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Noticed it a week afterwards but I think it was there all along, I was just too busy till then. My ears rang loud right after but seemed all better the next morning. Next week I was watching a show and noticed certain sounds were different and then panicked. It went through some small changes...

Gyms I've been to in my area didn't have music playing luckily. I didn't know a lot of gyms have music, that would annoy me a bit.

Awareness: 5P / I am constantly aware of my tinnitus, sometimes it happens that I do not think about it for 15-30 minutes. Sleep: 3P / I struggle with sleep and wake up a few times every night. Life changes: 1P / I do pretty much the same things as before tinnitus. Just avoid really loud...

Yeah, I've had that happen while laying in bed a couple times. I'd be lost in thought for a minute and suddenly think "Hold on, I didn't notice tinnitus at all for a bit," then immediately regret thinking that.

@svintegrity I finished my assessment today. Haven't learned anything yet except what I already knew, but going to treat the depression, stress and anxiety over time. Every day so far I've felt bad, but things seem to be slowly getting easier over these long months. Glad to hear yesterday went...

I thought about that for a while a few weeks ago and realized it just won't work or be worthwhile pursuing. First the complexity of the nerve hookups is mind-boggling. I don't think it can ever be connected on such a small scale properly. It isn't done for the same reason amputees aren't...

@svintegrity Thanks, here's hoping. I'm not sure they have any experience with this kind of thing or not. I hear mindfulness meditation can help, maybe they can teach me that at least. Glad to hear things are improving for you, here's hoping the improvements keep coming.

@Alex Senkowski I actually went through the same thing last night, thought I'd be fine without a sleeping pill. I waited like 20 minutes, then noticed I was focusing on T and was worried I wouldn't fall asleep or I'd wake up in the middle of the night. So I just gave in and took one.

For me, luckily volume hasn't been an issue yet. The fact that it exists at all is what upsets me most. I see it as a problem that needs a solution. I went my whole life not knowing people heard sounds in their head, and I thought hearing damage would only make things sound quieter. How much...

I'll go for 3-4. I can hear it among the background noise if I look for it but not aware of it if I'm focused. white/pink noise alone doesn't work so well for me since mine has a couple irregular pattern tones that rapidly stop and go that stand out. I've got a second problem though were...

@svintegrity I've got an evaluation appointment at a local mental health place Friday. It was going to be last Wednesday but we had a huge snowstorm that day. I'm hoping they have some ideas for relief. I also know I really should start exercising again as I'm sure it would help, but I don't...

Definitely true, I actually did just that for almost an entire year after my undergraduate. It just felt so good, like endless satisfaction. I did start looking for a job and making some new friends to spend time with afterwards because it wasn't possible to do it forever, although it gave me...

Trying to pop my ear didn't work, such as yawning, swallowing and plugging my nose and blowing. The feeling faded though after a week or two.

My right ear started feeling full a week after I noticed the tinnitus. There was no cold/flu though. It stayed like that for a couple weeks and the fullness gradually faded.

@Sound Wave @VegLife Thanks, it's good to know others adapted and I can too one day. Your story hits close to home.

@NiNyu Yep fashion was a big part of it too, I pretty much ignored that entirely. I didn't put much effort into it. Love wasn't necessary for my happiness. More something that would be nice if it happened, but I didn't need it. I'm trying to repress and forget my memories of how I used to be...

@svintegrity Glad to hear the surgery was successful! I'm sure you'll continue to heal and get better, since everything is going as expected. Thanks you for sharing your experience here. Also I'd like to thank you for the support you've given me before on this forum.

@Sound Wave Nope just live with parents. I planned on working on it, but I was lazy. Being honest, I never had a relationship and am still virgin. Sex drive was never a problem, I masturbated like 20 times a week till T started. Now its like 4, cant get in the mood. Combination of shyness...

It's probably mild if that's true. I'd think it's severe if you can't avoid it's presence in any waking situation. Though I'm not sure what the kind people only hear when plugging their ears is called.

Agreed, you feel a lot of the same things I do. It's nice not to be alone. I remember on a really quiet day with no wind hearing my laptop adapter across my bedroom from me, didn't know those made a sound before. Usually just kept track of where my family was in the house though.

Yes I do fully believe my life was great before tinnitus. I don't know how to break that thinking but I really did feel great all the time. Just endless content, and any unfilled desires seemed easily achievable. I thought life was as perfect as it could be, it was modest but I wanted nothing...

