Astonished People Take Risks Post Tinnitus Remission

[MRItechssuck]

I 100% agree. Lately I'm afraid to enjoy stuff around the city because my hearing has gotten so sensitive so even places like coffee shops with music spike my anxiety

Do earplugs help with the hyperacusis?

 

[Christopher805]

May I ask... was it once course of neomycin... or how much caused the tinnitus?

Yeah my hyperacusis is more like super pain, not super hearing... my tinnitus/hearing loss can get in the way of hearing normal stuff.

If you have "super hearing" can't you just balance that by wearing earplugs? If I wear earplugs I take away the hearing I have left... just curious how this all works for others.

Sorry just seeing your response. I took 3 days worth. 2 pills per day. Each pill 500mg. Never got close to the 14 day prescription. Others take the whole course no problem. Me slammed. The prescription stated tinnitus rare. Did some research, almost million people per year are negatively affected by amino glycosides, which is the class that neomycin fall under. I am sorry for your super pain with hyperacusis. Hyperacusis sucks. I was told not to use earplugs as they would make things worse. It's so confusing. You know what's crazy I hate having anything in my ears even plugs.

 

[Orions Pain]

Do earplugs help with the hyperacusis?

I avoid loud areas completely but on the occasions I have gone out for a couple bday celebrations I've worn ear plugs. They definitely help!

 

[MRItechssuck]

At work I wear earplugs all day for my pain hyperacusis... which makes communication difficult.

 

[Sevv]

As for me who had remission of H (mostly) and was used to mild T and now has a setback, it was social expectance who drove me to the small village carnival (I was being cautious, but not enough as I should have) and then the fun let me forget the risk of spontaneous excessive noise (I was only protecting against predictable noise, but didn't think of unpredictable noise).
This is actually pretty much the same thing as what gave me my initial T. I am a very social person who has always had difficulty to live out this aspect of myself - I used to be very shy. So when I was at the concert that gave me T I felt so much at home and finally being at a place I had always wanted to be that I didn't think about the risk of T (I was expecting a bit of hearing damage, but not T). Carnival was similar. So the only thing I can learn is that fun makes me forget risks, and I have to screen for situations in which I might forget risks and avoid them alltogether.