Recent content by Stan M

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    Suicidal

    I have not written since 1/29/2020 on here. I rarely look on here anymore. I just don't want to concentrate on it, because then it seems louder for a few days. Some where around then I was talking to a guy that had a bull dance on his skull, and got tinnitus. He said it was just another...
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    Grateful to Find This Community — I'm in My 70s, and Have Had Tinnitus for a Long Time

    My 1 yr anniversary today. I too am very grateful for this site and the people on it. I need someplace where I can say what I need to, and find comfort and wisdom in the folks who like you have survived years with this. I am 65.
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    Suicidal

    Wow, I hate this stuff. Tinnitus continues unabated 24/7 since 2/06/19. Constant. I am suicidal on and off. How could I not be? It keeps me awake at night. I have trouble getting to sleep. I wake up and have trouble getting back to sleep, and I only get real sleep about every three days...
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    Evidence and Evidence Gaps in Tinnitus Therapy

    Very good information in this study. Thank you for posting.
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    How Bad Is Caffeine and Alcohol for Tinnitus?

    1 or 2 measured hard liquor every night. Usually 1 as I get home from work and the other just before bed. Doesn’t stop or quiet the tinnitus, just helps me get to sleep. 1 cup coffee every AM. Neither seem to have an effect on the T. I did stop alcohol for a month trying it out. No change...
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    Poll: How Often Do You Hear Your Tinnitus in Your Dreams?

    Had a nightmare last night, you know, things chasing you and you are losing ground, adrenaline pumping. Afraid and no way out. Then I woke up and this tinnitus is screaming in my brain. And suddenly I was in another nightmare I would not wake up from. And I missed the quite in the nightmare.
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    Poll: Do Hearing Aids Reduce Your Tinnitus?

    I tried out Signa pure charge and go Nx7, top of the line in 10/2019. Took my hearing aids back, got them Fri 9/28/19 10am to Tue 10/01/19, could have had them for a 2 week trial from the Doctor of Audiology. Actually wore them only until Monday night - so, 3 days. Wore them from the time I...
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    Poll: How Often Do You Hear Your Tinnitus in Your Dreams?

    I never hear it in my dreams. (only 7 months now) in fact I am remembering my dreams more, because I enjoy the total silence between words and during actions. my dreams are great. its the only time. the screaming tinnitus starts instantly upon awakening. at this point the results are...
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    Tinnitus Loudness Scale?

    Thank you for the welcome. Wish I did not belong to this club however.
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    Tinnitus Loudness Scale?

    9. Today I tried a test. I hear it in the shower. 4 windows in the car open, radio on full, cooler going, 70 mph on the highway. I hear it. A car passed me and it just got louder as if to tell me to stop testing it. 24/7. As soon as I wake up and last thing I hear at night. I never...
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    A Physical Experiment for Those Whose Tinnitus Is NOT from Loud Noise Exposure

    64 years old. Three questions: 1) Can you pull your shoulders up almost all the way to your ears like in the picture and are they in one line? Yes, in fact looks like the same place as in the pictures. 2) Can you pull one shoulder up more than the other? If yes, do you have tinnitus in the...
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    Carnivore Diet for Treating Tinnitus

    I tried it for one month - carnivore diet. Did not help. It was an easy diet, I ate mostly 80 20 hamburger. (20% fat) Liked it a lot, never got hungry, lost some weight. But stopped when no improvement. By the way, I was mostly vegan for a year and more before I got my tinnitus. 'Mostly'...
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    Episode 6: Clinical Guidelines for Tinnitus — Status Quo or Way Forward?

    Here are the guidelines I found on the internet. American https://www.ata.org/sites/default/files/Otolaryngology%20Head%20and%20Neck%20Surgery-2014.pdf European...