Recent content by Mark McDill

The world is suffering enough; don’t add to it. Die to self, do His bidding, and experience a bit of heaven (now) and a hope filled future.

Ruben Retigabine (like Trobalt) is an anti-seizure drug that works as a potassium channel inhibitor (I'm not a pharmacist or chemist, that's just what I've been told and what I've learned with a little research). Since your inner ear hairs cells transform the audio energy into neuro-electrical...

@svintegrity Even though this went a little off topic, I think you generated a lot of healthy, interesting discussion and have publicized a very interesting procedure/option (Microvascular Compression Syndrome). I, personally, think what you have been through (up to and including your surgery...

SV SWEET!! That is very good news to hear (this is normal -- normal like a killer workout :LOL:). It's very encouraging to know the neurosurgeons are not 'alarmed' and that your T continues to dissipate. Awesome! Thanx for the update; after all you have struggled through in your life I'm...

SV So sorry to hear about the set back(s); I'm so sorry you are going through this. Hopefully it is swelling (because that will subside, eventually) Agreed; ENT's and most audiologists are impotent and elusive when presented with this topic. It's too easy for them to pass the buck (ENT says...

SV Great news! It sounds like it went well; I'm with you, I would take half-volume any day of the week. The vertigo doesn't sound fun; but it also sounds temporary (whew!). I hope the VRT goes well; what did they say about the nerves healing? So glad to hear from you; thanx for keeping me...

Good ole' Monday morning research; found a little info about microvascular compression syndrome (neat stuff) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2793889/ http://american-hearing.org/disorders/microvascular-compression-syndrome/ Very interesting... Mark

@svintegrity you need to write a book titled 'Human Suffering; A Tale of Conquering'; I'll buy the first copy. ICU = not fun; I hope the surgery works out -- I'll pray that it does. I hope you won't be in ICU too long (yikes). You sound very resilient; I think it will go well (my hope)...

SV Good night almighty, you have had a real go of it! Yeah, I would guess habituating to that would be a far different matter than most (to say the least). I couldn't imagine having tried all those techniques and still no results; thank God you found some neuro-surgeons that have diagnosed and...

svintegrity I went through stages of settling down; overall it took a little over a year to get to that 'workable' point -- and by workable, I mean that T didn't push me around so much. T was still a big deal in my life (and to some degree and in some dimension it will always be a big deal to...

Sometimes you just have to say 'what the flip!'

NiNyu Totally agree; it's a loose analogy, but it was only intended to convey the basic auditory pathology and perhaps highlight the difference between a regular sound and one that is tagged as dangerous. There is no doubt that continual, raging T (with H) is far different than a singular event...

Lisa I'm the same way; it really helps (me) when I know, to some order of precision, what is going on. I don't think I can give you the 'neuro-scientific' answer you may be looking for but I can share the basics that I have learned (as I understand them). Please forgive me if you already know...

Thanx @svintegrity ; that's very encouraging (made my day!)

@LadyDi I claim ignorance about the suicide thread; but you may be right. I just posted on the 'face value' of this thread; by no means did I want to make comment about suicide thread. Mark