Recent content by Eliska

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    I can see people here with years and years of t and they arent habituated and still in pain. It...

    I can see people here with years and years of t and they arent habituated and still in pain. It scares me, I dont want to live like that.
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    Mindfulness for Tinnitus Relief

    @momus, so it's possible to get worse with mindfulness meditation?
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    Fingers crossed for your consultation! I wish they will offer you some solution with brings you...

    Fingers crossed for your consultation! I wish they will offer you some solution with brings you relief.
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    Regarding my neck - I had examination on some balance platform and it shoved that my cervical...

    Regarding my neck - I had examination on some balance platform and it shoved that my cervical spine is blocked. I was sent to physical therapy and they indeed confirmed that I have one misaligned vertebra and muscle spasms. But I think its more like phatological loop - I got T - it causes me...
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    Big step forward regarding H and reactivity was vacation and all activities there. Like plain...

    Big step forward regarding H and reactivity was vacation and all activities there. Like plain, boat trips, sea, city streets, country trip in the car...all quite noisy activities, but I gradually became more comfortable around noises as I was not constantly thinking about T (however still with...
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    I had crazy reactivity at the beginning too-breath of my spouse sleeping next to me was spiking...

    I had crazy reactivity at the beginning too-breath of my spouse sleeping next to me was spiking me, movement of bedsheet, car outside etc. I wore earplugs all the time. I started to walk outside in the quiet park or forest to just listen to nature sounds. I still have it, but much better.
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    5 month anniversary last week. Waiting when habituation thing starts to happen.

    5 month anniversary last week. Waiting when habituation thing starts to happen.
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    Now I sometimes struggle again, my mind and anxiety doesn't seems to calm down and often flares...

    Now I sometimes struggle again, my mind and anxiety doesn't seems to calm down and often flares up with catastrophic thinking. Also last visit on ENT clinic showed that my neck is a mess and doctor thinks that its main reason behind my T right now.
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    Hi Erika, Im doing better that at the beginning. Hyperacusis and reactivity is better, but I...

    Hi Erika, Im doing better that at the beginning. Hyperacusis and reactivity is better, but I still need earplugs for public transportation, doesn't listen to music and almost no TV/ films. However I had a great vacation on November without thoughts about T and I survived plane and boat trips...
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    I Beat Tinnitus — A Beginner’s Primer

    Hi @Estan, so did you habituate or did your tinnitus fade away? If you habituated, do you hear it all the time and don't care or do you hear it only when you think about it? Good you are on the other side now doing good.
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    Hi Theezy, thank you for asking and sorry for late answer. I try to limit my time in here. I'm...

    Hi Theezy, thank you for asking and sorry for late answer. I try to limit my time in here. I'm doing little better, but I got new tone to my previously good ear and some dizziness. Don't know if it was because of the stress or neck issues. Im trying to outlast this. Hang in there, I believe it...
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    Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

    Update: I finished all planned HBOT sessions in a private facility. During the course of sessions, I realized that the treatment is mild HBOT because of the lower pressures used. After the sessions ended, I contacted my ENT, asking if he can prescribe me another sessions in a big hospital...
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    If Tinnitus Is from Ear Infection, Shouldn't the Infection Have Caused Some Physical Damage?

    Middle ear infection can cause permanent damage. Viruses or bacterial toxic metabolites can travel to inner ear and damage structures there. Also hematogenic route is possible (virus travels through the blood). Interestingly, I saw a paper with autopsy results of inner ears of people who had...
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    Tinnitus Almost Gone in Quiet Environments — Gets Worse with More Background Noise

    This is exactly what I have right now. My tinnitus is silent (or almost silent) in complete silence, but all background noise aggravate it, then it recedes after noise is gone. It also accumulates during the day, meaning that mornings are mostly calm and during the day the tinnitus is more...
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    Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

    So, I will be ending my second round of 10 sessions of HBOT soon. I'm undergoing them in private facility and I realized that they don't have the desired pressure. All of available private facilities in my country have chambers with pressures below 1.5 ATA. All the research studies I have seen...