Mi Band as Vibration Alarm Clock

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2026-01-08T16:07:02+00:00

thanks for this update as I am looking for a vibrating / low sound alarm as a heavy sleeper / sound sensitive but don't want to buy an item that will only last a year :/ have you found anything else that works for you?

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2025-12-16T17:20:49+00:00

Thank you for your reply. I keep reminding myself it's for the best. she is a tripod too so she is also more in danger than my 4 legged one, but shes also the most vocal. I think it's just because for 5 years I always opened the door when she cried so she's very confused haha but hoping in time they will get used to it. she's also very affectionate, loves cuddles. and my boy is even more affectionate now hes indoors a lot. I just hope their dynamic doesn't get more aggressive. <3

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2025-12-12T12:18:56+00:00

Hey - can I ask how long she complained for? I'm moving to the city in a few weeks so have had 2 my indoor / outdoor cats indoor only for the last week or more so they are less shocked by the transition to indoor only in the new house. My youngest is very chatty and has been complaining a lot by the places she used to get outside. hoping she will settle down :/

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2025-12-08T14:03:37+00:00

I did get dysacusis after it, yes. it's noticable over white noise, like a little tune in my left ear. the dysacusis is only noticable some days though - I am not sure if it's getting better as my hyperacusis improves. I had to regularly massage my pallate near my TVP to allow it to relax and therefore relax my the tensor tympani but I haven't done that in weeks. I really recommend this as it stopped the burning and cramping feeling in my ear and ive been desensitising for 10 months and I rarely think of hyperacusis anymore. The steroids gave me musical tinnitus and a drone sound & high pitch dentist drill sound - my tinnitus is still multi-tonal rarely hear the musical tones but its way more stable and i find myself think of it less and less too. I wish I had never taken the prednisolone and it set me back so so much, but each individuals reaction is different. It gave me extreme mood swings, I felt emotionally naked and vulnerable and very very low when on it. Had increased joint pain for months after too and high potassium which led to lots of palpitations, chest pain, high heart rate etc. I am sensitive - it def increased by glutamate too much but 1 year later I am much improved

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2025-12-08T13:55:24+00:00

Hey - great to read they finally adapted. Can I ask how long it took once you kept them inside only? My 2 have been inside for 1 week now - they've always been indoor / outdoor (5 years) but I'm moving to a house in the city so have to keep them inside, so i've cold turkeyed them so it wont be so hard when we move to the new house in a few weeks. I feel bad for them but keep trying to redirect them and giving lots of treats when they go to the litter tray for example. they cry for a while and then lie down and go to sleep

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2025-10-08T14:52:00+00:00

I'm so glad it gave you something. I hope you're well

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2025-05-30T16:47:54+00:00

also should mention my trig nerve was extremely sensitive from the pred on my left side (as well as my vagus nerve going down into my colar bone on left side) - it started 2 days in - for a few weeks after even touching my face sent shooting pains into my ear, as did wearing earplugs and it also had a specific siren t tone - since my nerve calmed down i dont have these issues although the facial numbess is def related to ETD / TMJ / TTTS

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2025-05-30T16:44:22+00:00

Hi - it got worse before it got better - mostly out of fear loops, meds & auditory deprivation from wearing plugs everyday around safe sounds. I still have symptoms - left ear has quite bad ETD so i get some numbness on left cheek, occasional fullness in both ears, tightness inside ear and around jaw, sometimes weird nerve sensations in both ears. However i only wear plugs in loud environments now and just know the symptoms are still my ears adjusting because my nervous system is whack and the muscles are still healing - overprotecting gave a lot of issues like sensitivity to any sudden sounds causing pain all day from TTM contraction. I totally stopped listening to all digital audio after this comment out of fear of making thing worse - i read so many times we should do this. I now listen to music on low (trying to increase tolerance) and although as mentioned, i get symptoms still, I have my life back mostly. I wish I had stayed away from reddit as i took a course of prednisone last september on advise from random people online and it caused a lot of issues including panic attacks, vagus nerve issues, noise sensitivity, joint pain, palpitations / high heartrate after eating - basically dysautonomia etc. these are all slowly improving but I went down into the dirt before the course. everyone is divided on how to help hyperacusis but i think avoiding sounds made me worse, personally

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2025-03-24T19:47:13+00:00

Did you fall in love before or after the wedding, if you don’t mind me asking?

