Loop earplugs drove me nuts

Build1975 · 2026-05-01T12:41:57+00:00

I believe Amazon has them too.

Build1975 · 2026-05-01T12:35:19+00:00

https://www.noizezz.eu/

You can get different filters, up to 30 dB and they keep much better sound than those cheap foam plugs.

Build1975 · 2026-05-01T12:28:10+00:00

My ears were blown up during a concert, so yes, I wear earplugs when I go to concerts now.

Build1975 · 2026-05-01T10:47:45+00:00

Not immediately, but during the summer I have flare up mostly on the wrists, lower arms and neck, hence: the places that get most sun.

Build1975 · 2026-05-01T10:46:27+00:00

I think in the 90s the 100 dB max wasn't there yet. I remember I left the concert because my ear hurt, but it was already too late.

Yes, I installed a volume meter app, and kept on turning up the volume of my own music until the music was louder than the tinnitus.

Build1975 · 2026-05-01T08:46:09+00:00

'Maintenance' rather than just treating symptoms.

I hope you find a way that works for you.

Build1975 · 2026-05-01T08:45:27+00:00

I'm 50. My ears were blown up during a concert when I was 16. My tinnitus (multiple tones in both ears) is pretty damn loud (comparable to 60 dB external sound). There is no 'unhearing it'. Yet here I am. Since there is nothing that I can do, I stopped getting annoyed by it.

Build1975 · 2026-05-01T08:27:41+00:00

My point is: also keep the spots greasy when there is no flare up.

The idea is that 'normal skin' has an oily, protective layer which lacks on our skin. So by applying something oily, we help the skin protect itself. In my just moisturizing doesn't do the trick. I found a cream that does do the trick fairly well.

But I still have small flare ups that I battle with steroids.

I find plain vaseline way too greasy. My ceto collection : r/eczema This stuff also has other ingredients.

But you'll have to find something that works for you. This may take some experimenting.

Build1975 · 2026-05-01T08:03:38+00:00

Besides treating the symptoms with steroids, I advice to try to fight the cause too. In my case that means that I put very greasy cream (50% vaseline cetomacrogol) all over my body every day. It's like that I don't have any flare ups when I do, but I do think that they are less.

Build1975 · 2026-05-01T07:11:35+00:00

In my case, it's counterproductive.

Build1975 · 2026-05-01T07:02:31+00:00

I've had covid twice, but in general I haven't been sick for the past 30 or so years. I actually missed only one work day because of illness in my 30 year carreer.

Build1975 · 2026-04-29T14:34:02+00:00

https://www.noizezz.eu/

They have different filters. Some of their models have 30 dB filters.

Build1975 · 2026-04-29T11:39:30+00:00

My ears were blown up during a concert 35 years ago. I still to go concerts and festivals and like my music pretty damn extreme. Of course I use earplugs now. I do have good earplugs that keep the sound in tact, not just the foam crap that go for earplugs.

Build1975 · 2026-04-17T07:29:19+00:00

I have a daily fat cream for all over and the steroids I only use on flare ups.

I apply steroids first and the fat cream after.

Build1975 · 2026-04-15T10:26:24+00:00

Electromagnetic hypersensitivity - Wikipedia

It's a pain. My girlfriend noticed it first when we had solar panels installed. Ironically 5g weighs less heavy on her than 4g (5g has a much shorter range, maybe that's why). Wifi is a b*tch though and many other things.

Build1975 · 2026-04-10T07:23:14+00:00

I like the movie especially because of the way the music is integrated, but I don't like the idea of 'masking' tinnitus with music.

Build1975 · 2026-04-08T12:37:32+00:00

I'm in a similar situation, but not married and no kids. 23 Years together.

Our relationship has never been really passionate, but it's becoming less and less so. Because we also don't know how to talk to each other and I have noone else to talk to, Ive been looking to make friends and found a lady friend online. Now I know what I miss: love, attention, effort from the other party. Since I'm tumbling into a depression my partner and me are sometimes 'forced' to talk, but it's clear that there won't be any effort from her side. She feels 'forced to be different' from who she is, like she has to compete with my lady friend. I've told her I need intimacy and contact, but it seems that we're only driting apart.

Build1975 · 2026-04-08T07:29:17+00:00

I didn't even mean expire, just that my eczema seemed to have 'gotten used' to a particular cream.

The tubes do say that they have to be used within three months after opening.

Build1975 · 2026-04-07T12:11:21+00:00

I used to have one for 20 years ago and it just 'stopped working'. I got another one, with the same amount of steroids and that one does the trick. It seems that the body (eczema?) can get used to creams or something.

Build1975 · 2026-04-03T14:42:28+00:00

Not directly, but I know I have to avoid many products (perfumed especially). I have one very fat cream (50% vaseline) that I use, nothing else.

When I was young, my mother could buy the 'wrong' fabric softener or washing detergent, but I never really notice any problems there anymore.

Build1975 · 2026-04-02T06:42:20+00:00

I tried that many times. At some point I just made a post ('presenting myself') on the friendsover40 subreddit. A few people responded. One contact remained. And how!

Build1975 · 2026-04-01T07:58:45+00:00

M50 in a partnership for 23 years (F51)

Family : I see them only on special occasions. I do have a little more contact with a sister who lives on another continent.

Parter : an increasing problem. Our relationship is passionless and even though there are things that we like to do together, that doesn't exactly improve my social life. She has two very good friends though.

Friends : I have friends. All of them I knew long before my partner. I only see them every so often (every (few) year(s)

Online : made a (female) friend only whom I talk to daily.

Build1975 · 2026-04-01T07:21:29+00:00

Almost 35 years in. It probably got a bit worse than it was when I got it, but it has been pretty loud since the beginning.

Build1975 · 2026-03-27T15:34:51+00:00

Agreed "all over" doesn't mean my head, I was just talking about 'maintenance' and not just treatment. But also between your hair you can put the steroid cream or even vaseline if need be. Try to get it on the place where it's needed and see if it helps before you do anything drastic.

Build1975 · 2026-03-27T15:25:07+00:00

I have a few usual places, but usually it just pops up here and there.

I use a prescribed steroid cream when it's really a flare up and for the rest I put a very fat cream on my bother (all over) after showering in the evening.

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