So I’ve had pretty bad (subjective I guess) tinnitus for well over 10 years. It was made considerably worse by a terrible concussion I received and it never went away. I’ve managed it and for the most part it doesn’t affect me, except at night when it’s dead quiet. Like everyone there was decent days and really bad days.

So now to the headline. I’m a 46 year old and I was recently diagnosed with ADHD for the first time officially. I was prescribed Vyvanse to help control it.

After three days of medication I went to bed and realized there was NO RINGING. I didn’t want to jinx it, so I didn’t say anything to my wife, but I laid there in the dead silence for probably 30 minutes. It was very emotional. It’s something I never thought would see any relief from.

It has now been 8 days and I am pretty confident it’s the medicine that’s doing it. The tinnitus returns very mildly around 3am as I’m guessing that’s when the day’s medication has worn off completely.

I’m so excited to tell my doctor it’s not even funny.

Has anyone else experienced this? I’m not going to lie, it pretty much fits in miracle category in my world.

Couldn't do a poll unfortunately as it says the feature is not allowed.

Is your tinnitus very misc to the point of where you might go days or weeks without noticing it, mild meaning that you hear it everyday very noticeably no matter how focused you are on say a game or a movie, or severely to where you are constantly being flashbanged on max volume CoD and have a hard time staying awake because of it?

I would say mine is between misc and mild because while I can always hear it noticeably (like right now) it isn't very loud and gets drowned out by games or whatever but I can still hear it if I pay attention to it just like the sounds my PC makes. It is however often very bad when I first wake up/lie down/do pushups.

I think having a more positive mindset towards it really brings it down. I wouldn't consider myself lucky/more well off than the majority but I've always had food, water, shelter, a bed, and other luxuries like a phone and a gaming system so having a noise in my head that I can't control doesn't really matter much and I just look at it as an added bit of background noise that the world already has a ton of.

I have told by many for alternative methods such as Regenerative Medicines (Stem cells) developed through AI, genetic engineering and computation. Can it regenerate the Hair cells and the synapse/ damaged nerve fibres to help people cure their hearing loss, hyperacusis and bring down tinnitus?

Or we are just living in a false hope of a medicine in the future even though it will take 10 more fuckin years. It is really a challenging thing to live like this.

They say your hearing along with your eyesight is vital is balance and your spatial awareness.

Does anyone feel their balance (walking) has been affected at all by their tinnitus? Has anyone felt light-headed or off balance when getting up from sitting or lying down?

Just over a week ago I took 1.2g of NAC for two days. I noticed that it spiked my tinnitus and made it a lot worse so I stopped it. It has been 8 days since I stopped it and my tinnitus is still much worse than before I started it. I’m really worried that this will be permanent. Anyone have a tinnitus spike from NAC? Did your tinnitus return to baseline after you stopped NAC?

I remember being a kid in bed and hearing some ringing and realizing that there was no such thing as silence. I'm pretty sure I've always had some level of it. The problem is that there have been sudden permanent increases, most notably 10 years ago on one specific night for no reason after getting dizzy (the only time I ever got dizzy randomly), and again around Christmas this year. And it never goes back down or very little. Where will it stop?

I'm in a clinic for tinnitus and hyperacusis, and a lot of it is behavioral therapy. But you know... I think in a way, I'm already sort of doing OK by their standards. Since I've had it for so long, I have a lot of experience, and I DID learn to live with it. My incredibly loud tinnitus doesn't stop me from sleeping or working, I can sort of ignore it when I focus on work and other things. I am functional despite how aggressive it has become.

I guess my problem is who I am. My passion is music, I have a massive music collection, records, CDs, I discover music all the time. I also play piano. I spend most evenings just sitting on the couch with a record on the turntable and just listening and doing nothing else. At least I did. Now I don't know. Other things I love are just being in quiet nature and hiking. Listening to the leaves rustling and the wind. This is where tinnitus kills me. And the level at which it got around christmas is the first at which I feel like sound is... distorted. Whenever sounds are close to my tinnitus frequencies, it sort of sounds almost metallic for a lack of better work, I can almost feel the tinnitus... as a physical sensation, a tension. The fact that I suddenly can't hear my favorite songs the way I used to just months ago is a tragedy in my life that I'm not sure I thought would happen, and that I'm not sure I can accept. The grief would be immense.

I'm in my 40s now. I am going to keep going to therapy, I hope for science to help me. I wish my hobbies were just riding motorcycles and making noises that I don't need to hear. Now it seems tinnitus has invaded my downtime, my fun time. So my life is split between productive work hours, sleep, and then hours that I try to enjoy despite the tinnitus. Tinnitus invaded the fun half of my life.

