Ask HN: Anyone else suffering from tinnitus? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else suffering from tinnitus?

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Post by Zardoz84 » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 9:30 AM UTC

I got a tinnitus like 6 months ago. It started with a cerumen plug that I developed on my left ear. When it was removed, a high pitch sound remained (on my case, sounds from all directions). It, only is annoying when I go to sleep. mainly because when I lie down on the bed, sometimes becomes more intense. I had a strong episode some weeks ago, where I need to take lorazepan to sleep. I think that was more strong, has I had a lot of pressure on my job (aka I was more stressed)...

I find very helpful using my phone to put some background noise (raining. noise from mynoise.net). Some times, I use a Bluetooth sleeping ear plugs.

Actually I'm taking some (receted by my doctor) pills that looks that it's helping a bit, and doing some exercises to teach to my brain to ignore it.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else suffering from tinnitus?

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Post by badpun » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 9:33 AM UTC

I pretty much got habituated to mine. Took a couple years though. The noise generators greatly helped and I still use them - I suspect I would dehabituate if I were to spend a couple days in perfect silence.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else suffering from tinnitus?

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Post by dansult » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 10:03 AM UTC

I got used to it to the point where I don't notice unless I'm in silence. If I am exposed to loud noise for a sustained period such as a bar, concert or otherwise it will be much more pronounced the following day. Sleeping without a fan or ambient noise is a non-starter which makes hotel stays which has quiet aircon or fans a challenge. Hope you find what works for you.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else suffering from tinnitus?

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Post by dexterlagan » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 10:07 AM UTC

I developed a Tinnitus many years ago because of an SSRI. It bugged me for years until I found out about Bacopa. I started taking Bacopa every morning, and 3 weeks later my tinnitus was so low that I forgot it was there. Today I still have a bit left, but not nearly as bad as before. When it comes back, I take Bacopa again and within weeks it gets much better. Cheers

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else suffering from tinnitus?

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Post by ManlyBread » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 10:14 AM UTC

At one time I noticed this being a problem and it didn't want to go away. I was dreading the thought of it becoming worse and worse as I age. Then I somehow realized that I am consuming far too much caffeine and alcohol and once I cut down on both it almost ceased to be an issue. Stress also played a factor and was linked to the caffeine/alcohol consumption.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else suffering from tinnitus?

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Post by jasfi » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 10:14 AM UTC

DoreenMichele wrote: post #6

Magnesium deficiency can promote this issue.

B6 (don't exceed 100mg/day) and zinc deficiency can also have an impact.

Also, get enough sleep.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else suffering from tinnitus?

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 10:26 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Anyone else suffering from tinnitus?

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Post by GoToRO » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 10:32 AM UTC

I had a very short episode of that. It turns out it was my posture. Hunch forward posture strained some muscles behind my neck that are close to the ears. Probablly they pulled on some nerves in that area, causing the constant noise. It went away with massage and then gym.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else suffering from tinnitus?

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Post by gisho » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 10:39 AM UTC

samsquire wrote: post #9

Try saying "I reject that" With "that" referring to the tinnitus.

And how is this a solution?

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else suffering from tinnitus?

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Post by tluyben2 » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 11:24 AM UTC

I have it badly yes. Since very long time, tried everything. I regularly go to the specialist to see if there are updates, but my version seems to be not fixable. It gets far (far!) worse when stressed or tired.

I had it since I was early 20s; it didn't get worse, but also not better. It's very annoying when counting on me hearing something in meetings (irl or via zoom/phone etc); there cannot be any background noise or I hear literally nothing but static. That's why I generally just tell people to chat/email; I prefer that anyway, but it's also a necessity when there is background noise (and let's face it, there is always that one person who has produces a strange amount of noise on Zoom), or has a broken headphone so it crackles through everything they say. Or they use that black conference 'thing' big companies have in the middle of the table which has the worst sound quality ever if you don't bend into it and shout.

Hope they can fix it for you! It sometimes makes me lonely in busy bars as I cannot understand what anyone is saying unless they scream their heads off into/close to my ear. Now that i'm a bit older, more people have hearing issues and are more sociable in helping out instead of thinking i'm just some introvert weirdo 'who does not want to call but only chat'.