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It's cult thinking. L. Ron Hubbard said it best: "The only real way to make money is to start a religion!" MAGA is a religion that is working to benefit its one, true golden emperor. Remember that Trump only had one book next to his bedside - the first edition speeches of Adolf Hitler.

Trump literally testified in front of Congress against the asbestos ban way back in 2005. It's honestly baffling how the most powerful country on earth became so stupid that they elected this man twice.

Hi @Knietppe, I’m really sorry for what you’re going through. Yes, I completely understand what you described, and I also feel like a zombie because of the lack of sleep. My eyes are as red as tomatoes every day due to insomnia. I feel weak and unsteady, so much so that I sometimes think if...

Yeah, I took steroids at the onset, and they damaged my ears and brain. I don’t believe in science anymore.

Thank you for sharing your experience. How the Lenire device received FDA approval is a mystery to me.

I am thinking to use clonazepam same way you do but i am only 29 years old. My tinnitus, visual snow came after methylprednisolone intravenous which damaged my ears and brain it seems very odd reaction. Saturday is my off day where i usually go out meet my gf is it okay to take wednesday and...

Full disclosure: I was having a “good” tinnitus moment last weekend but really wanted to go for a ride. I was afraid the ride might make it spike back to its maximum level and spent an hour fixating on that possibility, especially considering the comments I had made on this board. Eventually, I...

Hi @Kam75, Your story is heartbreaking, especially because—even though I don’t know you—I thought you were getting better. I’m quite sure I read some of your older posts on the French forum dedicated to tinnitus and hyperacusis. When I read your testimony here, I really felt your pain. It seems...

Hi! In case anyone is interested, I wanted to share an update about my situation roughly six months after experiencing acoustic trauma in a loud bar. All the advice I received in this thread has been helpful, and I want to thank the forum members who replied. Six months in, I’m far from...

Are you trying to reduce the excitability of your auditory cortex using electromagnetic pulses, while at the same time continuing to stimulate it with loud music, which involves vibrations and can further damage an already compromised auditory system?

Trump has a baffling obsession with legalizing asbestos. I think it's tied to his make America sick as fuck and his adult oppositional defiance disorder.

hey jammer personal but are you married with this situation

hello bro are u there

hi berat abi why dont you text anything to me

A great success! Felt almost like my old self yesterday. This has been very difficult month and a half, so I did celebrate a little! I deserved it! Still, not yet completely as I used to be.

any cure yet?

Oddly enough, I read the success stories, and I’m thinking, okay, it can happen. If it did happen, how did it happen? The common advice is “don’t worry, it will go away,” but clearly something else must have occurred—because it’s not going away for us. Why? I’m an actual pathologist...

I was considering this (TMS), but it seems a bit expensive for what it promises. To answer your question about headphones—yes, it’s common for tinnitus to get louder after using them. This is probably more noticeable in people whose tinnitus is due to hearing damage, like in my case. I’m a...

Well, I wanted to give an update while reading here, trying to cope with a horrific new sound. It turns out I am very sensitive to Zopiclone, and it may have played a role in triggering my tinnitus. I used to take it for sleep but would occasionally experience auditory hallucinations directly...

Were you talking while wearing hearing protection? That could trigger a spike. Even the sound of metal clanking—despite being at a reasonable volume—could agitate those hypersensitive fusiform cells. As long as you’re keeping the environment below 80 dBA and wearing hearing protection, I really...

I have similar issues. My tinnitus has gotten louder, and I now have trouble hearing people when wearing earplugs—even the radio in my car is difficult to hear while driving with the same earplugs in. I used to be able to comfortably listen to music in the car while driving, and it was a great...

It’s an ache that feels like it’s coming from my middle ear. I notice it after certain sounds. It isn’t sharp—it feels more like the sensation of a fatigued muscle. That’s why I think it might have something to do with my tensor tympani muscle clenching or spasming. I never feel it while wearing...

I was thinking about this earlier as well. It’s highly unlikely that he will be able to deport more than a fraction of the 15 to 20 million undocumented immigrants during his term. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported that, as of June 11, 2025, over 207,000 migrants have been...

I feel like if one could “will” it away by “balancing the autonomic nervous system,” you would already be better. I think it’s completely out of our control. Those who improve often believe they played a constructive role in their recovery, but in reality, it’s more likely due to chance and...

Grimes has tinnitus.

Everything makes me worse too. All I want is to stop getting worse. I just want to live my life—or whatever is left of it. Tinnitus keeps taking everything from me and punishes me every time I try to make any progress in rebuilding my life.

Well, I’ve been back from my trip to Los Angeles since Sunday. My tinnitus is really bad. The whole trip was loud. The graduation ceremony lasted two hours, with speeches peaking at 96 dBA, and there was a two-hour wait sitting in the sun while pre-recorded speeches played over the PA system. I...

