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This is great news that the EU are freezing Russian funds to pay for the rebuild of Ukraine. Quite right. Glad you support this approach.

Totally agree with this. At onset I would have probably taken any antidepressant drugs I could have got my hands on. I'm happy that it's pretty tough to get them prescribed over here (Denmark) - so never went down that rabbit hole. If I had been back living in my other home (London, UK) at the...

Who is this "we" you are talking on behalf of? The majority of us Europeans are helping Ukraine (as seen by both the military and humanitarian aid) and look forward to welcoming our Ukrainian brothers and sisters into the EU fold (and hopefully NATO) soon. Slava Ukraini.

Ukraine making great gains over the last few days, flushing the invading Russians out. Kupyansk, the biggest city in Russian-occupied parts of Kharkiv region and the seat of the occupation “government” is back under Ukrainian control. Prominent pro Russian war bloggers saying Russia has...

Would never use earplugs myself either on the flight, and no fear of occlusion with my noise cancelling headphones - just use my work ones (Jabra Evolve 75) which are "open" rather than cupped. The noise cancelling are really good on them - don't block everything out but makes the cabin noise a...

Same for me. After over 2 years of not flying during COVID-19 (and not after tinnitus onset), I was worried, but have now flown 8 times in the last 10 months and not noticed any impact luckily (and so far my tinnitus just continues to get much better). I have just been making sure to fly in the...

Since my tinnitus naturally dropped from severe to slightly intermittent after a couple of years following my noise trauma, I tend to have 1 or 2 "annoying" tinnitus days a week and without fail a few craft beers/some red wine nullifies it for me. After 6 days of quiet-room-only tinnitus, and...

Totally agree, Russia can't be trusted. They sign a deal to allow grain to leave the ports and then hours later they attack the Odesa port with cruise missiles, total scum... Russia fires missiles at Odesa port hours after signing grain export deal

Thankfully not many pay attention to his sexist anti climate change and anti vax tin foil hat position. What a total loon.

Sorry to hear this Nat. I would also reiterate what has been said above in regards to the initial stage and to try refrain from headphones etc. I am pretty sure now after 2 years my original cause was headphone overuse and had a terrible first 6-12 months dealing with what was like 7/8 of 10...

Hi - just to say there is some reports from certain sources that blood pressure meds can be "ototoxic" but as has been mentioned above much earlier, I do believe that we are all different and what may impact you or me may not be the case for others etc. For example I had been taking Lisinopril...

Good to hear the tinnitus has got better, but sorry to hear about the floaters - hoping that improves :(

Has anyone noticed that as their tinnitus improved so have their floaters? Despite the cold and mostly dark winter weather here in Denmark, we recently had a bright blue clear winter sky during the day and walking outside looking up I noticed my floaters have reduced like 75% to what I...

Interesting point. I will be honest to say I'm not qualified enough to know if antiviral rinsing is as effective as a specific COVID-19 vaccine, but anecdotally part of the reason for me getting the vaccine was so I can lead a relatively unrestricted life when it comes to international travel...

Looks like people in Austria will not have a choice anyway if they take the vaccine or not in the new year according to this... Austria plans compulsory Covid vaccination for all "Austria is to become the first European country to make vaccinations against Covid 19 mandatory" Wonder if other...

Seems like there are 2 threads on this, but I will copy and paste from my reply on the other COVID-19/vaccine thread below... Answer = Yes I will/did get the vaccine... 1st BioNTech vaccine 10/06/2021 - no impact on tinnitus. 2nd BioNTech vaccine 19/07/2021 - felt pretty rough and a few days...

1st BioNTech vaccine 10/06/2021 - no impact on tinnitus. 2nd BioNTech vaccine 19/07/2021 - felt pretty rough and a few days of "slightly" increased tinnitus, but back to decreasing baseline in a week or so. Tested positive for COVID-19 (Delta variant) 26/10/2021 - felt a bit rough for 5 days...

