Preface: I have really never dealt with what I would call hyperacusis until recently. I have had tinnitus for a little over five years now, and I was doing good until I had a tinnitus spike in September of 2023. The tinnitus spike is honestly much better, and I would say it is 90% back to baseline. With that spike, I noticed some hearing sensitivity increase, but not that bad; I was still able to go to restaurants without earplugs and such, for example.
I guess it just kind of got worse in December a little; then the sucky thing is that around New Year's, I had a really loud day where my friend's dog barked right in my ear, and some other loud things happened, and the next day I noticed I had a greatly increased hearing sensitivity.
It feels like it has just gotten worse, and now I have to plug up whenever I am out of the house with 25 dB earplugs.
Yesterday, I went to get a head and neck massage for my TMJ, and the lady laughed loudly, like two feet from my ear. I didn't have my earplugs in. Now, I feel like someone punched me in the eardrum, and I am having facial and neck tingling. My ear feels like it's throbbing, full, and super achy right now.
Is this turning into noxacusis? I have had ear problems for a long while, and the hyperacusis is so much worse than the tinnitus that I have experienced. I don't know what to do.
I have some Clomipramine; should I try it? I am just scared it will make my tinnitus worse. I have had tinnitus for a long time, and the hyperacusis is so much worse than the tinnitus; I am just so debilitated right now, and I feel like my life is over.
I guess it just kind of got worse in December a little; then the sucky thing is that around New Year's, I had a really loud day where my friend's dog barked right in my ear, and some other loud things happened, and the next day I noticed I had a greatly increased hearing sensitivity.
It feels like it has just gotten worse, and now I have to plug up whenever I am out of the house with 25 dB earplugs.
Yesterday, I went to get a head and neck massage for my TMJ, and the lady laughed loudly, like two feet from my ear. I didn't have my earplugs in. Now, I feel like someone punched me in the eardrum, and I am having facial and neck tingling. My ear feels like it's throbbing, full, and super achy right now.
Is this turning into noxacusis? I have had ear problems for a long while, and the hyperacusis is so much worse than the tinnitus that I have experienced. I don't know what to do.
I have some Clomipramine; should I try it? I am just scared it will make my tinnitus worse. I have had tinnitus for a long time, and the hyperacusis is so much worse than the tinnitus; I am just so debilitated right now, and I feel like my life is over.