What was the steroid? What caused your tinnitus or did it appear for no apparent reason?
Probably Prednisone, its the go-to anti-inflammatory steroid that doctors prescribe for just general inflammation treatment. The list of things it treats is almost comically long.
It's list of psychoactive side effects is also comically long! I love prednisone when I need it, but few drugs (even literal psychoactive ones like amphetamine) mess with my mind as much as prednisone does.
If you get tinnitus, spend the first couple of months looking for a solution. Get opinions and second opinions. If that doesn't work, then wait for 6 months and then try again. If that doesn't work then wait for 9 more months then try again. If that doesn't work wait for 12 more months and then try again. Most likely you'll habituate to the sound (as I have). What was once a living nightmare will become (miraculously…
Oh yeah. And what to do while pretending that this doesn’t suck? Listen to white noise on earbuds. It used to feel like an inner ear massage for me.
I have it for 4 years and got almost completely desensitized. It is a relief. It’s still there (and right now it rings). But it doesn’t create colorful reactions anymore. During the day, at night, before sleep, it rarely bothers me. Sometimes I even feel comfy about it. In my case the secret was a sort of a therapy. At the second year I’ve become quite suicidal about it. There was a point in time after collecting all…
> My key insight is that you suffer while the hope lives, not that you have to lean over the edge to realize that. Same insight. I never got quite down to the deep end as you did, but I recognize the despair. I'm glad you're okay with it now, life is wonderful even with tinnitus :) I once got a 10 seconds full temporary relief using the Wim Hof Method (probably due to lack of oxygen in the brain at that point, lol).…
Had a similar experience the one time I tried Wim Hof Method at home, unassited. My tinnitus was very mild, I was trying WHM for other reasons. However, after those 10 quiet seconds, the ringing came back much louder than before, and has stayed like that since. WHM, never again.
I’ve had tinnitus for about one year now. There is no permanent relief or treatment. Lots of snake oil. My hearing was tested by an Audiologist and my hearing was normal. The “sound” I observe is high pitched. Using a tone generator I matched it to around 16,500 Hz. Interestingly, if I play that tone I get temporary relief on the order of 2-10 minutes. As far as I understand my tinnitus is the result of something goi…
I’ve had tinnitus for something like 5 years now and mine varies from day-to-day. Mine seems to be somewhat connected to diet. I think salt might be a trigger. If I have a French Fries or some other salty snack, I’m in for louder ringing an hour or two later.
I’ve also noticed this as well. Diet, lack of sleep, and some OTC headache relief (acetaminophen+nsaid) will increase my perception of tinnitus. Especially if I pull an all nighter, I will need about 1 week for the perception of the sound to return to normal.
Does anyone notice a high pitch sound when they drive a tesla or other EV? I have noticed that and was wondering if that has contributed to my tinnitus. It could just be a confounding factor but was curious on the emf implications.
I never used to have tinnitus, but I started getting it after quitting and returning to marijuana. Abstaining from weed leaves me tinnitus-free after a week or two of withdrawal, but immediately returns if I take a puff. Tobacco seems to intensify the effects but doesn't cause anything on it's own.
> My key insight is that you suffer while the hope lives, not that you have to lean over the edge to realize that. Same insight. I never got quite down to the deep end as you did, but I recognize the despair. I'm glad you're okay with it now, life is wonderful even with tinnitus :) I once got a 10 seconds full temporary relief using the Wim Hof Method (probably due to lack of oxygen in the brain at that point, lol).…
Had a similar experience the one time I tried Wim Hof Method at home, unassited. My tinnitus was very mild, I was trying WHM for other reasons. However, after those 10 quiet seconds, the ringing came back much louder than before, and has stayed like that since. WHM, never again.
I'm sorry to hear that. For me it came back the same. Thanks that you're mentioning your experience. The dangerous sides of the WHM are wholly underexplored and we need to know more of it.
First post on HN! And apprehensive to say all this but here goes. My tinnitus is triggered upon exposure to EMFs, both household, low frequency EMFs and now from higher band frequency from cell towers. My tinnitus made its' first appearance in 1998 when I was a network engineer and was messing around with WiFi. I did not know EMFs were the cause at that time. But gradually the sound got worse, but would always come a…
Could you test and confirm this with a DIY Faraday cage around your head?
I have achieved effectively permanent relief from tinnitus. And not just habituation, adaptation, or acceptance; I no longer hear the ringing (except very quietly if I really plug my ears and really listen for it, but this probably matches the same level of ringing that I heard before I considered myself to have tinnitus) In the summer of 2016, I first noticed some ringing in one of my ears when I would insert ear pl…
This is one of the most encouraging and helpful posts I've read on treating tinnitus. Thank you. Can I please ask more about your diet? Did you eliminate anything like salt, sugar, caffeine, etc., from your diet?