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I’ve been dealing with a spike for 7 months after 10 years of habitation. It came back during a panic attack. Since my already awful anxiety has gotten so much worse, I was prescribed Buspar to help as my psychiatrist was worried an SSRI would worsen it. I take 10 mg 2x a day. I’m also on...

Hey, I started taking 10 mg 2x a day last Thursday. In the last two days my tinnitus seems more intrusive but I’ve also been hyper vigilant because I was expecting some change. Did you experience any spike when you first started taking it? I want to stick it out because it’s starting to work...

Mirtazapine is probably what got me through the worst of it. I wasn’t able to sleep at all before starting it. It lets me sleeep when I want to sleep. It hasn’t had any effect one way or another on my perceived loudness that I’m aware of. I started at 7.5 mg and over the next month or so went up...

How did Buspar go? I just got prescribed it.

Side note, has anyone tried Buspar and had any luck? My GAD is out of control, unrelated to tinnitus (mostly), but I can’t really find anyone whose taken it with tinnitus.

Fair enough. Fair enough. Apparently I did quite literally say “pretend I don’t have tinnitus” anyway. Regardless I’m sorry for being sensitive, I appreciate the warning but I don’t expect anything I do could actually make things worse (aside from perhaps having another mental health crisis...

The “answer” you gave me wasn’t the problem. Most of the thread has expressed they think it’s potentially a bad idea. My issue was that you twisted what I said to mean something else entirely and that rather than give me advice or opinion on what I was actually asking instead got into a...

Appreciate the response again. In my case at least the only healing to be done is emotional. Stress and anxiety put me in this mess and the only way out is to manage those. I fully expected pushback but god some people are so bitter. It’s like I told them I was going to drag them with me to...

I don’t really understand the hostility here, did I do something to you? I’m sorry I was apparently so contradictory you needed to write a snarky response to it. I am not going to go to concerts without protection (nobody should anyway), and I specifically said living a life like I did pre 6...

Hey, I’m so sorry to hear that. I had a lot of trouble sleeping when this relapse (?) first happened. I actually ended up in a psyche ward because of it. What really helped me was Mirtazapine. Basically the first dose I was back to sleeping again. It is so upsetting how quickly years and years...

I don’t plan on being careless. I just don’t want to be afraid of everyday sounds anymore. I’ll keep y’all posted.

To be honest I’m not sure what worked the first time. It was before the internet was so ubiquitous so I didn’t even think to google it or join a forum. I just lived my normal life (unfortunately at a loud distribution center) until I stopped noticing it every second. It took around 6 months...

The ears don’t heal. Once the damage is done it’s done. Besides, my noise trauma was 11 years ago. It becomes a mental exercise at this point.

Appreciate everyone’s input here but I don’t really understand the point of hiding away like a hermit. Hiding from sound only seems to make me more sensitive when I am exposed to it and nothing about living in the quiet has made the tinnitus any better. I don’t think there’s any actual “healing”...

That’s exactly my feeling. It’s already with me 24/7 so what could really change by living life? At least I’d get some enjoyment and happiness between the misery.

You can read my history if you want but long story short my tinnitus that I was habituated to for about a decade became a hyper fixation for me again after a period of insane stress and anxiety ~6 months ago and has dominated my life since. I want to just say fuck it and stop caring. Just do...

I also want to know people's experience on this. I'm considering asking my psychiatrist about it.

I’m honestly not sure I’ve gotten any better but I’m definitely handling it better. It’s still intrusive most of the day in that I can hear it but most days I’m able to go about as normal. I have more “quiet” periods than before where it’s less “loud”. But I’m definitely not back to where I was...

Hey I’m considering Buspar as my anxiety (mostly unrelated to tinnitus) is off the charts and I think is making my tinnitus worse. I’m already on Mirtazapine and it’s great but I don’t think it touches my anxiety at all. Also on Gabapentin and I don’t think it does anything at all. What was it...

As the title says I’m on month 5 after a stupid panic attack happened that saw me latching back onto the sound of my tinnitus. At this point am I screwed? Has anyone come back from a spike/relapse this long? If this is permanent, is it possible to rehabituate to tinnitus that can be heard over...

Some of you may have read my other post about how tinnitus was no longer giving me anxiety and I wondered if that was the first step to rehabituate. Well turns out it hasn’t stopped giving me anxiety. I’ve had tinnitus for roughly 10 years but suddenly after a long period of extreme stress and...

Thank you, I know logically that’s true but truly believing it can be hard. I was completely adjusted to tinnitus for 10 years. I noticed it at most a couple times a day but it never caused me distress and I was always able to immediately move on. It’s just so awful I could lose that all in a...

