Recent content by sanj100

If this forum, and this thread, has taught me one thing, it's that people with debilitating tinnitus are unbelievably resiliant and have a wonderful sense of humour.

Have you tried using hearing aids? They seem to help a lot of people and I've seen studies where hearing aids have brought down the volume of tinnitus in more than 50 percent of people.

This is called pulsatile tinnitus, there is loads of information about this in the pulsatile tinnitus section of the website; https://www.tinnitustalk.com/forums/support.52/

Hey Pam. That's amazing! Turmuric is a natural food so I can't imagine there could be anything wrong with taking it long term. I guess it would be like asking are potatos safe to eat long term.

Hi Jason. Hope you're well. Firstly, I just wanted to say that I appreciate all your reading and experimention with regards to tinnitus treatment. I often come across your posts and they are usually very useful/novel. I can attest to the fact that if I good nights sleep then the tinnitus is...

Sorry, I wasnt trying to diminish your suffering. How old are you if you dont mind me asking?I notice you have put a lot of causes for your tinnitus. What do you reckon was the the main reason? Thanks, Sonny.

Yes. This is what I'm talking about. If tinnitus was just a phantom signal as a result of hearing loss it wouldnt fluctuate so damn much. Good to hear the tinnitus isnt too bad for you, and that melatonin helps. Any idea why the melatonin helps so much? Thanks, Sonny.

Hi guys. Hope you're well. Something that really baffles me about tinnitus is how it fluctuates quite a lot throughout the day, and across different days. I have times during the day where I can barely even hear it and other times when I can hear it about most things in the house and over the...

That's really great to hear. You are doing the right thing. The less attention you give it the more it will fade into the background as you are telling your brain its not important and doing so, over time, should reduce the salience and even volume of the sound according to much research. As...

Interesting story. You mentioned your tinnitus only got bad in the last 2 years despite having it for 6 years? What made it get a lot worse? Have you looked into Tinnitus Retraining Therapy? Have you thought about taking any anti anxiety or anti depressant medications?

This is interesting. So you reckon if you didn't live life in the fast lane and abuse your ears after getting your initial low level tinnitus, then it would have remained a low level as opposed to increasing? Also, what precisely did you do to make the sound so much worse. What would you...

I feel there will always be outliers, but it's better to look at general trends to draw meaningful conclusions. I.e. what proportion of tinnitus sufferers had anxiety issues prior to the onset of their tinnitus. I don't think anyone said that every single person with high anxiety gets tinnitus...

Wow. That was so incredibly helpful. Thank you ever so much. I have mild/moderate tinnitus that is annoying and not debilitating. The big issue with me is that I have had anxiety and OCD for far longer than I have had tinnitus and have always been hyper attune/had anxiety related to certain...

Hey. I'm really really glad to hear that. Please explain more by what you mean about your "brain working around it"? Did you do anything specific to make this happen? Thanks.

So you're saying you've have really loud tinnitus for 20 years and haven't habituated at all in that time? Have you ever done cbt, trt, meditation, Yoga?