I've had low/mild tinnitus for several years from a loud party. I've coped amazingly well, where often several months would go by without me even thinking about the T and it feels like I've been free of it for most of the time. Life has been normal for me.
About four days ago the fire alarm went off unexpectedly in my room. I got a stool from another room and placed it under the fire alarm and reached up for it to make it stop. The fire alarm was on for maybe 25-30 seconds and I was directly under the fire alarm for about 5-10 seconds. I had no symptoms that day. During the next day I for some reason started thinking more and more of my T, and for the last 2-3 days I've been very depressed and anxious, probably the worst 3 days of my life so far which is very weird as I practically never think of my T and am also normally a happy person.
During these days I've been more sensitive to sounds, where noise levels which feel normal are slightly uncomfortable for me now. Also the T in my left ear seems to be slightly louder than in my right ear (unsure if this has always been the case, I don't think so). This makes me anxious as when I turned off the fire alarm, there's a wall directly to my left, which would've bounced a lot of the sound waves from the fire alarm into my left ear.
I haven't been listening to anything above normal volume at all these last days, and plan to keep it that way for at least some weeks/months/forever.
Does it sound like I've caused a spike (which I've never experienced before), or have done something bad to myself?
Thanks for reading.
About four days ago the fire alarm went off unexpectedly in my room. I got a stool from another room and placed it under the fire alarm and reached up for it to make it stop. The fire alarm was on for maybe 25-30 seconds and I was directly under the fire alarm for about 5-10 seconds. I had no symptoms that day. During the next day I for some reason started thinking more and more of my T, and for the last 2-3 days I've been very depressed and anxious, probably the worst 3 days of my life so far which is very weird as I practically never think of my T and am also normally a happy person.
During these days I've been more sensitive to sounds, where noise levels which feel normal are slightly uncomfortable for me now. Also the T in my left ear seems to be slightly louder than in my right ear (unsure if this has always been the case, I don't think so). This makes me anxious as when I turned off the fire alarm, there's a wall directly to my left, which would've bounced a lot of the sound waves from the fire alarm into my left ear.
I haven't been listening to anything above normal volume at all these last days, and plan to keep it that way for at least some weeks/months/forever.
Does it sound like I've caused a spike (which I've never experienced before), or have done something bad to myself?
Thanks for reading.
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