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    I'm new here.

    Hi Petloy. It's kind of like mock turtle's use of the word whacked. It's happened a few times. It happened again in early 2003. and my tinnitus just jumped up in volume and stayed there. I don't know why, and there was certainly no particular noise, like a gunshot, that occurred prior to the...
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    Free of Tinnitus. Or Winning the Lottery?

    40 million vs. my tinnitus? I'd take the $40,000,000. There are a lot of things involved in that question. For instance, I would pay $100,000 to get rid of my tinnitus. But I would need guarantees. And if the tinnitus came back, I'd want more than just my money back. IMO it would be a cruel...
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    I'm new here.

    Thanks for the welcome. In response to the replies. Hmmm.... maybe pain therapy would work. Could be worth a try :) I didn't even know what the noise in my ears was when I was ten. It wasn't a problem. It was intermittent. I don't know at all but would guess ear infections might have been the...
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    I'm new here.

    Hi, I'm new here. I'm past 60 and have had tinnitus since I was a small kid. It was no big deal then. It became a big deal ten years ago and I ended up in a hospital's psych ward. Whether or not I belonged there I don't know. I guess it helped. But nothing has ever helped the tinnitus and I went...