I started therapy about 3-4 weeks ago. It’s been helpful for sure. Just feeling frustrated with myself. I know 90% of this is just perception and anxiety. Knowing that just doesn’t seem to make a difference.

I lied about tinnitus not giving me anxiety apparently. The last two days have been tough. I just don’t get it. I’ve heard this sound for 10 years, why is it suddenly giving me such horrible anxiety? How do I get myself to not dread and fear this sound again? I feel like I’ve tried everything.

To be entirely honest I’m not sure. I don’t think the volume has changed at all I think I just honed in on it again if that makes sense? I can definitely still hear it all the time if I look for it but my brain is slowly starting to phase it out again. Personally I think most people with loud...

How long ago did your spike/relapse happen? Insane that something you think you’ve dealt with can just come back like this and wreak havoc all over again. Thank god I’ve now strung 5 good days together. Haven’t done that in 4 months. Hoping it only gets better from here for all of us.

Yes 10 years ago when I first got tinnitus it was loud enough that I could often hear it in the shower. I habituated in approximately 6-8 months and although I could still hear it pretty much everywhere if I looked for it, I largely forgot about it and only noticed it at night or after listening...

That’s very true and very well said. I have some sound sensitivity and “reactionary” tinnitus lately but I think it’s all because I expect it to get louder so it is. It’s fear based for me I think.

How long did it take you the second time? I always assumed if I had a major spike it would only take me a few days/weeks to adjust since I’d done it before but boy was I wrong. I think I underestimated how bad my mental health is anyway.

Both I think. I don’t think my tinnitus volume was/is actually any louder. It’s hard to say because it definitely seemed/s louder. But it’s not at the OMG I want off this earth level anymore like it was just a few weeks ago. I’m taking that all as a good sign.

Long story short, I’ve had tinnitus 10ish years. Habituated and didn’t think about it often. 4 months ago I had a panic attack and refocused on my tinnitus. Went completely back like I got it all over again. Hear it 24/7, over everything but the shower (and even then sometimes). Struggled...

No it’s not possible. It’s anxiety. You were looking/expecting it to do something and so you brought it about. Tinnitus is so fickle and evil that you can literally make it worse just by thinking it COULD get worse, even the tiniest part of you thinking it could. Even the pain could be from...

Thank you. This was what I needed to read I think. I’m having a hard time letting the emotions go. Even when I think I’m doing well they’re still waiting beneath the surface for me. I appreciate your response.

So about 2 months ago I had an anxiety induced spike that spiraled out of control. My previously minor tinnitus of 8 years became an unrelenting 24/7 nightmare. I let it control my life. A few weeks ago I got a grip and essentially faked it until I made it. Today I’m doing better. My tinnitus...

Just wanted to update. I’m still largely in the same place. Most days in at a 3-4 with spikes particularly at night to maybe 6-7 at the worst. I still think this is largely because I’m thinking about it all day and the cumulative attention I’m giving it adds up. I can go for stretch’s where I...

I've been in hell from a two month long spike that started as a panic attack. I've gotten better slowly. From 9-10/10 all day to a 3-4/10 most days with occasional ups or downs. Hell I'm pretty sure it's back to baseline sometimes. The problem is I cannot stop checking it. 24/7 I'm seeing if...

Just wanted to update and say that the general trajectory seems to be improvement. I had a few days where I didn’t notice it more than just in passing. Tonight it seems loud and intrusive again. I’m hopeful the good days will come back but I’m going on 3 months of this spike and I have to admit...

That is well said and definitely true. Suffering is universal, I just wish I could make peace with mine again. I keep thinking to myself “I know this didn’t bother me a couple months ago why am I letting it now” I’m not even sure it’s any louder than before, in fact I’d guess it’s not. I am...

Have you ever had it this long? I don’t feel anxious 24/7 but the tinnitus increase is pretty much 24/7. I should say I don’t feel consciously anxious but maybe I am below the surface. Anything you’ve learned to break that cycle of hypervigilance?

Thank you! I’ll look into these. I had my first good day in almost two months today. It came back tonight but I’m hopeful that means it’s improving.

Thanks for this. I still get that whooshing sound basically anytime I’m in a room with no sound or that causes air pressure. I’m assuming I had it before and just didn’t notice it.

So there’s still hope even after 7 weeks?

Amoxicillin.

Yeah sorry, it’s a very long post lmao.

Sorry, this is a long one. Little background: I’ve had tinnitus for about 7ish years. The first few months were hard as hell and I definitely didn’t want to live anymore. Eventually it calmed down (or more likely I just learned to tune it out) and I really only noticed it occasionally and the...