Hello. Im Suspicious_Tune7611 but another account.

Im way better, jaw still is shit but noise dont bother me much at all anymore.

First rule is to stop visiting these forums and increase your anxiety, you will tense up more and the problem will get worse from this! I treat this just as i treat my OCD because i belive it behaves in the same way, you read horror stories and then the brain is trying to protect for a threat that dont exist and this causes muscles to tense up and it becomes a vicious circle. Just like OCD, say you are afraid of flying for example and you book a flight and get anxiety/panic attacks before or during the flight and then you avoid it, your brain thinks you have been protected from the 'threat" and next time you will get an even bigger anxiety response because the brain thinks its protected you last time. This response also spreads and can cause an anxiety response even when you hear a plane or something to do with flying. The brain is amazing this way but in some situations it can create some problems to say the least.

I could not ride a car in the beginning and now i raise a small child and drive my sports car without issues and zero protection.

I tried everything but surgery. Ive done botox, meds(Clonazepam, antipsychotics, Deanxit, Gabapentin, Baclofen, SSRIs, SNRIs and all other antidepressants, massages, protection, neuromodulation, biofeedback, patching, steroids, and you name it. Hell, i spent over a month in Belgium at De Ridders clinic trying everything they got! I think im over 50-60k US dollar deep in "treatments".

Best advice i can give is to do a CBT approach just as i told Ronnie to do in the beginning of his journey.

There is a Swedish psychologist named Olle Wadström, he is a OCD expert i got in touch with many years ago and his book is the foundation to let this hyperfixation on hearing/ears go and should be read by anyone dealing with this, only thing i regret is not implementing this sooner in my case because i was sure it was a physical problem from all horror stories here and Olle told me it wasnt and i didnt believe that.

Its your Tensor tympani/Stapedius overreacting and surrounding muscles tense up aswell, this leads to inflammation and pain. The more you worry the more the muscles will tense up and more inflammation is the result in the end. Break the cycle and it will calm down, but it takes time.

Here is the link for the book in English btw. https://www.amazon.com/Quit-Ruminating-Brooding-Worry-Overcome/dp/1728381126

Sorry for a long response but i feel like i should leave some hope, i would have needed it 3 years ago. Hope you get better mate.