But seriously, it has become so loud now. I am surprised I can hear anything through it and that I can sleep. I'm used to having tinnitus, like I said, it's been so long. But now, it has become SO... LOUD... How can you not be afraid of it just ramping up constantly. When you thought you were at 10/10, will it go to 12/10, 15/10? Will I just wish I were dead when it reaches 20/10. I've had spikes you know... Temporary increases that I knew would get back lower after getting some sleep and not being stressed. But then there are those mega spikes that don't actually ever go down. This is the reality that I've been through. I wish it would slowly and imperceptibly ramp up. Why is it that every significant increase was so sudden for me, just to hit me with instant grief.

I can live with tinnitus. I just hate that it has started to kill my enjoyment of things that were core to who I am.

Well I don't know why I said all this. Just wanted to vent I guess.

1 year of hell. Cant say its gotten any more quieter but i am definitely dealing with it a bit better and i am in more comfortable and functional position in life. But godamn this condition is fucking evil and honestly not 1 hour has passed since this started where i have not wished to die in my sleep.

Whatever deity made this condition must really really hate my guts. Like i must have done some fucked up shit in my past Life to deserve this.

And also i really hate Ents. And honestly i have a bit of hate for everyone right now. Because literally no one can understand and no doctor can relieve it- Trust me when i say i have been to a TON.

I’m only 27 please tell me there are some researches or studies going on to cure it !!! How can I live the rest of my life without a single quiet moment ? That high pitched ringing is making me crazy !!!! Whatever I do I can never be at peace because my ears are ringing !!! I can’t lay in bed I can’t watch a movie I can’t just be there without that never ending ringing!!! I just want it to stop for ONE MINUTE !!!

While not a solution it certainly helps to sleep quicker compared to other stuff. I suggest it.

For those who have tinnitus do you also experience ear worms more often? I feel like tunes and some sounds get stuck in my head more often along with the tinnitus

Hello good evening, I have had tinnitus for 8 years, in both ears, but during those 8 years, 4 times it struck me in my left ear, like hyperacusis, I am bothered by all noises even my own voice, any external noise makes my eardrum vibrate and buzz mmmmmm, I never know what to do to make it go away, when it strikes me I do acupuncture, osteopathy, massages everything there is, it always went away, once it lasted 2 months and now it hasn't gone away for 15 days and I'm afraid it will never go away, it's impossible to live with this, it's worse than any tinnitus! I don't know if it happens to anyone else, I can't even watch TV. Obviously the ENT doctors here in Argentina have no idea about anything

So I have been in contact with EmCell in Ukraine. They say it's safe to travel there and there have been positive results. They also say they could reach out to those who had treatment for hearing loss that they had as patients. Hopefully I can talk to someone that had it done! What do you guys think?

Tinnitus in my right ear only and usually only present at night time. Everytime I’m about to sleep it’s like my breathing changes and i just can fall asleep, like my body kicks as I fall asleep. I definitely do feel tension on my back too so Not sure if related. Thanks

Hi, so I'm 20 yo, I got tinnitus when I was 15 (only in the right ear), in this five years I've had a lot of spikes, but maybe most of them were "imaginary", I don't really know.
Last christmas my dad give me a pair of noise cancelling headphones, initially I was more interested in the "noise cancelling" part, cause I basically stopped using headphones or earbuds since I got tinnitus, so I didn't thought about use them, basically.
I was pretty much habituated with my tinnitus now (which I would consider "mild"), and I didn't really think about it anymore. But some weeks ago I decided to start listening to music with my headphones. I did not used them daily, nor for a lot of time. I only listened to chill music, like piano, japanese songwriters, and mantra chanting (I'm buddhist), between 10% to 40% volume, with a lot of breaks.
A few days ago I started to notice that my tinnitus is now like 5% louder, I thought it was because I drink a lot of tea (like 4 o 5 cups a day) and I don't sleep so well cause I'm a college student, but now I think it could be related to the headphones use.
Now I've decided to stop using headphones, probably forever, but something's worrying me, and I know it's a hard question but, do you guys think it could be permanent? That would suck, honestly, it's like going back when I was 16 or 17. Has anyone experienced something similar to this?
Btw, sorry for my bad english, my first language is spanish.

I've been trying to find a job because I'm running out of money and the only things that are available in groves and pay decent are landscaping positions. Mowing lawns, using weed wackers. etc. I literally am probably going to have to take one of these positions because i can't find anything else.

Do any of you work as landscapers, does it affect your tinnitus? I am going to ask if they use electric powered mowers because i know those are a little quieter but I'm still really concerned.

So I am still young, 17 years old, but am dead set on pursuing a career in veterinary medicine. I have a condition called Pulsatile Tinnitus, which if you don’t know, is (google definition) “a rare type of tinnitus that sounds like a rhythmic pulsing or whooshing in one or both ears. It's in time with your heartbeat.”

