Recent content by Tex

I cannot believe this thread is here, and has been here, for ten years. Maybe I did a search wrong, but I don't find any other posts from the author. Even if I did the search wrong, and he is a regular, this is simply BS trolling. This is teenage caliber comics at its best, or the lowest of the...

After about 15 years of living with this high-volume ear screeching, I would say: do whatever it takes to manage your stress, whether through medical support or physical activity. Manage your environment by avoiding situations with potentially high noise levels. I guess my wife and friends will...

I think @Jupiterman is mostly right. I’ve come and gone from this forum several times over many years simply because I know what I have, and I know there isn’t a cure. Everyone else should come to terms with that as well. I fall into the “when things get tough, the tough get going” way of...

The term “chronic music distortion” is new to me, but yes, I suppose I have it. I often feel like I’m the only one who doesn’t understand the lyrics in most of the newer music these days. I don’t really consider much of it to be music, but that’s just my opinion. For me, it isn’t just music...

I thought about trying this on the guy with the Harley at the gas station who fired it up right next to me. If I had done it, the noise might not have happened again.

I have lived in Texas for almost 70 years, and Austin ranks near the bottom of the list of places I would want to visit, let alone live in. It has too many similarities to San Francisco for my taste.

I just took a Gas-X so I would not fart so loudly that it would hurt my ears.

I only read the original post, but it sounded like the message was to make yourself accept it and move on. If that’s the case, I agree completely. I have dealt with both very loud tinnitus and hyperacusis for about fifteen years now. I believe that keeping as much full-time distraction as...

Land values are up, but if history is any guide, they could decline tomorrow. Real estate moves in cycles. I remember the real estate crash of the 1980s very clearly. However, the John Deere tractor that now costs twice as much as it did years ago likely will not drop in price. The mechanic who...

I wonder if we are supporting Costa Rica along with every other place on Earth? They could be one of the line items on the exhaustive list of cuts we made, particularly if we were paying for their parades in the streets celebrating the sexually challenged that can't simply look in their pants to...

Lol...

The doctor still has no recommendations and says there is no cure or effective therapy yet. I’ve been seeing him for 16 years and trust him. Some people ask why I continue to go. The hearing exam is very advanced—each year, I receive a detailed graph showing all the ranges and any changes. Since...

People experience enough inflation every single day that the debate last night will be forgotten before the election. The Biden/Harris cluster**** sent inflation through the roof.

I haven't been on here in a while. I still go annually to see a neuro-otolaryngologist who is highly regarded in his field. My next appointment is next month. I imagine that if I wanted to try Nortriptyline, he would prescribe it. However, I would never take such a medication. If you take that...

Yes, you are correct that Tinnitus Talk seems to have more chronic sufferers. A poll will be lopsided. Tinnitus ruined the type of work I was in and made me change lines of work. I have always been self-employed and more or less made a lateral movement withing my line of work that got me away...