So I have tinnitus/diplacusis and some conductive hearing loss, I recently got diagnosed as an adult with ADHD. It has a big effect on my life, and I would love to try medication, but I have heard a lot of it is ototoxic, which sucks because it's stopping me from treating my ADHD. Does anyone here have ADHD/ADD, and do you take meds for it? If so, does it affect your tinnitus? Do you think it has damaged your ears at all?

I've had tinnitus for a few years now, from a concert. It's worse on my right ear due to how the speakers were angled. Anyway, for the past 2/3 weeks my tinnitus has increased a little bit (I think due to stress) Today, it's way more noticable than usual in my right ear, to where I hear it when I'm driving and out and about (usually, I only notice it when I'm trying to sleep or if I go to a really quiet room/area after a louder one). I've also had a little bit of pain in that ear, and it feels sort of plugged. I've had a small spike before but it only lasted a few days.

For the past 2ish months, I've been under immense stress and have been sleeping way less than I should. Last month I had a pretty severe bacterial infection and had to take some strong antibiotics. I haven't been drinking enough water either. From what I've read, these things can all contribute to a spike, but I'm lowkey panicking that it won't return to normal which is definitely not helping LOL. I just needed to vent about it. I'm going to try my best to relax and fix my sleep schedule starting tonight. I'm also seeing my doctor next week and will ask if she can check if I have too much earwax or something.

I also suffer from hyperacusis but its actually my tinnitus which is bugging me more lately, it's just so loud i basically can't do anything with sound because of how easily it's triggered so I'm just sat doing not a lot currently. What is the best methods anyone has used to try reduce it? I don't drink alcohol, only have one coffee a day, but nothing is reducing it lately

I once took some kind of test and it said that I have moderate venous outflow obstruction from the cranial cavity. Could this be the cause of tinnitus?
I also noticed that my tinnitus gets worse when I wash my hair(head) with warm water.

Hi I am a fourth year medical student studying for some pretty heavy exams- I don't get typically stressed but always tend to get some health anxiety around exam time. I woke up three days ago at 4am drenched in sweat and panicking with a ringing in my right ear. I had been using headphones to listen to music the day before and I am worried I have tinnitus now. I do suffer with TMJ also but it doesn't feel too bad right now. Has anyone had any similar issues? I am very anxious about this. My ear also feels sore/sensitive if that makes sense

Basically just the title. I’ve searched how high noise levels are at a skate park etc and they said highest is like 75db but idk. I have earplugs if that helps as well that I can put in just in case it is louder. Any help is appreciated :3

So got tinnitus from quitting abilify cold Turkey a couple years ago. I got back on antipsychotics due to withdrawal psychosis and the tinnitus went away completely. I came off olanzapine several months ago and the tinnitus came back. I got on haldol and the tinnitus disappeared again. Well 4 months ago I came off a high dose of haldol rather quickly against my will and the tinnitus has come back with a vengeance. Extremely loud hissing and ringing any time I'm sitting down or in a quiet room. I'll probably be getting back on antipsychotics tomorrow or next week and I'm hoping the extreme tinnitus goes away as it did in the past. Has anyone else gotten tinnitus from psychiatric medication?

Hey, I hope it's okay for me to post on here again. I think I've been focusing more on my tinnitus recently due to my OCD.

Anyway, I've been going through a really bad day. I've been extremely stresse for multiple hours on end to the point where I felt like I was going to have a mental breakdown.

I'm finally able to get some rest now, but I noticed that my tinnitus is EXTREMELY loud. I might've gotten my tinnitus due to stress in the first place and I rationally know it's probably just a spike.

But emotionally I'm really concerned that my stress is going to or already has made it worse permanently. I'm trying to reduce stress as much as I can, but in my current environment that's very difficult

I just wanted to ask, is it normal for my tinnitus to be THIS bad right now and will it pass if I give myself time to rest and don't focus to much on it? I'm really scared right now

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I got tinnitus 2 months ago from a loud concert. I have a dentist appointment tomorrow for a cleaning and was wondering if it could make my t worse. Should I skip it or go?

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I’ve been dealing with ear fullness and pressure in my left ear for over a year, sometimes on right-side too. The pressure isn’t like a plugged feeling, but more of a low-level fullness. Occasionally, I hear popping sounds when yawning or swallowing, which temporarily improve my hearing. These issues began after a middle ear infection in November 2023, which caused fluid buildup. Although the infection subsided with treatment, the fullness has persisted.

Additionally, I’ve had difficulty fully opening my jaw with popping sounds for a long time, though I don’t believe it worsens the ear issue.