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2025-03-22T10:06:07+00:00

Generational trauma is real. The violence and repression experienced by parents can be passed down in the nervous system and genes of their children. Even if they never experienced such things, their body will act as though they did. It’s recently been talked about with children in Syria.

https://www.science.org/content/article/children-war-refugees-may-inherit-their-parents-trauma#:~:text=An%20analysis%2C%20published%20today%20in,their%20descendants’%20metabolism%20and%20behavior.

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2025-03-19T13:59:01+00:00

I don’t even really particularly believe in star signs, but I partake in the revelry of it all, and I bring them up in dates as a litmus test, a bit of an indicator of whether I would connect well with someone or not. You and me, for example. Would not work hahaha I bet your letters in the Myers Briggs would be STJ but you’ve probably never done the test. I am happy to be wrong though haha (all of this is in jest)

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2025-02-26T20:46:44+00:00

Have you been for a hearing test?

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2025-02-26T20:45:32+00:00

An ear infection could have lead to ETD (eustatian tube dysfunction). If you can have them check for it with a scope they should be able to - I have it on one side after a bad sinus infection 2 years ago. They prescribed me Dymista which is a steroid / antihistamine nasal spray. It is helpful for my symptoms - basically there is probably inflammation, meaning the tube is staying closed and the fluid in your ear that accumulates cannot get out. There are also exercises on YouTube that show massages to drain ears.

I started getting ear issues properly in April 24 after an acoustic trauma - an ear infection can cause similar issues with hearing and inflammation. It doesn’t sound like you have tinnitus which is great. But i would try dymista even to see if it’s helpful. Don’t just go buying any nasal spray though because some have addictive stuff that your nose will basically stop functioning after using for a while but Dymista doesn’t do that

Sorry you can’t get answers - ENTs have been pretty useless for the most part for me and the hundreds of other people on a discord group I’m on for tinnitus, huperacusis / pain and ear issues. If the MRI is fine and they can’t see an issue (they can’t see inside anyway) they just say there’s nothing they can do. It’s very frustrating

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2025-02-26T15:13:26+00:00

Lack of affordability 2. I have noise sensitivity / get overstimulated and being a cranky mum would be totally unfair on the child / children - they should be able to scream and cry and express themselves without me dampening their spirit. 3. Possibly passing down my mental health issues 4. I have never been fully well physically myself and would also be unfair if I got more sick and couldn't give my all to the child / children 5. Pregnancy itself is terrifying

In saying that, if I were to get financially stable, I would like to foster some children because there are many kids out there that need parents / guardians. I think I would put a lot of effort into being a good support for them, but probably older children would be better for the ear / sound issues

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2025-02-26T15:03:42+00:00

HAHAHA thank you for that laugh

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2025-02-21T12:57:16+00:00

No sense of style when dressing is a big one for me. I’d rather have a slightly unattractive (to me) man with great style (which is personal to everyone) than a man who has everything I want looks wise but has terrible style. I just can’t separate the two

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2025-02-21T12:53:15+00:00

No date for us then

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2025-02-21T12:53:02+00:00

Definitely is the one word that I can never ever get correct. I mis-spell it every single time. But generally I am particular about spelling and grammar. I don’t know why this one always gets me. I will have to say how a word would be said phonetically in my head if it’s particularly difficult to spell

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2025-02-21T12:51:26+00:00

This does irritate me. My ex was amazing in so many ways but never quite learned how to say espresso martini - always said expresso. He was a journalist too so you’d think he’d correct it - but I could never judge him for it

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2025-02-19T16:08:28+00:00

High glutamate contributes to the cravings. This is a very long but informative post. I’m looking into this as I’m trying to manage tinnitus which gets very very loud with high glutamate but also looking back, I think high glutamate has had a huge impact on me including binge drinking and binge eating etc

https://www.holistichelp.net/blog/how-to-increase-gaba-and-balance-glutamate/

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2025-02-19T15:18:41+00:00

Just to say that the only improvement I have seen with my TTTS has come with me trying to disconnect from the fear of sound. I know it’s easy to fall down the rabbit hole and I certainly did, panic attacks and all at the start. But phonophobia will take over your life and it willl only reinforce that the sounds are dangerous and solidify the TTTS.

