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I don't understand this occasional tinnitus that I've just read about on here. It consumes me every day and night of my life, I can't sleep through a night. It's hell on earth. And if you just have one sound to contend with and can be masked, then count yourself lucky. I have 4 sounds, and...

Hey, not good. It's been getting worse and it never stops. I can definitely say it's ruined my whole life now. Morning, noon and night, You?

Thanks, Mine was caused by ENT tests 12 months ago, and it's not improving whatsoever, so not strictly noise induced, but I have hyperacusis from it also. Cortisone does what exactly, for tinnitus? How long can anyone wait it out when you have highs and low noises in your head every day for over...

Has anyone with tinnitus on Tinnitus Talk had any benefit whatsoever from having an MRI/MRA scan and did it aggravate your tinnitus? I assume magnetic fields aren't ideal when we have a condition such as we do. Is anyone on here glad they had it done, or felt it’s a waste of time and money and...

As stated in this thread, mine was induced by an audiology test, not self inflicted by sounds. All of the sounds I now have a year on, were not there until the day of the test. Despite my doctor insulting my intelligence by saying it might be a 'coincidence' that it happened the same day as the...

Thanks, I don't hear much from people with different varying sounds. It doesn't look great if I'm honest. It was a year Saturday just gone, and there is no improvement whatsoever. I think anger takes over most when it's inflicted on you by a so called medical professional when in reality...

Sadly, it's as bad now as it was 11 months ago. I really don't know what I can do now. One other on here has said 12 - 18 months and it should get better, but when it sometimes gets even worse, it's very hard to imagine it ever improving or going away, which is obviously ideal. The worst day of...

Be good to know from people their experiences, I've lost half a head of hair BECAUSE of the stress of tinnitus, the misery, anxiety and depression, sleepless nights, bad diet all because of tinnitus. Vicious circle really. Will it make tinnitus worse... what's to do with Minox? The depression is...

I am sorry, yes, it’s truly unbearable, I’ve not had one day in 8 months without this thumping and high whine going on. Each day is just filled with anxiety and as if it’s not bad enough to cope with, we’ve got selfish neighbours to contend with as well, heightening the hyperacusis. It's a real...

Unfortunately, I think worse than when it was done 8 months ago, but thank you, and very true words. When did you have this done? Like we don't have enough to cope with Hyperacusis is an added non bonus Thanks for this Lane, and I wish the best for you too. I suppose because I've not had any...

@akirakurosawa Not to put too much of a downer on your experience, Sorry by the way, I wish you'd have read my thread first... I am coming up to 8 months since the worst decision of my entire life, having that test done. Doctors protect doctors and the usual crap they talk. I've never been more...

Hi people. Sorry for the absence, I just had nothing positive to say to help others and thought people would be bored of hearing me say... Nothing has got better for me. Bill, yes and 7 months on, still feel that pressure now. Capstan, do you just have the high ring, not the low boom with it...

That’s my point. There wasn’t loud sound. It was the pressure that’s done the damage. And it still hurts. 5 months later. The noise is raging and unbearable daily, but the pressure is also still present.

The one I had was a Tympanogram yes. No loud noises no. What is 'evoked potential'? On a quick Google, they don't look like sealed earbuds that go in the ears, they look like pads on the head? Not ears.

Thanks for your replies, as you know, this has made me very pessimistic with all the ‘If it doesn’t improve in 3-6 months it won’t ever improve’ posts, as I'm now at 5. Maybe the Tympanogram destroyed a hair cell and it won’t ever get better etc. Maybe something is damaged inside there? It’s...

@Capstan I know the Tympanogram moves the ear drum, that's all I know about it. That must've done some damage. How can I find out without another invasive test? That's another issue. Any worse than this, which is already at volume '11', after five months and I'll probably jump out a window...

Good question. That's THE most frustrating thing. I can't work it out at all. I used to think it was putting on the television over breakfast that brought the high pitch screech, The low hum that I can actually feel, is always there, so I tried to not put telly on in the morning, but it still...

Just to say that MOST doctors know absolutely nothing, and I've never come across more people in one so called profession that have been so ill informed about any condition in my life. I've spent only 5 months since they ruined my life with tests trying to find some sort of help, which is a...

Thanks for the reply. The thing is, I don't even think it was particularly loud at all, it was the pressure and the suction from the Tympanogram that I believe caused this, even the tone test wasn't particularly loud, very faint beeps, but it was the whatever it physically did, not the sounds of...