I would appreciate your guidance in diagnosing and managing these symptoms

I’ve had T in the left ear now for 1 month. It started 3 weeks after I stopped sertraline. It started off as a ringing noise but now seems to be more muffled. But I have other things that is concerning me. I keep having aches in the chest, head feels like I have pressure, making me dizzy all the time( hard to describe ) lips are constantly numb and feet are cold. I know if I went hospital all they will do is an ECG and say all is fine then they send me home. I’m also 2 weeks into mirtazapine but I had this before I started mirtazapine

What you reckon is going on here ?

As you age does it get better or you are used to it?

Yea, so like the title says, I attempted to remove ear wax that was stuck pretty far and I ended up having muffled hearing and tinnitus. Went to the ENT and was told that the ear drum was bruised but should heal in about 6 weeks. He didn't say anything about a timeframe for the tinnitus going away. It's driving me crazy and I can hardly focus when doing my work. I can still clearly hear it over the TV. Is there any hope or is it likely to be permanent?

And you?

Hi everyone,

Tinnitus will be affected somehow by your level of stress. In my case every time I go through a stressful period of my life, my tinnitus ramps up and it never goes back to its original level. This have been going on for a few years now. It has not been easy for me to completely get my stress under control and I don't think anyone can live without being stressed every now and then. I am no longer stressed about tinnitus itself but it is daily life stress that is the problem for me. I am avoiding stimulants, loud noises, medications, headphones etc. so I believe the worsening is caused by stress.

Has anyone been through a similar experinece? Is there a way to prevent this reaction to stress somehow?

Hi everyone, I’ve always had the type of tinnitus you can hear in the silence, but I had learned to live with it. However, 2 days ago a fire alarm went off and a new type of sound appeared in my right ear. Is like a different type of sound but it is only perceptible when there is sound, if there is silence it is not perceptible at all. Also when I yawn or tighten the ear muscles I can tell the sound is in my ear. Does anyone have experienced something similar? Will it go away?

It started 4 months ago. Continuous ringing of three different tones. Had to use a nose machine to sleep. I had a dip in the bone condition for 2k to 4k range in left ear and 1k in the right ear.

After some supplements and dietary changes, my hearing is back to normal, but the ringing remains the same in my left ear. My ENT suggested some plasma injection treatment but I'm not sure if it will work after all this time. Anyone here who tried it?

Serous otitis media M18

I went to an urgent care for a virtual visit because I have had a weird build up of fluid in my ear for like a week or two. When I went there she told me my left ear was fine, however, my right had fluid in it. She said it was a condition called serous otitis media, she told me to come back in if it doesn’t go away after giving me steroids and nasal spray. My boss at work like three weeks ago said she had the same thing after having a cold, she gave me Sudafed and my ear bubbled up like crazy for a while. Anyways, I’m a huge hypochondriac and looked up this condition. It sounds like it’s not common in adults and is associated with a tumor. I guess the urgent care doc didn’t mention it, but still, I feel pretty worried I could have cancer.

I was born with tinnitus, it’s always been something I’ve thought was normal, so it never really bothered me. Noticing it before never was a super big deal. But recently I’ve been noticing it more and more. I’m probably just going crazy but it sounds louder than it ever has.

I don’t listen to music loud, I find even 75db to be uncomfortable. I don’t live in a noisy environment to worsen my tinnitus with potential hearing loss. I usually have a fan on, but I’ve had it off recently because it’s been cold, I usually turn it off in the winter. The past month or so I’ve been noticing my tinnitus has been really bad and it’s been making me anxious because it’s never been so distracting. It really sucks because my hobby is something to do with my hearing too, the ringing makes me overthink like “did I somehow damage my hearing?” And then I panick, trying to think of any possible loud noises I could’ve came across in the past while. It doesn’t help that I enjoy a quiet room aswell.. I’ll be sitting in silence for a little bit until out of nowhere my tinnitus realizes it’s been quiet for too long and starts going off at a really disturbing tone, really loudly too.

I’ve never noticed tinnitus as much as I have in the past month, it’s never been this bad before. I protect my hearing, I cherish it. I know I’m probably freaking out for nothing and it’s probably me hyperfixating on it because of something that came up, I don’t know… I just want a way to stop noticing it without a fan or white noise.. I know it’s hard to ask for that because I like quiet rooms but I used to be able to live with it and now I go crazy whenever it starts. It stresses me out because the tone is a tone I really hate and have only started hating as I’ve noticed it more and more.

Is there anything I can realistically do to help me notice it less, am I potentially low on a vitamin or something? Could earwax be the cause? I’m really stressing…

I am 18 as of this year if that helps.

Hello all, I may need surgery to remove part of my colon. I can guarantee they will have me on IV antibiotics. Can anyone recommend which ones I can take that won’t make my tinnitus worse? Do you think the painkillers they will give me will also make it worse? I’m terrified I’ll end up with my T much worse.

