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Re: Ask HN: Anyone else suffering from tinnitus?

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Post by stefandesu »

tluyben2 wrote: post #20

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…

I never realized until I read your comment that my tinnitus must be the reason that I have trouble understanding people in certain situations. It's definitely not as bad as you are describing and it's less of a problem in my native language than with English, but it's definitely there.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else suffering from tinnitus?

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Post by BuckyBeaver »

abhinavm wrote: post #8

I got tinnitus last year after the doctor misdiagnosed me and gave me a heavy dose of Azithromycin. I've realised the following about what triggers and helps me - 1. Exercise: Regular exercise helps. When I regularly play tennis, go to the gym, or do yoga, the tinnitus increases right after the exercise, but is much lower throughout the day. 2. Stress and a proper schedule: If I drink more, eat garbage, or work durin…

It turns out that the COVID vaccines are apparently causing hearing loss and tinnitus.

I valued my hearing very highly, protecting it at all times. I carry hearing plugs any time I go out. I won't even use a hammer without hearing protection. Then I suddenly suffered hearing loss and tinnitus. I immediately made an appointment with an ENT, who wanted to give me a bunch of steroids and call it a day. I can't take those, however, so he referred me to one of the top hearing clinics in the country.

One of the first questions they asked was if I'd had a COVID vaccine recently. Yes, I had a second Pfizer booster. It turns out that hearing damage is a known side effect... but of course you don't find out about it until it's too late. This clinic had started seeing an influx of patients with sudden hearing loss after vaccinations, enough that they wrote a paper on it: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8443418/

And a vaccine researcher also got hit with it: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/tinnitus-rare-sid...

Another one about trying to treat it: https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220523/Pfizer-COVID-19-v...

It's irresponsible as hell not to inform people about this risk, and also to claim that it's rare. The more-likely fact is that it's vastly under-reported, especially with people afraid of being "canceled" for speaking out. The benefits of that second booster were negligible, and the results disastrous and life-degrading. And now people are coming out of the woodwork saying, oh yeah, that's a "known thing." Well WTF then, LET IT BE KNOWN.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else suffering from tinnitus?

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Post by spreeker »

I've learned to shift my attention away from the tinnitus to "think" Oh the refrigerator turned on again and forget / not focus on the tinnitus anymore.

Tinnitus is very annoying and eats away energy it requires to pay extra attention to your health and mood and your attention. You might ALSO be very stressed and burnout and blame everything on tinnitus, eliminate other issues and stress factors

Since you do not seem to have a clear loud noise event in the days prior to the tinnitus look for other health issues like a old root canal treatment https://youtu.be/YK8RD3gzmwg

I had to change my life to avoid all loud noises and events it's HARD but you get used to the limitations.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else suffering from tinnitus?

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Post by mharig »

Have Tinnitus since near 40 years. Too much metal. Never bothered me, so I didn't seek cure, but I accidently found one: I once moved to a region with few people, all quite boring. So no concerts, no parties, I didn't listen to music for 2 or 3 months, had no TV, nor any other artificial sounds. And the Tinnitus disappeared completely. But when I started to listen music or watching TV or using my car again, the Tinnitus reappeared. I tried 3 or 4 times, and it was absolutely reproducible.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else suffering from tinnitus?

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Post by xtiansimon »

Lol. I had a bout of what I would call tennitus this week after my neighbor borrowed $20 bucks from me.

I wear ear pods frequent while I work. They came to my door and asked to borrow some money. I was on hold with a vendor, so I ran to my wallet, gave them the money and pointed at my ear, saying I was on the phone. I closed the door and turned back to my office—then BAM. A high pitch whine in my ear. I pulled the pod out, and sure nuf, it was in my head.

I just decided to ignore it, and it ‘went away’.

Only reason I even gave it any thought was because a colleague of mine was said to have it, Mr. Rick Tharp. What a talent. He committed suicide twenty years ago. Supposedly because of his tennitus.

In my experience with it, it goes away.

Because of my heartbreak over loosing my friend, I wonder if tennitus is code for depression.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else suffering from tinnitus?

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Post by UntitledNo4 »

tigeroil wrote: post #28
UntitledNo4 wrote: post #22

I've had tinnitus since such a young age (probably genetic), that I don't remember myself without it. Mine usually doesn't bother me, I guess I'm just used to it (and also that it's not as bad. Like other people here mentioned, I found that the best way to deal with it, when it does bother me, is to have another background sound that stops you from focusing on it. I'd recommend trying to "listen" to Sleep, an 8.5 hou…

I know it's ridiculous but I genuinely didn't realise I had tinnitus for so long, precisely because I've had it all my life and so just assumed that tinnitus must be something different. I genuinely can't imagine not having it.

I didn't even know what tinnitus was until someone told me they have it and explained what it was. I assumed everybody hears those noises.
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