I’m coming up to 5 months since that test and want to top myself on a regular basis. I’ve not had one day off from this. How did you keep going? I don’t want to wake up the next day. Life is just one miserable day after the other. The anxiety of having to go out the front door when I can 100%...

No words. Sadly many of us probably know how he was feeling and words aren’t ever enough for his loved ones, and people who don’t understand what it’s like to live with it daily and nightly. RIP.

I don’t know I’ll last that long. S eriously no sign of any improvement after 4 months and just now trying to watch a film but can’t concentrate on anything. Just makes me feel ill every day. Like you have the flu. It’s draining. Surely if this was going to get easier I’d have some...

FOUR MONTHS on... Exactly the same. Still raging, and still devastated. Nothing has changed at all. The high hiss that is ruining my life as we speak is a constant massive. Still aggravated when going out to a shop. Typical of my luck standing next to a car yesterday while loading groceries...

For dpdx... any answers here you can help me out on regarding the above post from December. Also, does anyone know why these high pitched tones just escalate for no reason whatsoever when you're watching the telly, minding your own business, and it just comes in for no reason. I do now find...

Depends where you live. It’s a nightmare for me. Pub a door away from me has been taken over by selfish %{^*]+. And on all these type of occasions they ship in a very loud DJ and fireworks are the norm. The loudest I’ve ever heard last time. There are loads of fireworks round here but nothing...

@Lane Thanks, did you have any of these life debilitating tests at all, that have done this to me? I can't actually quite believe every day, and most of the night that something that was over so quickly has left such lasting damage. I do churn it over a lot! @dpdx So the sinus thing is no...

Thanks Juan. I suppose I’m looking for something that doesn’t exist maybe. But to hold a piece of paper and be able to hear that in your hand while wearing 25 quid plugs is bad news for me.

I cannot get why every time I go to a shopping centre/mall the screech is worsened so much, even when I don't feel there's anything there that is overly loud. It's ramped up so high when I go out shopping. Why? Those tests have affected my life so unbelievably badly, she may as well have put a...

The Flare arrived today, £25 UK pounds which is about $33 in dollars, and they're beyond useless. They block nothing out, literally nothing, 'memory foam' they say with aluminium tips, but again I can hear every single word spoken in a room even when they're speaking quietly. I've tried for ages...

Thanks. Any experience with the Flare Isolate Mini? Should foam block out the deep bass thump from next door and high pitch whine of hoover?

Did all those symptoms also apply to you? All that I mentioned sound the same?

A whole year of this because of some idiot?! So not fair. Thanks, these 3 months seem like a year! Stressing is all I've done, you have a lot of time awake to stress, and get very angry with the imbecile who did it to you. By the way, after the Tympanogram did you get sinusy, more blocked up...

Will do, thanks.

I wish it was just the gray hair problem... mine is now falling out at a rate of knots because of this stress. And I read on here that using Regaine/Rogaine/Minox gives them tinnitus!! I've now got more stress from family who have absolutely no clue what I'm going through with no sleep and...

I still find that amazing that on here you all say foam are the best for blocking sound. I bought 3 different versions of foam. Don't think ear canals particularly small, they do open when I put them in and feel like they're compact, but I just hear everything perfectly when they're in. Now with...

Thanks for that, I just can't believe this will get any better. The screeching as I'm typing this is driving me mad, you never think it will go, Maybe if it had improved in 3 months, but outside noises do my head in even more now than they ever did. It's exactly the same as it was 3 months ago...

Thanks, I will give that a go. Really surprised that the lighter airier foam is supposed to be more effective than a solid silicone or wax. I just can't get them to block out any sound at all. Just don't get that.

Hey, yeh, I tried putting them in different ways, when they reshape after insert they never feel or stop sound much, but obviously the silicone and wax are solid materials in the ear and surely give more protection against sound. Not enough for me obviously as head on pillow picks up what’s...

Have to ask. What is the deal with foam earplugs? I’ve bought 3 different makes now and don’t get it. Everything is as clear as can be and they block nothing. I have to use wax or silicone plugs which aren’t perfect as I still get woken up by builders low hum or high pitch noises. What earplugs...

THREE MONTHS TODAY!!! YAYYYYY and I still want to die! No improvement since that test, and the high pitched whine I never had prior is still present daily and nightly. As well as the low hum that's 10 times louder. The joy! of no help from anyone is immense. Doctors are all rubbish! I spent a...

