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At a bowling alley right now for a friend's birthday and the music is blasting. I hate bowling enough as it is 🙃 Earplugs with me to look like a doofus as always
kingsfan
I doubt anyone even noticed anything in your ears
weehiru
I just feel pretty lame standing in the corner with my earplugs in while my friends aren't even second guessing the noise level :( Such a joykill
kingsfan
Yes I understand that. I would have been too fearful to even attend the event, so at least you had the courage to go attempt to have a good time and not isolate yourself.
hey guys its me just spreading awareness to let everyone that sensorieural hearing loss and tinnitus is not being taken and researched seriously
Giving up
is conceding that
things will never get better,
and that is just not true.
Ups and downs are a constant in life,
and I've been belted into that
roller coaster a thousand times.

- Aimee Mullins -
I just fell on the stairs and hit my head... Just my luck... Hopefully nothing changed and things are normal. I hope
Hello Bob1234, how are you doing? Did you ever got T spikes before? I had mine two days ago and I did not know what caused the spike as I stopped listening to any loud noises. Wondering, if you had any spikes and how long it took to subsidies
You can learn not to hear the ringing in your ears at all. I went from stage 3 to silence. Although formally the noise remained the same. I just don't notice it. Coming soon in "Success Stories"
kingsfan
I never got the point where I wouldn't hear, only to where I didn't care about it. But since it's been variable for the past couple of years, I haven't been able to get back to that previous point. It demands attention when it's all over the place.
IvanRus
Dude, I didn't understand how it happened. I just had other health problems and I didn't think (or hardly thought) about tinnitus for a few days. When I decided to listen to it again, I realized that I can only hear it if I specifically concentrate on it. How it works, I don't know. My brain completely filters it out.
kingsfan
When my other health issues flair up, they also distract me from the tinnitus. I hope I can find the right trigger to unlock the potential for my brain to permanently not concentrate on it.
Day 15 of Lenire treatments. 8 kHz T levels mostly unchanged 2L and 5R. Was told this can take 12 weeks to hear improvement.
This is not advice, just my personal experience: going part-time at work was the best decision. With tinnitus, there is no "Powering through". Not possible. Full time no longer an option. Not a loss I grieve, I have to obey my limitations. This feels right for me. Not saying it's right for anyone else but my personal story.
BrOKeN_1
I'm glad you are taking control of what you can control. Its tough working a full time job while juggling this nasty problem. Kinda wish I had that option. Best of luck.
@MindOverMatter
I'm sure you've read all my posts. I am unsure how to move forward.

Should I open up all my vents even if my reactivity is crazy?I tried opening my window a little bit to let ambient noise in, it helped but then my tinnitus went weird. I feel scared because I cannot even open my window in my condition. Is there still hope for me?
Does your tinnitus worsen with autumn and cold dark season? Mine seems to do
kingsfan
I think mine tends to do better, because in the midwest, cold season means no mowers and motorcycles, less sportscars and less people tend to be out in general it seems.

But, damn, I miss the desert, beach, and mountains 😢
SharonBell
Juliane yes my tinnitus gets worse with this cooler weather and will get even worse when's it gets cold here.
Still experiencing a gradual reduction of tinnitus spikes after using oral minoxidil for almost 5 months. They now happen less often than before and they are never severe like they used to be. The spikes usually go away by the end of the day as well which used to rarely to happen. I think this is actually working.
kingsfan
I'm about to start finasteride. Been too nervous about side effects, both tinnitus and other, so have been staring at the bottle for about 3 months.
6mo update: Same as last month
Katarinacl
Just adding on—I haven't had any noticeable spikes over the last month. It may be more accurate to say 2/10 - 5/10 volume hissing now.
Hi, how are you doing?
I am also from Poland.
adpolandam
Hi. I don't feel well. how do you feel?
aab
Today my T is loud. My T is changing constantly. H severe.
Now cant sleep because of my T.
adpolandam
I have the same problem with t and h. it hurts to turn on the lights in the house. torture ;(
I was using my headphones on a 3% volume for the last 11 months, hearing 92% is very weird and scary lmao. I hope no perma damage was done
I accidentally turned on my headphones to 92% when I was gaming. To my surprise it wasn't painful at all, but I know that even 1 sec is enough to cause permanent damage :(
orenge01
Same thing happened to me a couple weeks ago. I was making music, accidentally put my headphones on as they were at 100% volume, it caused a spike as it was right on a build up of the song with white noise building up in volume with a lot of high frequencies. Not fun. I think it caused perma damage for me as some songs sound different than before to me. I hope no damage happened to you though :/ I wish you the best!
no pain anymore it was probably something else causing that, but the ringing still persists in my left ear. Very loud. :/
So here we go again. Looks like my lows dropped again. Waiting on my ENT. Why can't life stay consistent. Obstacle after obstacle! It really does stink getting older!