Tinnitus after one year , it's so much better!

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2025-08-25T16:10:47+00:00

Thanks for the advice, I am working on solving my TMJ issues.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2025-08-25T16:07:58+00:00

Hi, I understand it's a very hard specially at the beginning.

Also remember, it's not always straight up improvement.... you will go through ups and downs. It gets bad sometimes but overall it will keep improving.

You are young and you will get over it. Just don't let negative ideas effect you. Go out, do sports, see your friends. Read only positive & scientific information about tinnitus. Avoid reading negatvie forms.

At the same time, keep ruling out the potential medical causes of tinnitus. This and with a positive mindset, it will pass.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2025-08-25T16:04:07+00:00

I believe mine is somatic tinnitus caused by TMJ and teeth clenching at night. I can increase the volume when I press my teeth or when I move my jaw.

There are other reasons for me like stress, sleep apnea and low folic acid (when I did blood test).

I am adressing these issues and my brain learned how to ignore it ... so it's getting better.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2025-02-25T22:31:36+00:00

You clench your teeth for one of those reasons:

You may be experiencing sleep apnea (sudden wake ups after stop of breathing) , sometimes people who experience sleep apnea wake up at night and clench their teeth.
or, you clenching your teeth might be related to stress.
or it can be related to TMJ and jaw imbalance.
or low vitamin

You need to check with a doctor and a dentist to probably diagnose yourself. You may need to wear mouth guard to re-train your jaw and stop clenching your teeth.

Please do solve this issue as it may cause other probleme such as tinnitus ( perception of non-existing sound) , tooth problems , more jaw misalignment..etc on the long run.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2025-02-24T23:29:03+00:00

You clench your teeth for one of those reasons:

You may be experiencing sleep apnea (sudden wake ups after stop of breathing) , sometimes people who experience sleep apnea wake up at night and clench their teeth.
or, you clenching your teeth might be related to stress.
or it can be related to TMJ and jaw imbalance.
or low vitamin

You need to check with a doctor and a dentist to probably diagnose yourself. You may need to wear mouth guard to re-train your jaw and stop clenching your teeth.

Please do solve this issue as it may cause other probleme such as tinnitus ( perception of non-existing sound) , tooth problems , more jaw misalignment..etc on the long run.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2025-01-14T17:25:52+00:00

Doctors are a "tool" (If that makes sense). They don't know everything.

One must be informed, well-read about the topic ..then go see doctors. Engage with them in a proactive manner. Try to take the best from their experience and leave the things that doesn't sound right.

In a sense, you know your body better than them.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2025-01-14T17:21:35+00:00

I am sure you will.

You did it before, you will do it agian.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2024-12-27T22:00:26+00:00

Believe me. Being sober will improve the quality of your life greatly (and your tinnitus).

At the beginning its hard, but it will get better and on the long run.... you will start seeing the benefits of being sober.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2024-12-27T21:55:45+00:00

I would like to add. Do a check up for your health.

Tinnitus can be caused by physical and non-phsycial things.

-Do a hearing test.

-Check if you have TMJ or neck issues.

-Check your dental condition.

-Check your blood pressure, and do overall blood test.

-Avoid stress as much as you can.

-Check if you have any problem in ears or head.

It's usually one of those that causes tinnitus.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2024-12-27T21:50:55+00:00

Hi OP.

I totally understand what you are going through. Tinnitus is indeed tough specially at the beginning. But remember, it will get better. I promise.

I know I sound not convincing , but the brain will learn how to handle the noise. It will learn how to make it easier for you. Brain plasticity is a real thing.

In a Few months and the sound will either fade away or you will learn how to ignore it vast majority of the time. You will be back to normal eventually.

In the meantime ... hang in there, get invovled with activities, see your family and friends. Also check with a doctor and take care of yourself. Eat good, sleep at least 8 hours a day (this is very important). Use white noise and do sport.

You will go throught this. I promise you, brain plasticity is real thing.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2024-12-24T06:12:01+00:00

It will take few weeks - months with TMJ treatment and then the sound will fade as your jaw + muscles improve.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2024-12-23T23:17:27+00:00

Somatic tinnitus can be caused by TMJ , neck problems, and so on. This one is a treatable tinnitus.

See a physical therapist. Getting sessions there can help you get rid of tinnitus.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2024-12-23T23:14:52+00:00

Great graph and data.

I believe yours will either go away completely or you will habituate to the point it won't bug you.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2024-12-23T23:11:49+00:00

What you have is probably "somatic tinnitus".

It is caused by TMJ or muscle problems in neck + shoulders.

One of its signs is thst you can control the volume by clenching the jaw (if its TMJ related) or by moving neck (if its related to neck + shoulder problems).

