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Your post makes total sense to me. I also hear the tinnitus over almost everything. There are days when I manage to tune it out, but then there are times, like now, when it comes back front and center. It stinks, but I understand how you feel. I’m in the same boat.

I had it checked out and went through acupuncture a couple of years in. My neck felt better, but the tinnitus remains. I’m convinced, in my case, that it’s something in the brain. They say there’s a kind of filter in our brain, and I think the concussion might have stopped that filter. Life goes...

Tinnitus still sucks. The noise is pretty stable now. It’s just the way it is. It turns off when I sleep, and that’s it. I find myself enjoying dreams more these days. Someday, we’ll be free of this. A cure would be amazing. I don’t really buy into the habituation idea. You can always hear it...

It's now year three. Every December I think about how it turned on after a mild concussion. I saw my ENT a few times this year just in case anything new may come to light. My ears and hearing are fine they say. My hearing test when I first got the tinnitus three years ago showed mild hearing...

It has been over two years for me, and I agree, you go to work and live day to day trying to ignore the tinnitus. A good day is one where you are so occupied with life that it fades out of mind somewhat. Still every night and morning it Is eeeeee. Just being relaxed seems so hard. Once the...

Closing in on two years. Still sucks to have tinnitus. I have days where I can ignore it, but that's the best it can be. I still have moments where it's less loud and moments where it's screaming. I still wish for a cure of course, or just a lowering. The closest I have come to silence was when...

I have had tinnitus for nearly two years now. It sucks. Life will not be the same unless a cure Is found.

I was speaking with a long time friend and tinnitus came up. I was complaining about how I have had it for over a year and how disruptive it is. He said he has had tinnitus for twenty years, but is never really stressed about it and doesn't pay it any attention. He said his tinnitus started...

Interesting post. You are not alone. Thinking of the past before tinnitus Is rough. All the what ifs. Scrutinizing ever tiny choice that would have left us possibly tinnitus free is something I couldn't help but do either. Your post nailed it though. Let's pray for a cure or spontaneous relief...

My last day of silence was in December of 2020. I was struggling with anxiety over work and other more trivial things at the time. Then I hit my head on a rafter and a week later the tinnitus started. It's like another life since that day. I really freaked out for the first several months...

It's been about a year and a half since my concussion and tinnitus onset. Tinnitus is still there. I still struggle with having it, but I have had to accept it. My emotional distress to it goes down slowly in time. The volume of it fluctuates, but seems to trend down. I have had a few days...

I can't imagine I am still inflamed over a year later, but tinnitus remains. I have to live with it, but concussion really stinks. I am used to it, but no way I feel like I did before the noise. We all need a cure, but who knows what that is. I do believe something may work someday. I no...

Well it's been a year now. No more counting weeks or months. It's too bad it didn't just magically stop at a year. I don't really have anything profound to say on this anniversary of tinnitus. Just sort of a sad milestone. I do have hope that the next year must be better though.

Thanks for your responses. That sounds about right. I do suspect that my inability to filter out noise since my concussion Is likely my root cause. I have found that I hear sounds now that I don't remember noticing before. Sounds like crickets in the grass, fridge noise, the sound of the distant...

So, struggling lately. It’s closing in on a year since that day when I hit my head. It's been the hardest year of my life. Not one second of silence since except the strange sleep awake moment. I don’t hear tinnitus when asleep. So, sometimes when waking there is a blurry moment when it’s not...

I guess it's worth noting that my tinnitus seems less than it was in month one and two, but that may just be habituating. I just can't seem to accept that habituating is good enough though. I don't see how folks do it and truly be happy again with true peace. I know that not caring about the...

Time for an update. I have been doing physical therapy on my neck for about a month. Did dry needling too. I feel like it helps, but tinnitus still persists. My doctor told me last session. I think you are on the right track, but will probably take a while. I am sure he wants to help, but...

I can relate with this post. Is my neck causing tinnitus? Did having a concussion in and of itself cause tinnitus? Did my reaction of freaking out at the onset make it imprint in my brain? Am I just crazy? That about sums it up for me. The one constant Is I wish to be free of tinnitus so...

Duane. I can relate. My ringing started a week after concussion. In that week, I was just off with headaches and such. The ringing just turned on one morning and hasn't turned off. In the beginning, for a few months it was really loud and extremely distressing. It's calmed, but is still a...

Interesting. Did this Magnesium therapy reduce tinnitus for you?

