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A lot of screen time definitely increases my tinnitus symptoms.
And after a horrible few days I come to my once a month easily manageable morning buzz day (natural hormone fluctuations I guess) where I sleep like the before times and my pain and pressure settles for a few hours... I could easily live a normal happy life and feel very much like my old self, until the crushing realisation if I did I'd just end up without these brief reprieves.
I bizarrely find my self having to keep them secret too because everyone's positivity bias creeps in and they assume it's getting better.
I bizarrely find my self having to keep them secret too because everyone's positivity bias creeps in and they assume it's getting better.
A lot of screen time definitely increases my tinnitus symptoms.
Is there any long term medication i can take for my panic attacks and anxiety im scared i might harm myself (jumping out from my window etc.) i am fairly suicidal can anyone help me please?
A loud metallic bang out of nowhere as I was waiting for the train. Even though I was wearing double hearing protection, the incoming spike is sure to be torture. There's no escape from this cycle of agony.
When i yawn i hear metallic sound in my right ear what is it ? i have since 10 months
Dear @billie48, I hope you are doing well. I recently cought Covid again and once more it gave me a big spike and this time I need to adjust a bit more, especially regarding my sleep. There's something I'm wondering about your sleep routine. You have mentioned to me before that you use background noise (a sound machine I believe) for sleeping, in a reply to another user you also mentioned that you can also fall asleep without any background noise. So I'm mostly wondering, even with your long-term habituation to loud tinnitus, do you get more refreshing sleep or have a somewhat easier time to fall asleep with background noise? Thank you so much for your reply.
Just cannot be fucked with the spikes, aches, pains and sensations from something as simple as a normal volume conversation when I already spend all day indoors, it's been over a year, can't live a normal life I consider enjoyable or worthwhile, not interested at this point... where this idea we have to keep going at all costs came from is beyond me.
saw an audiologist today, went just as i expected. "normal hearing", declined tympanometry test, saw another doctor and i have no infection in my right ear anymore so i'm at a loss on why it's been bothering me. such a shame.
In one month I made great progress! I'm able to go out with just my ear muffs, and not double protection, again. Most every day noises are tolerable again. It's still not great, but it's progress. My tinnitus however is still pretty reactive and can get VERY loud after just simple conversations. A bit at a loss on whether I should push or not.
Half a decade later... still going. How's the family?
Hey y'all, I'm still here — unfortunately for my ears 
Tinnitus has gotten extreme, and some days it takes everything in me just to get out of bed. But I do it. I'm working part-time at the university again while running my own business, and I push through on the rough days.
My love life… well, that went downhill too. I'm lonely sometimes because not many people really get what I'm going through. My partner left — honestly, he wasn't a good person, so maybe that's a blessing in disguise.
But here's the thing: my bills are paid, my needs are covered, and if I need to rest when my ears get bad, I can. I'm grateful for that. I can't imagine dealing with this struggle and worrying about surviving at the same time. So I'm hanging in there, thankful where it counts.
Tinnitus has gotten extreme, and some days it takes everything in me just to get out of bed. But I do it. I'm working part-time at the university again while running my own business, and I push through on the rough days.
My love life… well, that went downhill too. I'm lonely sometimes because not many people really get what I'm going through. My partner left — honestly, he wasn't a good person, so maybe that's a blessing in disguise.
But here's the thing: my bills are paid, my needs are covered, and if I need to rest when my ears get bad, I can. I'm grateful for that. I can't imagine dealing with this struggle and worrying about surviving at the same time. So I'm hanging in there, thankful where it counts.
Also, does anyone used a Tinnitus Clinic and if so, what were the therapies and did they work at all? Mine is so bad right now that I need to try something : (
Does anyone else's tinnitus get really bad when they are ill? Just did a week of the flu and my head is still screaming - yikes!
i got stockholm syndrome with ear plugs
had like 4-5 weeks that i "didnt stress out" about sounds making my TT worse. Now i for some reason get stressed out and freaking out all over again over sounds that it might have damage my tinnitus (like the incident under) or when i took a walk today and some hunter fired a rifle when 10-15 times somewhere in the woods.
death is tempting but so hard to achieve
My left ear static is back. Annoying as hell. At least it doesn't hurt accept when I blow air up my left Eustachian tube with my EarPopper.
I am just bitter at this point. Bitter and numb.
starting a clomipramine who gives a fuck after this point. first i need to taper my clonazepam my psych already agreed to give me clomipramine. and i bet i know it will fuck my tinnitus and visual snow even more since i am the unluckiest piece of shit in the entire planet
Been doing pretty decent for a couple of weeks! Didnt get any spike from below accident with the grinder. Today i sat next to someone that had a OBNOXIOUS loud ringtone close to me today for about 20 Second (it was ringing and he had to "finish talking" before he aswered it.) He sat right next to me so i was probably 40-50 CM away in a meeting. Did a quick search and our "work phones" can reach 105 DB at 10 CM away. Hopefully i will be okay