Separate names with a comma.
High strung, obsessive type over here! I've had screaming, insanely loud tinnitus for just over seven years now. There is no way it has improved...
You said it, @coldroses. I might as well have told the few medical practitioners I've spoken to about tinnitus and its profound impact on my life...
Hi all. My apologies for not checking back on this thread for what appears to have been several months. Unfortunately I've still got raging...
Yeah, I take it every night. Haven't noticed much (any?) change in my tinnitus. Helps me get to sleep, though.
I just came back from 12-days in Japan. Couldn't have had more fun if I tried. Weirdly enough, the whole time I was over there I barely noticed...
Now that you've got your tinnitus sorted @Oscram, you should probably get checked out for a Borderline Personality Disorder next.
I suppose the implication is that there's no hope for those who don't believe... But perhaps just as chuckle-worthy is how arbitrary the list of...
If only this were true for everyone. My tinnitus is not louder in volume because of my perception. It's louder in volume because it got louder....
G'day Brittany. I'm from Sydney originally. It's definitely difficult to get people to understand this condition. I had to explain my symptoms at...
But in your subject line you called tinnitus suffering "a phobia" - ie. a fear of something. And aversion (ie. a strong dislike) and irritation...
You are wrong. I'm not scared of the ringing in my ears. It's not fear that causes irritation. It's the volume of my tinnitus.
Why do they need to? I'm sure my girlfriend gets period pain every month, but I don't find myself punching my stomach, or giving myself...
And people are answering, and you are ignoring them, then the whole cycle starts all over again.
I reckon I could give it a go. I used to suffer from mild tinnitus. I was aware it was there, but since it never bothered me, I never did...
Hey @jdjd09, instead of asking questions which can't be feasibly answered on here, why don't you go and ask some questions of a therapist? Maybe...
Don't think so, but I told my girlfriend we should probably have lots and lots of it... just in case.
Is it, though? As I stated above, I take Mirtazapine before bed and I've never slept better.
I take Mirtazapine to help me sleep. I have, ironically, never slept better in my life.
Right back at ya.
Good point. Just the other day I was thinking David Letterman and his meagre $US400 million net worth would be lucky to even afford a latte at my...
I'm pretty sure the likes of David Letterman, William Shatner and that bloke who was in the Black Eyed Peas already qualify as some of the world's...
Yeah, but they suffer it differently. Plenty of people suffer it at a level that doesn't compel them to worry about it.
Condoms work wonders.
Says who?
Vice are running a lot of stories about Tinnitus this month. Here's one from musician Tom Bellamy....
Hey all. Thought some of you might be interested in this article published by The Herald Sun in Australia....
Hard to believe you can say this as an Iceland fan?! It's like... I can almost believe it if you were a fan of a team in the English Premier...
Join the club @2Nine! Your symptoms - and their causes - sound pretty similar to mine. Unfortunately I can't say I have any answers, but at the...
I went and saw Iron Chic last Saturday night. Wore earplugs. Didn't make one iota of difference to my tinnitus one way or another.
I would think that me sharing my personal insights was the essence of humanity @Constable85. I understand the frustrations that we all...
Just my two cents, but I think there's some fundamental misunderstandings of human psychology going on in this thread. For example, my tinnitus...
My tinnitus still annoys me every day. I just try and let it annoy me in the background while I'm doing other things!
Hi @Tamika. You're right about it being a beautiful day! I'm in Brisbane and the weather is glorious outside today. Everyone is (obviously)...
Strange name, although I guess you could argue that tinnitus is a form of an "extreme sound". It's not like Pitchfork aren't aware of what it is,...
Could have been worse mate. He could have said "I'm going to f*** your wife!"
The ABC covers the topic of tinnitus quite regularly....
I used to work as a journalist for the ABC here in Australia, so I'm well aware of the tenets such outlets supposedly pride themselves on. My...
I used to live in and work in Japan... a country that has, for better or worse, true universal health care. When I explained to my dentist the...
I've got tickets to see Gorilla Biscuits, Pennywise, Iron Chic and Sick Of It All over the next few weeks... so I certainly hope it's not a crazy...
And yet a quick Google search reveals that the author appears to be in her 70s and has written for The Telegraph for years. But why? The...
But it is a business. The only reason The Telegraph exists is to sell newspapers. And journalists, like any other professionals, need to be paid....
Indeed. But you read that article on the internet for free, right? You didn't contribute any funds to The Telegraph so that they may produce...
Conner, I hope you're doing okay with your living circumstances. My tinnitus is pretty loud - I can hear it over everything except the shower -...
I was thinking of splashing out on a pair of the Phonaks. Maybe I should go down this route instead.
I don't listen to music through headphones like I used to. My record collection is worth thousands of dollars though, so...
Sad but true, Paul!
No, I'm not a shooter at all. Hence my surprise!
Heja Alek. I'm sorry to hear you're feeling so lethargic. Perhaps there are other potential medical issues worth discussing with your doctor?...
G'day Simon. Haven't come across too many shooters in Australia, although they obviously exist! Unfortunately I can't add too much to your own...
Indeed, that may well be what it is. It just seemed to me to be strange logic for denying someone a place in the trial. The clinical researcher...
Hi all. Just thought I'd share an interesting experience I recently had here in Australia. So a couple of months back I applied for a university...
I experience a steady stream of constant noise which is substantially louder than the mild tinnitus I used to experience.
You should talk to your doctor about what the difference is. That would be the first step I would take if I was in your shoes.
Xanax is different, as it's a benzodiazepine. I take Valium from time to time when the ringing in my ears is particularly loud, but I don't take...
My GP prescribed me Mirtazapine. An SSRI is obviously not for everyone, but I've never slept better in my life.
I do the same job (I'm a copywriter) that I did before I got tinnitus. I realise that it's a very different situation for a musician, but for me,...
This kind of catastrophic thinking isn't overly helpful. It's been two days. For me, it's been over nine months since I developed a noticeable...
A lot of very salient points in this thread. I'd like to thank Dr Ancill for bringing it up. I remember when I went and saw an audiologist after...
My doctor prescribed me Mirtazapine and now I sleep like a rock. I also drop a .5mg Valium from time to time whenever it's all getting too much....
Tick, tick, tick, tick. At least we know we're not the only ones! My hearing is actually rubbish (a lifetime of obliterating it listening to punk...