PC gamer here, still waiting for news of the port!

Thanks :> Honestly never played final fantasy besides 7 and the start of tactics for Gameboy Advance, but I just love the character design of the black mage. Plus, I read a bunch of 8-bit theater and he was fun to identify with.

I agree knowing the cause doesn't help much if it still can't be fixed. I know my cause but it doesn't bring me any comfort, more annoyance than anything since I know I could have easily avoided it. I can totally blame my sister for it too since I never had any interest in loud music. At the...

White noise pink noise brown noise violet noise alone worked for a bit at first but not anymore. Some youtube video's that have layers changing dynamically throughout worked well the first time or two; I can't find the videos atm because I'm at work still, but they were posted in the support...

If the volumes low as I used to have it yeah I do hear it a bit. Used to have it on very low, now I've turned it up a bit to hear the small sound details over the tinnitus. First time I noticed something was wrong with my hearing was listening to a show week after my incident. There was a sound...

No I usually don't. It does a pretty good job for me.

Yep I know it sure is hard to change my habits. I'm quite lazy and always avoided being busy, preferring to lounge about relaxing. Life has been so easy till now, didn't have a care in the world. Trying to stay busy isn't what I'm used to, but I'm thinking exercise and swimming would be a really...

Hard to say, I'll say how I view it. I haven't experienced severe to compare though. This is my best guess at a definition so hope I don't offend anyone, I don't claim to be right. I think its a personal distinction, no rigid definition, and all relative to your own experience. For me I...

Masturbating has been has been less satisfying since tinnitus. Usually when I finished I'd just lie in a daze for like 15 minutes afterwards just soaking in the good feeling and often just fall asleep. Now the good feeling doesn't last so long because I immediately get annoyed by the sound and...

@tshapiro I'm glad to hear things are turning a corner. I hope I start having good days, not a day has gone by yet where I haven't felt depressed most of the time, and always generally anxious. I'm looking at getting into a quiet corporate career so it's good to know it's still possible for me...

I find it so difficult not to. When relaxing I naturally search for threats. I see tinnitus as a threat still and it keeps bothering me. I haven't settled into a career I want yet and I'm worried it will prevent me from reaching the goals I had, which was a quiet desk job dealing with math...

My tinnitus is quiet, yet somewhat paradoxically I find it impossible to mask it for any extended period of time. I can find temporary relief with new sound mixes I haven't heard before, but after 15 minutes or so I totally understand the sound and can find the tinnitus sounds layered in it. At...

I keep thinking there should be lots more because I went from never heard a noise in my head in my life to mild chronic tinnitus and some hearing damage after 1 hour at a night club. I wish I had known before, everything I had been taught was you only get temporary tinnitus as a warning the...

Dr Nagler, I hope you will take the time to post your recovery story. It would be comforting knowledge to have for the future if my tinnitus does get worse. I appreciated your letter to a tinnitus sufferer it, was very helpful. I'm sorry you had to go through an experience i cant relate to, but...

@Hindu only some games with all sound off. Usually just with the music off. And I still can't stay relaxed for more than a couple seconds and only get 3 hours of sleep a night before waking and can't get back to sleep. Toss and turn the rest of the night. Any stress I feel spirals out of control...

About the same, I feel a very very gradual adjustment happening. Still feel sour that it happened to me after my first experience with loud music, which just seems extremely unlucky. It was going to be the only time in my life and I thought just an hour would be safe. I must have just been more...

@linearb Yeah I do enjoy dreams and nightmares. It is fun upon waking to analyze them and the emotions I felt. Actually almost never had nightmares since I was a kid, things just gradually stopped scaring me. I purposely tried to induce nightmares sometimes when I achieved lucidity to...

Yeah, i switched from fan to white noise app on tablet cause the fan was probably too loud. The tinnitus is mild, constant hiss and beeping. Somehow i hear it all the time though because my brain finds it nearly all the time and if it cant i still notice sounds arent right anymore. Managed to...

So just experienced the worst nightmare of my life. My dream basically just starts with me in bed for half a second before noticing blaring sounds of a jet engine drive me into primal terror and confusion. Like i was just born into hell. I'm screaming bloody murder, my visions going red and...