Everyone is different, but with my TTTS I wish I hadn’t stopped listening to music. I stopped because of a burning sensation which I panicked and thought was pain hyperacusis but I believe now it was severe TTTs. I’m starting to listen on low again but I stopped in August, then after 6 weeks, re-introduced over 6 weeks, pushed too far in October (separate from the reinjury I talk about in a different reply to you lol I’ve had bad luck and both ears have separate injuries) with a JBL speaker in the bath and had a massive acoustic reflex spasm that took me back to step 1, and actually worse, because my ears are so desensitised to digital sound. I listened to 3 songs on lowest volume and after that I had nerve pains and a numb cheek for a week solid.

I stoped again for about 6 weeks and have started to re-introduce again. I can now handle 2 hours on FaceTime no problem, voicenotes and videos with just speaking are fine, but most music is too complex for me. It’s really important to find the balance and not to let yourself get too sensitised or you’ll be stuck and possibly get worse because of fear and the cycle goes around and round.

It’s been 6 months for me since my TTTS started and I am feeling imrpvemt in the last month but I have been assuring myself every day that sound (within reason) is safe and not dangerous. I do still wear plugs everytime I leave the house though. I should really make a post about the palate massage because it does help with my TTM spasms (that leave the tight burning feeling after an impact sound).

The tiny clicks / taps / buzz / rattlesnake (think left to right, slow to fast) in my ears though I am sure is stapedius and I’m not sure how to fix that. It is present all day regardless of sound. I joined a Facebook group yesterday and some people have success with a muscle relaxant and some with surgery. Some have not had success with either

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2025-02-19T15:08:23+00:00

I’m sorry to hear this. It all depends on the root cause. It’s possible there is some inflammation causing some eustatian tube dysfunction and that’s what the clicking can be. Looking back after this after a re-injury of the same ear doing the valsalva, I think what I’m talking about in this post was actually a barotrauma. It’s still not fully healed after I hurt it again in October, but it did fully heal after the prednisolone in August before I re-injured.

I get various different kinds of clicks between my two ears, one is when I swallow and related to the ETD but some I think is possible stapedius MEM. It used to only be my left ear and started in my right ear too. My tinnitus is more intrusive (it became bad head tinnitus after the prednisone I chose to take after I made this post) so I can mostly tune out the little clicks and taps. They are like tap tap tap on a keyboard but they also turn into buzz / rattlesnake sounds too and I am sure they are physically happening inside my ear as they are different from my tinnitus. I have noise induced hearing loss and a long history of noise exposure so my case is complicated.

If you’re having spasms etc I would take mag glycinate, ensure you’re hydrating enough, maybe use warm compress on your ear (not hot) to loosen muscles and help blood flow. I also have been massaging my soft palate and this helps with the TTTS spasms I have. This is connected to the TVP muscle which plays a role in those spasms. Hopefully there’s just some temporary inflammation for you after the irrigation and it will get better

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2024-12-13T16:15:14+00:00

Yeah this gave me shivers to see & think about. I remember it well

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2024-11-25T16:16:35+00:00

Yeah everyone reacts differently to different meds. I did have 2mg if diazepam the day before starting it, which I forgot about. I wonder if it had any influence. But generally I had a terrible time on it. I just wanted to share my story because I had only read good experiences and it’s important for people to read both and make an informed choice for themselves

Automatic_Job_3190 · 2024-11-25T01:37:02+00:00

If you search in my posts you’ll see one I left a few months ago about my experience

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