I went to the physical therapist. My neck does in fact have some problems, and I have TMJ issues. The therapist suspects that some muscles at the base of my skull may be contributing to tinnitus. Will start to work on my neck. I have a bunch of muscles there that he said are in spasm, whatever...

Oscar PP - Yes, I have noticed some habituation, but it still bothers me that it's always there. Still, I tune it out when engaged in activity now better than in the beginning. It still bugs me mostly at night when I'm wishing to relax, but tinnitus sort of blocks that. Habituation is better...

@Exit, that's interesting. I find it so odd how a concussion affects hearing. Particularly a mild concussion like mine. I would have thought nothing of it really if it weren't for the hearing issues it triggered. The strange thing to me Is the ringing did not start until a week after the blow to...

I did not lose any range of motion. I do get pain in my neck right from the base of the skull down to shoulders. It’s mild pain, but persistent. Before the attic, I don’t remember having this sort of pain.

Well I can sure say I don't much care for attics!

Here is my audiogram up to 8,000 Hz. I feel like my ears have been like this forever. My left ear is supposedly better than my right, but the tinnitus shows no favorite, and is very much the same in both at any time. I'm pretty convinced that the concussion I suffered is the root reason I have...

Eight months later, my ears are still ringing. I have had a few times recently where it's a bit less intense or so it seems, but fluctuates and mostly Is still going full bore. I had a follow up with my ENT. I told him of my neck ache troubles since the concussion. Those troubles feel minor to...

Ehren M.'s post sums up my past experience too. My mind has been hung up on "little things" I'd like to change for years until tinnitus took over. And, well we can't change tinnitus so thoughts about wanting to change tinnitus prevail. I too, would much rather be back to thinking on those little...

Update. Well, it's been seven months. Tinnitus is still with me 24/7. I am not as bad with anxiety as in the beginning, but depression Is real. My hope is for it to go away. I truly hate this monster. I am numb. I am tired. And, I am not the person I once was. I guess the one thing I can...

I know what you mean about tinnitus and work. I ended up demanding to work from home as I could not bring myself to go in and socialize everyday anymore. My job hates it, and no telling how long they will put up with me. Before tinnitus, I was a real career guy but now it's just survival...

@cruise, how long did it take before you habituated? Do you go days without thinking about your tinnitus? Do you feel like your tinnitus is quieter as a result of the habituation? Your ability to cope and move on in spite of tinnitus is inspiring.

My GP basically won't comment on tinnitus. Just sort of "yeah, that can happen". I told him it started after a concussion and he said that's odd. No advice. My ENT was better. First he said my eardrums looked retracted and advised I take Prednisone and nose spray. Next time I did a hearing...

I feel your pain with the low drone sound. I have had two courses of Prednisone since my tinnitus started but that did not improve anything. The low drone Is strong in the morning for me as well. I have constant high pitched ring and hiss that bother me more. Still, the low drone sucks. My...

I feel like I am habituating, but like this post title says, it still sucks. My tinnitus came on suddenly overnight. Before that absolute silence for all my life. It's hard to let go of wanting that back. The sudden start of my tinnitus made it a real shock. The first months were absolute...

I have noticed this a bit too. I think rubbing your head seems to make our mind turn attention from tinnitus for a moment and focus on the sound and feeling of your head being rubbed.

I am now six months into tinnitus and I am still honestly struggling to believe the supposed root cause in my case. I have high pitched and a low drone tinnitus in both ears and it's constant. I have some mild discomfort to sounds. I have a habit now of constantly trying to pop my ears. The...

Kavadog - asking you because you had concussion tinnitus like me. I have a low drone that is felt more than heard. Did you ever have that? What's odd for me since the beginning of all this is the concussion was the likely trigger, but I swear my ears feel always clogged like ETD or something.

Sounds like how I feel today. I'm thinking how can I have this bad luck? I had some idiot truck enthusiast honk his air horn at me while I was on the sidewalk yesterday. I'm with you all. It's like bad luck is rubbing salt in the wound. The way I got tinnitus was odd anyhow, from a mild...

So, I really don't think the air horn did anything further to me, at least I hope not. Living with tinnitus is just so anxiety inducing. I have been really careful not to expose to super loud noises, and boom it happens just like that. Before tinnitus I would have not lost sleep over it as it...

Thanks for all the kind words everyone. I can't believe what happened to me today. I was running by a street like I have done a thousand times. Some idiot in some sort of monster truck blasted me with some sort of fog horn. He probably thought it was funny. Unbelievable. Anyhow, totally spiked...

