Recent content by Mark F.

  1. Mark F.

    15 Months of Tinnitus with No Improvement, Except for Occasional Good Days in a Row

    Thank you for your posts. You have a great attitude!
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    Tinnitus Worsening Despite Hearing Protection and Quiet Environment

    Keep the positive attitude that you have! Life DOES go on!
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    From Breakdown to Recovery: Healing Tinnitus, Hyperacusis, and Trauma Through Nervous System Work

    Thank you for taking the time to share your update. It helped me, and I’m sure it helped others too. Take care of yourself, your husband, and your children. Good luck to you!
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    My Success Story: Noise-Induced (Chainsaw) Tinnitus + Mild Hyperacusis

    Thanks for taking the time to update us. Keep being smart about protecting your ears, and get back to enjoying life. Good luck to you!
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    Tinnitus Worsening Despite Hearing Protection and Quiet Environment

    Sounds like you’re doing pretty well! You’re working, and that’s huge. We’re all blue-collar in my family—welders, machinists, farmers, concrete guys. I’m retired now, but I’ve been thinking about going back to the machine shop just to see if I can handle the noise. I also miss working and...
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    Bilateral Tinnitus After a Single Band Rehearsal without Hearing Protection

    Believe me, I understand how you feel. I am a couple of decades older than you, and I am also a former musician. Please do not drink yourself into a deeper, darker hole. I have done that before. Life is a struggle, but please hang in there. You will improve mentally if you give it time. It may...
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    From Darkness to Light, How I Recovered from Tinnitus & Hyperacusis

    Thank you so much for all your writings here! Reading what you have shared has helped me keep soldiering on. Staying out of self-pity and not sinking into negative thoughts and emotions is a huge part of living with these conditions. I am glad you are enjoying life and have made peace with this...
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    Tinnitus Worsening Despite Hearing Protection and Quiet Environment

    How are you doing with the construction work? Has your tinnitus gotten any quieter, louder, or has it pretty much stayed the same? If you do not mind me asking, how old are you? Have you gone shooting again?
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    2024 US Presidential Election

    How old are you?
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    Suicidal Two Months After Tinnitus Onset from a Child's Scream

    Magnesium Glycinate.
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    When Anxiety Is Worse Than Mild Tinnitus Itself

    @SpiralPath, life sometimes throws us curveballs. Just when we feel on top of the world, a crash can happen. I have had so many ups and downs in my 55 years that, honestly, I see it all as one big adventure—good times and bad. But stay hopeful. This too shall pass. You are still quite young...
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    2024 US Presidential Election

    Hahahaha. Hitler-boy is acting like he has power (he does not). I will leave when I feel like it. Not when some mush-brained, weakling orders me to.
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    When Anxiety Is Worse Than Mild Tinnitus Itself

    I understand the pain you are in. I was there too. I would bet that most, if not all of us here, have been through it. The first six months were the most difficult for me. I am truly sorry this has happened to you. You are not alone. Come here as often as you need to. Please protect your...
  14. Mark F.

    2024 US Presidential Election

    Cross the border ILLEGALLY. ILLEGAL aliens. What part of ILLEGAL do you not grasp? ILLEGAL = CRIMINAL. Is that simple enough for you, Hitler-face?
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    2024 US Presidential Election

    Your emotional outburst is sad, yet slightly amusing to me. For the final time, you never answered my question. That tells me that you know I am correct. You need to grow up and learn to face the harsh truth. You and I, and our people, are being replaced. It's not a "conspiracy theory". It's a...