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My low-frequency tinnitus is only one-sided. It sounds like the hum of doom / fills the space like a fog horn. It seems to happen randomly, getting/feeling sick in my tonsils, or salt seems to be a connection. Half dose diuretics and low salt (not no salt, just not overdoing 1.5g a day) with...

Maybe I'll start scheduling random surgeries just to have a vacation from the clown noises.

Holy shit. If you lost hearing/couldn't walk, did you ever get checked out by an ENT for a fistula? If it really was a blast of sound, it isn't unheard of.

This now happens to me on exposure to loud sounds. I just avoid them generally or protect extensively if no choice. It was much more prevalent coming off steroids (I do think steroids was the right choice and you probably did have COVID-19, it's the immune reaction to COVID-19 that tends to...

Let's put this in perspective: Oxygen = free radicals. Pressure = barotrauma. Together = potential for mechanical impaction / fistula, and even MORE free radicals. Oh and oxygen is a stimulant, so nerves will fire even more (more radical formation). HBOT makes a lot of sense if you're having...

It is unfortunately all about "Bitcoin hype" and that's all anyone can think of. Literal stakes of real estate, for example, would be a prime example. It is superior for anything requiring legal verification. I do like Bitcoin on paper but investors ruined it as usual.

I also did Paxlovid. I was fine.

Bone conduction would be very close with 7ish dB of earphone levels. That'd be distinctive of cochlear hearing loss vs. some middle ear issue.

I wouldn't call what a 20-year-old says intelligent. Just brash to get attention. And no, they aren't. Try that on a church girl. Weird place to argue this shit.

It's changed a lot. Some sounds faded but not all. Clonazepam helped a ton when it happened, it cut the volume by 90%. It happened in the chamber, and didn't go away until I decompressed and had Clonazepam. That was probably several hours later. It sounds like a slow ramping up of random...

I have visual snow. I think you mean severe visual snow that interferes big time with daytime vision? My night vision is like... static mostly lol.

Pressure 100%. I was told earplugs would be fine (they are not, at all). That or the pure oxygen as well, I got to 2.5 ATM and had what could be considered an auditory seizure. I would not suggest it. Not fun to go through. Probably the closest I'd been to killing myself had I not been too...

We don't even know what causes visual snow and why the correlation to tinnitus is so high.

Sure I guess, ABR is also like 90+ dB of clicking non-stop for what, half an hour? I almost did it and the tech, who got tinnitus from the fucking test herself, convinced me to drop it.

It's very confusing considering deaf drivers are absolutely a thing, so the distinction with headsets is weird unless it's because it's actively generating noise. I ask because at least here it seems legal to drive with earmuffs which I kind of have to.

So deaf people can't drive? I'd figure this would be a similar situation.

If you had an ABR, you don't have hyperacusis or noxacusis.

110%. You lost your child but it could be worse! It could always be worse. What a load of horseshit.

Which makes sense, at certain thresholds the noise level is as large as the signal.

GABA has nothing to do with Kv channels. Kv channels are intrinsic to tuning hyperpolarization and firing rates. GABA is like hitting the brakes hard, allows Cl- to flood in to hyperpolarize.

TRT is white noise at home and gradually getting used to your tinnitus, no matter what. So, snake oil.

Nothing about what I wrote is a guarantee. But it beats doing nothing, even if it's placebo we often feel better "doing something". Silence for a while certainly takes a lot of risk out of the equation.

Wow, that's really slow. So keep in mind if you are going down 5 mg a day, that you have to think of your metabolism likely getting better at getting rid of it, and the lower you go, the more 5 mg makes up a larger and larger interval of dose decrease. Basically, once you get to 10-15 mg, you...

When it first happens and doesn't stop, it is a nightmare.

Not getting enough stories of improvement by doing nothing even 6 months later (this was when it was a UHF ringing in my ear, just fucking annoying, not scary). I took steroids inappropriately (though it has saved my hearing going forward). Masking in the early stages, not nearly enough silence...

It can always, always get worse. There's people worse than I am, who literally can't leave home without noxacusis stabbing/throbbing attacks. It's super shit, but it helps to not let yourself be bogged down if it won't make you any worse. Little trials and errors is the only way forward. That...

Oral. I'd do intratympanic if I could. What was your start dose and where are you now?

I have personally had old tones and high frequency ringing fade on steroids, and then new noises (not pure tones) appear on tapering. I feel noise, while on steroids, had a lot to do with it. My ears seemed much more liable to gain tones if I was around noise. These "caught" tones all since...

Regarding the stabbing pain, it would be interesting to see what is showing up on Acoustic Reflex testing, though that's out of the question. A muscle relaxer or Botox into the eardrum muscle may be an idea if it's a spasm from sound stimulation causing your issues.

Just be sure to balance your Magnesium and vitamin D levels. I don't really know which is causing or helping here. They apparently work against each other in metabolism.

Acceptance goes a long way, but the fear that it could always be worse also helps to be grateful your level isn't suicidal. Things change, a lot, with tinnitus. For all you know in 2 years it'll be a shadow of its former self. Just be careful with noise. I wish I had someone walk me through...

I get this shit and it terrifies me always. Honestly? if you're losing hearing like that with legit hearing loss, you need some way to prove it isn't just a blockage. It'd be good if you could call a hearing place and get in for a bone conduction test to prove it's sudden hearing loss. If it...