All I can say (in my case at least) it will not "always" get worse, and it can actually get better. The first 6 months of onset last year were hellish for me, but it's so much better now and seems to incrementally get better in time month on month for me. I have gone from tinnitus levels of 7/10...

By way of a comparison (to show how we are all different) I had taken Lisinopril for over 15 years and never had tinnitus. I then got tinnitus last year for the reason I believe to be multifaceted factors being first the overuse of headphones/then excessive earwax/followed by syringing. Of...

I use this which is from a Danish company here: https://www.amazon.com/Jabra-Wireless-Bluetooth-Speaker-Softphone/dp/B071CGH8YF It is pretty expensive but my employer brought them cheaper for us, and even though my tinnitus is so much better than last year I still prefer to use this than...

In regard to sleep don't forget to try having no sound enrichment at all. From onset I tried so many different types of sound enrichment from different devices but it made me worse. Quite a few of us here just seem to have got better from giving our ears a rest from sound throughout the night...

In my experience the ENT's have been fine - it's the audiologists that I don't have time for :(

Hi all. Found this thread and rather than start a new one, is there anymore input into explaining exactly what a tinnitus spike is? I assume you know when you get a spike, i.e it's due to some new loud sound/trauma? In other words a spike cannot just come from nowhere and suddenly without any...

Yep, for me it’s like at night my ears need a rest as if having to absorb more sound during sleep they were getting fatigued.

Hi, I'm sure for some people it might help. It seemed logical to me that it would help when sleeping, for the brain to not listen to silence. But in the end no matter if I set sounds to “all night” or just timed for a few hours I would be guaranteed to wake up with screaming tinnitus at around...

I'm strictly in the "No" camp here, even more so when sleeping. In my case I used to mask with pink noise for many months since my onset June 2020, was not until I stopped masking about 3 months ago that both my sleep improved and now having monthly improvement in my tinnitus levels. Also when...

Out of interest, did you get the vaccine jab in the left arm? Hence tinnitus in left ear starting for the first time. I was wondering if there is any correlation on the side tinnitus is occurring in relation to the side of the injection (even if your right ear got worse as well). I hope...

Europe. Born London/UK - living in CPH/DK - suffering from my homeland's decision to "Brexit" - just another headache I don't need while dealing with tinnitus :(

This story came out today, no information if it applies to tinnitus though... "Covid-19 vaccines tend to alleviate the symptoms of long Covid, according to a large survey of more than 800 people that suggests mRNA vaccines, in particular, are beneficial" Long Covid symptoms ease after...

I have been using some ANC (Active Noise Cancellation) noise-cancelling headphones for my work for a few years given to me from my Danish employer. I actually like them but since onset of tinnitus last year I have really cut down on their use as a precaution. I still don't know if they were...

I am also in the no masking camp as well now (since 3 weeks ago). I did mask repetitively which was like a safety blanket at onset last year, but I have a feeling it might have made my tinnitus worse, even when using sound enrichment at night. I kept it low but no matter if timed to finish a few...

Interesting. Saw this thread come up and have to agree, I have had a change for the better over the last couple of weeks and it seems to have coincided with me no longer playing any sound enrichment while I sleep. I would not really describe my tinnitus as reactive during the day time with no...

I voted yes, I will get vaccinated - but I do have concerns reading some of the experiences in this and the other "COVID-19 vaccine" threads. In the end I will need to travel back again regularly to visit my parents in the UK so going to need it being realistic - and here in DK everything is...

Interesting to read about eye floaters. I have always had very good vision even now in my mid/late 40s - not needed glasses etc, and can read small text from a long distance - but when I got hit by tinnitus last year in June, around the same time noticed I was getting floaters. It's not that...

Here in Denmark AstraZeneca has been suspended for over a month after 2 died and some others are hospitalised. There are strong rumours we are about to be permanently stop using it now (press conference soon).

Firstly this is my first post here on Tinnitus Talk - (I only just joined even though I have been lurking/gaining some great info over the last months for which I am very thankful for). Regarding BP meds, I can give my view/experience here. I have been taking Lisinopril (but not with...