BrOKeN_1

Woo!

Didn’t have you down as a rap fan @BrOKeN_1. Just looking through your posts. Was quite the surprise. Learn something new every day. I like rap too, usually just stuff that makes me giggle or reminds me of my younger partying years. Put links in the hip hop thread please :)

@makeyourownluck My last concert before T was actually a NF concert in Salt Lake City, UT. Took my teenagers! It was so much fun. P.S. I quit tapering and am just gonna stick to a lower dose for awhile.

Sounds like the right thing to do re taper. The slower the better. YES! @BrOKeN_1, you one of those COOL dads :P!

Will an e-hug suffice?

Huge, healing virtua bear hug coming your way!!

Have a hug from across the pond :)

@Joe Cuber there's a good chance it's due to my slow taper off Prozac..

I see @BrOKeN_1, I hope you're able to taper successfully. Do you have methods for calming your anxiety?

@Joe Cuber Just patience and measured breathing. Then find a distraction. I'm feeling a bit better now. Thanks everyone.

We all are.

Fluoxetine/Prozac 20mg currently. Works pretty good for me to suppress depression. Beats down the anxiety some as well.

I just cut diet pepsi completely from my life. I'm expecting massive swings and spikes from this, it might become unbearable actually, but the aspartam was giving me tummy aches twice a week.

@Lurius Its possible the carbonation was/is the culprit. I quit drinking carbonation about a year ago and I haven't had nearly the Stomach issues.

Ok, that's good to hear because I was literally screaming in pain in the middle of the night. It felt like I had some kind of metal worm crawling around in my guts. Literally.

@BrOKeN_1, 53 here right now, 80 next Wednesday. Where are you located? Or you want that confidential?

@just1morething Northeastern Utah... you?

@BrOKeN_1, southern Minnesota.

@Lurius it snowed Monday but thankfully didn't last long and started warming up agian

I think they’re talking 80 next week here in southern Minnesota.

I cannot wait to go for my nature walks around the lake. The best medicine and masking.

Hope its changing for the good :) @BrOKeN_1

@BrOKeN_1 it's just tinnitus tennis or tt for short.

Any change could be good change in my opinion !

Hope you win!!

So the paperwork goes to your brain then? xD

When I play call of duty with 2 speakers next to my ears. About a foot or 2 away from each ear. After I’m down playing my tinnitus is extremely calm. And it’s a constant 50dbs for hours and hours. My tinnitus has been getting better.

I guess that’s kings like sound therapy if you think about it

@Marshall I had to give up the FPS when I went zero headphone use. Just not the same.

@BrOKeN_1 Honestly, I feel the same. I felt pretty good/almost habituated before covid and all the new T it came with. Also, anxiety and panic are major things I struggle with. So you’re definitely not alone. Have you don’t any CBT? I find it’s helped my panic disorder a lot.

Anxiety is the devil in the mix of all this. You take that away to a manageable level and dealing with the T is so much easier. It likes to pull the rug out from under you at times just when things are looking up.

@SamRosemary I've played around with CBT but the ADD in me makes it hard to stay focused. I use more sound therapy then anything else.

@BrOKeN_1 Why do you say you didn't enjoy it? What was the issue?

@AnthonyMcDonald on the contrary my friend I did enjoy it. Maybe too much. Although there are many events or rides I would not go on out of fear of extraneous noise.

Yeah I can imagine. I never liked amusement parks to begin with - too crowded

Because it's not natural. You know in your mind and soul that it's not meant to be like this. Because you have a memory that reminds you of a time when it was better. It's something innately machine-like about the tinnitus noise that makes it so difficult to be creative. It's like your soul is on a ball and chain.

@BrOKeN_1 I just had to accept it in order to move on. My life will never be what it once was, but we all change as we get older and progress through life.

Nice line.

Have been meaning to play this game. I’ve been kind of burnt out on Ubisoft games lately, but biomutant did always interest me.

@ZFire Its actually alot better the expected. Kinda silly but I need a lighter entertainment these days. And it's something new.

Lol

Haha, I thought I was the only crazy person that had long chats with me T. Sometimes when I'm in a good mood I'm nice to it, but mostly I'm telling it to behave

If you like this, then take a look at @Leila's profile pic.

They're not cockatiels, they're Christmas-tiels!

@BrOKeN_1 would love to see it! I love them and miss mine too. Although he was loud, he whistled a few tunes. I hope to be able to have them again someday.

Right back at you man.

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You'll get through this!!

I hope today is better for you. Yesterday was a total screamer for me too

Hey @BrOKeN_1 - Is your T somatic at all? Do you think it might be due to muscle tightness or anything like that?

@Joe Cuber possibly.. I clench my teeth alot if I don't have something to chew on. (Gum) Stems from decades of smoking and chewing tobacco I think. Even tho I haven't partaken in almost ten years.

I see, I wonder if your extended spikes and even your cause is physical. I notice that when I have a bad day, my neck/traps are tight. Massaging yhem doesn't provide immediate relief, but regularly stretching them (but not overstretchin) seems to help over time. Perhaps jaw and/or neck massages?

Doing ok. Steady she goes.