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Fuzzy Freddy wrote: But as much as I hate reading these stories, they are invaluable towards raising awareness of this dreadful condition to GPs and other doctors and healthcare professionals, who currently are many who do not know how to talk to people like us and how to help us. I am satisfied...

Atlantis wrote: Nobody seems to have missed you! Go back to living in your little fantasy world. This is real life! We should all go out and scream how tinnitus kills people. Seems the only person living in a fantasy world is you. If that's your plan then good luck to you but if you think...

Threads like this are the reason I stopped coming here.

I consulted a doctor, he said I have developed Ménière's disease and Labyrinthitis due the stress. I have Meniere's and to my knowledge you don't get it from stress. Meniere's is caused by an excess of fluid(endolymph) in the inner ear. It is also known as endolympatic hydrops. The exact cause...

tinnitussufferer wrote: I read that most of us naturally habituate anyway. That is the goal of TRT and most of us do it automatically. Taking into account a course of TRT can last up to 18 months it's quite possible that habituation would have occurred regardless. If I'm totally honest about...

Matt wrote: 1. Aren't bothered by their tinnitus or consider their severity a 1-3 on a scale of 1-10. Because I would guess the only way to help people who are generally not bothered by tinnitus is to make it go away completely, and that's not possible with TRT. If U R not bothered by it you...

LadyDi wrote: Anyway, I was offered two options beyond trying to do it myself with an MP3 player: Neuromonics Oasis: $5,900 (ouch). Device is not returnable. Widex Zen (even though I don't have a hearing problem): $3,200. Most of my investment can be recovered within 60 days if I am not...

Lisa123 wrote: So, is it possible to habituate while you're depressed because of T. My reaction to T seems neutral (I think). I don't really panic that much anymore when I hear it. But I am generally depressed because of T. I feel sad and I feel as if life's pleasures have been taken away from...

Only a small percentage of people who experience tinnitus actually have loud tinnitus. The problem however is that suffering isn't necessarily related to loudness and somebody with very mild tinnitus can be as traumatised as somebody with very loud tinnitus. I also believe that somebody with...

I keep reading in people's posts that tinnitus is just a sound and that it doesn't matter how loud it is, but that how well one copes or habituates to tinnitus is tied to one's reaction to or perception of that sound. My question is: Is anyone else's tinnitus also tied to their circulatory...

IMO it just validates that tinnitus is subjective and people's perception can change from day to day. My tinnitus is screaming right now. When I got up it was screaming, when I went for a bike ride it was OK because I was focused on the traffic, other riders, what was going on around me. When I...

Christian 78 wrote: Oh yes I am trying atlas correction, anything that could help, Russian cosmonauts diagnostics medicine, and some other things, worst it tinnitus and hearing loss that started with kidney stone (i get them often in winter period). But this tinnitus is monster honestly, i...

Lisa wrote: Right now im so nervous with pins and needles sometimes in my legs and arms, face and lip numb sensation and crawling skin. People say its common with anxiety which i suffer with badly. I am always googling symptoms and freaking me out. Ms and brain tumour and all sorts come up :(...

http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Vertigo_benign_paroxysmal_positional_vertigo http://vestibular.org/understanding-vestibular-disorder http://www.menieres.org/talk/

So like I'm just wondering if anyone else here gets random bouts of anger in regards to their T? I know all of us aren't too happy about it but I'm talking serious rage!! I don't know whether it's the depression or what but I feel so damned angry & I even welcome it due to being an actual...

Larry OT wrote: No ears plugged. I tired a maneuver like that and got real bad. IT maybe from that I stopped taking a med Abilify. Not sure. Ant head movement makes me dizzy. FUCK ! I'm supposed to go on vacation w my family tomorrow. Check the side effects of this drug and I suspect that like...

Martin wrote: Question: Is there anything else where you see a loudness change of your T? In the past I could cope little bit better since I had the one or other milder day or sometimes a milder hour. But now it is really difficult. I have very loud T and nothing has ever changed the volume or...

If you suddenly came into a wad of money, a huge bankroll, say, over 100 million dollars (pounds), how would you spend it? Would you be altruistic, philanthropic, (giving), or conceal it from others? I would give half to the RSPCA and Lost Dogs Home. I would give 25% to my daughter. I would...

I had no idea about ART but I found this and it's only $97: The Amazing Formula That I Found Is Called: TINNITUS–ANXIETY RELIEF TECHNIQUES® (ART) Anxiety Relief Techniques® has been effective in more than 90% of the thousands of cases where it has been applied. This self-help method is unlike...

