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    Back to Silence

    True.
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    Back to Silence

    THIS. I've tried too many times to get this cured only to find I wasted my money on people who really don't care. Unfortunately, it makes you so jaded that you don't want to try something that might actually help, like the method featured on this thread.
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    How Do I Lower Stress So My Tinnitus Isn't as Bad, When Tinnitus Is CAUSING the Stress?

    Good suggestion. I'll try this if the injections or MRI don't pan out. I'm also going to look into some type of massage therapy and counseling. UPDATE After the last few days I'm certain a LOT of this is connected to my stress levels. When I was practicing my piano, I was SO tired of wearing...
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    How Do I Lower Stress So My Tinnitus Isn't as Bad, When Tinnitus Is CAUSING the Stress?

    It's such a catch-22 and I'm going crazy trying to get a hold of this whole situation. The more I try try to relax, the more I think "I need to lower this tinnitus spike! Will it go down this time? Did I mess myself up somehow and make it worse???" What REALLY sucks is that a LOT of my stress...
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    Question About Priorities: Give My Ears a Break, or My Nervous System?

    I REALLY struggle with hearing other people at my office. I have OCD tendencies, so people can be loud and distracting. Unfortunately, over the years I've drown out their voices with white noise so much that I can't bear to hear them at ALL now. Stupid little things I hear will put me into an...
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    Are Steroid Injections Safe?

    My tinnitus started up a couple months ago. It started as a VERY faint single pitch in my right ear I could only hear in complete silence. Then I started to get a pulsating hiss in the left ear. This was super subtle, but has been building up to where I hear it everywhere. It's not screaming...
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    Back to Silence

    Thanks so much for this. Quick question: Do you just make a mark, or also write down the emotion? Also, how often do I mark it down if I'm constantly hearing it? I don't think I could literally keep writing it every time I notice it, or I'd lose my job :(