Recent content by Kaelon

Hi there! No, I have not had my gallbladder removed (and I believe, if memory serves, my ejection-fraction was in the very high teens when I had my first real gall bladder crisis). I still have palpitations every day when I lay down, but if I don;'t eat anything after 2 pm, I don't. Not a...

Awesome, Joy. Exercise is really good for your overall health, as you know. Tinnitus requires several things in order to be established and perpetuated: Hearing loss, including "undetectable" hearing loss. Sleep deprivation (and deprivation of REM). Anxiety, or emotional stress. Memory loss...

If you are able to stop or change your Tinnitus through external stimulus to your ear, as you describe, you may have a curable condition called a myoclonus. Go to a specialist ASAP. They can help verify if what you are experiencing is subjective or objective.

Christopher, I am so sorry that this has happened to you. I wish I could promise you that it is going to go away; during the first 2-12 weeks, there is always a chance of a spontaneous remission. However, almost all Tinnitus is permanent. The good news is: it definitely gets better...

I completely understand your terrible frustration, @Guest48938493. On the one hand, you started out venting your frustrations by accusing everyone on this forum of being delusional, about all of the "cures" being non-cures. But then, when confronted with the truth that this is permanent and...

@Guest48938493 - I agree with @GregCA and @billie48 entirely. But all of that said, it's very simple: Tinnitus has no cure. And it is almost always permanent. And guess what? That's fine, because pretty much almost everyone who has it habituates. You won't find most of the people who have...

I completely agree with everything that Karen has said above. If your pulsatile tinnitus is part of a somatosensory pulsatile disorder, like many of us who suffer from muscular spasms, then the primary ways to reduce the "intensity" of the Tinnitus all have to do with sleep, lowering...

Definitely do not give up, ever. This is a process for everyone. You will encounter victories, approach understanding, and re-discover silence in new and subtle ways. You mentioned you are suicidal, highly stressed, and deeply depressed. Addressing those issues, as unimportant as they sound...

I think everyone has to go through their own process of understanding and evaluating their tinnitus. It took me months of research and trial and error to understand that my condition is somatosensory pulsatile tinnitus, and that there are ways I can deal with it and take the edge off given what...

I, for one, really appreciate your backstory. If it's any consolation at all, I myself am a very analytical individual, an evidence-based business executive that solves problems for large enterprise customers, government agencies, and organizations. For me, any problem is solvable, so...

Thanks! Yes, I figured that I had essentially engaged in self-led CBT using a lot of the techniques described by the methodology. However, I wasn't sure if there were other added neurological benefits; it sounds like there might not be, and it's just designed to address the anxiety, which I've...

Real ototoxicity is exceedingly rare; it only strikes 1 in 15,000,000 people. In other words, you'd have a better chance of winning the lottery than actually accidentally being exposed to an ototoxic drug. That said, there is enough anecdotal data that suggests that some anti-anxiety...

Just to tie this together -- this right here should give you a sense of what the root cause of your Tinnitus was. For many of us, living highly stressful existences in the weeks and months leading up to our attacks was a common factor. Can you tell us more about what you were going through?

The good news is, yes. Spikes in Tinnitus are almost always temporary; and even when they are not, because you have previously habituated to Tinnitus, your neural elasticity will help you acclimate much more quickly. You will definitely be able to pull yourself out of this. Try and focus on...