Get an audiogram with air bone gaps to see if you have/had a real blockage vs. real hearing loss. Hidden hearing loss doesn't show on an audiogram, that's nerve damage and you'd have some crazy batshit distortions going on or difficulty hearing people in noise. Otoacoustic emissions will tell...

CAN you mask your tinnitus? Can you take ANYTHING that makes it go away/helps a lot? Have you tried residual inhibition? SNRI isn't a "terrible" idea I suppose, obviously be careful and bail if your tinnitus jumps to 20/10. Because if any of those bring almost silence, use them, then use...

There's absolutely no credible evidence benzos harm the ear or nerves. Now they CAN and do cause irreversible (or extremely long term) tinnitus, not through toxicity, but GABA dysregulation that never really gets better due to receptor conformation changes (which are very stable, and very slow...

There's one called Hearing Test. With good headphones and a quiet environment... I've never had an issue. Keep in mind the app needs to be calibrated with someone with perfect hearing, in quiet. Then it emulates very closely what I've seen at the audiologist. Excellent tool to check for sudden...

I'd do relative strength of 75% less per day of previous. Once at 0.5 mg, I'd stay there for at least a few days, then cut to zero.

Taper slower.

I can't tell you what to do. If it were me, I'd use a past audiogram to compare with the day 8, and if things weren't better, I would take steroids... but that is me. If you do take them, be really, really, careful about tapering off slowly. The Diamox and Furosemide are absolutely enough to...

Which is why I hope you take me seriously saying that if you need steroids, don't delay, and you should really have an emergency supply hidden away. The last thing you want is less hearing out of nowhere, MORE tinnitus/hyperacusis, and no way to mask it. I still take steroids in emergencies...

Some people can't listen to normal voices without getting pain. It's pure trial and error. Most loud noise in earplugs + earmuffs spikes me temporarily. I'm lucky enough I "can" do stuff that's almost normal in earplugs. I get permanently worse (new tones, more seashells that do not go away...

Both Furosemide and Acetazolamide are quite bad in high doses for tinnitus. In tandem I'd say flat out dangerous at any dose. It abolishes the endocochlear potential as well as causes local vasocontraction in the stria vascularis. You'll have temporary edema/reperfusion injury in those areas...

Well, try to see if you've taken anything that alters blood pressure / vasoconstriction lately. Even diet for the last while. Not something you want to play around with, fleeting episodes can lead to a big one, so perhaps have some steroids handy in case you get hit with something sudden, and...

Metformin?

As already said, protect your ears. You're in a critical phase where it will either get better or you'll learn to live with it and it hopefully stays stable. Hair cells tend to die up to a month after acoustic trauma. To avoid it getting worse at all costs: Other than protecting ears above 50...

Try a vasodilator or constrictor? Zyrtec acts on histamine receptors in the vasculature. It could easily be playing with your cochlea if it constricts, which would be my assumption. Because it doesn't cross the BBB easily, I doubt its effects on tinnitus are happening there. If it's staying that...

How long did it take? Don't count hydrops or otosclerosis out, especially if you recently were pregnant.

I also would second this, at least the ringing tinnitus does absolutely get worse under acute high stress.

Carbamazepine didn't do shit for me. I tried it, yes. Might've made my tinnitus louder but that was temporary. I may be trialing it again. I seemed to have some luck with Amitriptyline which also blocks sodium channels. All the tricyclics do to an extent, Carbamazepine being one of them. I do...

Honestly? Get back on it, maybe augment it with a sodium channel blocker, then slowly taper off both properly. It might break through again, will definitely quiet down being back on. Nice and slow, maybe supplement with taurine and magnesium too. At least the chances of it going away is...

I'll have to try this out again. I do find Red Bull causes "changes".

Isn't that an injection or is it a cream? How in hell would one get that?

I'm going to play Devil's advocate. if you know noise is an issue, you can double up on protection and research the shit about your trade beforehand. If it's mild tinnitus, it may stay mild. Military is not cool with vets getting hearing loss. If you're around planes, you'll always be an arm's...

That notch needs diagnosing as to "why". If it's the main auditory nerve I would fathom it can absolutely recover. Hair cells, not so much. Whenever I have gone on steroids or, oddly, certain blood pressure increasing meds, I will absolutely have changes in the audiogram. There is a persistent...

Fading. You got very lucky. Tinnitus is incredibly unforgiving. Seems you got your old life back for now. Just please be careful.

Heavy balls kind of drug. The long half life puts me off immediately if something goes wrong. Very little evidence it does anything for tinnitus. Had some, tried it, didn't help, risk to benefit is high. Nortriptyline/Carbamazepine are less risky and also Na blockers. Memantine I consider...

The time to rescue the hair cells with steroids, calcium or sodium blockers or Lasix is pretty much done. The steroids will likely help temporarily. Regardless you're a very classic case and should get fading over the next couple years barring you assault your ears with 120 dB again. If...

Alas no. It did not stop the drone. High pitched stuff only or pure tones. Furthermore, it no longer works for me. The taper off also isn't fun as I get insane reactivity for about a week if I take a normal dosing for one or two days. Once it stopped working, I never tried upping the dose. I...

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