Distinct Lunatic Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 I've had it for many, many years although for the grand majority of that time it can go completely unnoticed, only when I'm in complete silence will I then hear the ringing. There are periods of time where it will become much more noticeable, and I'd say about everyday since Saturday the ringing sound has been haunting every waking moment. It's been unbearable for many days. Even listening to headphones wasn't enough to cover it up. Yesterday it finally calmed down slightly, to a level where when I'm busy or talking to people I won't notice it, but it was still really audible, especially in silence, I ended up skipping my breaks at work since sitting in silence was when it was at its worse. the most annoying part is talking on the phone, my phone's always sounded a little faint with my right ear, so I always use my left ear for my phone, but my left ear has the ringing in it, so it's a little hard to hear my phone above that. Today I've finally caught something of a break, it's still there but it's much easier today for me to tone it out and focus on other sounds. Those white noise videos on youtube weren't of any help, but late last night I did come upon a video called "Nerve Regeneration Frequency - Through Isochronic Tones and Binaural Beats" I'm not really sure if I believe the parts about it supposed to help your nerves and stuff heal, but it's the only thing I've found that my tinnitus goes away completely when listening to it, when I pause or stop it it comes back, but listening to it for 20 minutes last night and then listening to it more so today I think is helping my ears a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poof Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 I notice it in silence but it never bothers me. I feel like it's just what silence sounds like to me. It's never overpowered any other sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distinct Lunatic Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 24 minutes ago, Poof said: I notice it in silence but it never bothers me. I feel like it's just what silence sounds like to me. It's never overpowered any other sounds. Most of the time that's what it's like for me, but it seems like once every year or so it's really bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houdini Splicer Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 (edited) Ever since I was a kid, I have dealt with tinnitus. It has gotten worse the older I get. I might give that video a watch. Couldn't hurt, right? Edited October 18, 2019 by Houdini Splicer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnmjy Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 I have it in my right ear, which got infected last year when I tried a sinus rinse. Boy, was that fucking painful. Fortunately, my left ear is perfectly fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distinct Lunatic Posted October 18, 2019 Author Share Posted October 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Houdini Splicer said: Ever since I was a kid, I have dealt with tinnitus. It has gotten worse the older I get. I might give that video a watch. Couldn't hurt, right? The video helps me out, gotta listen with headphones. With the video playing I don't hear any ringing, when it's stopped I do, but I think listening to it last night helped the ringing be more bearable and easier to tone out today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distinct Lunatic Posted October 18, 2019 Author Share Posted October 18, 2019 1 hour ago, bnmjy said: I have it in my right ear, which got infected last year when I tried a sinus rinse. Boy, was that fucking painful. Fortunately, my left ear is perfectly fine. Last week I had a bunch of seasonal allergies, so I think it could have resulted from that. The last time I remember having tinnitus this bad was back in October 2017 when I went to a six flags, the coasters at that one aged horribly and I felt like I was being jerked around the whole time. For about a week after I was mostly deaf in my left ear and had bad tinnitus, it went away after the week and my hearing went back to normal. I think the thing that really fucked my left ear up is back in summer 2009, me my mom and step-dad drove to New Jersey for a week, and my step-dad is the kind of ass that in long distance drives blasts the radio as loud as it will go, and I was trying to watch my shows on a portable DVD player, even with my headphones as loud as they could go I could barely hear shit. I remember during that drive sitting with my left side against the back seat with my left ear pressed against the seat just so I could hear the damn thing. I remember when we finally arrived in New Jersey after driving for at least 16 hours I could barely hear out of my left ear. I'm pretty sure that's why I have tinnitus in my left one but I don't think I ever get it in my right. Normally it's so faint that I forget I have it, but times like now it sticks out so bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreHunter Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 When I was little I used to get it all of the time really bad. Not so much anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwimModSponges Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Only whenever I think about it. Goddamnit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeNewBee Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Yep My Sinuses and Adenoids are messed up right now so worse than usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distinct Lunatic Posted October 18, 2019 Author Share Posted October 18, 2019 1 hour ago, HardcoreHunter said: When I was little I used to get it all of the time really bad. Not so much anymore. I think I've had it since I was a kid but it was always something I'd forget about completely since it was only noticeable in absolute silence, even a little background noise was enough for it to go unnoticed. But times like this week it's been a constant sound in my ear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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