Mine is far louder when they're in my ear. Much boomier.

I used to wear them religiously for bed and couldn't not use them. Since this horrendous racket in my head started 3 months ago, ear plugs just amplify the tinnitus. Is that not the norm? The low hum is FAR louder with the ear plugs in. If anyone has any top tips please tell...

So I read about people talking about tinnitus for 2 days in a row, and wonder if that's the norm for most? If that's the case, why after this test, do I have this all day and all night for what's coming up to 3 months? The loud banging rumble and the high pitched tone. Is this not tinnitus and...

Thanks for your reply.... yes I've read many of his posts thanks, It's really hard to remain positive when nothing changes and in some cases worsens, especially reading his posts that don't show a hell of a lot of hope. I also live somewhere that's surrounded by a lot of noise on many occasions...

Last attempt.... Is there anyone on here who has come through the other side after this test? I'm into the 3rd month of it, and my life is unbearable no matter what I do. Why every time I go out, even when it's not even loud noises, do I get home and suffer so much more and the tinnitus high...

Update... Still rubbish!! Over two months on and if on the very rare morning when I wake and it's faded, the loud high pitched buzz is back within an hour or two. Louder than ever. The low hum never goes away ever. I sometimes wonder if this is something more severe than tinnitus, because it was...

One thing I’ve never asked, is it normal to have this for two months solid? Is it just because of the tests that it’s so fierce? But two months and every day at this constant? Is that normal after a test like that. No sign of a dip whatsoever? Or is this physical damage to my ears. People talk...

I've just taken a 600mg Curcumin by HealthAid, (standardised with Piperine) whatever that means, and my tinnitus is absolutely raging since I took the first pill. Is that a coincidence or is this a thing?

I hear ya Bill..... I can't begin to describe these past 2 months since that test. Nothing feels like it is going to change. It's just horrendous! Scared to ask how long I can reasonably expect to change, The negative side of me says it can't imagine this going away. The low hum is much worse...

Pleased for you Bill, fingers crossed for you. I've been mainly pessimistic as 2 months after my ENT tests it is at an all time high. I'm not a patient person, did yours get worse before it got better? Get actual pain from it now as well as the 3 constant tones. All down to those tests.

I’ve now received a doctor report, all be it brief, and a tone test graph. All OK? Well sure it was then. But now ...... The Tympanogram results are mysteriously absent. My gut feeling is all the contact and calls over the last two months has alerted the whole department into burying it, as...

I think the fact that this was inflicted on me by people now ignoring me is making this a hell of a lot harder to deal with every day and night. It’s literally unbearable and no let up whatsoever.

Sorry Don. Not understanding what you’re saying. Medicine as in? I’ve been given tests that have ruined me. What are you saying. I’ve no medicine or anything to take. Are you saying I need to wait longer for this to go away or? Cannot believe this was possible to be in my head so loud 24/7...

Set backs with neighbours thumping loud bass driven music and overly loud fireworks of which I've not heard the likes of ever, next door to me. Does make my night trying to sleep horrendous. How can you protect against that. I put in ear plugs and the low thump doesn't disappear, if anything it...

Literally no point in having anything more to do with them. I eventually got put through to the head of the department who was going to ask the audiologist who did the hatchet job on me, and the fact she said she'd call me back, and that was two weeks ago, and never did, tells me all I need to...

Midway through week SEVEN! And no improvement whatsoever. Seems wherever and whatever I do/go, it ramps it up tenfold. Is this usual after the Tympanogram to still be climbing the walls because this high pitch tone is still hammering away at me, night and day?!!! I can barely go out and when...

Their attitude to me after the tests has been an utter disgrace, because they probably think I will take action. I'm not even about that, I just want to rectify it, or to be how I was before. Don't ever feel stupid for refusing that test, It's made my life a misery. You did good! It's not even...

Thanks for your replies... It's just one bad day after the other, tinnitus before this was copeable, I now realise... Although I probably didn't feel that at the time, but was never a constant in my life like it is now. It was a night time thing, not a day and night thing. And it certainly...

These tests should come with a warning, Nobody can believe me when I tell them what this is doing to me. It is the biggest mistake of my life having these tests. I never knew tinnitus could be this debilitating as it is, until after they perform these tests. It's 1.56am here and yet...