Maybe I’m mistaken, but I was under the impression that there are no hearing aids on the market that can physically produce sounds above 8 kHz. We can certainly create notched audio files above 8 kHz, but I thought hearing aids were not capable of generating sound in that range.

Injectable polyplex-loaded, glycol-based chitosan thermogels represent an innovative strategy for gene delivery to the inner ear, with potential applications in presbycusis and tinnitus. Although specific studies in this context are currently limited, related research on hydrogels and gene...

hows your tinnitus after clonazepam why did you stop after 7 months it stopped working?

How old are you, Frank?

Today, I did something I thought I'd never be able to do, something I feared. Today, I mowed the lawn! It was an eletric lawn mower and I wore earplugs. I was definitely sore afterwards (pain in my face) and muscle stiffness around my body, but I did it! And I had fun! :D

The next administration will more than likely stay Republican. I think either DeSantis or Marco Rubio will follow Trump. According to Bill O'Reilly, the "Kings" protesters were largely paid to do so.

In my eyes, this is a game changer. Just imagine what we can do now. The phrase “the inner ear is a black box” no longer applies. This is incredible new information. I’m not well-informed about gene therapy, but with this development, it should be possible to regenerate the inner ear—or at the...

I’m not a doctor, and this is not medical advice. Your Eustachian tube is probably blocked by mucus from your cold, which has trapped air at a certain pressure in your middle ear. When the airplane descended, the air pressure around you increased, but the pressure in your middle ear did not...

Frank, you’ve had tinnitus since 2010. Have you ever experienced a spike before?

Very similar situation here after having tinnitus for 10 years, and I just don’t understand it. I’m very careful with my hearing. We have a baby, and she makes noise. I wear low-occlusion hearing protection at all times around her and remove it otherwise. If things get loud, I wear Peltor...

I have definitely experienced ear fatigue on my worst days, even just from talking or being talked to. I know many others on the board have said the same in the past, so you are not alone. I wish you well as you continue to experiment with this. It is good to have some kind of social connection...

Actually, I edit audio and video (or at least I could before tinnitus turned my life upside down). In Final Cut Pro, there is an “EQ” filter that can be applied to a soundtrack, and you can adjust the settings to notch out higher frequencies. Mine is at 14,600 kHz, and this is how I set it up...

Hello @Kam75, I am really sorry for what you’re going through. I’m in the same boat after taking a glucocorticoid and a tricyclic—just two doses, and I was in hell. The doctors tried to push all kinds of medications on me: SSRIs, benzodiazepines, antibiotics, corticosteroids, and so on. At my...

As I mentioned earlier, I am currently browsing university websites based on the 2024 Shanghai Ranking to find information about tinnitus research. Here is a piece of news from Columbia University, which is ranked 8th. To be transparent, I should note that there were earlier posts about this...

Same.

I'll be surprised if Trump's efforts result in a significant dip in the estimated 20,000,000 illegal aliens. In fact, I see he is already backing down on deporting illegals who are working for farms, hotels, and restaurants. The Biden administration let in millions very quickly, and anyone...

This seems very simple. If you want to avoid continuous worsening, then you’ll need to consider avoiding all the noise that clearly makes it worse. Even with ear protection, sound still travels through the skull—this is called bone conduction—to the inner ear.

Appreciate the response! Since I don’t have any friends left after developing problems with my ears, I really enjoy streaming as a way to get some social nourishment and talk to someone. It’s hard to accurately measure the decibels I’m exposed to. When I hold the decibel meter next to my ear...

@quietatnight, if you search this website for the word “Prilosec,” you’ll find many posts where people discuss the effect it had—or didn’t have—on their tinnitus. Hopefully, one of those posts will be helpful to you. It must be incredibly disappointing to experience an increase in tinnitus after...

So honestly, things DID improve—whether it was in perception or actual volume. Around the 18-month mark, I was feeling better. The sound was still there, but it was softer. The sensitivity and reactivity had improved significantly. I thought to myself, If this is how I have to live, I can live...

Yes, based on what I have seen, there is no way the current state of artificial intelligence will lead the way — but I could be wrong.

Hi @object16, thank you for all your advice. I already eat a lot of oats every day—60 grams of rolled oats for breakfast with milk, and 30 grams of instant oats as an afternoon snack. I’m on a diet because I do fitness training, and I also limit sugar and saturated fats. This has had no effect...

I flew home from holiday with a cold and sore throat on Saturday. Despite wearing EarPlanes earplugs, my ears were very painful during descent and wouldn’t pop. I was left with muffled hearing and a feeling of fullness, so I went to my GP on Monday. He said my eardrums were retracted and...