Cost: TRT trainers typically recommend that a professional sound-generating device similar to a hearing aid be worn 24/7. These devices are quite expensive, often costing upwards of $2000. My personal experience is that patients can enrich their own environments with pleasing sound just as...

Maybe you need a different med because some of them do spike tinnitus. What did they give you?

It has nothing to do with the BTA, ATA or any other organisation. It is recommended clinical practice guidelines which can either be ignored, modified or accepted in full by individual clinicians. The emphasis if I am correct is on sound therapy and counselling. But even TRT comes in for some...

Well that went down well :confused:

Greg Clarke wrote @@Magpie How does it affect you emotionally? Would you say you have habituated? If you have dealt with it at 80db's there's hope for everyone. I'm habituated Greg but habituation is a different experience for everybody. I've read these boards for a long time and I've read...

I can hear mine loud and clear over my lawnmower which is rated at 80db's. I can hear mine loud and clear while driving on the highway at 110kph with the side window all the way down. It doesn't matter how loud it is what matters is how it affects you emotionally.

I have no idea bee but it would be interesting if they studied the hair cells of people who had severe tinnitus who had passed away. When I kick the bucket they can check mine out or use them for research.

My guess is that you may have done some damage to your auditory system and maybe the tiny hair cells have taken a hit. See the pic here: A micrograph demonstrating the damaging effect of noise to cochlear sensory cells. The inner hair cells (IHC) are seen forming one row with well preserved...

Telis wrote: Just curious about this....I watch TV med volume and my T blasts over it making it hard to concentrate. Anyone else have this issue? Always been like that in fact I have to turn the volume up to hear the tv. It was impossible for a long time and so frustrating that I often gave...

locoyeti wrote: Could you elaborate on these three opinions with reference to any scientific studies or data? Of course not I said it was only my opinion and people can agree or disagree but I see the latter is what almost everybody here thinks. I base my opinion on reading studies from the...

Disagree. What I said and quite accurate in your case: Some people are hanging their hopes on this drug being the cure and while they are doing this they are probably not doing what they need to do in terms of healing themselves.

mag pie I'd love for you to walk in my shoes. I recently gave up a band /musical entertainment company which I had to do because it was making my t and anxiety seriously worse. I did CBT with Dr Hubbard in NYC and regardless I found my concerns were not "unrealistic" thinking . I just couldn't...

so u guys are saying Aut00063 is not gonna work with everyone? so most of the people who are waiting for aut00063 is gonna be disapointed if it does not work its gonan suck if this pilld oes not work for me cause then we gotta wait another 1 or 2 years for the next drug and that prob wont work...

I just forget about the BTA and focus on Autifony at the moment...I'd rather donate money to them. Why? A. The QUIET-1 study is a clinical study to determine whether or not a new test drug, AUT00063, can reduce symptoms of tinnitus in comparison to a placebo (dummy drug) after 4 weeks of...

I feel like as long as i can keep a fan running, some white noise, city noise etc i can handle this stuff. But when i am in complete silence it's nearly unbearable. I'm fairly new to this game, so my question for you vets is, do you ever get to the point that you can be (or possibly even sleep)...

Kathi wrote: I've learned a lot about habituation here and in reading the success stories here and a couple of blogs, I see that people go days and weeks without noticing their T. Then I'll read that they mask at night or still hear their T in the morning. I'm confused, to be honest. Is...

I've been a regular rider for the past 7-8 years or so and I've been involved in a number of accidents. I've been hospitalised 3 times and I have 3 old helmets now that were destroyed. I also had a crash at about 25k's when something blew into my front wheel and jammed in the forks and I went...

A link to a wonderful organisation who helped me enormously in the beginning and when I needed it most: http://www.menieres.org.au/

Threads about suicide are always difficult for admins of boards and regardless of what they do or their policy they will always be criticised. It has been said many times in the past that suicide rates are no different among those with tinnitus or those in the general community. There are...

carol kane wrote: Why do i read time and time again, Tinnitus since ... 1990, 2001, 2002, etc, etc, this just makes my heart sink, as all i ever hear is you will habituate, you'll start forgetting about it, your brain will get bored of hearing it, and i think halleluya!! time will help me so...

In New Delhi we have got some very experienced doctors who practice homeopathy and almost every homeopath i have contacted have cured 80-90% cases of tinnitus completely , the remaining 10% have had improvements upto 60-70% because there problem is chronic Interesting and I'm amazed that with...

