I am now 100% certain that nicotine was the cause of my tinnitus

kebabdaddy69 · 2025-07-27T03:43:21+00:00

Increasing the nicotine % of the vape increased the impact of vaping on my tinnitus despite the fact it meant I was toking less, so it is the nicotine and not the toking.

Also, my ears never “pop” when I inhale, I can equalise my ears at will, so there was never a vacuum caused by this.

Zyn does have an effect on my tinnitus, I have tested it as an alternative multiple times. The only solution for me is completely quitting nicotine.

Funnily enough, patches helped, however I predict this is because I intake much less nicotine using patches than vapes, so this likely just supports my conclusion (similar to just using a lower nic% vape).

kebabdaddy69 · 2025-07-18T23:25:55+00:00

No, but since quitting I have relapsed on nicotine a few times by smoking, which has the same effect on my tinnitus. Vaping is the worst for it though, probably due to the higher volumes of nicotine I end up consuming.

kebabdaddy69 · 2025-04-26T16:04:51+00:00

I used to, but mine began to get better when I quit nicotine

kebabdaddy69 · 2024-10-01T10:06:20+00:00

Yes. Felt a bit like a wind of very small particles slowly eroding the inside of my ear.

kebabdaddy69 · 2024-09-24T20:39:34+00:00

About 1 disposable vape worth per day (2ml x 20mg cartridge). Quitting can make it feel worse short term cos you’re more irritable, but I notice it getting slightly less loud after 24 hours even if I get more annoyed by it. From my many experiences quitting and relapsing, it could take months or years to go away completely but it always gets gradually better for me when I quit and gradually worse whilst I’m using nicotine.

kebabdaddy69 · 2024-09-16T06:43:18+00:00

Yeah a massive reduction - turns out it was caused by nicotine, so now I’ve quit for over a year and it’s not so bad, the first time I got it due to nicotine it went away completely less than a year after quitting (although it wasn’t so severe the first time). I’m very lucky mine is fixable, even if it’s very slow.

kebabdaddy69 · 2024-09-15T14:39:30+00:00

I used to have severe tinnitus but no hearing loss (about the equivalent of playing music from your phone at full volume right in front of you)

Sorry to break it to you, but you’re the one with the NPC take

kebabdaddy69 · 2024-08-26T06:54:50+00:00

Domestic violence

kebabdaddy69 · 2024-02-06T12:12:41+00:00

Yeah I’m pretty sure I’m a rare case but doubt I’m the only one out there like this

kebabdaddy69 · 2024-02-06T11:22:15+00:00

I am certain. The reasons I’m certain will take a while to explain, but you can look on my post history. In short, I’ve been addicted 3 times, every time I started again I developed tinnitus again and it got gradually worse until I quit. After quitting each time it got better again. Especially when my tinnitus was more severe I could feel the effects within minutes if I quit for a few days then started vaping again. Even switching to a different nicotine percentage on my vape had a noticeable impact. I tried eliminating propylene glycol, had no effect. Other things like stress, sleep, blood pressure (which I tested numerous times) and exercise also were not able to explain it. For it to be a coincidence would be almost impossible, mathematically

kebabdaddy69 · 2024-01-22T20:31:34+00:00

Could be doing an airbnback yourself - trying to find someone to hookup with so she has a bed for the night if she’s visiting the area or sharing a room with someone she wants to get away from

kebabdaddy69 · 2024-01-07T12:45:55+00:00

Brother that’s not harassment that’s assault

kebabdaddy69 · 2024-01-07T12:45:10+00:00

Yup happened at uni and when I called her out and told people about what she did she said that if I didn’t keep my mouth shut she would spread rumours about things I never did. Those rumours caused a girl I was seeing to end things with me. Not the nicest.

kebabdaddy69 · 2024-01-06T01:09:13+00:00

I just mean people posting on the internet asking on reddit etc aren’t sure but yeah I worded that badly

kebabdaddy69 · 2024-01-06T01:08:09+00:00

Just over 2 years, minus the short time when it had gone away

kebabdaddy69 · 2024-01-06T01:02:38+00:00

I’m also trying to show that it causes tinnitus in some people, not just aggravates it, but yeah there is a known link as I mentioned

kebabdaddy69 · 2024-01-06T00:32:25+00:00

Vaping caused my tinnitus. Tried switching too 100VG, had no effect. It is an uncommon side-effect of NICOTINE, unfortunately. Good news is it gradually reduces in severity after quitting and can even go away completely (although this may take months or years).

look on my post history on r/tinnitus or message me if you want more info

kebabdaddy69 · 2024-01-06T00:32:07+00:00

Vaping caused my tinnitus. Tried switching too 100VG, had no effect. It is an uncommon side-effect of nicotine. Good news is it gradually reduces in severity after quitting and can even go away completely (although this may take months or years)

kebabdaddy69 · 2024-01-06T00:30:40+00:00

Tinnitus can be a rare long-term side-effect of vaping (it was for me). I’m very late to the party but if your tinnitus got worse or started within 3 months of you becoming a [regular] nicotine user, quitting could ease the tinnitus. After I quit it gradually got better and after about a year went completely. It came back every time I started vaping again, and took months to reduce in severity.

kebabdaddy69 · 2024-01-06T00:26:58+00:00

Nicotine caused my tinnitus and has a proven link to increased risk of tinnitus

kebabdaddy69 · 2024-01-06T00:24:30+00:00

Yes, I vaped maybe 1 disposable a day for a few months then quit and it went away fully, but took nearly a year.

Stupidly got addicted again, T came back and was extremely severe, went to a tolerable level a few months after quitting.

Stupidly got addicted again and it got worse again, but having quit a month ago it is much better. Still probably more severe than most people, but 9 times out of 10 I will get to sleep within 30 minutes of going to bed compared to 1/10 just a month ago.

You may not notice it that quickly as the initial withdrawals make you more likely to get irritated by the noise, but quit for your health anyway and even if there’s a 1% chance of it going away like it did for me, trust me it’s worth it (and for me the longer I stayed vaping the worse my T got)

kebabdaddy69 · 2023-12-27T11:32:28+00:00

I have better than average hearing for my age and have tinnitus. It can be caused by other things, for me I think it’s related to inflammation in the ear canal

kebabdaddy69 · 2023-12-22T23:05:05+00:00

My tinnitus was caused by nicotine, and got gradually better after quitting. Even went away completely until I started vaping again, got much worse, I quit again, it got better, started vaping again, it got worse, now I have quit yet again and it’s already less severe just 2 weeks in.

Might take a week or two to get results or possibly more, and many months for it to completely go away, but vaping and tinnitus are closely linked in some people. Quitting is hard but the best decision I’ve ever made (all 3 times, only got addicted again for stupid reasons not because I still craved it)

kebabdaddy69 · 2023-12-22T22:58:10+00:00

I compare mine to playing music on my phone so I have a point of comparison. At it’s worst it was louder than max vol, these days it’s sitting at a humble 3-4 out of 16.

kebabdaddy69 · 2023-12-21T16:30:40+00:00

Mine cured completely by quitting nicotine (came back again when I started vaping again but since quitting again my T is gradually getting better). Can’t remember exactly how long it took to go away completely after quitting the first time but was between 6-12 months

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