Hello so at the start of this year. I got a bad ear infection for both of my ears. It ended up causing me tinnitus in both of my ears now. It healed up after a few months and i figured the tinnitus will stop but it never did. I got my ears checked out by an ear specialist. They told me my hearing was fine and hair cells were okay as well. But simply told me to get used to the noise. Which I find fucking bullshit. But anyway so here I am at the end of the year. While the tinnitus has gotten down to where I can sleep with no machine needed to make noise. It stills sucks I’m still suffering from it like why can’t it go away. My ears are fine now so is it still here

15F. I had a constant ringing in my right ear for around 5 weeks. It finally went away last week, but now the inside of my left ear is throbbing. it makes a whooshing noise and throbs every 30 seconds or so. I cant sleep on my side anymore because I just hear my heartbeat pounding. I think it goes away when I press on my neck but I’m not 100% sure? It feels muffled and underwater. I also have popping in both of my ears everytime i swallow or turn my head. I have an appointment in two months with an ENT but i am freaking out. Everything online says that it’s something to do with the brain.

Ear pain and neck, throat pain for a month

Hello! Im Robert 28M 186cm tall and 85kg weight from Hungary. I have been having a constant feeling of ear congestion, earache and neck or throat pain for 1 month. I have also been to an ENT, where they saw that the pharynx is minimally eroded. They prescribed Aktil Duo 2 times in a row, saying that it must be a lymph node. I have been there 3 times so far, but tomorrow I will go to another ENT to see if they will take good care of me. Have you ever had something similar? Of course, he wrote down reflux as a diagnosis, but I do not have a bitter taste in my mouth or acid coming up. He said that steam can also erode it, but I cannot believe that the constant feeling of ear discomfort is affected to such an extent. I am simply starting to be at a loss as to what the problem could be, since I have not received any information or any other possible medication, nasal spray or ear drops. Anyway, it all started with me lying down and doing stretching exercises, as well as deep breathing techniques to strengthen my pelvic muscles, since my then questionable abdominal pain could have been chronic pelvic syndrome. Basically, stretching helped, but this new thing really saps my energy. Anyway, it almost completely goes away at night and everything starts again as soon as I get out of bed and start my daily activities. For example, if I lift, it gets stuck more or I put/take/bend. Thanks for your help in advance! 😊

Hi guys. I work in a machining environment, always super super loud. I was interested how loud, and looked up a decible test online. I got a reading of 115 max decibles in the BACK of the shop while using a belt sander , away from most CNCs and air guns. In the bathroom, I even got readings of over 90 decibles. I wear ear protection almost all of the time, but sometimes have to take it out to talk to people. I've noticed that unfortunately, my ringing is getting significantly louder. My left ear is unbearable, ringing with new pitches after using a grinder on the lathe for a total of 25~ hours, and my right has began ringing. I used to wear plugs rated at 27 db, and now wear ones rates at either 32 or 33 db. Threw on the headphones with what I believe to be somewhere between 26-28 db protection, doubling up about halfway thru the lathe grinder, and after 3 hours of being exposed to 115 db in the back of the shop today. I'd assume that the front of the shop is EVEN LOUDER, though, and I'm exposed to that for a minimum of 10 hours each day. Most of the guys wear no hearing protection and all they say is WHAT and HUH. I have to yell half a foot from them. Really don't want to end up like them... the ringing as it is already drives me insane.

Is it really ototoxic? Does anyone have experience with it and does now the answer? I am using it for many months now

First bout was in May, lasted a week or so. Back now full fledged since late August.

Did great in recent months to habituate by playing golf and getting outside a lot (I don’t hear it outside with ambient noises like at all). Even coming home since I’d think about it less, I think I was paying a lot less attention to it - even though it’s always bad when I’m laying down in bed (constant “eeeeeee”).

But anyway, I really thought I got to a point where I was used to it and was even saying “damn, people are right … you really do just accept it and kinda deal over time” ..

Boy was I wrong. Had a bad spike last Wednesday (I drank the night before and have been having a lot of work stress recently - got warned I’ll be laid off most likely soon and been looking for other opportunities). Not sure what else could have caused it. But now I’m stuck focused on it again.

Really scared for the winter months here now when it’s too cold to golf (live near Boston) and I’ll be inside a lot + the recent spike.

Any suggestions and warm thoughts would be much welcomed. Love all you guys. This is just really fucking tough 😔.

I could get lost in a good book for hours on end in silence. Now in the silence I can't focus due to the EEEEEEEE noise. No more books for me, just brief reading online like here on Reddit. Anyone else lose the ability to immerse themselves in a book?

Basically the title. Looking for ENTs for Menieres disease - is there anyone here in the Wisconsin area who can recommend a good ENT? Also, has anyone found relief from acupuncture? I'm interested in trying holistic methods too. Thanks in advance for your advice!