thank you for sharing your knowlege and help, tonight im having a spike and i have listened to many videos and sound frequencies and nothing until right now your number one help rule. i seriously was ready to call a nut ward and admit myself because right now i can see how someone can go crazy and lose thier mind...i felt like i could be that postal worker who went postal!! but your number one rule is gonna get me thry this...youre right it always calms down and i can function again. im gonna be okay -its gonna calm down soon...but honestly idk if i can take this for days! but thank you , i hope yours stays as calm as can be, again thabk you
Sorry you are going through a tough period. Stay strong . You already know that it will eventually settle down again, and all will be cool soon. Sending best wishes from Norway 🇳🇴
Going through an spike right now, the most challenging part is getting to sleep at night but I'm trying to adapt. Thanks so much for sharing your experience, Jack. It makes me feel better to know that I'm not alone in this journey.
to anybody suffering with tinnitus, high blood sugar and high insulin (prediabetes or diabetes) or fluctuating blood sugars are a major factor causing ringing in the ear please do research on ketogenic diet. Also see a doctor has a blocked eustachian tube or a buildup of wax in the ear canal can also cause a spike. I suffered with this torturous condition for several years but now I'm completely healed by going on a ketogenic diet
Hi Jack, I’m going through a real bad spike and came across your video, it’s been the most helpful and comforting, I hope my spike calms down and my T returns to its normal baseline
Like you I have had Tinnitus for over 20 years , had a major spike in October 2020 and had a couple over recent years , your advice as usual absolutely wonderful, did the same as you , found staying at home indoors all day did not help at all so I put on my walking shoes and off I went , the best thing I could have done walking is such a tonic .hope your spike goes very soon . Thanks so much.
Nice tips. It's a nightmare. Reactive Tinnitus? I get similar when walking into a supermarket and the alarm randomly starts to go off as walking in. Why? God knows it's like a sick game.
I used to be a huge pheasant hunter from the time I was 12-23. When I was 20 I was walking in a valley and fired. Instantly knew that something was very off. Life goes on and you learn to adapt.
You're going to laugh at this. I hope. when I get up and eat my breakfast I put your videos on my laptop in front of me and I listen to at least two of them. That sets me up for my day t o have no fear and giving it no importance. Gets me right on track to start my day. Positively life changing. Can't believe the difference Living Without fear makes.
Thanks for the reassurance Jack, I’ve just come out of a nasty spike myself. Also I’ve taken your advice from another video and gone unplugged. I stumbled across a second hand Hofner Shorty in the music shop, endless almost silent armchair noodling 🙂.
Thanks for sharing your experience. My tinnitus started just 2 years ago and there has been 3 flare ups while at other times they disappeared or I vaguely hear them. However this time i am finding challenging as its been now almost 3 weeks with no success on recovery. I will try your trips. Any suggestions will be very helpful. Thanks
Don't feel alone. I'm in a so called Spike for 14 days now. I feel it might not be a spike anymore. We can only HOPE they can last 2 weeks to a month the most then subside. I don't want this to be my new normal. I've already had two increases since 1994
Came across your video. Ive had a spike for 12 days now. Its horrendous. Going to go to the doctors tomorrow to be signed of work. My hearing is distorted, my tinnitus is so loud its unbearable. I just cannot function at the moment. I feel very isolated. I will give your advise ago. Fingers crossed i get out of this spike.
crisis at 73 a viral infection congestion displaced my eardrum a construction site in my head weeks on and finally an ENT in manhattan gave me enough drugs to resolve infection which I DID NOT EVEN HAVE A FEVER FROM telling me my hearing was damaged suggesting hearing aides. He said if necessary he could surgically place drum back. It restored to correct position but i then developed what I assume is body wide pulsatile tinnitus still unresolved than vertigo of severity landing me in hospital for 3 days for 11 weeks in the other ear. No other medical problems and my hearing came back to normal thankfully To his vast surprise hearing back to normal but no answer for the pulsatile tinnitus. Any advice greatly appreciated thanks
Just discovered your channel. It's never occurred to me that noises ever trigger my tinnitus spikes. I have them, but they have never been associated with outside stimuli. The only time I have spikes are when I have significantly reduced sleep the night before, or I'm stressing about something. Whether it's quiet everywhere or noisy everywhere or there's a loud sudden noise or loud music, those things never affect my tinnitus. Is this strange? Thank you
❤I'm going nuts right now I'm going nuts. My right ear a humming hissing and deaf ,I think it happened when the fireworks were too close to me. I have severe I could cry and stay in bed .
