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Do you think your tinnitus might be somatic?

I find that my tinnitus follows a fairly regular pattern of two noisy days followed by a quiet day. Sometimes the quiet day starts from the...

It seems as if you have your whole organism in a state of complete over-arousal and hyper-vigilance. Try and take the heat off yourself. Look...

How is your sciatica these days?

Julian's premise about too much adrenaline in the body is certainly correct. It is a factor in many conditions.

It's great to hear that you are coping so well. You have the right attitude. The most important factor is your realistic commitment to making the...

@Stuart-T, I think that therapies such as hypnosis and bio-resonance or osteopathy, for example, do have a role to play in treating tinnitus....

@Pitseleh, did you derive any benefit from treatment with the osteopath?

@Uklawyer, I'm OK, thanks. My tinnitus tends to follow a fairly regular pattern. Two days of tinnitus followed by a quiet day.

@Vicki3116, @Uklawyer, you might find this article useful. I think that hyperarousal is at the core of a lot of tinnitus experience. Look After...

@VickiD, I find the work of Laurence McKenna very useful. Anxiety, fear and reactivity create a vicious circle. Learning to pay less attention...

I agree, Laurence McKenna is excellent. I heard him speak in Dublin today. He has a great understanding of tinnitus.

Dear Vicki, my condolences on the death of your Dad. Thank you for your wise and powerful post. As you say, at the end of the day we have no...

Dave, my belated condolences on the loss of your lovely partner, Sylvie. I hope you are doing well since your unfortunate Parkinson's fall. Take care.

@Ava Lugo, do you still hear tinnitus sounds in your dreams? I often experience one or two 'bleep' sounds around the time I wake up from sleep.

@Vicki3116, I'm sorry to hear about your latest setback. There is no quick fix I can suggest, but in my experience developing a sense of...

@Vicki3116, it's interesting how discomfort or suffering can make us change. Viktor Frankl wrote that when we are no longer able to change a...

My point is that susceptibility to perception of tinnitus is influenced by the factors I list. As is the strength of reaction to tinnitus.

There probably is a connection between ADHD and tinnitus. Both share traits of fixed ideas, excessive self focus and lack of attention to the...

I read Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air a few years. It's a good book but very sad.

Hi @Vicki3116, it's great to hear that you're coping and doing well. I think what stands to you is your pragmatic, common sense and rational...

Any fans of the Brontë sisters.? Two of my favourite books are Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre" and Anne Brontë's "The Tenant of Widlfell Hall".

If you have some TMJ and head and neck issues, it might be a good idea to try the Alexander Technique. Head/neck/back balance and coordination is...

I'm sorry to hear about your bad reaction to the vaccine. I have had 2 AstraZeneca vaccines and 1 booster shot of Pfizer. Thankfully I had no...

@volsung37, you said that one of the best things you ever did was take a holiday by the sea. May I ask where this was? Are you entirely sure that...

My favourite film adaptation is the silent film made in 1922 by Mario Bonnard.

@Maria Francesca, have you read Manzoni's "I promessi sposi"? It's a great novel.

To be honest, I actually enjoyed the film more than the book. This happens with other books. For example, I preferred the film adaptation of...

"The Map and the Territory" is one of my favourites too. Have you read his most recent, "anéantir"? It's very good.

Any fans of Michel Houellebecq? I have read most of his work.

Anam Cara by John O’Donohue is a great book.

@Maria Francesca, have you seen Valerio Zurlini's film adaptation of Il deserto dei Tartari?

@Phendran, I understand what you are saying. Everything around tinnitus is complex and nuanced. What I would say is that to some extent we can...

Since 2016, when your tinnitus became louder, have those factors you mentioned; stress + lack of sleep + loud music in headphones, stayed the same...

@Phendran, when and how did your tinnitus start?

I'm sorry to hear about your discomfort. Do you feel that stress plays a part in your tinnitus distress? I find that worry, anxiety etc can create...

I would say it does work in my favour. It's nice to return to a normal state every third day. Something to look forward to. It makes the other two...

@Phendran, my tinnitus follows a pattern. It is noisy for two days and quiet on the third day. This is a regular pattern.

Are you able to sleep at night?

@Phendran, how is your tinnitus during the day? Does it vary much during the day and between different days?

@Phendran, it sounds as if your tinnitus might be somatic-sensory. How is it these days? By the way, I lived in Stockholm for a year. It's a...

@GeorgeLG, I completely agree with you about mind-body inseparability. Emotional trauma can indeed trigger or exacerbate a condition such as...

@SillyMama, @DoggoneT, I came across this article by a doctor with cervical related tinnitus. It makes sense also in relation to the Alexander...

@andrewsomatict, it's interesting that you mention neck spasms. I have had tinnitus for 12 years or so, but about a year ago I experienced neck...

@Juan, this short clip is also worth watching: [MEDIA]

@Juan, as you mention Oliver Sacks, I would highly recommend the excellent documentary about his life. It's called "Oliver Sacks: His Own Life"...

@Watasha, basically the solution would be to reclaim for yourself a sense of your own inner security and fullness. He sees tinnitus as being a...

@Watasha, when you say you've always had a "sticky" brain that gets fixated on things, do you mean that you are obsessive-compulsive? It's...

@Michael Leigh, I agree. Habituation involves learning to think calmly and clearly. I recall years ago listening to the psychologist Dorothy Rowe...

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@Howard UK, have you any idea as to what caused your tinnitus in 2002?

@aura, how is your tinnitus these days? The psychologist Tony Humphreys has a theory that tinnitus is often a sort of warning sign to the self...

@Steph1710, I agree with about your subconscious locking into to such an extent during the day that you experience it while asleep.

@Jazzer, I reckon that for many with tinnitus one of the main problems is a too narrow focus on self. In terms of Fritz Perls and gestalt...

@AnthonyMcDonald, you may have already seen this article: https://www.caringmedical.com/prolotherapy-news/tinnitus/

Yes indeed, a magic pill would be nice. As you say, we find out coping strategies in a multitude of ways. Only this morning I chanced upon this...