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OK, my tinnitus has been even worse after the HBOT. I can't deny it, except I don't know if I can be completely sure if it was just because of the noisy trip to another city (with earmuffs) or because of the HBOT (or both). It was a bad decision anyhow. I wasn't thinking clearly. I had been very...

I think there should be more media about tinnitus. I mean art that reveals the reality of it to the masses. There should be more awareness.

Stupid question. Does excessive earwax on eardrums possibly weaken the effect of LLLT? (I don't necessarily believe to the effects of LLLT in the first place but I'm willing to try things that seem safe.)

I was hesitating to try HBOT to the last second but I decided to try it once. When the dive began it was pretty difficult to level the pressure in my ears. At one point pressure started to build up in my right ear until I got it open. The first time the pressurization stopped, I was asked if...

I was kind of having a panic attack but I'm calmer now. I'm probably going to travel to another city for HBOT in the morning, but I have been unsure this whole time still. I'm worried that the risks are too large when compared to the unlikely positive effects. However, I did try HBOT 10 years...

I have not been sleeping well since my night out with friends 1 month ago. I have very high pitched sounds that are hard to mask. I still have sound distortions but they have changed. I have less whistling and more metallic or screeching distortions. The high pitched sounds bother me the most...

I'm already familiar with HBOT but decided against it because of the costs and people here recommending against it (for my case). Even if HBOT would give me some benefits, my understanding is that it would take multiple sessions which would be prohibitively expensive. And there are some risks as...

I have started using emLas-520 with 660 nm and 808 nm lasers. My plan is to alternate between them (1 session per day) for 10 days. I decided to start with low dozes because I'm afraid about possible worsenings. Here's my sessions so far: Day 1: 10 minutes with 660 nm Day 2: 6 minutes with 808...

A car idling outside of my window just generated crazy disruptive low frequency noise inside my apartment. I felt it everywhere. Disturbing.

I had an audiogram and apparently it was normal. I know it doesn't show hidden hearing loss but at least I don't have bad hearing. I feel like at times I wasn't sure if I was hearing a test sound or my tinnitus. One time I wasn't sure and suddenly the sound stopped which confirmed that it was a...

My sound distortions are confusing. Right now as I'm sitting here, I'm hearing an annoying beep over the PC fan and hum of the fridge. It's similar to TV no signal sound but a bit lower in pitch. The volume is about the same as the sound it appears in. It's very noticeable. But I have also had...

Trying to live one day at a time and hope I will feel better in the future. Also avoiding noise like crazy.

I may sound like a hipster based on my favorite games. The Witness Beautiful non-linear puzzle game. It emphasizes nonverbal communication and it's very interesting what it manages to accomplish with that. It's a game about trying to understand the world. It's about observing and being...

I hope it went well. I'm also worried about this because I predict I will have a similar procedure at some point.

My sound distortions keep changing in intensity and pitch. Maybe not important anymore, but these distortions only started to happen this month. The original sound exposure at a party/celebration happened on 10th of September. The only thing I can think of that could have made it worse after...

The most believable treatments I have seen people take early on are HBOT and intratympanic dexamethasone injection. Especially the injection seems to have helped people here? He gave me a laboratory referral for an audiogram. I haven't been yet. I think I can do it at any time. There shouldn't...

It has now been a little over 6 weeks since my tinnitus originally got worse due to loud music. Please, could you nice people tell me if there are any treatments I should try before it's too late? I know 6 weeks is already a while ago but I don't want to regret not doing something in the...

I will definitely be very careful about loud ambient noise from now on but I fear I made my regular tinnitus permanently worse already. I don't think I have ever had a spike that became better. My tinnitus was very stable for 10 years before all this happened. I didn't realize I was in such a...

So apparently Intratympanic Dexamethasone Injections are a very good treatment for acute tinnitus and hearing loss? My tinnitus got worse about 6 weeks ago due to noise exposure/damage. Is this something that's worth a try if I can get it? I'm having an audiogram soon. Do I need to lie to get...

I bought NAC only yesterday because I hadn't heard of it before. Wish I had if it can actually do something. I take Magnesium, C, B12, Ginkgo biloba and capsules that contain A, D, E and Omega 3s. I was at a board game cafe yesterday with friends and hope that wasn't too much noise. We were in...

I may have both. The squeaking or whistling sounds are distortions I think. It's hard to not hear them because they attach even to the smallest of sounds. Then I have another irregular, kind of a metallic sound that might be reactive tinnitus. On top of this I have my old electrical sounds that...

I'm hearing at least 2 kinds of sounds on top of other sounds. One of them is a high-pitched squeaking sound. The other one is a lower pitched whistling. I hear it in everything. I hear it in music etc. They react to the environment "real-time". If this is permanent, how could I "habituate" to...

I have had tinnitus for 10 years but recently it got worse due to a noise exposure. I now hear a whistling sound on top of every other sound. It's driving me mad. It's not maskable. I didn't even know tinnitus could be like this. I really wish it would disappear or at least get better but I'm...

Could HBOT be useful when an already-existing tinnitus is worsened by noise exposure? Or is the 3-month deadline strictly for totally new tinnitus cases?