Recent content by AnnieM

I've had tinnitus for a decade or more. It's been a royal annoyance and while I'm mostly past the original panic (not entirely!), it still bothers me - I've never, ever fully habituated to it. Part of the reason for that is that I don't hear the same sound all the time - I hear a whole plethora...

Since I'm currently experiencing worsened T and fairly high levels of anxiety, I'm thinking of trying magnesium. Specifically, this brand: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BD0RT0/ Any thoughts?

I hear multiple sounds and tones (and seem to have acquired a new one recently), but not quite like what you're describing.

Melatonin was one thing I took to help me sleep at night but apparently I must be acclimating to it. I'm up to 12 mg a night (I take the Alteril brand, which has several other natural sleep aids included) and I still need to take an occasional sleeping pill. Partly this is a response to...

Absolutely. If there's one constant with my T it's that there is no constant. It spikes, it relaxes, noises change...in my case all the novelty has made habituation a whole lot of frustration but never boring :/

I'd be happy to participate, though plain email works much, much better given my schedule (I'm never sure when I can find ten consecutive minutes, LOL!) If that's suitable: tonks3cat@gmail.com

Same here. The longer I have it, the more reactive it seems to get.

Hey, I love the stuff (always found that menthol- eucalyptus scent delightful) but yeah, I'd rather breathe it :)

That would be hell piled on top of hell. I'm fortunate to have a supportive group of people around me otherwise I might possibly be dead now myself. Even posting here - or just reading reading others' posts - is therapeutic, but it doesn't (or shouldn't!) take the place of caring family or friends.

They seem to have taken that site down... been experiencing some TTTS symptomology recently, hence the investigation. Would this have been the paper you were referencing? http://www.hyperacusis.net/resources/noiseandhealth2013.pdf

That's one of the noises I hear, though I've always thought of it more like the old static one used to get with television sets (dating myself here, no young'un today would know what that sounds like with cable and hi-def tvs). I'm hearing that one right now, but I gotta admit it's one of the...

Okay, this is way out there but on the thought that nothing's impossible, here goes: I live in the Pittsburgh, PA region. When this round of T started, I had health insurance that would cover both Highmark and UPMC doctors - I tried four doctors, all of whom were through UPMC, and although ONE...

I'm one of those for whom maskers didn't work - my T spiked through the roof when I tried them. Which does make me a bit unsure of what would happen if it's ever decided that I need hearing aids...

The first months are the worst because everything in you wants to run from this. I cried and screamed for a long, long time and used to beat my own head, trying to get this to stop. I probably made it worse for myself in so doing. I still have the occasional bad day when it's particularly loud...

Graphic artist for local trophy company. Fairly noisy environment; pretty sure it triggered my T. I like my job, though, in spite of the hum of laser engravers :)