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Looks like i'm going on 3 years now with T. I remember when i first got it, i'd wear ear plugs even to the movies. Gone Girl had just come out, the soundtrack is really good and they had it cranked. I was so paranoid. Best advice a gal on this board gave me, is just go live your life. If...

My best friend got T from a motorhead show. Front row, drunk as hell, no plugs. For me, i just went to my first rock concert since i contracted this god-forsaken ringing three months ago. Wore the foamies and did ok. No real spike to speak off, but they just had little combo amps, no walls...

Former Navy here... went through bootcamp in Orlando in the summer. They had instituted some deal where when it was above a certain temperature we couldn't go out to the grinder to PT. Our CC's gladly kept us inside and had us 'go to the north pole'... where we closed all of the windows, put...

I'm not sure how to explain the causality but i am living proof that T can be caused by stress. Mine hit me during a post-job loss episode of depression/anxiety. No acoustic trauma to speak of. Just woke up one morning after ridiculous amounts of anxiety and panic attacks with a glorious new...

Thanks awbw8! It's a day by day battle sometimes till then huh? Get used to it.. get ok, then it kicks your ass, then you get used to it again. Just keep fighting folks, there are too many people on this board who have adapted to it and are leading good lives, to let this thing beat us. One...

I honestly have no idea. I'm still pretty new to this and sometimes it feels like the more i read or talk about it the more power i give it. At the same time it helps to talk about it... who knows. I'm sure they can't really measure something so subjective, but i was just sharing what i...

Yeah i'm going to go to a Tinnitus clinic... I'd like to know more about TRT. I hope there is something out there that can help. I keep hearing there is a cure on the way and that the pharma companies are getting interested. DAMN this ringing just got louder, WTF? ah, this is the gift...

Same here, it's almost like relying on a drug, to have to have distracting white noise to drown out the T. I guess maybe we should practice being in a silent room and getting used to it for short periods of time, then increase those periods of time until we can handle it. Right now it's a...

I talked to a doc here in Nashville (good doc, recommended by Dr Nagler) who said that these sounds are really only ...4 to maybe 14 decibels which is quieter than a whisper. But it still sounds pretty damned loud huh?

I feel like as long as i can keep a fan running, some white noise, city noise etc i can handle this stuff. But when i am in complete silence it's nearly unbearable. I'm fairly new to this game, so my question for you vets is, do you ever get to the point that you can be (or possibly even...

it was sooooo sweet!

Do you guys ever have those mornings where you wake up and think 'wait... i don't hear it????' Then boom... there it is. Do you think that is habituation or does it really come and go for some people? Seems like it's a little more annoying when it comes back, but man that was a wonderful...

Thanks Thanks brother, that is really good to hear. I'm out of work right now, which led to depression, anxiety and panic attacks, which led to my T. I'm trying to put myself back together and get a new job. Initially i thought this T was a temporary thing and i would ride it out THEN get...

How do you guys cope at work? Conference calls, meetings etc? I know i can keep the headphones on at my desk with white noise if i need but, how about those conversations where all you can hear is the ringing? Thanks

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Dr. Nagler, During a bout with extreme anxiety and panic attacks i awoke (3-4 weeks ago) with a ringing in my ears. I was taking welbutrin (only a week or so), i read that it can cause T, so i stopped that immediately, the ringing persisted. Went to a walk in clinic, they gave me prednisone...

Just did # 7 with a neil med sinus rinse, got the pop and everything but it's still ringing, i think mine may be more stress than Eustachian tube related . Who knows. Thanks for the info however.

I'm going to give the turmeric a try today.. anything in particular to look for or look out for? I'm going to whole foods or vitamin shoppe

Thanks guys, i've opted out. last night, same friend was trying to get me to go to a Doom/Metal show, which i love, but.. no way.

Simply Noise, i use the "white noise" setting and try to keep the volume just above where it knocks out the T, but not too loud. I have it on my phone and also use it on my computer http://simplynoise.com/

Amen sister. I do find that i can sort of reach "the relaxation response" if i turn on a sound maker and let myself relax...i just have to tune out that voice that wants to say "do i hear it? is it still there?"

Question for you, is yours constant otherwise? Mine is, it's made worse by jaw movements, but it's with me 24/7 I've tried xanax, which helps me sleep, and basically not care as much, but it doesn't decrease the volume. Ah if i could only meditate again!

So cool, I want to visit Thailand someday

btw i used to train in Muay Thai, a wonderful export from your country

yep! i feel ya Valentin

Thank you soooooo much Dana! This all started from EXTREME stress, physical mental etc... i thought i was going to have a seizure one night from the anxiety and panic and muscular...tightness.

Interesting, for me they are both the same, just with increasing volume. I'm just trying, like all of us, to see if i can isolate a cause.

I am glad i read Caff's post early on in this new joyous chapter of life in a fragile human body. It forced me to start making plans, getting out with friends, looking for a new job and new girlfriend. I was recently laid off from a good job of 10 years, i'd ended a primary relationship...

I notice when i sort of push my lower jaw out, the T increases in volume. Does anyone else notice that? Does that help in diagnosing a cause? Obviously i need to ask a doctor but I would like to hear other's experience with this to see if it has helped you locate the source (and hopefully...

Do you guys still go to concerts? A friend is trying to get me to go see Paul McCartney here tonight, a rare opportunity, and i'm considering it, but i'm scared it will make the T worse. I've heard that it does temporarily but then it will calm back down to "normal" levels. I'd obviously wear...

Thank you so much for posting this. I needed to read this as i am really struggling today. T hit me out of the blue when i was already experiencing panic attacks and i so wanted to hear a positive story.

Ok is there a Tinnitus Dating section here? Apparently i'm going to need to find a gal who can sleep with lots of fans and a white noise app for the next oh..40 year or so....;)

Anyone have vaping/e cigarette cause or accentuate your tinnitus?

Thanks Karen, i sure hope so. I'm a grown man and I don't recall ever crying over "something being wrong with me" but that's exactly what i've done the past two days. This stuff is so insidious and intrusive. I just prayed to God to please make it stop. I'm sure i'd handle this better...

Thanks! Yeah that's what i read and i went off of it immediately and switched to Zoloft (on doctors orders) that's been a good while. I have some xanax for the panic. I don't drink anymore, only other possible contributing factor i can think of i've been vaping (nicotine, not THC) i want to...

Going on three weeks now. Two weeks in i thought i had 'gotten used to it' but today is a tough one. I was struggling with depression/anxiety and a doc put me on wellbutrin and ambien a month or so ago. It gave me panic attacks so i went off of it. One morning i wake up with a ringing in my...