I'm in Jersey, his name is Joshua E. Goldberg, D.O. FACOS?
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Hey yes he's in Willow Grove PA. Super compassionate and willing to help in any way.
Posting here bc he didn't waste my time like every other ENT insulting or dismissing me bc of Tinnitus. The standard protocol of blaming the patient for this condition didnot apply. He understood that it wasn't my "high anxiety" causing my T and that I was in distress because of it. What a broken healthcare system we have in this country.
I may go to him, did he recommended any type of medication or anything to help or cure the T?
All the ENT I saw didn't care and didn't know anything about T and even fought with me saying TMJ can't cause it
Yes he was fantastic. I almost didn't see him because he was the last ENT on my list after seeing half a dozen but he was recommended by my Prolotherapist.
I walked into his office nearly ready to collapse from the nervous breakdown/fight or fight Id been stuck in for weeks. He gave me a full Cranial nerve workup, listened to me for a full hour, even my horror stories from seeing other ENTs who blamed this on "anxiety", and prescribed propanolol/Clonazepam right away.
He even felt my T is autoimmune/Neuroinflammation related and came up with a protocol for a month to break out of this panic cycle I've been in and then to start looking to see how LDN or other treatments (stem cell) effect me. Whether any of this works or not is of less concern to me, he actually listened and came up with a plan to address my distress which is what mattered most
He even calls u back at the end of the day if u call the office which has been a great help to me since leaving home has been a problem while I try and break out of this cycle. I'll never forget when he said to me that when he saw my license that he knew exactly what kind of person I was and that I wasn't overreacting to the T. I burst into tears in his office with that acknowledgement.
Lastly he's even helping in my consideration for compassionate use with the Hough Ear pill. Hope this ridiculously long review helps. :) @NYCGuy
Your tinnitus is from the covid vaccine, right?
Hey @kingsfan no I believe mine is either autoimmune or cervical related. I've had cervical spinal injuries for decades but also autoimmune issues and my tinnitus had been intermittent for 2 years (30 secs on and off a few times a mo) before it became chronic on 12/14/21.
@kingsfan so far all audio tests are normal (AcousticReflex/ABR/Tymp/Several Audiograms out to 16khz but I'm 36). Had some conflicting OAEs but not sure how much stock to put in them. Bottom line this doesnot appear noise induced. I woke up from a nap and there it was, in my head oscillating at 14-15khz like an old CRT TV & reactive.
I know this would be a hard thing to survey or get a consensus on TT but I do wonder how much the type of tinnitus we each have (centralized vs ear, high frequency vs not, tonal vs electrical) means as far as a cause. @kingsfan
Ohh okay. sorry. I have trouble remembering everyone's stories
It's ok damn shame T is such a complex nightmare. Here's to hoping Shores device really gets to the root of the problem so we can all stop going down these damn rabbit holes of hell. I'm convinced that it's a brain problem regardless of how I got it. @kingsfan
I know my case is a drop in the bucket compared to how everyone has suffered here for much longer and much worse in a lot of cases but I have real contempt for these cold useless Drs who waste our precious time. I wasted a decade on them when I was in severe chronic pain & had a shitlist of the ones I wanted to blow away if things ever turned for the worse for me again. That list now includes ENTs.
And for anyone still listening to my rant-seek prolotherapy/PRP for your chronic pain if it's musculoskeletal related and nothing else has worked. Everything else in conventional medicine is a waste of your precious time, health and money.
I think LDN would be good for you to try