Recent content by Ross McLauchlan

I've had pretty moderate/severe tinnitus for over five years. In that time I've largely learned to deal with the noises and pain, but I respect the condition enough to not want to worsen it. This would mean avoiding obviously loud places and even avoiding dental work for fear of drills, etc...

I developed pulsatile tinnitus on the same day I developed my regular tinnitus. I've never had either of them before the 17th of April 2017, but I've had both of them since. My tinnitus is noise induced, for the record. Any time I've been to loud events and worsened my tinnitus, my pulsatile...

@Pink Noise I've had noise induced tinnitus for about three years, likely due to headphones. I still record and mix music daily and have done so since the start. I have a decent set of monitors and don't crank them up past 70 dB often, unless I need to for a particular purpose. I don't use...

I'm glad your tinnitus isn't as troublesome these days; however, I completely understand that you'd still like to be rid of it. I'm sure many people here will thank you for taking the time to respond and providing some much needed info regarding PT. Using your suggestions, I'm hoping someone...

That's great to hear that you're in the clear - good luck with your follow up, I hope that things remain well for you. My PT has felt vascular for a very long time and the fact it disappears when I compress the veins in the back of my head has always lead me to believe this. It can disappear...

I really appreciate you taking the time to get back to me regarding this. Thank you for the links - I'm glad you were able to identify this issue and resolve it. Very commendable that you took the time to relay this to the community here. Interesting that you recommend separating pulsatile...

Hey, Wishing you all the very best for the coming year and hoping that the research world will give us some good news regarding treatments in 2020. I have a question regarding pulsatile tinnitus that I’m hoping some folk may be able to provide some advice on. I have regular ringing...

@Bill Bauer No, I meant my friend who was the groom at the wedding I attended. Either way, it doesn't matter. I was just pointing out that you assume that my friends tinnitus is present because he hasn't changed his life style. You suggest yours has improved because you have - but to what...

@Bill Bauer You offer an opinion on many people's experiences here (even my friend's, as you pointed out above, with very little context as to what caused his tinnitus or if it spikes, etc). Yet, you do so without offering any insight into what impact your experience/strategies have made to...

How's silence treating you, Bill?

Hey @Elfin I was in the exact same situation at the start of May from a Stag Doo (I was out in pubs from about 12 till 9 or so). I had a spike and the usual range of emotions, I.e. feeling like I couldn't do this anymore, regret, etc. I was also to be a groomsman at the wedding for the stag...

Hey @Candy Sorry to hear you're having a hard time. If it helps, I was at a stag doo at the beginning of the month, so I know how it can be when you still want to socialise but have to contend with tinnitus. For context, I've had T for over two years and I too am still adapting to living a...

Hey, Sorry to see you're stressed out over your spike - it's horrible, totally feel for you. If it helps, I've taken Prednisone in the past and I still have tinnitus (I didn't really notice any benefits). I've also had multiple spikes that I thought would never pass and they have. It can take...

Two years ago I came down with tinnitus at the same time as an acquaintance (I knew who he was but we were never close). Strangely, the tinnitus gave us some common ground and since then we've connected and bonded over our mutual love of making music - I'm now one of his groomsmen at his Wedding...

Glad you had a nice time! Ross