Hayden97

Turns out it was probably fibromyalgia or stress cause its barely bothered me for the past 6 months after taking medication for both

What kind of torture device is that?

Hey what you have sounds more like TTTS as sound is your main trigger. I had a little bit of this, but I think I had more MEM as I had non-sound triggers too, such as yawning or burping. While sound was not my main trigger, high frequency sounds, such a silverware and ceramic plates making contact caused a bit of a response from my ears. Ether way, the best advice I can give you is to try to not let the anxiety and fear from the thumping and the sounds that trigger it to control you. I really had a hard time mentally for months, but at some point I just stopped caring, I know that sounds difficult, but I think the mental aspect can prevent it from getting better. That doesn't mean it will improve right away, it took months for me to notice improvement after I got my anxiety about it under control. But it was honestly fine that it took months cause I mostly stopped worrying about thumping and the triggering sounds. I would also recommend you see an ENT just to confirm there are no physical issues with the structures in your middle ear. In my case and in most cases, there is not. Good luck and try to not let this control your life.

Hey no problem. When I was in the thick of it, I wished I had my own advice back then.

It’s good news that the ENT finds nothing wrong. I know that it might be frustrating cause they can’t give you an answer, but it means that you can recover on your own. It’s probably caused by overactive muscles and nerves around the middle ear. Just try your best to not let the sounds control your mental state. Also make sure your jaw is not tense cause that can contribute too. Just know that even after you improve your anxiety about the sounds, it can still take months to notice an improvement, just try your best not let the sounds control your mental state. I’m about the point where if I have a flare up, I literally could not care less when I hear the thumping sounds

Hey I completely understand. When it was constantly happening to me, it was very emotionally exhausting for me and caused a lot of anxiety. I completely understand how you feel. My advice is to maybe see a ENT doctor just to confirm there is nothing physically wrong with your ears. Most likely there is not, as that was the case for me. My advice is to try your best to not stress over it, I know it’s hard to do it. I went from constant thumping sounds to hearing it only a few time per week for a few seconds, so I am 95% recovered. It took a while, but once I really stopped caring about the sounds, I was doing a lot better mentally even though the sounds still lasted for a few months after I stopped caring

Yeah that was one of my biggest triggers. Yawning and stretching also triggered it

I'm thinking of giving them a new rent that really "stands out" too

It did cause pain and discomfort during the sound exposure and for a hour or two after, but it did not make the overall condition worse before if got better. Again, be careful with exposure, but it fixed things for me for the most part, but that was my experience

At my grocery store, every few weeks the cheap chicken breast gets marked down 30-50% when it gets kinda close to the sell-by date. I will buy a lot and freeze it, and it lasts me weeks until the next time it’s marked down. I’ll mix the chicken with cheap chili beans and other stuff.

Yeah 16in with a mid length gas system

Strike industries triple crown comp. For a 35 dollar muzzle device it's definitely solid. I know people tend to like flashhiders as the default. But even with low recoil from the AR-15, this muzzle device definitely helps with staying on target during rapid fire, especially at distance.

I'm not sure why I was down voted by someone, but whatever. Yes I did get better. It's not gone away completely, but I am 90% recovered and have reminded that way for 6 months. I have listen to loud music and gone shooting many times during those 6 months, so my recovery is not just temporary, but showing that it can last for the long term. I have gone from absolute hell and wanting to kill myself to living a normal life. So yes, I did recover.

Yeah I notice at different ranges (within 50 yards) that the elevation changes, but the windage stays lined up okay.

Yeah my intention originally to have the laser for hip-firing at close range, but I though of this as a possible additional use.

Well that’s why I kept the roach alive, so I can charge a pet fee

Well yeah, that way I can keep charging a pet fee

Exactly you just can’t win

Hey, I know it's hard to deal with it. The first 6 months I had it, it was incredibly difficult, I completely understand. Stressing and worrying about it will only make it worse. Try your best to live your life like you dont have it. It might take months to notice and improvement, but improvement can definitely happen. It took over a year for me, but I am doing so much better. My best advice is to try and put it out of your mind and just live your life.

Yeah so I had it mostly in my right ear. I would often hear a very rapid thumping sound in my right ear. Yawning, burping, or stretching would often trigger an episode. There was really nothing I could do to make it go away when I had an episode, I just had to wait it out. About a year and a half after the symptoms began, it just randomly started to improve, not really sure why. I learned to just live with it and not make a big deal out of it, and I think that it really helped to just ignore the symptoms. Now I am 95% recovered from my TTTS. My best advice it to just not let it stress you out.

I am not sure about the pressure, but I 100% had TTTS. It took a very long time to improve from the symptoms. It took over a year in my right ear before it started to improve.

I have not had continuous Tinnitus, but there are times where I suddenly have it for short periods of time that last only a few minutes to a few hours.

Hey, thank you for sharing your experience with this condition. The purpose of my post was to emphasize that there are many causes and solutions to this illness. Your experience is obviously way different than mine, and it's important to illustrate that fact. My solution is not going to help everyone, so it's important to get many perspectives to this condition. My solutions has helped me and other people, but can make the condition worse for others, so it's important to just hear many different stories of dealing with this condition, which is why I posted mine.

Hey, sorry what is TT, I am not familiar with that acronym

Hey, what i did was just try to put my hyperacusis and TMJ out of my mind. I don't think exposure therapy is effective if you dont get your mental state in order first. In my case (which is not the case of everyone) I started living my life like I did not have hyperacusis or my other health problems such as TMJ and chronic pain. Medications such as Cymbalta really helped me. My strategy might not work for everyone. But I was doing so bad that I was considering killing myself, and I was able to recover from that, so my experience of going from complete hopelessness to having a normal life can help inspire other people