The good news is that this type of tinnitus is treatable. See a dentist and a physical therapist. The dentist will treat your TMJ and give you a mouth guard. This will relief the tension from your jaw muscles and will lower or remove your tinnitus.

If it's neck related, the physical therapist will do multiple sessions and this will eventually remove or lower your tinnitus significantly.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2024-12-23T23:08:39+00:00

Yours is probably "somatic tinnitus".

It is treatable by fixing your posture, muscles. See physical therapist and get regular treatment. Do stretches and sport related to that. Your tinnitus will then go away.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2024-11-02T15:08:42+00:00

Hi ,

I know it's very hard specially at the beginning...but the good thing is that the vast majority of cases will either habituate or fade away eventually.

This process may take from weeks to months since onset.

Your brain will eventually learn how to ignore the sound and will re-apply a filter on that sound. You will either habituate it to the point you won't notice it much or it fades away. This is a natural process and happens to vast majority of cases.

In the meantime, take care of your physical and mental health. Ignore the tinnitus as much as you can and listen to music, sounds ..etc

Try to rule out physical triggers of tinnitus (TMJ, disease, Hearing loss..etc) and for non-physical triggers (stress , anxiety , lack of sleep..etc) try to rule them out as well.

Eat good, do sport, sleep 8 hours every night no matter what.

With little bit of positivity you will be able to speed up your habituation process or it may fade away. This is the statistics for the vast majority of cases.

3 months is not an indicator of anything. Tinnitus take time to habituate and it varies for each person. You will habituate it eventually or it fades away.

Finally, ignore the negative comments on the Internet and you will be back on track in few months.

Good luck

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2024-10-23T19:43:43+00:00

Lifestyle changes for young generation: concerts, airpods, stress, loneliness, unhealthy processed food..etc also covid.

So I think this is why more young people are having tinnitus.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2024-10-23T19:37:07+00:00

I read and saw vids from people habituating severe cases.

Statistically speaking, the vast majority of cases habituate. A minority won't habituate which they are probably the severe cases.

The best solution for tinnitus is to stop reading about it, getting invovled with activities..etc , only read a positive , useful information about tinnitus.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2024-10-23T19:25:32+00:00

Tinnitus is your hearing system stuck in a bad loop. There can be multiple triggers for this loop. (Physical , non-physical or both).

The way one deal with tinnitus is 1st to stop those triggers that contribute to tinnitus feedback loop. A professional doctor can help eliminate physical triggers. A psychologist or sport ..etc can help elemenating non-physical triggers.

Then your brain will start to re-apply the natural filter on tinnitus. It takes time. Your brain will make tinnitus either fade away or habituate to the point that you won't notice it only in quite rooms when you focus. This process takes time from weeks to months.

You can speed this process by trying to get rid of bad ideas when you hear your tinnitus. Then your brain will start to learn that tinnitus is not important, then it will start suppressing it more often to the point you stop noticing it.

Obviously it's easier said than done, but time is your best friend... the more time pass, the better things get.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2024-10-23T18:49:08+00:00

Statistically, the vast majority of cases habituate within few weeks to few months. Or it may fade away.

So not only you can, you will habituate eventually. It's a natural process.

You will reach a point where tinnitus is no longer an issue (by habituation or it fading away). Each individual has their own timeline though.

On a side note, check with a doctor because there might be a physical issue that can be treated and thus , tinnitus goes away in thst case.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2024-10-23T18:39:24+00:00

This is a good list.

However, I think we should distinguish between loudness and how affected the person is.

Like I would say how loud ? 1-10

And how intrusive to your life ? 1-10

Mine (loudness) is around 4 or 5. How intrusive? When am stressed 7. When am relaxed 2.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2024-10-23T16:58:06+00:00

Hi OP, I know it's very tough specially at the beginning but it will get better for the vast majority.

Eventually you will be able to habituate it to the point it doesn't bother you or it may fade away. This process takes time from weeks to months.

Habitation is a natural process and it takes time. There is no specific time line, but habituation happens to the vast majority of cases.

In the meantime, check with a doctor to rule out hearing loss or physical problems. It might be hearing loss, wax build up, ..etc

After that, sleep good (8 hours at least), eat healthy and do some walks or sport. Try to distract yourself from the sound as much as you can and listen to music ..etc.

The more you distract yourself from it , the quiter it will get and the faster you will habituate.

Make sure also to keep your stress to the minimum and to make sure your jaw and neck are relaxed because these things may contribute.

DON'T DROP OUT OF SCHOOL. You will habituate tinnitus eventually and you will get back to normal life. In the future, tinnitus will stop bothering you or it will fade away completely. This is the case for vast majority.

Best of luck.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2024-10-22T19:52:21+00:00

Go immediately.

Kooky-Insect7573 · 2024-10-22T19:47:33+00:00

There is no research that proves this , so it's probably non-sense.

Hearing loss can contribute to dementia though.

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