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I feel so stupid not using foam earplugs. One mistake and permantentely worsened tinnitus. Never felt so stupid (and sad) in my life.

Going to a theater show (I didn't expect to be loud) with bad only 19db reducing earplugs last week made my tinnitus so much worse.

Thank you for your kind words. I will go try to see a therapist, but here in Sweden it can take many months before I can see someone, but I will try. It can't hurt to try. This latest worsening from the show + Voltaren gel, which seems to be permanent, is really hard to deal with. It's a new...

More than 12 hours since applying the Voltaren gel on my neck now, and the new tinnitus sound is still extremely loud. I really think I messed up big time with that gel. It should be out of my system by now. I feel so hopeless right now.

I hope you're right. It still hasn't gone down since I applied the gel about 9 hours ago. Haven't slept all night. I feel so stupid for going to the comedy show. It was a "hand puppet comedy show" so when my dad asked me if I wanted to go I thought it sounded like a noise free event. I was so...

I had pain in my neck so I put Voltaren gel on my neck and now my tinnitus is 10/10 for the first time. The gel contains Diclofenac and it turns out it's ototoxic. I don't know what to do now, it has made the tinnitus insanely loud in my left ear. I feel so stupid not checking it before I used...

I have had visual snow for about two weeks now. It seems to be permanent when reading about it. It is almost as bad as living with tinnitus. Went to a comedy show with my dad yesterday (he wanted me to laugh because I've been down since tinnitus). I wore earplugs the whole time (only 19 dB...

Do not use Revaxör and syringe bulb or microsuction to get it out. I would be very careful with manual tools as well. I think ear wax removal is as dangerous as a rock concert without earplugs for tinnitus people.

Did he use microsuction? Was it loud? If it took two seconds I guess he used a curette and just took away the wax. It seems all kinds of ear wax removal is very dangerous. I have used syringe water bulb very gently, and it made my tinnitus permanently worse. There are many stories on this site...

I would not see a doctor in Sweden tbh. Listening to the doctors has only worsened my tinnitus. If you use earplugs a lot, the ear canal can get irritated. I only use earmuffs now.

Was it concert with earplugs?

I bought an ear camera today and it turns out the picture I posted last week was not of my ear drum, it was of the ear canal. Now I can see both my ear canal and my eardrum. I haven't used the drops yet but my ear canal is still red, but my eardrum seems fine, right? It has been about the same...

Thanks for the advice. I just can't take the risk with the ototoxic drops because this doctor I went to is awful. He could have given me a bullet if I said "I want to kill my self but I only have a gun". He actually said he wouldn't give me prednisolone if it was 100% definitely curing my...

Same here, I’m two months in and my life is over in almost every way. If it doesn’t improve soon I’m going to give up. I can’t live many more months like this, it’s impossible. I really hope things improve for you soon. I have read that things can get better for some.

Never trust a doctor with tinnitus issues. My doctor told me to remove wax after my acoustic trauma with water and eardrops, which made my tinnitus go from mild to suicidal level. Then I went back because I had an infection probably caused by the syringing he recommended me, and he gave me...

I understand. If you were in my shoes right now, would you use the ototoxic ear drops even tough the infection isn't very painful yet? It is more causing the ear canal to feel slimmer and full, and some discomfort and itching. The worse thing is knowing I have an infection in my ears and not...

It contains polymyxin B, and searching online it seems it is only ototoxic if eardrum is perforated. And I don't think they are. My doctor said nothing about them being perforated, just that I have a pretty irritated ear canal close to the eardrums, and the eardrums they look pretty red with...

I'm going to try that. But first I must get rid of my infection. But am very hesitant to use these drops to get rid of it. I see you got your tinnitus from drops. :(

Did your spike from the car alarm go down?

Have you had many ear infections treated with ear drops since you got tinnitus in October 2019?

Also I have new tinnitus sounds today, low frequency beep that I haven't had before, could this be the infection worsening my tinnitus with new sounds now.

The right eardrum is really red today. Perhaps I should just try the drops. I hate my life so much right now. Why do I have to deal with an infection on top of everything that has happened to my ears...

It seems the ear drops are the only thing that might fight this infection off. I am desperate so I am going to pray (and I'm not religious...) that these ototoxic won't drops worsen my tinnitus. I have never been more afraid in my life but I am equally afraid of the inflammation worsening things. :(

Does anyone here know if the drops definitely will have ototoxic effect or is it like a 30-50% risk? I can't live with infection and tinnitus and super sound sensitivity. It’s to much for me to take right now.

Today my doctor told me he wouldn’t have given med prednisolone 60mg dose even if he knew it would cure my tinnitus 100%, ”because there could be side effects”. I almost wanted to hit him, that is insane to me! But I don’t think it definitely would have cured me, but maybe 50/50 and I would...

If anyone would help me with tips on this I would be so grateful. I really want to get rid of the ear infection/ear canal inflammation, but I don't want to risk my tinnitus getting worse. Does anyone know how big of a risk it is to take the drops? Is it possible for the infection to heal by...

Isn't there anything I can do to heal the infection? No point going to the doctors as they don't even know what is ototoxic and what is not. Can it heal by itself? Is it dangerous for me not to take any drops? My ears are worse than before and I think this infection is adding to the tinnitus and...

I want to get rid of the infection so bad but don't want to risk it with ototoxic drops. :( Will I have the infection forever?

Searched here and it seems Polymyxin b is ototoxic?! How stupid can a doctor be? Is there anything else I can do for my infection since I can't take the drops now.

So I just got back from seeing my stupid doctor. He said I had ear canal inflammation and gave me some ear drops for this which contained cortisone and antibiotics. I asked him if it was ototoxic but he said not, but I do not trust him. Could anyone here please tell me if they are? They contain...