I'm in my second week of a very depressing spike... I have 3 young daughters and it's because of them that I find the strength to carry on and get through this, however, on the flip side to this, they don't help much with their high pitched screams and screeches and god know what other disturbing noises kids make at their age. Think I need to get out for a walk.
@@Tyblubearboy hang in there I'm a grandma with a real screecher so I know what you're talking about they're so sweet and full of life but LOUD like gun shots haha. I'm sole childcare many hours. But worth it. Both of them my happy place. One is guiet as a mouse.
custom made noise reducing ear plugs check with your audiologist i got them so i could attend my grankids sporting events they fit snugly into your ears but have filters (you can change) so you can still hear. i was so afraid to attend basketball or softball games so these were suggested and they work but still allow me to hear
Thanks Jack for a great video. Similar to yourself when I have a spike I try to tell myself that things will be ok soon and it does work. For everyone suffering in the chat, have you reached the habituation stage as that is a great turning point in tinnitus? The key is to focus on other things so that the brain ignores or makes you forget you have tinnitus.
Jack it's a wonderful video everything you say I'm so grateful but I wanted to ask you if you have ever experienced this episodes of tinnitus being sleep-related causing sleep to fluctuate it. Example you're fairly mild all day you watch TV you doze off and you awake with a start with raging tinnitus this can also happen in the middle of the night. You go to bed with fairly mild sounds can you wake up either in the morning or in the middle of the night with horrendous noise in your head I've never heard anyone mention this. I wondered if you had experienced it. There was a sleep study done in the UK related sleep to tinnitus. I just wanted to introduce this because I've watched hundreds of videos on tinnitus has anyone mentioned this. Thanks again for your honest video it's so helpful I watch it again and again when I get discouraged😊
I don't think I have pulsatile tinnitus (like a pulsing drone?). I do have a very high pitched, bilateral metallic whine, all the time. The tinnitus was milder ten years ago, moderate now with spikes. Worried about brain inflammation in early stages. I wonder if near infrared might help or gamma light therapy? I do have mild carotid plaque on one side. Difficult to ascertain a cause let alone what might help. Tried hz frequency generators to mask the noise but not very effective. It is not a fix. I have very good hearing for a 70+ y.o. and very good bone conduction. As a kid I had incredible bionic hearing all the way into highs and lows. Could the the cause be micro ischemia in temporal lobes or cerebellum? Recently had a brain MRI and found possible, supratentorial chronic ischemia. Maybe that is the problem? Also have had yeast in ears and more than usual inner ear infections as a kid. TY for any replys. Downloading your PDF!
The sound of air hissing out of punctured tyres is very soothing a nice high pitched white noise . How do you sleep buddy. It doesn't bother me until i try to sleep then its hell and without drugs i can stay awake for 5 days. White noise saves lives .
I'm two and a half years in. Brutal non stop cervicogenic tinnitus. I can't sleep without tablets. Wear a Bluetooth headband playing loud masking sounds 24/7. Feel ill constantly, with a constant spike and pray for death.
Why don't you contact some entities that are looking for a cure for tinnitus, and help them develop some kind of definitive cure or at least substantial relief? It is necessary to insist with the scientific community regarding this condition. Have you been playing live concerts? Do you often go to bars where live bands play? If so, how do you avoid further damaging your tinnitus? I love playing live and seeing bands live. It's something that's been part of my culture since I was born. It's really hard for me to continue doing it when I have tinnitus.
No...... wait though my ears got much louder 13 days ago!!!! I don't think this is a "Spike" anymore. So I'm NOT ok. But your video is great for people going through normal spikes.
Hi there. Really sorry you have had an increase in volume. What I would say is 2 weeks is still very early into it. My personal experiences with spikes are that they always calm down over time . Can be a week, sometimes it can be 2 to 2 months. But I always recover and my brain adapts. I hope yours calms down over time. In the meantime try to stay calm. Try to distract your mind away from it by doing things that you enjoy and that give you a good And strong positive mindset such as exercise, socializing, what programs you like etc. Hope this helps and sending best wishes 👍
Just curious. Did you ever try to find out the characteristics of your tinnitus. So your pitch and loudness (above hearing threshold)? Great video as usual. Thanks Jack.
