Recent content by mahomsy

The reason I know that is because when my T started, I would daydream about it magically disappearing one day. And it never happened, but the sooner I accepted that it was here to stay the quicker I got better and forgot about it. Now it's a null issue in my life.

With all due respect I don't much see the point of this thread. You can't trade your tinnitus for anything unfortunately, and that shouldn't be any sufferer's concern. They should be more concerned with focusing on acceptance and improvement, and improvement WILL come. At the end of the day, it...

Maybe I'm an optimist but pharma goes where the money goes. It seems like there is a lot of investment and interest recently in a cure. The way I see it, it's only a matter of time until a drug is released that alleviates (or possibly eliminates) tinnitus. Could be 10 years, could be 20. Who's...

Can TMJ treatment cure the T altogether?

Agreed. On good days when I have no stress and am in a good mood, I can work in complete silence. But when I am stressed (which is unfortunately often), the T makes it 20 times to focus. As you said though, one step at a time. In an ideal world, you'd increase your time in silence day by day...

Though I've never had a trouble sleeping in a silent room with my T (when I'm tired, I fall asleep in minutes), I do have trouble focusing in a silent room. I'm a medical student so that means that studying on the desk in my bedroom is very challenging for the sole fact that my tinnitus...

Hello all! I am new to this forum. I have had tinnitus and hearing loss in my left ear since some physical trauma in Aug. 2013. I also have mild hyperacusis (or so I believe). Over the past year, my tolerance to my T has been on and off. Some days I almost like it, seeing it as being part of...