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    I Found My ENT Very Ignorant

    When I first saw an ENT, I was left with the feeling that I'd paid him to interview me to see if he could make money off me. TBF I think this was specific to his own ethical standards. I could swear I felt the door hit me on the way out of his rooms.
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    If You Have Benzo Induced Tinnitus (Klonopin, Xanax, Valium, Ativan, etc.), What Does It Sound Like?

    That is the best descriptor I've ever seen for tinnitus.
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    Ways to Combat Tinnitus Side Effects from COVID-19 Vaccine?

    That appears to be correct. The repetition of the word "rare" relates to actual death, which, yes is still pretty rare, but the injury to the still living is not at all "rare". I have seen zero mention of anything neurological other than Bell's Palsy in the Mainstream press, but there are...
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    Erythromycin & Tinnitus

    Oral low-ish dosing with Erythromycin is far less likely to do any harm. Higher doses given IV are a different story. That said if there is an alternative, you'd be well advised to take it.
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    Poll: Recovery Time from Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccine Induced Tinnitus Spike

    The spike protein, which is a component of the virus, and is the basis of nearly all the vaccines, can cross the blood-brain barrier, it would seem. As the prevailing thinking is that tinnitus perception is a central NS problem it would follow that any Central toxic effect from the protein could...
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    Habituation May Not Be What You Think It Is...

    Yeah, that's basically it Matt. I'll add one more: You've worked through the grief of losing what you once had and have begun to move on again. "Surrender" is a bit loaded. It could also be seen as reaching an uneasy accommodation that allows life to resume with some normalcy.
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    I Now Have Tinnitus After Receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine

    So Leila, if I'm reading you correctly, does that imply that the assumptions that underlie the mRNA vaccine model have already been shown to possibly not be valid? If so, that would beg an awful lot of uncomfortable questions.
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    I Now Have Tinnitus After Receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine

    Instructing your own body to manufacture a "foreign" protein, which it then attacks. What could possibly go wrong?
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    Looking for Tips for Getting Over the Habituation Hump

    This is pretty much where I'm at nowadays. This IS habituation. Its not a cure, its an accommodation that allows life to go on. You are on the path.
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    Social Gatherings and Fear of Sudden Loud Noises

    Funny now isn't it (or not). We were social distancing long before it was fashionable.
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    Will You Get Vaccinated for Coronavirus (COVID-19)? Can It Make Tinnitus or Hyperacusis Worse?

    So far that's what I'm hearing. If we were to see real issues five to thirty years hence (auto-immune consequences, cancers etc) it would be extremely hard to pin it on the vaccine. We do have examples of things that have arisen over time that could well coincide with vaccination programs...
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    Can Tinnitus Affect My Brain, Cognition, Concentration and My Ability to Do Mathematics?

    Probably more the psyche then the brain itself.
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    Strange Hearing Distortion/Dysacusis?

    I did. ototoxic chemotherapy improved my sound tolerance while making my tinnitus louder.
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    I Have 12 Months to Recover from Tinnitus: What Treatments Can I Try? Budget $450,000.

    Your story sounds very similar to what many of us have described here. Mine was very like what you describe when it started out. Try everything by all means, but You will still need plan B, which means learning to live with the reality of it. Keep your sh*t together now, because the job you...