Recent content by JoeBattams

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    Suicidal Because Noise from rTMS (140 dB!) Massively Worsened My Tinnitus and Caused Hearing Loss

    Thanks Michael. Do you mean regarding drugs? I'm really worried now I may have missed the 'window.'
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    Suicidal Because Noise from rTMS (140 dB!) Massively Worsened My Tinnitus and Caused Hearing Loss

    Thanks everyone for your kind replies, sorry for the delay in replying - to be honest I've been too exhausted, I've just been going over and over it, thinking of ways to end it, then thinking of impact it would have on family, it's awful. I can't believe after I've spent my entire life looking...
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    Suicidal Because Noise from rTMS (140 dB!) Massively Worsened My Tinnitus and Caused Hearing Loss

    Hi all, I've been a member of Tinnitus Talk for a while, but don't think I've really posted much before. I've had tinnitus since I was 16 (I'm 38 now) and though it was a big deal back then, it has always been quite mild, and to be honest I've just got used to the whistling/hissing over the...
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    Ramipril Has Massively Increased My Tinnitus :(

    Thanks @Karen , I'm hopeful it will start to settle down a bit fairly soon- the most distracting part is that now it's a high pitched screech that cuts through normal day-to-day sounds. I've looked out my old maskers that I had when I was 16 (wow, has it been so long!?!) and am wearing them now-...
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    Ramipril Has Massively Increased My Tinnitus :(

    Hi @Karen , thank you so much for taking the time to write to me! It's strange- up until this last week, I'd never seeked support with Tinnitus- i'd had it for so long that it was almost like a companion to me- especially as I only heard it when it was quiet! But this is just crazy- I consume a...
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    Ramipril Has Massively Increased My Tinnitus :(

    Hi all, I’ve had Tinnitus for half my life now (I’m 32 and I’ve had it since I was 16)- It took me the first 5 years to come to terms with the fact that I’d never hear silence again, and then it just became part of me and I didn’t think about it very much (aside from taking hearing protection...