Recent content by JamesNOLA

Spoiler: This won't be a helpful comment. I used to click on those things all the time. They always add up to exactly what I already know: good habits, drink less, positive mindset, centering meditation, skip the salt, good diet, exercise, and rain-checking Led Zeppelin tribute bands.

I'm switching from electric and acoustic guitars to a classical guitar. It REALLY helps, as there was a sort of overtone in the steel strings that set my tinnitus off much more aggressively. With some of my instruments, like keyboard and mandolin, I've found an interesting trick: I only play...

Iron is the new stone. _Sarum_ starts in the Stone Age, if I remember rightly. A couple of Rutherford's books follow that basic pattern: but they cover eons, so they might not be what you've got in mind.

I doubt it; but only because my H and my T can be separated fairly readily. Clearly, hyperacusis aggravates my tinnitus: it basically stops my ears and shuts out all masking clutter-noise, as well as creating painful sensitivity to sound. But I can't say it causes it, since I had tinnitus...

I understand your predicament here. Probably a lot of us have stories about how we explain tinnitus to loved ones. I can't be the only one who explained it by setting my phone on the table and setting off a synthesized tinnitus sound and leaving it on during the conversation. (I used the...

Could be coincidence; missing my mineral supplements yesterday resulted in marked worsening of T. ≠ double-blind, but nearly double-deaf.

If I could address your post in random order, I'd start with the "worry" part. Tinnitus does come in many forms, and so your doctors are right that it's not certain how permanent or aggressive yours will be. Which is to say, worrying about the unknown is natural, but pointless. Instead...

Chilly wet day. Tinnitus sharp and painful. I think I'll get crawfish pasta for lunch to tell it, "Fuck you, I like Winter."

First: see if you can find a local physical or occupational therapist that will see you regularly and is covered by your insurance. Lots of repetitive motion problems can be addressed with astonishing simplicity, and probably cheaper than it would be to go to a doctor and have the full workup...

Bad T, but sitting with my son in a groovy coffee shop and helping him cram for an EngLit final: T sucks, but life does not.

Rough day with T.

It is not unendurable. For many people it becomes incredibly acute, and suffering can be intense. For others it can be almost debilitating. Also, I expect that people have different abilities to "tough it out." Make no mistake, it's a different life than you'd have without tinnitus. But...

I was up early this morning and walking with my son, and thinking, we really don't lack anything we need. We're a family, and we're not alone, and we could do a lot worse than this.

I had a similar event, though with T, not H. My T is pretty responsive to my sinuses, and a bad cold had set my T off like a banshee. I ran the Neti pot for the usual reasons, and thought I had unleashed the fires of hell in my brain. My T was off the chain for about a week and a half... the...