Hi. No I have not gone into that because I know that if I did it would create a spike . I want to try as much as I can to make it less important in my life and that includes trying to not know too much about the specifics of my tone and volume. Hope that makes sense. And thank you 🙏
@@thetinnituschannel Yes, that certainly makes sense. Still. My curiosity got the better of me, so I did found out my T characteristics. Drawing attention to T that way, does indeed cause more bothersomeness.
Its the worst condition ever! No one i know has it so no one understands. Its always on a spike,its relentless,its like thats all i am now managing this thing no one gives a stuff about! 😮
Great video, thanks I suffer with severe tinnitus, thirty years,God heal everone that has it,and we never give up.
Having a spike at the moment, i found your video helpful and comforting.
Thank you, glad the video was of use. Hope the spike passes real soon .
thank you for sharing your knowlege and help, tonight im having a spike and i have listened to many videos and sound frequencies and nothing until right now your number one help rule. i seriously was ready to call a nut ward and admit myself because right now i can see how someone can go crazy and lose thier mind...i felt like i could be that postal worker who went postal!! but your number one rule is gonna get me thry this...youre right it always calms down and i can function again. im gonna be okay -its gonna calm down soon...but honestly idk if i can take this for days! but thank you , i hope yours stays as calm as can be, again thabk you
Sorry you are going through a tough period. Stay strong . You already know that it will eventually settle down again, and all will be cool soon. Sending best wishes from Norway 🇳🇴
@@thetinnituschannel is there ANYTHING to make it quieter?
Mine is 14 days now. Questioning if its even a spike anymore :(
Going through an spike right now, the most challenging part is getting to sleep at night but I'm trying to adapt. Thanks so much for sharing your experience, Jack. It makes me feel better to know that I'm not alone in this journey.
Glad my videos are of use Carlos 🙏👍
to anybody suffering with tinnitus, high blood sugar and high insulin (prediabetes or diabetes) or fluctuating blood sugars are a major factor causing ringing in the ear please do research on ketogenic diet. Also see a doctor has a blocked eustachian tube or a buildup of wax in the ear canal can also cause a spike.
I suffered with this torturous condition for several years but now I'm completely healed by going on a ketogenic diet
Going through one now, feeling fed up . Thanks for all your kind encouragement .
🙏
Hi Jack, I’m going through a real bad spike and came across your video, it’s been the most helpful and comforting, I hope my spike calms down and my T returns to its normal baseline
Hope your spike calms down soon
Like you I have had Tinnitus for over 20 years , had a major spike in October 2020 and had a couple over recent years , your advice as usual absolutely wonderful, did the same as you , found staying at home indoors all day did not help at all so I put on my walking shoes and off I went , the best thing I could have done walking is such a tonic .hope your spike goes very soon . Thanks so much.
Thank you 🙏. And walking is a great distraction 👍
Thank you 🙏🦋
But how lomg has your spike lasted? Mine is nearly 14 days now. 2 weeks and I am thinking this isn't a spike anymore but rather permanent. :(
Really needed this! Also going thru a bad "spike" and my tinnitus feels like 50% louder. Thanks for all your videos!
👍🙏
Please tell me how long your spike lasts? Mine is 14 days now. Probably not a spike. Probably permanent i fear
@@brizak70 spikes can last for months and I had like 5-6 that has been like 1-2 months. What happend?
Thanks for your honesty. It helps to know that others go through what I am and are thriving.
Thank you 🙏
Nice tips. It's a nightmare. Reactive Tinnitus? I get similar when walking into a supermarket and the alarm randomly starts to go off as walking in. Why? God knows it's like a sick game.
Why are you green
My Ear is driving me insane.😢
I'm emotionally attaching questions why do I have to get bitched out from my sisters and people I say what? I fell! Does this mess with my balance
Will it go the Frick away. 🙏 I use drops. Ear spray. Nothing helps
I want to be normal
I'm going insane. Will I die
I used to be a huge pheasant hunter from the time I was 12-23. When I was 20 I was walking in a valley and fired. Instantly knew that something was very off. Life goes on and you learn to adapt.
Thank you Jack! This was a great message! Gives me confidence
Going thru a severe spike now. God Bless you. Thank you for your time and energy in making this God Send of a video.
Hope the video was of use . Sending strength and best wishes 👍
You're going to laugh at this. I hope. when I get up and eat my breakfast I put your videos on my laptop in front of me and I listen to at least two of them. That sets me up for my day t o have no fear and giving it no importance. Gets me right on track to start my day. Positively life changing. Can't believe the difference Living Without fear makes.
🙏
Thanks for the reassurance Jack, I’ve just come out of a nasty spike myself.
