DaveFromChicago

King Lear : "We are as flies to the Gods; they kill us for their sport." Shakespeare could have meant this about this condition.

To nocticolor: schizophrenia involves phantom voices, and this involves phantom sounds. The brain declares it's own guerilla war on us.

To noticolor: Likewise, I cannot believe how the brain can so determinedly work against us until it destroys us (and in so doing itself).

To musicblue: I "heard" this on You Tube; it inflamed my "listening out awareness" (just what my T needed).

To Zaimon: Given how this has ambushed and ruined all sorts of days, I couldn't have characterized this any better.

To FGG: "The situation of our time surrounds us like a baffling crime" (W. H. Auden) - yesterday an all day spike made me remember this.

To AfroSnowman: Lenire should have at least prevented such a severe spike. Regarding your present situation, did Lenire really do anything?

To GBB: A while ago I read that oxytocin for tinnitus was originally being considered among Medical Researchers in Brazil.

To twa: I was a Property Insurance Adjuster; I would say that moving water has far less of a chance of freezing than does stationary water.

Is it really possible to maintain even a modicum of emotional healthiness with this condition? I can no longer acquire this frame of mind.

To twa: How about the 6th heaviest snowfall in Chicago Weather History? Tinnitus with this isolation is a punishment worthy of Kim Jong-un.

To twa: We have a monster snowstorm in Chicago. Being confined indoors with tinnitus is cruel and unusual punishment.

To twa: Most definitely it seems that barometric and other weather changes significantly affect tinnitus, migraines and arthritis.

To twa: I believe that barometric and other weather changes can significantly affect both tinnitus and migraines.

To musicblue: I understand completely. In 7 years I only habituated partially. OMG how this condition has undermined me psychologically.

To twa: I never had any mental health issues serious enough to require that I see a psychiatrist before tinnitus.

To kingsfan: I have worn myself out with desperate, hastily developed bargaining and rationalizing when my tinnitus fluctuates.

To LukeYoung: I know precisely how you feel. Tomorrow will be my 7 year anniversary.I must resist looking back on how much it ruined.

To Ricardo1991: His comment about how when a drug is developed it is typically released ASAP (for the revenues) is particularly germane.

To bethadr: I was on Zoloft, and afte only r 36 hours I had terrifying paranoia, hyperventilation, and near-hallucinations.

To Gabriel5050: I have been on this site since 02/19 and I had this same observation. I have my own private list of such former posters.

Hi can you describe the illness that caused your tinnitus? Have you confirmed it's the cause?

I have had tis condition for just over five years, and this Forum has been wonderfully supportive.