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I'm knee deep in depression and trauma. Five years of fertility treatments and multiple miscarriages. Then I lost a baby due to medical error, then had my son which was also very difficult (atypical reflux). By September last year, I was living on 2 to 3 hours of sleep every night and constant...

Nope. No cold or anything like that. All I did was literally stick my fingers in my ears and hyperfocus on my hearing. I don't experience any pain from sounds. The tinnitus changes sounds when I'm driving, etc. So I could have a static buzz before getting in the car and then it changes to the...

I've had tinnitus since October 4th, 2018. It started in the most stupid, idiotic way ever. No, not noise trauma. I stuck my fingers in my ears. Yes, you read that right. I was already not feeling great back in September, looking back, I was already struggling with depression...I just didn't...

I'm Dutch and starting EMDR for tinnitus distress later this month. Had my intake yesterday. The protocol itself is catered to the patient's experience. We shall see. The results have been widely acknowledged here in Holland. Breaking the cycle of distress changes the priority of tinnitus in...

I personally support TRT, so I don’t care what others think ;) I had a long phone conversation with the TRT therapist and her view was that the in ear generators can be started to combat the reactiveness/sensitivity. And to alleviate the burden a bit. My concern is more...can it do any...

I don’t know what is going on. Today the tinnitus was so far away, I hadn’t experienced that before. Right now I have an electrostorm, but it’s almost like it’s outside of my head... It keeps fading in and out of my awareness for seconds. @Michael Leigh Is there any objection to starting TRT...

Actually, I can now watch TV for half an hour at a time. It changes from day to day though. Yesterday I watched TV for an hour. When it started, I couldn't handle even a few minutes. But on anxiety filled days like today, I seem to forget that.

Yeah, I’m a hypochondriac. Was never an issue really. But that news article hit every one of my fears and it actually made me tremble all over. Aaaand here I am. My brain latched onto the tinnitus because of my reaction. I have no idea what to expect from CBT. But bringing my stress levels...

The frustrating thing is that I think I may have always had this, I just wasn’t aware of it. I remember going to the toilet at night and hearing similar sounds. It was just never in my awareness.

Unfortunately, even the TV on mute sets it off. I don't know why that is.

First I had a regular headphones with beeps test. After that, they strapped a thing to my head which pressurized. The ENT told me nothing came out of the second test. I didn't notice any issues with it while they were doing it either. I also had that fork test. Was actually the very first...

No, I haven't. I was told not to use earplugs for daily sounds, as it could make the reactiveness worse in the long run?

But what does that 2k mean? Like, does it explain why my tinnitus reacts to the car or kettle, etc? Sorry, I don't know anything about these things hehe.

I don't know what that means... What kind of sound is 2000khz? I don't know how accurate the test was at the time. I was a nervous wreck and lost my focus a few times...realising I heard the tone, but forgot to press.

Pretty sure it was stress induced. I have no history of being around loud noises. Of course I have used headphones every now and then in the past. But very rarely. Here is my hearing test. I don't know if it's useful to anyone? I don't know how to read it. All I was told was that my hearing is...

Merry Christmas everyone :( I don't know if anyone is online at the moment. I really need some encouragement. I've had stress induced tinnitus since October 4th, 2018. I had severe stress, frequent fleeting tinnitus and sudden sensitivity to my pc fan, saw a negative new article on tinnitus...

Hey, I just sent you a private message :)

Per the advice of @Michael Leigh, I'm considering contacting my GP to start an antidepressant/anti-anxiety medication. But which one is safe to take? The horror stories on the forum scare me... My tinnitus was stress induced, I already suffered from untreated panic attacks after a prolonged...

I'm just incredibly scared that medication will worsen the tinnitus :( So sound enrichment will also benefit tinnitus which was stress induced? Do you think the moments of silence are a good sign?

I've read your articles, thank you :) I have also purchased a Sound Oasis device for night time sound enrichment. How soon will I start to notice any benefits from it? I'm very reluctant to take any medication for anxiety because of how addictive it can be and because I always read that it can...

Something else I struggle with is the fear of hearing other sounds. Take last night, I came home from yoga and went upstairs and I thought I heard beeps and went into full blown panic. I was convinced it was in my ear/head. Turns out the dishwasher was on downstairs. But I went to sleep still...

I don't have time to properly reply to you right now, @Michael Leigh, but I wanted to thank you for the extensive reply :) I'll post a better reply ASAP. Yoga lesson first ;) Quick question though. Is it because I sleep in a quiet room that my tinnitus is so piercing in the morning? Does it...

I forgot to mention, @Contrast and @Michael Leigh. When I yawn, the tinnitus seems to go up in pitch and loudness. Is that common? It's very piercing this morning :(

Thank you so much for your kind words :huganimation: The intensity seems to be strongly related to my emotions, amount of sleep and my focus too. But I'm scared, so it's a vicious cycle at the moment. Which makes me feel like such a bad mother. I want to be happy, hopeful and upbeat for my...

Nope, everyone has normal hearing.

Hi @Contrast, I can't start or reply to private messages for some reason? But look at my second post, I answer some of your questions there. I have no ear pain, sounds don't seem loud to me at all. No history of neck or head trauma or brain issues. Only thing is that my jaw makes a clicky...

Oh btw, I have no history of loud noise exposure. Except maybe for my son crying as a baby :p I've been to a concert once in my life, years and years ago. And I don't use headphones. I'm the quiet type, I prefer to read, etc. Never been a party girl either, though in my teenage years I...

I have posted my topic: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/reactive-tinnitus-or-not-needing-advice-and-support.32568/ I hope you have time to read and help! Thank you so much!

Hi everyone, I'm new here... Sorry for the long post, I'm trying to get my thoughts organised and taking you along for the ride :) I've been dealing with tinnitus since october 4th 2018. I experience it mostly on the right side, but it can also be "in the middle" of my head. And I'm ashamed...

Hi Michael. I'm new on the forum. I'd like to send you a private message, but I don't know how. Could you message me, please? Thank you :)