a little over 2 months now and recently experienced a slight episode. About 2 weeks ago, I went drinking at a restaurant with family over Christmas. Tinnitus got worse but a week later, it subsided again. Today I spent 2x 15 minutes in a...

Hi, I would like to know if I should get the insurance plan to cover placing of 2 splints next year. I'm afraid, as is anybody, that certain procedures at the dentist, can worsen tinnitus (and know now to allow for ultrasonic apparatus). I have been told that the placement is similar to...

Hi all, I hate to be repeating things, but I really just need help/answers. Now that tinnitus started, I'm wondering if my overall 'damage threshold' has been reduced from 80 dB, or not. By this I mean that, more damage would occur at lower levels ie. 70 dB. I seem to have gotten the idea...

Hey there, It's been a few weeks for me and I can say, I found some help in using melatonine to sleep (I'm still having trouble staying asleep though) and I've also found relief in meditating. Meditating has helped me because it tells my brain that the sound is ok, because initially it tells...

So, I'd still like to go to restaurants, theme parks, parties, etc. and even while wearing music earplugs, I find that at the end of the day, it sounds like I've been to a too loud concert all over again. What an I doing wrong? Should I be using fully dampening earplugs? Should I just avoid...

Well turns out it's not exactly gone after all, but can say is definitely more manageable :)

Hi everyone, I've had tinnitus for about 11 days now, and can say that the first 3 days were catastrophic, I was so scared! Then, after days of reading, I started to come to terms with it, all of it. I would do better knowing it's there, instead of just going somewhere there was a silence and...

Hi, To everyone here, as my GF keeps saying, 'you aren't dying', so time to do some of those mental gymnastics humans are so good at (think Eric Cartman, it's never his fault :) ). No but seriously, this royally sucks, and there's no need for it. I hope that jumping on the meditation bandwagon...

Hey @grime , What I'm reading constantly is that T gets better over time. I'm in week 2, and can say, I was scared at the beginning (days 1-3), then relaxed, even started to sleep reasonably well. Then just yesterday, my whole evening was consumed by it, I just couldn't get to the state of mind...

Hi @Aklara319 , I'd like to add to my post and say, you are indeed 'not dying', the sooner you accept that T will always be there, the sooner you can probably start to handle the stress it induces and eventually channel it in a positive way. I have no idea if that will work, but it seems like...

Hi @Aklara319 , I'm deeply saddened to hear that you are struggling to get used to this 6 weeks in. I myself have had tinnitus no more than a week, and am starting to realize that I'm not mentally strong enough to just 'deal with it'. I feel that I'm losing myself, and every time I talk about...

Hi @Lane Was curious what that meant. Does that mean I'm more easily rpone to more tinnitus with less noise? Or just that my hearing is more sensitive in general? Thanks

In what sense? The GP checked my ears, using a metal sound inducing prod by holding it next to my ears; said that that was all fine. Can't stay asleep, please help... :(

Does anybody know what's causing te bad sleep? Stress out the sound? I feel that I can just fall asleep easily when tired, but I'm waking up every evening after about 4 hours after which I just don't get a deep one anymore. Thanks.

Hi, So turns out, they don't do this kind of stuff in Holland (where I live). So thanks anyway, but like I said before I've come to terms with it. Now it's unfortunately an even bigger.pill to swallow, but luckily the one thing I'm worried about most (sleep), went ok-ish last night. I can...

So, As it turns out, I will NOT be granted the drugs, this is apparently 'not used for these situations'... Is there any particular backed proof I can point a doctor in the direction of to emphasize your claims to this being a potential remedy as I was, quite honestly, hoping for a different...

Hi, So, uhm, first off, wow thank you! I had no idea, doctor has been called, getting the drugs tonight.... Thank you... As for the headphone thing, thanks for that too, I'll stay far far away from that stuff!! Will keep you posted. Kind regards, Michael Barton

Tonight I'm going to try to put on white noise in headphones and then go to sleep. I think your body will get used to the sound even without white noise, at least, I've been told that people who live next to train tracks experience something similar. At first they can't imagine sleeping with a...

I feel sorry for you buddy, but I like your outlook. Life indeed isn't T and T may suck, but life sure doesn't :) That said, how do you sleep at night? Currently that's the one thing I'm struggling with.

Hi everyone, Well, I always knew that loud music would make me deaf, didn't know about this tinnitus though. Kind of sucks, since it was really making me scared knowing it could become permanent (only heard that a few months ago), and then me being a dumb ass, go to a concert, and boom. I...