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When I first saw an ENT, I was left with the feeling that I'd paid him to interview me to see if he could make money off me. TBF I think this was...
That is the best descriptor I've ever seen for tinnitus.
That appears to be correct. The repetition of the word "rare" relates to actual death, which, yes is still pretty rare, but the injury to the...
Oral low-ish dosing with Erythromycin is far less likely to do any harm. Higher doses given IV are a different story. That said if there is an...
The spike protein, which is a component of the virus, and is the basis of nearly all the vaccines, can cross the blood-brain barrier, it would...
Yeah, that's basically it Matt. I'll add one more: You've worked through the grief of losing what you once had and have begun to move on again....
So Leila, if I'm reading you correctly, does that imply that the assumptions that underlie the mRNA vaccine model have already been shown to...
Instructing your own body to manufacture a "foreign" protein, which it then attacks. What could possibly go wrong?
This is pretty much where I'm at nowadays. This IS habituation. Its not a cure, its an accommodation that allows life to go on. You are on the...
Absolutely.
Funny now isn't it (or not). We were social distancing long before it was fashionable.
So far that's what I'm hearing. If we were to see real issues five to thirty years hence (auto-immune consequences, cancers etc) it would be...
Probably more the psyche then the brain itself.
I did. ototoxic chemotherapy improved my sound tolerance while making my tinnitus louder.
Your story sounds very similar to what many of us have described here. Mine was very like what you describe when it started out. Try everything...
If its any help, much of the ototoxicity issues associated with these drugs usually relates to IV administration, and with that, rate of...
They all have statistical risks associated with them, but NSAIDS carry an added risk of acute renal failure with heavy use in some circumstances.
That sounds a bit like suggesting mutual suffering as a minimum requirement for a therapeutic relationship. I wasn't meaning to advocate for...
But that's what I said Greg. I stressed that the physiological (innate) reaction was what had to be targeted. That's why I bolded physiological....
I saw Miriam Westcott in 2014 and one of my first questions to her (between breakdown moments) was "why am I so distressed?" While she couldn't...
...when tinnitus-related distress and anxiety is minimised... same old....
My story is nearly word for word identical to Kathi. I too don't post much, largely because despite it all life went on and there isn't any value...
That's frighteningly hilarious.
I suppose that once you've shot the lawyers you could then buy a drink.
Your non-tinnitus reason for wearing them is a better case in their favour than tinnitus. If you've been wearing them this long then it probably...
I had two done but under anaesthetic. I regret them not because of tinnitus. I believe they can create a low-grade chronic, systemic immune...
I would have thought that if your tinnitus was too loud for you to hear the test sounds, then that is a reasonably objective measure of the state...
It was most probably noise trauma over a period of years, which just hit a tipping point one day. It has been six years.
It is still there. Its very loud if I focus on it, but it all largely doesn't worry me much anymore.
Rereading this 4 years on, I'd probably be less dogmatic about it now than I clearly was then. It's good advice from Glynis, but my only caveat...
Often people say they want to die, when really they mean they want to escape. Sometimes death seems the only way to do so.
I was an active musician, and looking back now it probably all began with a show where the PA was recklessly placed. When it began my first...
No. Nothing else helped it. Crazy huh?
You are absolutely right here. If you have noise sensitivity as well as tinnitus sound, the two blend in a way that is impossible to describe to...
I have a similar pattern relating to intensity and sound tolerance. It seems to have always been that way. even after six years.
Simple answer? No.
Most modern health care is about "managing" ill health, not about curing. Curing is a dream, but management and control is the reality.
My dentist told me he developed a pulsatile tinnitus from heavy use of Brufen (ibuprofen). Aspirin is also known to have an association with...
Time. It also helps to stop wanting to be dead.
Yep. Try tantruming toddlers, particularly girls who scream.
High. Very high. Most acute hearing loss starts in the high frequencies.
You shouldn't give up all hope, but you should also plan for the reality that it most likely won't go away.
If it helps you make a very difficult call, bear in mind that a lot of us were working musicians who have had to walk away from successful...
Would the mouse be the one screaming?
Bill, Bill. You're lucky it was just ear fullness and not pants fullness. Mouses....sheesh... Now had it been a spider...............
I have had many Xrays the past year, and contrast CT scans as well. Zero effect.
https://www.piac.asn.au/legal-help/public-interest-cases/deep-sleep-tragedy/ There are issues.....
I was under for nine hours. No problems.
I can be that the tissue damage is there but at the sub-clinical level, as in you don't perceive it because enough reconstruction has occurred...
I never really understood fully what hyperacusis was doing to me until it (mostly) stopped doing it.
He's right there. Resource allocation is the biggie in Healthcare. In financial and risk-benefit terms they prefer to keep tinnitus treatment...
Proximity and percussion?
Don't know about eggs, but our rooster could set anyone up with a spike. Evil bird, but did his job well.
The better type of bag comes with a venting system. There is no escape.
It is impossible to separate the physiology and the psychology when it comes to tinnitus, in fact I'd say the psychology is almost entirely driven...
I was performing in one once and the owner spent the whole time running around anxiously with a sound meter. His biggest problem was that his...
It happens, its real, but its so obscure and rare as causes of tinnitus/hyperacusis go that I doubt that anyone would knowingly set out to do harm...
It has happened to someone in my family. It is nasty and can definitely be long-lasting.
Hi @Telis I'm just glad to see you're still around.
I have this at very distinct points along the upper octaves. It a good indicator of where the damage lies across your sound spectrum. It isn't...