Volume of My Tinnitus Went Up by a Big Step

[Simon Johns]

Hey all,

Experienced a big upsurge in volume lately. Before, moderate background noise would mask it during the day and a soft radio by night. But for the past week or two, I can hear it above everything.

No recent trauma or loud noise exposure that I can think of.

Really depressed and hoping this isn't the new normal.

38 years of this is beginning to get on my nerves

 

[glynis]

@Simon Johns ,
Could be the cold weather or wax build up etc.
You have done well having tinnitus so long and im sure will be a great help to other members.
Love glynis

 

[Simon Johns]

Thanks for the response Glynis. Sadly, I live in a warm climate. Well, not sadly – since I live in a warm climate – but you know what I mean.

This is the first time I can hear it above normal background noise when not exacerbated by a loud noise event.

Time to take a look at my lifestyle and make some changes there to eliminate any dietary or physical effects. Cut out the coffee and the beer.

Looking at another 38 years of T at this level is not something I think I can cope with.

 

[illegalmonkey77]

Time to take a look at my lifestyle and make some changes there to eliminate any dietary or physical effects. Cut out the coffee and the beer.

Try not to do too much at once otherwise you won't really know what the problem is. I'd start by getting rid of coffee and booze for a week and see if anything changes there. Usually it'll be something like coffee, booze or sugar. I dunno about other food items messing with T. I did a similar test with coffee and booze, and basically figured out I was getting temporary spikes from the sugar.

I was putting two teaspoons of sugar in my coffee every morning on top of the abundance of treats that were everywhere thanks to the holidays. For me coffee and alcohol don't seem to harm my T in the long run.