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  1. chrishoffmanphd

    Horrible Morning Anxiety

    Sally, I feel your pain for sure. I've had tinnitus basically as long as I can remember. Probably also due to high frequency hearing loss as I'm a musician. Late 2014 I had a surgery on my ear that worsened my T past anything I ever thought imaginable. Nothing masked it whatsoever. On top of...
  2. chrishoffmanphd

    Do I Have to Completely Change My Life/Profession?

    Thank you. You're probably right. I read your story so I do trust you can relate. How have you been doing lately? Thanks. I'm gonna go into as optimistically as I can.
  3. chrishoffmanphd

    Do I Have to Completely Change My Life/Profession?

    @SoulStation It's hard to stop. I've worked at this my whole life. I don't want it to all be wasted time. Sometimes I can't tell if my T flares up or its all in my head. I'm supposed to go to europe next week for a month of shows and stressing pretty hard about it
  4. chrishoffmanphd

    Do I Have to Completely Change My Life/Profession?

    @SoulStation I play guitar, its rock music, but not the loudest form. We usually play anywhere from a half an hour to an hour.
  5. chrishoffmanphd

    Riddle Me This

    I have had similar circumstances lately, there has been other stress in my life and I've started to chalk it up to general anxiety from stress. Maybe this could be the same for you?
  6. chrishoffmanphd

    Do I Have to Completely Change My Life/Profession?

    @karine Thank you. Anxiety is definitely a prevalent factor here, over the last week I've made pretty big measures to cut out marijuana use (HEAVY daily use for the past 5 yrs), but am doing it slowly cause i believe there are definite withdrawal effects. I was wondering do you have any...
  7. chrishoffmanphd

    Do I Have to Completely Change My Life/Profession?

    Here's a bit about me and my story, I am a 24 yr old full time musician. I play probably 100-150 concerts a year, at which i always wear foam ear plugs and try to not stay in the main room other than when I am performing. Ive been playing loud music since I was around 14 and didn't mess with...
  8. chrishoffmanphd

    William Shatner & Habituation

    @Dr. Nagler do you have a recommendation for someone in massachusetts? who may not be impossible to get into with all the marathon victim research?
  9. chrishoffmanphd

    The Future Freaks Me Out

    Hey all, This is my story with tinnitus, of which i can't seem to find anything too similar. I play as a full time touring musician (age 24) and have had some mild form of tinnitus for as long as I can remember. During 2011-2013 I started to notice my left ear would often feel full and i...