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You sound like tiny T. No offense, but if you had bad T, you wouldn't state this. You nor anyone else has any concept of how "bad" my or anyone...

Relapse? This is not an addiction, it is an affliction. One either has Tinnitus or they don't. There are many catalysts that contribute to daily,...

In reference to The Voice, I often crank it way up on the sound system. Seems to have absolutely no effect on my Tinnitus later that evening or...

Just Google "Cicada Sounds" or "Cricket Sounds" for representative audio tracks. Found a few pretty close to mine, depending on the day, stress...

Don't just lie down and take it...Power through it. Everyone in this forum is suffering to one degree or another; You are not terminally unique....

Some of these threads, like this one, have been going on for years, now. As I suspected early on, there is no real solution, no cure, no "one size...

Thousands of professionals have found no effective, empirical treatment toward eventual recovery, yet this for-profit program/theory outside of...

I've tried eliminating aspirin, naproxen, acetaminophin, and other over-the-counters on an individual basis with absolutely no results. Same with...

Great analogy by Dan T above. Neenie, if it is Tinnitus, you will, over time, develop internal coping mechanisms to get you through the day, week,...

I have more quiet, or relatively quiet, days now than I did over the last couple of years. I'm convinced that they're coming more frequently...

This forum works because nobody's trying to sell you on a particular product, treatment, and/or cure. And when an attempt is made to falsely...

My own internal volume level varies from almost imperceptable (rare) to excruciating (occasional). I've found it best to try not to directly,...

Over the last year I’ve come to realize that the only thing I have control over is my reaction to Tinnitus, not the severity of the condition...

Mine stops almost completely every once in a while. Don't know if it's minutes, an hour, or more, as I have learned not to look a gift horse in...

Are doctors more flexible with medications in the UK and other countries outside the US? I hear people talking constantly about trying this...

As a good friend of mine would say, "ya know, Paul, it's always about who you know." Or at other times of struggle, from various sources, "so life...

I am neither well-off nor immune from agonizing about every difficult situation that tinnitus causes, yet I refuse to allow my Tinnitus to fully...

There are still a few out there. I had a doc quite a few years back that, after running through all my ailments, made me give him a general...

I've gone through most of the stages and symptoms you describe, Tamalack. It seems T can take advantage of any weakness to wriggle its way into...

Reminds me of a line in The Shawshank Redemption - "time to either get busy livin' or get busy dyin'" Personally, I find the former much more...

Because I started breathing? o_O I swear, it feels like that sometimes...only been awake mabe twenty seconds, and POW. Getting somewhat used to it...

Obsessing over the intensity of the noise doesn't seem to make it louder in the way I perceive it, but it sure affects my overall mental health....

Mine's always there in the morning, too, almost immediately after awakening. If it's real bad, the odds of it simmering down throughout the day...

RE: Edgar Cayce rememdies cited above. Sorry if this sounds a bit glib, but what I read into it is "try anything and everything and maybe...

Yeah, I went through a period where a focused constantly on what I was eating and how that affected my T either later that night or the next day....

My T is neither quieter nor improved, and I have not habituated. It has pretty much stayed the same - some good days, some bad days, many fairly...

I use over the counter sleep aid gelcaps to help sleep through the night a few times a week. Unisom, Equate Nightime, etc. They're all the same,...

I don't know, Mahdi...in my opinion Tinnitus pales in comparison to the many tragedies and pitfalls that befall us over a lifetime of ups and...

Does that mean you don't work at all? I so wish I had that option.

I'm not too sure about that...finding this particular forum, reading no-B.S. posts by informed people not afraid to put themselves out there,...

Driving, vibration, music, static, too loud, too quiet, The Voice....it doesn't seem to matter with me - the T's either sharply, excruciatingly...

22yrs old, returning home to Nevada after a six week cross-country trip, three strapping buds in a compact car on a shoestring budget (amazing...

I'm somewhat of a musician myself, same age, and have just started playing piano again the last few months after quite a few years neglecting the...

Not knowing where to turn, I'd be willing to bet that most of us T sufferers tried a variety of "cures" and/or "treatments" that first year when...

That's the crazy part... my mentor and coworker, a very nice young woman who shares many of the same duties, says background music or noise is...

I agree, Lord & Karen. Distraction is probably the best, sometimes the only, tool to change course on a bad day. Even if it only helps a little. I...

I haven't been sick like that for a few years now, which I attribute mostly to better nutrition. It's gotten to be a habit...I rarely crave a junk...

Thanks, Danny. fyi, the file link was a little hard to find...spelled ciRcadas several places on the blog page. The recording's a little different...

That's me all right. Even when I've narrowed down a certain food, group of foods, or specific ingredient to those most likely causing spikes, then...

I've been at a new position just over two months now (very grateful for the job). Not only is that in itself stressful, but the office is SOOOO...

I'm pretty sure my T finally set in for good after a series of nasty viral bouts a few years ago. I'd experienced prolonged ringing to some degree...

An extremely large, acres-wide patch of chirping Cicadas, which I used to ride through in the Nevada high desert gathering cattle, is the closest...

Although many say alcohol can be a contributing factor in exacerbating the condition, I quit drinking completely for maybe two years before the...

I dont' come around here near as much as I did after first discovering this site (the best!). In fact, as my T has gradually ramped up again over...

That's what works for me the most...don't give it the attention it demands. When it gets real bad, like interfering with my whole day today, just...

Fight an internal screechy sound with an external one, eh? I can't imagine using that trying to get to sleep or past a particularly long and...

I, too, never gave much thought to the intricities of hearing. Funny... I've been able to easily accept the structural components going awry;...

I liken it to a sine wave. For example, my T is very noticable lately a few short minutes after I get up in the morning. While I try not to focus...

I printed it out so I could give it a second look later on this week. Though I don't know if I/we can muster the perseverance it would take to...

Grew up on a cattle ranch in eastern Nevada. Returned to manage it in my early to mid-30's. Lots of farm machinery, big dozers, etc. My guess -...

"Those who have had tinnitus for a longer time (and not necessarily anymore as bothersome as in the beginning), but who are interested in the...

I started playing piano again recently, regardless of whether the Tinnitus is at high or low levels. For me, whether I play or not is mostly about...

tinn-EYE-tus. Medical terminology generally pronounces "itus," or refering to a condition, as eye-tus. -Itis - a suffix used in...

Short-term goal: try not to get upset and keep realistic when my T keeps returning with a vengeance after I expected it to subside after finally...

Thanks Louise. I printed down the list, then did a little web surfing on glutamic acid. How can one possibly avoid even half of the items on the...

Anybody have a recommendation on a good, inexpensive bedside white noise/sound masking machine? I'm back to using the Homedics SoundSpa SS-2000...

Not to worry... Wanting to avoid doc visits and pain meds, I got a medical marijuana card after blowing out a shoulder during our move to Colorado...

In WA & CO, who recently made personal use legal, and in the 16 other states where it is approved for medicinal purposes, federal authorities...

I believe that most people who question the underlying dogmas of the world's major religions learn to keep their opinions to themselves rather...