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As someone once pointed out, ATA and BTA are the only organizations in the world, that actually downplay the very condition they are supposed to...
I have just copied one of my older posts on this topic, since I'm unable to maintain focus on tying my shoes anymore: Here is what I would like...
Let me just state how lucky your wife is to have you to stand by here in her darkest hour. Most people on here gave up on trying to explain this...
If it was up to me, I would pull his medical license on the spot. People like that should not be in the profession of helping others. This is no...
When someone is exposed to a major life altering/ending condition such as tinnitus, one quickly becomes an expert and that is no exaggeration....
I went from loving life to longing for death within about 2 short days after tinnitus first appeared. I don't think there are too many conditions...
I'm absolutely 100% confident that if everyone in the world got the taste of severe tinnitus, finding a cure would become a number one global...
There is nothing extreme about wanting to live a normal life again, even just for a short time I would have taken the same deal, if such trade was...
Yes Jazzer, I cannot stress how important this distinction truly is. It is very hard to be taken seriously, when people always seem to point out...
The mild "can only hear it in a quiet room" tinnitus and the "so loud I can't even think" types of tinnitus should be listed as 2 separate...
That is true. However these hypotheticals do help to illustrate the level of distress some of us are in, as regular words simply fall short at...
@100Hz Some 100 years from now, the medical profession will admit how callous and barbaric was their treatment of those who were experiencing a...
Before tinnitus, I never had problems falling asleep and staying asleep. When I woke up, I would be refreshed and remembered nothing (no dreams)....
That is a very good question. Maybe in our past lives, we were ruthless dictators, killers, rapists... etc. Assuming there is such thing of...
Reactive Tinnitus is one of the worst sub-types to have, as it is virtually non-maskable (ask me how I know) :( The louder the ambient sound, the...
Based on my own research and anecdotal evidence, I believe that some 80% of people out there have never even heard of tinnitus. Almost everyone...
And this is precisely why the CBT hurts our case, if we want to circle back to the title of this thread. As long as CBT is this golden standard...
Here is what I would like to hear from a GP or an ENT upon being diagnosed with Tinnitus, after they take you to a private room, along with your...
You have captured the essence of this horrid condition in a simple, yet effective way. The people who have been just diagnosed with cancer can...
I'm willing to bet that you got victim shamed more than once for "failing" these so called therapies, which are the modern equivalent of...
CBT (while it might be well intentioned), is one of the main reasons why tinnitus is not taken seriously. This is a very big problem because in...
The person whom said this to you would of course start singing a very different tune rather quickly, if they got what you have. Sometimes...
This type of rhetoric is beyond frustrating indeed and it is just one more reason (as if we need any more), why severe tinnitus is quite possibly...
My appologies if it sounds like I'm arguing, as that was not my intention. Yes having screaming, unmaskable tinnitus on top of any of those...
You do have some good points. There are other horrid conditions of course. Some time ago (before tinnitus), I had a very bad tooth infection,...
I always get angry when people say that tinnitus can't kill you. Yes it can. Maybe not directly, but when people are mentally and physically...
People have absolutely no idea what this horrid condition can do, because their brain is not programmed to even process the fact that something...
I think the pitch matters just as much as the decibels. 85 decibels at lower pitch should be much easier on your ears, than the 85 decibels, which...
Unfortunately this is a bad situation. Your tinnitus might be documented, but thanks to the habituation myth pushers, in most people's minds, it...
Sorry about your accident. Aside from the Prednisone (which may or may not help) there is not much of anything you can do for hearing loss at this...
I have tried those. It will only partially mask it at very high volume, at which the speakers on all my devices seem to be at the edge of ripping...
Intelligence insulting habituation clowns such as Julian Cowan Hill are part of the reason why nobody takes tinnitus sufferers seriously.
Yes I'm very likely the minority within a minority. Being blind would be horrible, but at least I could sleep and relax without being actively...
Try sleeping about 2 hours a night just for couple of weeks due to extreme screeching sounds inside your head and then tell me this again. I'm...
I hold the opinion that tinnitus is one of the worst disabilities a person can have in a society, that is literally centered around loud noises,...
You might be able to get it cut in some other country as the travel restrictions will be lifting eventually.
Everyone has done stupid things, but only a tiny fraction of people get tinnitus as a result of that. There is no way you could have known. If...
The kid has already admitted that inhaling solvents was a dumb idea. No need to rub his face in it. He is already paying the price, as tinnitus...
Correct on all counts. This is why the whole "just pretend it's a kitchen appliance" type of intelligence insulting crap doesn't really cut it...
Looks like you had also won the tinnitus lottery...:( I'm not quite sure to be honest. All I know is, that it is very high pitched and it almost...
Closing in on 4 years. Cause unknown. In a quiet room it is hard to judge, but maybe 40-50dB? Kind of sounds like an industrial sand blaster...
It reacts to sound, so always louder than any sound around me. Virtually unmaskable aside from maybe shower but even then, I can still hear it...
You have my deepest condolences, as your story is very upsetting (just like so many other stories on here). Being permanently exhausted with no...
Be very careful with the benzos. Based on the info floating out there, once you hit tolerance, you will be experiencing withdrawal, which...
Amen to that. I suspect that funding of anything deemed "not important" (such as tinnitus, thanx to the pro-habituation crowd) might now be put on...
I hope you are right, but one has to also consider the politics at play. Putting their prices on par with hearing aids manufacturers would place...
One of the things which concerns me (and which I never see people talking about) is affordability, if such pill indeed arrives to the market at...
I would pay good money to witness the following experiment: 1) Mr Jonathan Hazell recieves a well placed kick in the groin with a steel toed work...
I must have fallen through the cracks somehow. But I do know that the last person who tried to convince me it's "all in my head" will never make...
As far as horrid invisible conditions such as Tinnitus are concerned, we are deep in the barbaric dark ages. The psycho-babble, self deception...
Sounds just like another good ole pseudo treatment, which deals with the effect rather than the cause. It is then much easier (and cheaper) to...
I agree. I would also like to add, that the color on my wall does not attack me and torture me 24/7. Also if I don't like the color, I can either...
I know what you meant. What I'm saying is that not everyone will habituate. This is a fact. This habituation myth is only confusing those, whom...
There is no certainty. Anyone claiming otherwise is incorrect. Some will get better, some will stay the same and some will get worse. Sounds like...
Your feeling of distress is as real as it gets. Don't let anyone tell you how you should or should not be feeling. Do not slip into the whole "I...
I always thought that "being trapped in your body" was a metaphor of sorts, mainly used by the peoole looking for a sex change. But this is no...
My heart goes out to you, as I can't see myself lasting much longer either. I find it almost ironic that right now lot of people get to experience...
This is a very common observation from those, whose lives have been obliterated by tinnitus (myself included). This is a very eerie feeling, which...
Here is the thing: Bill Gates has not been democratically elected by anyone into any public health or any other position. Fundamentally speaking,...
I believe that @GregCA has already beat me to the punch, but plugging her ears is truly the simplest and easiest way to settle this. I cannot...