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@Jupiterman Do you think if hyperacusis were to improve, then reactive tinnitus would also improve at the same time and become less reactive?

@billie48 I've been looking into possibly making a career change that could accommodate my circumstances better. Not sure if there are any jobs outside the home that won't have some risk involved though. But maybe I could try to find a job that I could do remotely from home in a quieter environment.

@billie48 Also, were you working a job while dealing with the severe reactive T and H? Right now, I'm not working. I miss doing it but I worry about possibly making the T and H worse by going back to work.

@billie48 I'm glad to hear you are doing fine and enjoying life. Do you think it's better to expose to normal sounds or isolate in a quiet room while wearing ear muffs/plugs as much as possible for recovery/healing?

@Moni97 Watching TV with no sound, reading, etc. Making adjustments and trying to keep myself busy/distracted. I think this is the best method. Allowing the ears to heal and then at some point trying to slowly re introduce normal sounds again.

@Moni97 I am still early into my healing/recovery period but I have also decided to go the overprotection route for now. I've been wearing either ear muffs or plugs as much as possible and staying in my house most of the day.

@Moni97 I read that you decided to wear 24/7 ear protection and stay in quiet room as much as possible. Are you still doing that now? Now that you are longer into your recovery period, is that something you would still recommend doing?

@Moni97 Specifically about the very reactive T and H. Mine also seemed to react to almost every sound, including internal sounds like chewing, swallowing, etc. It was so sensitive even something like putting clothes on and walking seemed to spike it too.

@Moni97 Okay thanks, I am glad you are seeing some improvements. I read one of your comments from a while ago and your symptoms seemed similar to mine.

@Jerad But I've also noticed that if I wear ear protection for a long time and then take them off, everything seems to be louder and more sensitive than it usually is, so maybe that's also what's contributing to the oversensitivity I'm experiencing?

@Jerad If I understand the terms correctly, it sounds like I probably have both. The ear ache suggests pain H and the oversensitivity to sounds would suggest loudness H too? Certain sounds like cutlery clinking plates or mugs, etc are uncomfortable for me.

@Diego LR What about you, what triggered your T and H?

@Diego LR I should of trusted my guy and listened to my body. If I had immediately stopped the meds once I began noticing the T worsening it never would have progressed as worse it is

@Diego LR I regret not stopping the meds sooner. My doctors said they thought the tinnitus should go away once my body adjusts to the meds but I think that was bad advice

@Diego LR I suspect it worsened through medication use, possible noise exposure could of contributed too. I can't say definitely 100% but I suspect it was mostly due to the meds

@Diego LR I had mild T and no H for about 9 months and and it became severe reactive T and H about 3 weeks ago

@Marshall Thank you for sharing and I'm glad to hear your doing better. It's encouraging to see some people who made improvement. How soon did you first start noticing improvement?

@Diego LR I'm sorry :( How long have you had it?

@Jerad Is staying inside a quiet room all day good enough, or should I also be wearing ear muffs inside all the time too? Even normal sounds cause my T to react and ear ache to get worse

@Jerad I agree with you, I'm not taking any medicine now out of fear it could make it worse. I don't leave my house much at all and when I do, I always wear ear muffs

@Jerad What I suspect may have happened is something similar to @BrysonKingMe situation. I may have tapered off the ami too fast the first time and then when I tried to go back on it, my ears just went crazy and reacted so bad to it

@Jerad I got off the ami at one point but then tried to get back on again and this is when the real nightmare started. I took it for about a week before it became so unbearable I stopped. I regret not stopping sooner

@Jerad Since then, it has just been getting worse. I stayed on the ami for a while but I would try taking other meds to help with the chronic pain I was dealing with and everything seemed to react bad and kept making T worse

@Jerad Thank you, I'm sorry you are struggling too :( Mine was started from a bad reaction between Trazadone and Amitriptyline. I had been on the ami by itself for a while and did not have T but once I took that Trazadone it immediately caused it.