Recent content by Jon Rhynard

I keep a daily journal at work so I don't forget anything important. Cortana reminders help also.

No, I have an Invoke. It's the MS version of Alexa with a really good speaker. As for headphones....at first you won't like them, and then you might, and just don't go nuts on the volume. The 4000 dollar ipod uses custom earbuds, so it can't be that bad at moderate volume. Did I mention I...

I'm sorry, it sounds like you are stressed beyond belief. You HAVE to bring your anxiety level down before you try to beat the ringing. I'm using 112.5mg of Effexor in the morning. That keeps me from crying and wishing for death (not kidding). It does not make me muddy. My wife has noticed...

An ENT surgeon in Philadelphia ran a whole battery of tests. If you can hear a whooshing in your ears, it's possible that it's blood flow and may be treatable because the problem is in your ears. In my case, after all the tests, my hearing and blood flow is perfect except for the frequency...

Levo isn't working for me. It actually seems to make things worse, even wearing it for 5 minutes a day. I paid 4000 dollars for an iPod. I'm now seeing a Psychiatrist for meds that get me to sleep, and I am only drinking a shot or two of 100% blue agave tequila (it has health benefits if not...

My job understands my condition. I try not to eat a lot for dinner, and I take the Diphen and Klonopin before I eat, so I can get the best chance at sleep. I still call out every couple weeks, there are nights when the siren will not leave me alone. As for the LEVO being crap.....I don't...

My Update: I haven't started using LEVO successfully yet. The first unit was broken, it kept shutting down a short while into the therapy, and the earbuds fell out in my sleep. The 2nd unit works (it took months to get another), but again, the earbuds fall out when I sleep. They are...

My opinion: Otoharmonics needs to hire people with Tinnitus for R&D. This unit has potential, but it needs work. I sent Oto a copy of my post, and they responded with a canned message. That was disappointing.

Lately, I've come to realize that quality-of-sleep is more important than length-of-sleep. If the noise is loud, and I sleep for 8+ hours, I apparently didn't get enough REM. I wake up with the loud noise, and I feel tired and horrible, and the loudness continues. Two nights ago I only got 2...

I am now 3 months in and have yet to start. My update sucks, but here it is. I started on Levo, and the device stopped working an hour or two in, every night. I thought it was something I was doing wrong. Every night I would put the unit on, hear the frequency, and try to sleep. When I...

Well, out of all of the anti-depression meds I've tried, the Klonopin for me, has no side effects. I've been on it for a couple months. I started at .5mg, but that was ineffective in the first week, so I upped it to 1mg at night, and I've been on that ever since. On the other side of the...

I will keep the posts up. If this thing works, I will be all over these boards. So far, it's having a paradoxical effect. the only positives I have right now are: do not eat carbs and proteins, drink small amounts of alcohol once a day as a break, and Klonepin. I'm talking to someone right...

I partially agree. If it's an ear problem, they are getting there, especially with injections. If it's a brain-generated tone, they are at a wall. The best teaching hospitals on the East Coast are completely stumped. My doctors are so sympathetic, they are giving me any drug I ask for, but...

@Rajin > Tinnitus isn't new, but the type generated in the brain is ridiculously hard to investigate. We don't have the ability to rip into the frontal lobe hearing section and try things that would pin it down. We can't use animals, because we have no way to detect the frequency. Even with...

I was on Ambien - that's a controlled substance that's addictive and can be abused. I stopped taking it cold in order to switch to other meds, I had no issues. I don't believe I would have an issue stopping clonazepam. I read your article, but I don't have the same experience. Klon does not...