Thanks for the link on antidepressants. I can't imagine taking something that makes tinnitus worse in any way. I still don't know if I am going to take anything because of that. I would rather be depressed than risk higher tinnitus. Thanks for Tinnitus Talk. I totally relate with so many here.

Going on five months now since tinnitus onset. I am starting to habituate even though I still want it gone. I went to a chiropractor and just their exam hurt my neck without even getting to am adjustment. I don't think that Is for me. I went to a psychologist and they want to give me Prozac. For...

I have been back to running four miles about four times a week since my post in March. No effect on tinnitus, but it seems to help mood. I don't run with earbuds anymore though. Sort of miss the music, but I don't know that I will ever use earbuds or headphones again.

So, it's just about four months since my concussion and tinnitus onset. Man it's tough. It's 24/7 noise. Hard to cope. I guess I just hope for habituation. I am not the same person I once was. I cant tell if it's better or I am just getting used to it. I sort of feel like I am not even a person...

DRobi - I know we are not there yet, but one can only hope. I still hold out hope against odds that my brain will filter out this noise someday. Hope Is a good feeling whether it's rational or not.

I often dream of what I would do. I know I would protect my hearing all that I possibly can. I would just sit in silence and read books, go on some nature walks, and never forget how great relaxing in silence is. I'm sure that my mood would increase immediately for a prolonged time. I would...

Mine seems better very first thing in the morning. The longer and deeper I sleep the better it is. It ramps back up to its typical volume pretty quickly though. Sleep, more than any supplement, seems to have the most positive effect on my tinnitus. The irony of course it that tinnitus likes to...

I can't seem to cut it out with always trying to pop my ears. My ENT says a concussion resulted in my brain stopping filtering out tinnitus from pre-existing hearing loss that I never knew I had. However, the full feeling is very real for me since all this. I wonder why tinnitus makes us feel...

I've had exploding head syndrome happen right before falling asleep. Very rare for it to happen to me. It hasn't happened since I developed tinnitus. Seems sort of an unrelated phenomenon. It is weird though. You are dozing off to sleep and boom. It's like a lightning bold goes off in your...

Interesting thread. I'm 3 months in concussion caused tinnitus much like Ronnie Carzotto above. He hasn't been seen here in over a year. Maybe his eventually faded to a manageable level? I know I sure could use some hope. I think if someone said it will probably be gone in a year or even two I...

Sad to read this story. Sympathies to his family.

@Bradleytech386 - I'm sorry this is happening to you and well all of us with tinnitus as well. I know what you mean about sleep. I haven't been good in that department since the day my tinnitus turned on. I do miss just lying down and feeling relaxed. Now I have to take something (melatonin...

I have been taking Curcumin for about a month now. I recently added Lipoflavonoid. I don't know what I expected, but no help thus far after a few days of the Lipoflavonoid. I do feel like it sort of upsets my stomach. I am debating whether to stay the course or cut that one out. I know it's...

I often wonder about the link of anxiety and tinnitus myself. I certainly had a growing anxiety problem before tinnitus started in. I don't think anxiety was the cause tinnitus for me, but seems like a factor for sure. I've noticed so many on this board have anxiety. Tinnitus causes anxiety I...

I often wonder this same thing. I know it's neurons, but it's odd because our brains are always firing immeasurable neurons since birth. Tinnitus feels like we are hearing something that is happening in our head, and I guess we sort of are. Still, I think LeQuack was right on above with, "they...

I sometimes get, "it's just tinnitus", or "I know this person or that person with tinnitus and it's no big deal". Of course, those people have tinnitus that is barely there "in quiet rooms". If I had to seek it out in quiet rooms only to hear it, it wouldn't be a big deal to me either. One...

Well, three months in and tinnitus is still there. These have been the toughest three months of my life thus far thanks to tinnitus. I knew it was different than more common temporary tinnitus when it started overnight one week after a mild concussion. I still had hopes that it would simply...

I wish I knew what it meant. Sometimes I feel like the feeling part may actually be low frequency tinnitus that I don't perceive very often like the high frequency tinnitus that I hear all the time. Hard to say, I guess feeling it is something that happens to some of us. I agree that it's hard...

I hear tinnitus of course, but in a quiet room I swear I feel it too. I hear mine over the TV, but not the shower type of volume. Quiet rooms are tough, but as the tinnitus starts to roar I can feel a strange pressure growing in my head with it. It's like un-nerving sensation that makes it so...