Thank you very much for the uplifting words. It does mean a lot, I'm in a very bad place right now. I have gone from loving my life 2 months ago to having suicidal thoughts.

I'll order them right now!

I take B, D, Omega-3, Magnesium, NAC right now. Maybe I'll start with Zinc and Vitamin C as well. I haven't seen any improvements using them though.

I've been afraid of "over protecting" my ears as I thought that could cause more severe hyperacusis... Maybe I will start using earplugs 24/7 from now on. I really hope I didn't cause a lifetime long worsening with this latest loud sound. I don't know what I was thinking even moving that cart...

Do your spikes lower down after the noise traumas you encounter? I feel mine doesn't go back down to the starting level of my tinnitus. :(

Just helped a coworker with a transport cart for boxes and I put it down to fast so the metal slammed to a concrete floor causing a super loud noise in a elevator hall, perhaps like 110 decibels or higher. My ears feel all muffled and huge spike in tinnitus now. That's what I get for trying to...

It is impossible to say if it will go down or not. I had mild tinnitus on my right ear, and then I washed out wax with water three weeks ago and got bad tinnitus on that ear. It hasn't gone down in that time for me. The only thing you can do is wait and try not to panic since it will only worsen...

Thank you Mymlan and Candy for you responses. I just don't understand how it can get worse all the time. And I'm starting to think about the prednisolone that it might work for the most people that take it, but the few that it doesn't work for end up here on this site... But on the other hand...

Wow, I've just read this story. Someone took very low dose of prednisolone after a week and it reduced the tinnitus by about 70% https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/tinnitus-after-riding-motorcycle-on-freeway.29538/ I am so stupid for not taking the low dose the doctor gave me. I should have...

I will try on Tuesday when they open to get on a cancellation list. No unfurtunally the tinnitus is not any better without the wax as I hoped it would be. However, the ”water in my ear” feeling is pretty much gone after I got the wax bit out that was covering most of my left eardrum. I used ear...

I filmed with my iPhone with flash on and printscreened a picture from it while lifting my ear, works pretty good to see the eardrum. I haven't seen a doctor yet but managed to get 90% of the wax out with ear drops and SUPER gentle syringe with warm water. But as you can see I have some soft wax...

I know this isn't a forum for doctors, but I want to post a picture I took of my left eardrum. Sorry if it’s gross to anyone... You can see the wax on my eardrum on it. Is it really safe for the doctor to use a curette if the wax is ON the eardrum as a lot of people here has written? It feels...

So sorry to read your story and what has happened to you with the car alarm. I have only had tinnitus for 7 weeks but already managed to run into about 5 new acoustic traumas making my tinnitus louder every time, so I know how you feel. I haven't been able to have prednisolone either, doctors...

I think this is spot on. The tinnitus is definitely causing my stress and anxiety. I am not an anxious person. It is not like I’m obsessing over my looks or something, I am obsessing over something that is real. It is not in my head, as for example a faulty body image can be.

I am definitely obsessing over my tinnitus in some way, that is true. But not to is impossible. And just because I am ”obsessing” doesn’t mean it’s not getting worse instead of better. I am obsessing because the level is getting worse every week because of new loud sounds, stupidly removing wax...

A little more than 6 weeks, yes. Syringing right ear made it much worse and driving car yesterday for 5 hours have made it much worse in both ears. Not talking or testing the T but not thinking about it is impossibe since it is getting worse pretty much every week. Id chop my legs of just to get...

Perhaps but I don’t think so. I get spikes easy it seems and when I do, they seem to be permanent. When I arrived I took 700 mg NAC, hope that helps reduse the awful spike.

Nothing but I use this https://www.apotea.se/vaxol-oronspray-10-ml?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIl_my9sDb5gIVEU0YCh3JqAF-EAQYASABEgIzSfD_BwE and that is basically olive oil in an ear spray bottle. Worlds most expensive olive oil.

Normal car. 2012 Volvo so not an old loud car. About 75 decibel. I used Bose noise cancelling QC25 earphones for about 2,5 hours of the 5 hour drive. Last 35 minutes earplugs plus the bose earphones.

Just drove a 5 hour car ride, huge spike now. I hope it will go down...

Yes I will wait till then instead and just keep on loosening the wax with olive drops in the meantime.

Thanks but the wax looks very close to, if not on, the eardrum. I think this method is not used when it is on the eardrum. And I can’t see ENT until 28th of january. Don’t know what to do.

She took a picture of it in my ear and I can definitely see it clearly. The wax blocks more than half my eardrum. I will try the oil (Vaxol), but I am pretty sure it will need more than that to get out. Is very gentle syringe a bad idea as well? All wax removal alternatives seems bad for T when...

But before I heard high piched sounds like 15000 hz and even higher, now I can't hear anything higher than 12,500 hz when testing example on:

Do you remember the Yanny or Laurel sound test? If not you can google it. Before the accident causing tinnitus I heard Yanny, and when I tried it today I hear Laurel. It is because "Yanny" can be heard in higher frequencies... So that is higher frequency hearing loss confirmed. I guess that is...

Today my wife looked in my left ear - the one I've been saying having water behind eardrum - and there is definitely wax in it. She took a photo so I could see and it looks like half the ear drum is covered by wax. Even though the doctor said no wax, very strange! Now the problem is I don't know...

Maybe its swimmers ear then! I hear less on that ear. And it feels warm. I’ll have to check it out because it cant heal by itself it seems. Cant see a doctor anytime soon because of holiday. :(

It really feels just as I have glue in my ear.

But can I take antibiotics? Isnt that a bad idea if you have tinnitus?

I am hesitant to put more liquids in my ear. Have tried some olive oil and gentle water but seems to worsen it.