Recent content by Purple Parrot

Advice for noisy events and situations: -Go! Have fun! Relax. If you take precautionary measures you'll be fine: - For loud music/bands, take really good earplugs (30dB reduction at least) and make sure you insert them correctly per the instructions. Sometimes earplugs can momentarily cause a...

Hi guys, If you haven't already examined whether you have eustachian tube dysfunction, it might be worth doing. This a common cause and/or exacerbating factor in tinnitus. If you have slightly "clicky" or "poppy" sounds going on with your ears or feelings of fullness, eustachian tube is...

I absolutely refute this. Julian Cowan Hill's advice has helped me tremendously. He does not make much money (if any) from his YouTube videos and books. He is a really genuine, warm-hearted and well meaning person who wants to help people as much as possible. He also knows a lot about the many...

Happy to report I am tinnitus free now and have been for some time :) I am VERY careful with my ears now - I even wear earplugs in our shower (which has a really noisy fan).

No hearing aid but he says if his hearing loss was as profound in his right ear as it is in his left ear, then he could hardly hear a thing.

Yes - hearing loss and tinnitus. Quite loud and constant in one ear. He says he only notices it when someone talks about tinnitus and the rest of the time doesn't think about it at all. I never realised he had hearing loss/tinnitus until I started complaining about my ears ringing all the time...

Cranial sacral therapy is awesome for tinnitus. I am glad things are going well x

Probably just a temporary spike - most people find their tinnitus gets a bit worse when they have cold or flu. It should subside when you start to feel better.

@jdjd09, the hearing loss won't affect your ability to think or write algorithm/code. I work in a team of lawyers and a couple of team members have quite severe hearing loss (one guy basically can't hear out of one ear - has been the case since he was 13 years old). He is brilliant and carries...

I'm pretty sure my anxiety had aged me - I decided to take steps to do some damage control! My solution was to eat really healthy, drink lots of fresh clean water, exercise and do yoga/meditation. I also bought a bunch of expensive skincare products (lol) after doing research on the best ones...

Mine appeared into my consciousness after a period of high anxiety.

No. Doctor did nothing - in fact made it worse by making me panic about it and telling me there was nothing I could do about it. An ER nurse rolled her eyes at me and told me to "get over it"... I had far more success going to an osteopath and massage therapist.

Working in finance and studying CS is a full-on workload. Perhaps you need to scale back a bit for a while? Having said that, it's good to keep busy. I have no problem with you coming back here to express your feelings. This is a tough time for you and you need support and someone to understand...

@jdjd09, I would recommend giving Julian Cowan Hill an email. He is a qualified psychotherapist based on London and does Skype sessions. He had tinnitus himself for 16 years and is nearly deaf in one ear. Julian is an experienced practitioner (specialising in treating clients with T) and an...

@Telis, this is not helpful. Please stop posting on this thread Telis.