It’s extremely annoying and sometimes makes it hard for me to hear, especially some quiet noises. It’s only in my right ear though. I’ve had it for around 2 years with no signs of it letting up. Doc said it’s benign after an MRI w/contrast. (So no worries)

Well yesterday I attended a veterinary college open house. I was given the chance to listen to multiple animals heartbeats and breathing through the stethoscope. However, i noticed I couldn’t hear anything over the sound in my ear. It’s extremely discouraging and I feel like I won’t be able to do what I’ve always wanted to. Are there options for me? Are there certain stethoscopes that are made for people with hearing disabilities? I just don’t want to give up my dream over something that I can’t control at all. I want to get the option of those that may have something similar and how they navigated it. Thank you in advance.

My anxiety / depressive feelings have been too much for me to deal with. I need a change doctor suggested 10mg. Cut in half and been talking 5mg for 3 days now. Feeling really tired. I hope it will make me feel better.

Worried about it making my tinnitus worse though. I dunno what to do.

Did anyone here get a septoplasty (deviated septum surgery) while suffering from tinnitus? Did you find the procedure changed your tinnitus? Thanks.

I have been to 2 ENT specialists and a Neuro ENT specialist in Tinnitus and Hyperacusis, the first caught my attention as if I were a little child and gave me a damn class on how I should take care of my ears and sent me to an expensive audiometry and tympanometry test, nothing out of the ordinary came out and he stood with his arms crossed and told me that it is probably because I am anxious (and of course I am anxious but my tinnitus is not the result of anxiety but quite the opposite ) The second ENT performed manual cleaning on my ears and they did another audio and eardrum test and what a surprise there was nothing, he just said to simply use white noise and sent me home with Flunarizine and another medication that I don't remember the name that only made me much more anxious during that period that I took it so it didn't help me at all, and with the last ENT who is supposed to be specialized he gave me the damn example of the damn watch that you buy and get used to to the sound (Yes, of course, a hum of different pure tones at a volume that is heard above all else is comparable to a clock that I can turn off and shut up whenever I damn feel like it) Then he asked me if I'm anxious and I said yes of course and he just said, oh right, after I told him that I suffer from VSS and that tinnitus is a symptom of it, he didn't care about the topic and started talking to me about how I'm sure I had whistling after coming from a place and then they went away and Just because I kept thinking about it the last time, now it does, how stupid is this? Then I told him about my hyperacusis and he told me that it probably had to do with a childhood trauma and all with a "friendly and passive" tone as if I were a stupid child who doesn't understand things, then he did an audiometry which he didn't tell me would cost an additional price to the appointment, I got angry but I had to lower my head, then he told me that I had to do TRT with his group of audiologists, is this an average experience? Because if that's the case, screw the ENT doctors.

Why do I hear a rumbling sound in my ears after pausing music? In car or headphones it happens. Even on super low volume. It’s really weird.

Hi, I developed tinnitus 6 days ago. I was on a nerve medication about 3 weeks in that could have done it, but i also have been getting vertigo and migraines due to a neck issue for several months. Audiogram showed perfect hearing and I feel that my hearing has not been affected.

I am seeing a new ENT. I was thinking of discussing intratympanic steroid injections as I read that they can be helpful when caught in the first 2 weeks.

I was curious to hear from anyone w/ tinnitus who has atually tried them?

If so, did it help? Make you worse? How long after onset did you try it and what was the cuase?

Thank you in advance. I'm very scared and have had a host of other issues for years, so I'm very worn out. Any advice welcome.

I’ve had tinnitus for awhile now. If I go to a super loud environment, I find that my tinnitus will spike, and along with that, I will get sore ears and this clicking sound in my ears whenever I swallow, which I think may be a Eustachian tube issue. These tend to go away after awhile.

Does anyone else have the same issues?

If tinnitus is generated in your brain, how can a tinnitus spike lead to a clicking sound caused your Eustachian tubes?

Got a new sound where it feels like short bursts of electricity mainly in left ear like a faulty wire after 3 years of living normally.

Been going on for 2 weeks

Anyone else experience this? Sometimes it spreads to my whole head and it’s horrible, it’s like I can feel it more than hear it because it’s so high pitched. I’m hoping it goes away. I got a brief 2-3 second loud tinnitus and that actually went away. But then in the distance I could hear this, and it’s stayed since.

Funnily enough, I told myself the last 5 years “hey, at least it’s not deafeningly high pitch” and now hahaha look where I am. I’m conflicted whether or not I should take prednisone.

I’m only 25, I hope I don’t make it to 30 at this point

My tinnitus is getting worse and worse, and I also suffer from very severe rhinitis. I want to try to alleviate my tinnitus by relieving my rhinitis.However, my doctor said that the only way to treat my rhinitis is through turbinate ablation surgery,but I am afraid that this surgery will cause me to have an empty nose.

Besides that,I am not sure if this surgery can really relieve my rhinitis and tinnitus, so I don't know if I should take this risk.