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For me what worked better was the Otovent. I believe it’s safer than the EarPopper. Still have tinnitus but mine is due to inflammation from Lyme disease. Congrats on yours being gone!

It varies from hour to hour, I swear. So weird. @Tommo5

Thank you for this @Younggirl ❤️❤️

@Worriedguy74 I believe I acquired Lyme in the UK. Don’t be complacent, it’s a pandemic no one is talking about. It may be worth looking into.

I’m sorry, what a scary experience @Jazzer!! I had an experience in 2017 (funnily, in England, I’m from NY) where I had a virus and it messed with my vision. I still had a few blind spots left from it but it got better over a few months! I totally don’t care about it now!! I’m hoping to get to...

Thank you for this ! ❤️❤️

Does getting fleeting tinnitus mean that your tinnitus is going to get worse? Anybody have experiences with it? Or is it truly random? I just hope it doesn’t mean it’s worsening.

@Tommo5 I feel like I have a very weird situation. It was mild at first (like the day I got it, it was only in my left ear) and then I took steroids (like everyone on this site says to do if you catch it in the early days to possibly reverse it), but it made it worse and spread to my head and...

I'm 22? Lol now I feel old. But have had tinnitus for about 4 months. You're not alone!

Achey knees, legs hurt. Bartonella sucks. Oh and obviously my head buzzing doesn't help

Have you looked into Lyme or been tested for it? The numbness and memory stuff could definitely be part of that. I would be tested for it using a reputable lab (IGeneX in California is gold standard).

Hello all, My Lyme literate doctor seems to think I have a Lyme coinfection, bartonella. He wants to treat me for a month with an antibiotic and see what happens. I have both doxycycline and bactrim as options. I know it’s not ideal but is there a better option that will (hopefully) not...

@Jazzer I'm seeing an LLMD this upcoming Thursday. He will test and from there I guess I'll have to see. The past 3 years I have had some interesting symptoms. Tingling and numbness in extremities, intense nausea, floaters and blind spots and flashing lights, leg muscle pain, recurrent ear and...

I might have lyme. Yikes. I did have. a bullseye rash 3 years ago.. things are adding up.

About 4 years ago, my headshot for a musical I was in my freshman year of college.. :) Much happier times then..

Sometimes I regret going on this site.

I have two tattoos and thought it would be fun to have others share their ink :)

@dan on my own personal rating scale I would say it is .

Let me know if you want me to not end it all. If you care. All it’s gotten is worse over 3 months. It’s now severe. I want to live if enough people tell me they need me.

Hi all, I’ve posted a few times regarding my cold/sinus infection/inflammation induced tinnitus, which started about 3 months ago. The sounds changed like daily since then- from ringing to hissing to static to everything in between. From what I gather on this forum (for the most part) is that...

Is it smart to wait until the 24 month mark before giving up on recovery/life? I assume I should give it a reasonable amount of time to fade before completely giving up.

@mrbrightside614 My onset was almost 3 months ago and started after a head cold where there was a whole lotta mucus in my ears. It never got infected though. Started with my left then spread to both. Has changed/does change in tone and intensity literally every day. But my left ear has always...

Hello Dr. Nagler, I hope you are well. I had a very helpful ENT visit in New York City recently. She found severe inflammation and infection in my nasal passages, and around my Eustachian tubes, which led her to believe this is the cause of my tinnitus (I have no hearing loss or damage, checked...

@AlbertJ When it started I wasn't on any medication. A recent ENT said I had major sinus infection and inflammation so I've taken augmentin. I think it may be causing a spike I'm having recently. But I'm not sure.

I just need to know I'm not alone. I've had a nearly suicidal few days (I think related to a med related spike). Please, someone tell me it'll get better. I'm only 22 and WANT to live my life (I have a wonderful boyfriend and family). Just need good words and support. please.

Hello everyone. My tinnitus started about 2.5 months ago after a cold. Since then its fluctuated a lot from hissing to ringing. The worst kind I had was in the middle of my head. That one is horrible and woke me up in the middle of the night zapping my brain. I also had loud hissing in my...

Hello all! This isn't my success story... I hope soon I'll have one. My mom disclosed my struggles with tinnitus (newbie, I'm a little over 2 months in) to her friend, who is the mom of one of my best friends. She texted me today saying she was sending good wishes, and that she HAD tinnitus...

Hello all :LOL: I wanted to pop in and ask a few questions from all of you. You can read my introductory thread if you want, but basically I'm 2 months into tinnitus caused by cold symptoms/ETD. Overall, my tinnitus has been following a downward trend. Volume is far lower. I can be happily in...

Hello Dr. Nagler. Thank you for all your time dedicated to this forum, it means a lot to us. I had a question. My tinnitus is fairly new, I'm going into my 7th week with it. For about a month or so I was masking it pretty frequently with headphones playing nature or rain sounds at low...

I don't know if I have fluid stuck in my E tubes- but I do believe I have ETD. Last time I went to my ENT he said that the openings of the tubes that he could see in the back of my throat were swollen, and also I had negative pressures in my ears, which means that there's an issue with the E...

@Lurius Hi thank you for your reply! I would like to think so - my parents frequently ask me if I think its any better, improving at all.. and all I can say is the sounds have changed a LOT. I would describe it as I used to have more layers of sounds.. an ocean woosh, a more loud constant...

Want to keep updating this thread- if anything, to continue marking progress for myself. I went to another ENT last Friday, the same office I usually go to but a different doctor. He told me that GP's are wrong about ear stuff 60+% of the time. I was like... okay then. He then did a...

Some updates - @billie48 and @thinlay I don't know if anyone is following this thread but if anything it feels GOOD to get stuff off my chest, lol! I went to my GP last week and she looked in the ears too. She said she saw fluid in both my ears, AND- the part I found interesting- she did a...

@thinlay Yes! I had an audiogram done. My ENT called it a "beautiful test". So there's no hearing loss that is discernible.

Hello all! My name is Clare, and I'm 22 from New York. My tinnitus journey started about one month ago. I'll be as descriptive as possible so you get the full picture. I was overseas on a 6 month cultural exchange program. During our last week in Italy, I came down with a head cold. I think it...