Damn It! Metal Saucepan Lid Fell on the Floor. Now My Tinnitus Is Worse!

[mick1987]

Hi everyone, damn, damn damn! I was drying the dishes last night and a metal saucepan lid fell on the floor making a sharp clanging noise, anyway told myself not to worry, tinnitus was the same. By the time I went to bed my tinnitus sounded a lot more intense, I have sort of a whistle type noise on top of a roaring noise I hear, when I was in bed the whistle noise almost covered the normal roaring noise,the good thing is though i can sleep well even when it is loud so I went to sleep. Woke up today and my tinnitus still seems more intense, like the noises are running quicker/faster if that makes any sense? I hope it calms down soon

 

[Stina]

Hi everyone, damn, damn damn! I was drying the dishes last night and a metal saucepan lid fell on the floor making a sharp clanging noise, anyway told myself not to worry, tinnitus was the same. By the time I went to bed my tinnitus sounded a lot more intense, I have sort of a whistle type noise on top of a roaring noise I hear, when I was in bed the whistle noise almost covered the normal roaring noise,the good thing is though i can sleep well even when it is loud so I when to sleep. Woke up today and my tinnitus still seems more intense, like the noises are running quicker/faster if that makes any sense? I hope it calms down soon

Could it be that you are imagining a bit? Maybe its just worry and stress. Try to relax your whle body and imagine silence.

 

[LeQuack]

Yesterday I accidentally had the volume on full blast (was testing something) and forgot I had headphones on. When I tried to play something I almost had a heart attack. Just goes to show that you can't control everything 100% of the time and loud event will happen. I tried my best not to obsess about it, but it sure makes your day worse.

 

[carol kane]

Hi everyone, damn, damn damn! I was drying the dishes last night and a metal saucepan lid fell on the floor making a sharp clanging noise, anyway told myself not to worry, tinnitus was the same. By the time I went to bed my tinnitus sounded a lot more intense, I have sort of a whistle type noise on top of a roaring noise I hear, when I was in bed the whistle noise almost covered the normal roaring noise,the good thing is though i can sleep well even when it is loud so I went to sleep. Woke up today and my tinnitus still seems more intense, like the noises are running quicker/faster if that makes any sense? I hope it calms down soon

Hi Mick, i've done a similar thing, and like you the t got faster i think i was panicking, it calmed down and left no increase, i know it sounds crazy but i put plugs in when doing dishes etc just in case i make a loud clang.

 

[Logan]

Hi Mick, i've done a similar thing, and like you the t got faster i think i was panicking, it calmed down and left no increase, i know it sounds crazy but i put plugs in when doing dishes etc just in case i make a loud clang.

Yea it bothers me too when I am doing dishes, epically when I am putting silverware away. My ears seem really sensitive to some noises for some reason.

 

[mick1987]

The good thing is that I have lost the stress and anxiety with my tinnitus, it just sounds more annoying, more intense than usual? I did also notice a very low humming Morse code noise as well last night, oh well it's getting boring, good to listen to a different sound anyway, mix it up a little!

 

[Stina]

The good thing is that I have lost the stress and anxiety with my tinnitus, it just sounds more annoying, more intense than usual? I did also notice a very low humming Morse code noise as well last night, oh well it's getting boring, good to listen to a different sound anyway, mix it up a little!

I think it could go smth like this: you reading horror stories online - lid falling down - you thinking "now it will get worse" - t "getting" worse.

 

[mick1987]

Stina, i have noticed a dozen times when something makes a sharp noise the tinnitus tone changes, not so much the volume. Metal spanner thrown on the floor when refitting bathroom = new whistle tone, car bonnet slamming shut= new high pitch tone (OK this one did change the volume), saucepan lid falling on floor= tinnitus tones changing again. I'm not "worrying" sharp noises do seem to change the tones, but like I say, something different to listen too!

 

[mick1987]

I think it has calmed down now, last night and this morning it sounded like it was aggravated, but it could have just been one of them things, I just automatically blamed the noise, anyway I'm past caring, my tinnitus doesn't bother me that much anymore. I've got to stop being jumpy around loud noises.

 

[object16]

Hi Mick, the same thing happened to me about 6 weeks ago - my tinnitus was slowly getting better, and then by accident I banged a dinner plate against a large stainless steel mixing bowl right next to my ear. it made my tinnitus go crazy loud for at least another week, before it started to settle down a little. My tinnitus was insanely loud last Friday, but over the weekend I got as much sleep as possible using (abusing) meds, sleep with "notched" music AND "notched" rainfall, gradually I have a slight improvement.