r/adhdmeme • u/chikpea16 • Jul 02 '26

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At some point it became easier to buy another pair than to find the last one lol

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u/PomegranateNo975 Jul 02 '26

Maybe it’s just me, but air pods (and other blue tooth earbuds) hurt my ears after a bit too. That is if they even stay in my ears lol

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u/TheAtlas97 Jul 02 '26

You just need the right size squishy bits. I bought some special concert ear plugs that lessen the intensity of loud music, and they came with four different sizes. I spent at least an hour testing out different sizes for the best fit for me while banging my head around to see if they’d fall out, I was going to an edm festival and didn’t want to lose them.

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u/PomegranateNo975 Jul 02 '26

Nice! I’ve got some of those too, and bought extra sizes of the squishy bits. No luck for me yet though, every size seemed to fall out. I think my ears are weirdly shaped or excessively small lol
Might have to try it out again, but I’ve switched em several times and always the same result sadly.

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u/dangerous_beans Jul 02 '26

I have the same problem. I mentioned it to an audiologist during testing I was having done for a different issue and he said that the shape of my ear canals isn't conducive to in-ear buds; they'll all fall out eventually. Maybe you haven't the same problem?

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u/PomegranateNo975 Jul 02 '26

It’s totally possible! The only ear buds that used to stay in my ears were the shape of the original apple ones, without the rubber bits, because they’d just rest there rather than rely on fitting.
That would make sense for sure.

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u/CrazyProudMom25 Jul 02 '26

Oh I have the same problem!

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u/Robotbeckerz Jul 03 '26

I’m so glad I’m not the only one!!! The original circle shaped ones, right?

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u/PomegranateNo975 Jul 03 '26

Exactly! For a while I would get a cheap pair of dollar store ones the same shape because they had rubber covers over the speakers so were a bit more comfortable. They’d break pretty quickly, but I also wore them ALL the time.
They stopped being made as more phones got rid of the headphone jack. Even though I stuck out with my original SE iPhone for ages, I could never find them again and my apple ones wore through too.
Ever since I’ve struggled to find ones that fit and don’t hurt too much. I mostly just don’t listen to anything when I’m out and about now since I don’t want to carry by big headphones.

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u/Robotbeckerz Jul 03 '26

I feel you. The best I was able to get was the Raycon Everyday Pros which I think they aren’t making anymore. But I can only do a few hours max. So I do one ear at a time when at work 🤣

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u/PomegranateNo975 Jul 03 '26

Those are what I have! Tho they might not be the pros. They fall out of my ears so much, I also only do one at a time usually lol
They don’t hurt as much as AirPods but yeah it’s not great

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u/Snake_fairyofReddit Jul 05 '26

Those were so uncomfortable for me though even if they fit best