Recent content by stantheman

I have had tinnitus for 21 months. Yes, I have gotten better but my life has definitely been altered. Things I use to do easily are now hard. You are right. Life was much better before getting tinnitus. I am not as I was before. I am told I never will be.

Mick - I agree with you 100%. My life IS different from what it was before I got tinnitus. I try to ignore it but it gets so loud I just can't. When the volume is down I can cope quite well otherwise I'm in tinnitus hell and just thinking pretty thoughts won't make it better. Tinnitus IS the...

I was in the US Air Force back in the sixties. When I went to basic training at Lackland AFB, TX I was not allowed to bring ANYTHING with me. Everything was supplied to me by the military. Certain things I was allowed to have for hygiene, eg, toothbrush, razor, etc. Did you discuss your...

Perhaps some people "move on" from Tinnitus Talk is not necessarily because they do not need the support any longer because they have "habituated", "gotten better" or T is not longer an issue in their lives but rather they find there are no answers. No cures. No effective therapies or remedies...

Yup,same here. I woke up on the morning of 11/25/11 with a high frequency squeal like hearing an old CRT television. Changes during the day sometimes to a sound like water through a garden hose. Then at times a whooshing sound and THEN sometimes crickets. I am disheartened too to know there...

MacZilla - I do not know how common IBS is with the onset of tinnitus. In the early months of onset one of the things I contended with was, I thought, IBS. I self diagnosed by googling the symptoms. And yes, I thought it was the result of tinnitus because I had never had a problem with IBS...

Hudson, that guy at work who laughed off his T may be laughing on the outside and crying on the inside. That's what I do with family and friends.

So Lord of the Ring - Tinnitus (Tinkerbell) is not a problem for you?

My tinnitus onset was 16 months ago. I also had a severe case of hyperacusis. For me, it took about six months for the H to largely become a non-issue. I can now even tolerate my 3 yo grandchilds screams which are similar to an air raid siren. I still carry a set of musicians ear plugs just...

Jazz - No my T noise has not reduced and I notice it all the time. A high freq pitch goes up and down in volume during the course. of the day.

Emma - my short term goals a year ago were to stay out the hospital or the insane asylum. Well, so far I have accomplished that. My biggest short term goal is to overcome the constant anxiety that accompanies my t and to get off the alprazolam I take about once a day (.25 mg). Long term i...

Mick - I downloaded classical music from iTunes to use with Beyond Tinnitus. I really do not think classical or the New Age music makes any difference at least for me.

Mick - I have made improvements with insomnia and depresssion. Still have some anxiety. Cannot say the improvements are all due to neuromonics since I also see a psychologist and physician for meds. Working together I have improved. The music is New Age stuff - boring.

Jazz - are you just "annoyed" or are you suffering? big difference I think

Mario - A minor tragedy is a good way of putting it. Although at the time of onset it was major for me - still is. How do you know when you have achieved habituation?