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Carry on like normal. I worked for a commercial mower and the owner didn't want us to wear any ear protection so we could hear what was happening with the machines. I did listen to music with my earbuds though

It varies from a high-pitched whistle, to a buzzing, a wavering in intensity combination of the whistle/buzzing and at times sounds exactly like cicada. When I went outside to watch the eclipse today and it reached totality somebody said the cicada had started to make that noise. It had been...

The possibility exists your friend has a hearing problem himself and isn't aware of how loudly he's actually talking.

Where I live is at around 98% totality. I've got a pair of Shade 14 goggles and am getting ready to get out my lawn chair and make an afternoon of it. It was cloudy all morning but the sky has cleared and I'm going to watch it from beginning to end.

It's the luck of the draw as to what kind of doctor you'll get when going to the ER. I could tell a real horror story about an ER visit and the doctor that saw me. A lot of them are used to people coming in seeking drugs so he might have wrongly pegged you for that or not been sufficiently...

I worked in the mental health field for a number of years. Crisis lines are usually manned by volunteers who work in various positions at the local mental health department, group homes, or something of the like. A doctor isn't going to spend his "valuable" time on the phone trying to talk...

Cicada, or what we also call locust, is what mine sounds like a lot of the time. A combination high-pitched whistle/buzzing that wavers in intensity. In the summer I can never tell if it's my tinnitus or if they're really out and making that noise. A long time ago I told somebody it sounded...

Video games got me through more hard times than I care to think about. I was able to get into the game to a point where hours passed effortlessly without me noticing it and played from the time I woke up till I fell out from exhaustion. Though I do use headphones I would not do so if I was...

Your reading comprehension must leave room for improvement, and I'm not wading through a wall of text. I don't think God wants anyone to commit suicide and if you think otherwise then there is no point in further discussion on the issue. I'm not going to change my viewpoint, doubt you will...

That's great to hear, I'm glad for you.. There is also something called Accupressure, where you apply pressure to relative points on the bodies meridian lines, that people might find worth researching.

Since you brought up the subject of God and suicide... I believe you've got it wrong but will let you do your own reading: https://www.openbible.info/topics/suicide

Things could be worse.

It didn't strike me as being negative at all. A lot of people with the same problem looking for a solution and voicing how it affects their lives. Like fishbone, I've seen much worse.

Thanks, but no. Let the thread stand the way it is. I can't see his post now anyway since I've put him on ignore and they probably serve a purpose in some way. I have never tried anything to remedy my tinnitus mainly because I don't trust doctors and place my trust in another entity. I've...

I neglected to mention that the person I knew from another forum that committed suicide did so with his mothers approval. I honestly can't remember what disease he had but he had it from birth. I do know it affected him severely and was only going to get worse with time. For his mother to...

I know a troll when I see one. I didn't take issue with your stance on the subject because I knew it was just a matter of time till you showed up in my thread to troll me on it, and here you are. Nobody sold me anything, neither have I read anywhere that habituation is being sold as a...

Hi, Mine worried me quite a bit when it first came on and I thought it was a sign I was losing my mind. That was 30 years ago, half my life, and I've learned to live with it. Whether or not I lost my mind is subjective. ;) Mine varies from a whistle, to a buzz and a wavering conbination of...

You've been trolling this site about your dislike of the use of the word habituation since you showed up and have it as your tagline on your profile. Mine is a direct challenge to it. You think of habituation as giving up. IMO that indicates a serious lack of determination and willpower at...

Yes, mine is a Pioneer SA-520 tube amp rated at 65 watts per channel I bought new somewhere around 1980, run through an Optimus 10 band Graphic Equalizer I bought in '96 and a pair of Jensen Model 4 speakers I purchased in 1973 when Jensen first started making speakers. 65 watts might not sound...

I don't want to have to spell it out and am not going to, OK? This site is no doubt indexed by google and I'm not going to incriminate myself further. Like the song says "If you have to ask you'll never know". I agree and am aware that loud noise including use of headphones and close...

I don't consider myself to be suffering, but having been dealt lessons to learn from my mistakes. Sometimes harshly, but never undeservedly.

I've had one in the lower portion of the field of sight in my left eye for at least the last 22 years. It's usually not noticeable but I see it sometime when using the computer.

I could, but it's not really relevant at this point.

I've never really thought about it in terms of dB, or been to an audiologist. Only that it usually seems as loud as anything else, but doesn't prevent me from hearing anything. I have the TV volume lower than I usually listen to it and the tinnitus seems louder than it, but I can still hear the...

Thirty years of unyielding perseverance in the face of adversity and counting.

I can't comment on the pros and cons of taking benzos for tinnitus, having never taken them for that purpose. If you find it helps your tinnitus and have a good doctor then that sounds like a good plan. I can speak from experience on how difficult it is to come off benzos, having been...

I've known more than a few people that committed suicide. Some I knew casually, some I grew up with and one was a family member. My cousin and her husband used to travel to where I live to visit. They were from a large city, I lived in a what's considered a rural area, and they always made it...

Let's just say it wasn't Ibuprofen. That part of my life is long since over but I still live with the consequences of my actions all these years later. I don't know why you would say that holding out hope might be unhealthy. I'm not suggesting they're going to come up with a miracle drug or...

Jimi Hendrix - Pali Gap

I have drug induced tinnitus and this October with be 30 years since its onset. I remember the day it came on me like it was yesterday and it never left. It ranges from a high-pitched whistle to a hiss, to a combination of both, and at times sounds exactly like the sound Cicada make when they...

Yes, I listen to all my music through headphones and am doing so now. I keep all my music, close to 4000 songs, in digital format and listen to music whenever I'm using the computer. I have a Thinkpad X61 that serves as my .mp3 player I keep by my recliner and when watching a movie with...

It's funny you should say that. My tinnitus, at times, can be compared to the sound Cicada make: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada I can never tell if it's really them or just my tinnitus. I told someone that's what it sounded like years ago and they looked at me like I was crazy, so it's...

By learning to be comfortable in my own skin. Being in a relationship or constantly having someone around shouldn't define who you are or sense of self-worth. I'm alone in the world but very self-reliant and through adversity have learned I can get by on my own.

LOL, I've been married 3 times. You're not telling me anything I don't know. ;) My ex's being bipolar had nothing to to with it though, and in my own way I still care about her. Relationships just don't seem to work out for me and I take full responsibility for my part in it.

Hi, I hope things get better for you. I was an avid gun enthusiast before ever coming down with tinnitus and after popping off a hundred rounds or so it definitely made my ears ring and muffled my hearing. I've had tinnitus for the past 30 years and guns had nothing to do with it. I do...

If someone loves you, or is even attracted for that matter, why should hyperacusis be a reason for them to hesitate having a relationship with you? It's not an STD. My ex was bipolar and wasn't taking meds to control it. I knew it before we got married but it didn't change the way I felt about her.

If you're clubbing I suspect you're probably relatively young, so I would avoid things that might make it worse. I'm older and am going to enjoy what time I have left. I have an extensive music collection and really enjoy listening to music so I spend a lot of time doing it. I live in an...

The Damned English with some Spanish subtitles, but not many. A horror movie about some people in an accident who take refuge in a hotel where they find a girl who has been locked in a room by her father and free her. If horror is your thing it's one should like.

I've had drug induced tinnitus since October 1987 and not a day has gone by where my ears don't ring/hiss to some degree. I remember it vividly when it came on and it never left. At first it worried me and I thought it was a sign I was losing my mind, but I made a conscious decision early on I...