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What @Varda said. There is no cure or quick fix for this, so we each have to figure out what works for us. Most importantly, there will not be a pill that “fixes” tinnitus. Doctors will usually be of little help and could even make things worse, as most have very limited experience with...

Exactly. I love being outside because I don't hear my tinnitus.

I think one needs to have patience with tinnitus. Believe me, I had none at first, and I was pretty scared. That was more than 30 years ago. Of course, I still have tinnitus — that is usually how it goes. I like to be outside as much as possible, as ambient sounds tend to cover it up. I assume...

Tinnitus doesn’t always come from hearing loss. It’s entirely possible that the tinnitus was already there, but with reduced hearing you’re less able to mask it with background noise. Yes, I had everything you describe — panic, walking down a street and suddenly crying, feeling panicky, and...

That has nothing to do with helping people who have tinnitus, which everyone knows is permanent and untreatable. This fact comes from the American Tinnitus Association, and in my several decades of living with tinnitus, nothing has changed. I wish I had a dollar for every website claiming that...

I’m a bit confused by your statement that your cheap headphones do not get very loud. In my experience, almost all headphones—whether cheap or expensive—can easily exceed safe hearing levels. The way you described experiencing only brief, 10-second episodes of tinnitus that would stop afterward...

On the first of February this year, I was attacked by two pit bulls while riding my eBike. The incident left my right ankle badly torn up. I initially went to a wound clinic for treatment, since regular doctors aren’t really up to speed on this kind of injury. Between the wound clinic and...

My ear fullness was very strong at first, but over time it completely went away. Yours might as well. I’m not very knowledgeable about that, though.

I think you’re right, LOL! Honestly, the science behind tinnitus suggests that it can’t be fixed, period. Once the brain connection has been made, it stays established within the brain. I don’t know of any way to redirect or disconnect synaptic connections in our brains. In my opinion, the best...

I agree, the treatment seems to be rather scattershot. Can’t they take a scan with an MRI or something similar? I knew someone in Daytona Beach who had good insurance, so he went to the Mayo Clinic to avoid surgical incompetence, and his issue was treated with specific chemotherapy, along with...

After more than six months of suffering and pain from this Pit Bull attack, the wound itself finally seems to have closed. The skin over it is new and paper thin, so I have to be careful. The problem I’m dealing with now is that I keep getting boils under the compression bandage. I have an...

Zen quotes: "One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world." — Dōgen "When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you." — Lao Tzu "When thoughts arise, then do all things arise. When thoughts vanish, then do all things vanish." — Huang Po "Things are as they...

I didn’t get my tinnitus from acoustic trauma. Mine started after a sinus infection, along with taking an antibiotic for the infection and sleeping with earplugs because I lived in a noisy environment. In the beginning, my tinnitus was extremely loud all the time. Over the past 30 years, it has...

I think what you are doing with the finger drumming is redirecting your attention. Oddly enough, though, a lot of people swear by it. And if it works, then go for it.

Oh no, I lived in San Francisco over 40 years ago. It was nice back then, and my apartment in the Lower Haight cost $375 a month. Now, I think it rents for $3,500. There are no true liberals left in the city. Being politically correct is not the same as being liberal. And when you do find...