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Originally Posted by madisongrrl
I had tinnitus for a year and suffered from hyperacusis for a few days at the peak of my miserable symptoms. It sounded like someone was shouting in left ear with a megaphone. Mine is both neurological and vestibular. Some days when I walk, it feels like the floor is a sponge.
I couldn't go out into crowed spaces, I couldn't watch anything intense or loud on TV, and I also purchased a white noise box to use while I was sleeping. Do your best to try an ignore it. If you fixate on it, the symptoms will seem worse. Easier said that done, I know, because living in this situation is incredibly distressing.
Get into an ENT for an assessment and hopefully they refer you to a vestibular PT or even offer some medications to help this situation.
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Sorry I never received e-alerts for these last comments so only just found them!
I spoke to me GP on the phone and and has referred me to ENT now. The tinnitus does fade to minimal overnight but returns in the mornings once I'm awake, like the heating coming on. Hopefully once I see an ENT specialist and have hearing tests I'll know more. Thanks very much for describing your horrid experience of all this - it helps knowing that I'm not entirely on my own with it.