Also I’ve taken your advice from another video and gone unplugged. I stumbled across a second hand Hofner Shorty in the music shop, endless almost silent armchair noodling 🙂.
Excellent. 💯⭐️
Thanks for sharing your experience. My tinnitus started just 2 years ago and there has been 3 flare ups while at other times they disappeared or I vaguely hear them. However this time i am finding challenging as its been now almost 3 weeks with no success on recovery. I will try your trips. Any suggestions will be very helpful. Thanks
Don't feel alone. I'm in a so called Spike for 14 days now. I feel it might not be a spike anymore. We can only HOPE they can last 2 weeks to a month the most then subside. I don't want this to be my new normal. I've already had two increases since 1994
Suffering for 50 years this week it’s never been worse 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Sorry to hear that. Sending best wishes
Sucks I’m on 10 years..light headed every dam day…
This is my first time .Ever. I have wallow in my ear. Going nuts.
Came across your video. Ive had a spike for 12 days now. Its horrendous. Going to go to the doctors tomorrow to be signed of work. My hearing is distorted, my tinnitus is so loud its unbearable. I just cannot function at the moment. I feel very isolated. I will give your advise ago. Fingers crossed i get out of this spike.
Hey there. Hope your spike passes soon. And hope the video was of use
crisis at 73 a viral infection congestion displaced my eardrum a construction site in my head weeks on and finally an ENT in manhattan gave me enough drugs to resolve infection which I DID NOT EVEN HAVE A FEVER FROM telling me my hearing was damaged suggesting hearing aides. He said if necessary he could surgically place drum back. It restored to correct position but i then developed what I assume is body wide pulsatile tinnitus still unresolved than vertigo of severity landing me in hospital for 3 days for 11 weeks in the other ear. No other medical problems and my hearing came back to normal thankfully To his vast surprise hearing back to normal but no answer for the pulsatile tinnitus. Any advice greatly appreciated thanks
Just discovered your channel. It's never occurred to me that noises ever trigger my tinnitus spikes. I have them, but they have never been associated with outside stimuli. The only time I have spikes are when I have significantly reduced sleep the night before, or I'm stressing about something. Whether it's quiet everywhere or noisy everywhere or there's a loud sudden noise or loud music, those things never affect my tinnitus. Is this strange? Thank you
Hi. yes I have heard of people being affected by things such as lack of sleep and stress also .
How long on average are your spikes? Can they last 15 days like mine is now? (If its even a spike anymore)
If my potassium levels are low that increases my tinnitus
❤I'm going nuts right now I'm going nuts. My right ear a humming hissing and deaf ,I think it happened when the fireworks were too close to me. I have severe I could cry and stay in bed .
This was amazing
Thank you 🙏
I'm in my second week of a very depressing spike... I have 3 young daughters and it's because of them that I find the strength to carry on and get through this, however, on the flip side to this, they don't help much with their high pitched screams and screeches and god know what other disturbing noises kids make at their age. Think I need to get out for a walk.
Sorry you going through a spike. Hope it calms down soon
@@Tyblubearboy hang in there I'm a grandma with a real screecher so I know what you're talking about they're so sweet and full of life but LOUD like gun shots haha. I'm sole childcare many hours. But worth it. Both of them my happy place. One is guiet as a mouse.
custom made noise reducing ear plugs check with your audiologist i got
them so i could attend my grankids sporting events they fit snugly into your ears but have filters (you can change) so you can still hear. i was so afraid to attend basketball or softball games so these were
suggested and they work but still allow me to hear
Thanks Jack for a great video. Similar to yourself when I have a spike I try to tell myself that things will be ok soon and it does work. For everyone suffering in the chat, have you reached the habituation stage as that is a great turning point in tinnitus? The key is to focus on other things so that the brain ignores or makes you forget you have tinnitus.