@svintegrity Thanks for the help, I'm going to keep trying new things until I find something to let my mind feel free of burden again. I used to kind of enter a state of mind that was detached from the world and my body. It felt like I was dumping all my mental garbage, but it keeps getting...

I'd be happy if there was more awareness. I had no knowledge I was in any kind of danger when I went into a loud dance club for the first time in my life, never went to any loud music places before. I only spent like 10 minutes on the dance floor and got pretty loud ringing afterwards. Went to...

INTP here, very mild tinnitus but still devastating my mind. Still think about it pretty much constantly. I used to instantly feel a wave of relief and total peace whenever I entered silence. Didn't matter how stressed I was, it felt like all my problems melted away. I was rarely even stressed...

I think it might be a different one. Tensing my jaw in different ways doesn't change my tone. Feels like it's underneath my neck muscles, like I'm squeezing a blood vessel.

Not sure which one yet, its a vibrating feeling right side just below my ear, inside my neck when I yawn. I can also hear the blood changing flow in my ear as well as the louder tone. It feels like I'm pushing blood at my ear. I can do it without yawning by tensing that muscle alone. I can't...

My tinnitus mostly seems like that, just very quiet. I can't figure out where it gets its rhythm from, just total random electrical noises. Right ear only. Only thing I can do is make it sound like one louder steady tone by putting pressure on or using certain muscles, which happens a lot. I've...

Is it normal to hear certain tones clearly stand out or louder than the rest when hearing white noise type things like fans and water? I remember before they would just all blur together. The tones stop as soon as the sound source stops. Audiogram I had came normal but it's really not very...

I have a pretty much inaudible tone, even in silence, in my right ear that becomes mild-moderate in volume when swallowing or burping.

Thanks for the support, I wish you the best of luck and maybe I can follow your example. I was pretty laid back and lazy before and just liked to stick to routine. This tinnitus is forcing me to change in ways I don't like. Always gotta be doing something now or I just get really depressed and...

Thanks, forgot to mention it also worries me a lot since I wanted a quiet career dealing with math as an actuary, and I'm afraid I can no longer handle it. I just don't feel my personality and tinnitus are compatible. My sister who kinda got me into this mess says she's had it since a kid after...

The tinnitus is mild but constant. My brain is always searching for it and just won't let go and im always terrified and stressed about it. Even when distracted part of my brain is still searching constantly, even if i cant find it. I just can't accept my hearing having flaws. When trying to...

I am gona start carrying a couple pairs of disposables from work for the bar i think. Just a bit scared of slightly loud noise though it was never a problem before. Luckily never had any hyperacusis. Only noticed mild persistant tinnitus the day after the bar a week after the club. Would try...

In all my searching and reading since this all started, this sums up basically all I found too. Thought about hbot too but I just can't find the results to justify it.

Yeah masked my mild tinnitus buzz and notes for a bit, thanks. White noise never seemed to work perfect cause I'd end up noticing the imperfections in it from tinnitus. Nice to feel some relief and relax for a moment. Feels like it's been so long. Came right back afterwards though.

Thanks, my hearing still seems pretty good though I never actually looked at my audio-gram when they did it, they just said it was normal. Seems slightly worse though from what memory tells me, hearing a couple small frequency gaps in white noise type sounds. I remember at work before this T...

Since my tinnitus started 3 months ago, it just seems to keep slowly getting worse. Started with a 1 hour visit to a nightclub my sister pressured me into going to, even though I never liked loud noises. I thought it would be okay even though it was uncomfortably loud, and stayed because my...

Yeah I feel like very minor damage at certain areas but dominant so far has been something like 15-18khz CRT tv sound in right ear that makes me always think a tv is on. Turning one on masks the sound for me but I was always found that sound annoying anyway unfortunately. Part bothering me most...

Thanks, going by what I see other people exposed to, I really should be fine. I got nothing to compare the sound I was exposed to but either I'm really unlucky or my brain is just making this sound up on it's own.

Had it for about 6 weeks now, from a short visit to a club my sister begged me to go to. The club was unbearably loud but I thought one hour would be safe. Week later noticed this constant, ultra high pitch sound while relaxing on the weekend. First few days were fine, since I thought it would...

Thanks for your advice and stories Vincent and joviona, I hope it gets better for everyone. Mine feels like it's always the same volume and rhythm everyday but my perception of it differs at times. I feel I'm past the crippling fear associated with the sound but just want it to be less annoying.