💯👍
Thank you so much 🙏
Thanks for your answer thanks to you I just get on with it no more panic
Jack it's a wonderful video everything you say I'm so grateful but I wanted to ask you if you have ever experienced this episodes of tinnitus being sleep-related causing sleep to fluctuate it. Example you're fairly mild all day you watch TV you doze off and you awake with a start with raging tinnitus this can also happen in the middle of the night. You go to bed with fairly mild sounds can you wake up either in the morning or in the middle of the night with horrendous noise in your head I've never heard anyone mention this. I wondered if you had experienced it. There was a sleep study done in the UK related sleep to tinnitus. I just wanted to introduce this because I've watched hundreds of videos on tinnitus has anyone mentioned this. Thanks again for your honest video it's so helpful I watch it again and again when I get discouraged😊
Thank you Pat. Glad the video was of use. No sorry I haven’t had that experience so can’t comment on it . Jack
You too Christine . Glad your watching Jack he's able to help us stay calm. And get on with it. Haha. My wish for you alow sound tinnitus day.😊
Hope your doing better
Thank you 🙏
But how do you know it's only a spike? It could be permanent new loud
I don't think I have pulsatile tinnitus (like a pulsing drone?). I do have a very high pitched, bilateral metallic whine, all the time. The tinnitus was milder ten years ago, moderate now with spikes. Worried about brain inflammation in early stages. I wonder if near infrared might help or gamma light therapy? I do have mild carotid plaque on one side. Difficult to ascertain a cause let alone what might help. Tried hz frequency generators to mask the noise but not very effective. It is not a fix. I have very good hearing for a 70+ y.o. and very good bone conduction. As a kid I had incredible bionic hearing all the way into highs and lows. Could the the cause be micro ischemia in temporal lobes or cerebellum? Recently had a brain MRI and found possible, supratentorial chronic ischemia. Maybe that is the problem? Also have had yeast in ears and more than usual inner ear infections as a kid. TY for any replys. Downloading your PDF!
I never heard of Spikes. Do you get headaches earaches
I have severe ear blockage 😢....will a eustachi help???!!
The sound of air hissing out of punctured tyres is very soothing a nice high pitched white noise .
How do you sleep buddy. It doesn't bother me until i try to sleep then its hell and without drugs i can stay awake for 5 days. White noise saves lives .
Good that you don’t find the noise bothersome. I sleep ok . Exercise. Fresh air and winding down in the evening really help me .
I'm two and a half years in. Brutal non stop cervicogenic tinnitus. I can't sleep without tablets. Wear a Bluetooth headband playing loud masking sounds 24/7. Feel ill constantly, with a constant spike and pray for death.
I’m really sorry you are having such problems with your T.
Thank you for the video
Thank you 🙏
Great video 💪
Thank you
Since July 5
Help❤!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.I'm going to get a hearing aid I have TMJ too
Why don't you contact some entities that are looking for a cure for tinnitus, and help them develop some kind of definitive cure or at least substantial relief?
It is necessary to insist with the scientific community regarding this condition.
Have you been playing live concerts?
Do you often go to bars where live bands play? If so, how do you avoid further damaging your tinnitus?
I love playing live and seeing bands live. It's something that's been part of my culture since I was born. It's really hard for me to continue doing it when I have tinnitus.
I do play shows and record . I am very careful about listening to live shows though. Has to be a good sound environment
No...... wait though my ears got much louder 13 days ago!!!! I don't think this is a "Spike" anymore. So I'm NOT ok. But your video is great for people going through normal spikes.
Hi there. Really sorry you have had an increase in volume. What I would say is 2 weeks is still very early into it. My personal experiences with spikes are that they always calm down over time . Can be a week, sometimes it can be 2 to 2 months. But I always recover and my brain adapts. I hope yours calms down over time. In the meantime try to stay calm. Try to distract your mind away from it by doing things that you enjoy and that give you a good
And strong positive mindset such as exercise, socializing, what programs you like etc. Hope this helps and sending best wishes 👍
@@thetinnituschannel Thank you
Just curious. Did you ever try to find out the characteristics of your tinnitus. So your pitch and loudness (above hearing threshold)?
Great video as usual. Thanks Jack.
Hi. No I have not gone into that because I know that if I did it would create a spike . I want to try as much as I can to make it less important in my life and that includes trying to not know too much about the specifics of my tone and volume. Hope that makes sense. And thank you 🙏
@@thetinnituschannel Yes, that certainly makes sense. Still. My curiosity got the better of me, so I did found out my T characteristics. Drawing attention to T that way, does indeed cause more bothersomeness.
Its the worst condition ever! No one i know has it so no one understands. Its always on a spike,its relentless,its like thats all i am now managing this thing no one gives a stuff about! 😮
Sorry you are having a tough time of it . I agree , it’s a very misunderstood symptom.
Just curious...how did get to sleep during the spike. Great info...dealing with a spike at the moment.
Slept ok. Lots of fresh air and reduced my stress
do you have any days without tinnitus ?
Hi. No
Jack, do you have hyperacusis?
Hi. No i don’t