I was dx with Meniere's about 15 years ago. The symptoms came on suddenly one day: vertigo, nystagimus, hyperacusis, tinnitus, fullness and dizzy drop attacks several times a day, I thought I was going mad or having a nervous breakdown. My doctor sent me for an MRI almost immediately as I had...

Depending on how much I push myself it can have no effect or some effect on my T. But even when my head feels fuzzy and my T is worse it has always been temporary. I would say it boils down to blood pressure so when you have been working up a sweat it's possible or probable that your T will be...

RaZaH wrote: I wonder what kind of insane amount of self control and discipline would be needed to decide to love T? Could it be done ? Without taking LSD or having a lobotomy ? After all , this life is just a ride , why so serious ? I imagine you would be a seriously strong person after...

Shenandoah wrote: Maybe I read too quickly, I didn't catch anything that lead me to believe it has been successful in relieving sufferers of T, am I mistaken? Have to agree with you, many years ago I read of a significant breakthrough, in fact I can't remember the correct term but it was...

I'm in the camp that also believes Tinnitus is provoked by a cause, and therefore different causes might provide different time lengths of recovery. I'm of the belief that the longer the duration of tinnitus the less likely it is to disappear and that might be regardless of the cause. Over...

Martin wrote: And I don't know why. I am sitting here with my boys playing computer games. I have a lovely wife, I have a good social network, friends, football as my hobby, no financial problems. I really try to find out if it is really T and once I have overcome this, things are shining again...

I have a tool that can generate tones in intervals and after I turn it off the tinnitus seems to be better for a few seconds but then it returns. So is it good to do this on a regular basis? IMO it's not good and I'm not aware of anybody who said their tinnitus was reduced or stopped(cured) by...

Martin69 wrote: Hi all, I gave myself a week time staying away from the board. I just wanted to concentrate on other things. I only read success stories on the yuku board to stay optimistic. As Billie said, time will heal - hopefully. But trust me. My head is buzzing like crazy. It makes sounds...

Further to my post #22 I seem to recall the ATA study was in the order of $100,000 and Richard Tyler may have been the recipient of the grant. It created a bit of discussion at the time on the Ezboard tinnitus board. Now I'm a bit hazy on this and I'm not sure if the ATA archives go back 10 or...

Tenna wrote: I came to think about how severe tinnitus is defined. It seems as if there's a general consensus of severe t as being loud. Correct me if I'm wrong, that's the general impression I've gotten from everywhere. However one with an incredibly high vol t can practically not care and one...

Sure, it is for a new product development course. I am exploring the opportunities. The research is more on the Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) and using music in place of sound. The devices I was referring to was the sound maskers and how that is helping compared to sound habituation. From...

In time your partner won't even think of your tinnitus and you won't regard it as a major problem but an occasional annoyance so worrying if you can have a normal relationship is putting the cart before the horse. Be independent and don't rely on your partner or somebody else for strength. Sure...

Dear Brian We are due to publish results this year, so for that reason we cannot disclose results but I can tell you that we saw an overall 40-50% reduction in tinnitus over a 10 week period and our results were statistically significant. I cannot see any reason why you couldn't purchase...

I have Meniere's which is now under control but the early years were devastating. IMO it is far worse than tinnitus because you are effectively disabled. The early treatment also consisted of anti-emetics and vasodilators which were basically useless. When I heard about reducing salt content I...

King Raonoke wrote: Thanks for the responses. I was having a bad night. I have calmed down. I woke up and my brain took a little time to find the tinnitus, but before that time I felt no pain. That does seem like it's probably my reaction - even after all these years, I must still have this bad...

"...the more you use earplugs, the more you will start to appreciate them." That's contrary to mainstream medical opinion that overusing earplugs is unwise and may inhibit recovery from hyperacusis.

Well i started to listen to music daily and slowly exposed myself more to offending sounds. My ldls seem to climb at a rapid rate and i almost felt normal. Things shifted when i started going outside daily, biking and walking.. I also got my hair done and was exposed to loud noise there..i think...

You shouldn't feel obligated to carry on like normal people(whatever that means), you should be yourself. I don't know why your ears are in "horrific burning pain" but I have experienced pain in my ears and it isn't pleasant but the pain is almost always temporary so you get through it. If you...

My experience with hyperacusis was that certain sounds caused pain in my ears. It wasn't anxiety or anything psychological it was quite painfull. Even today after many years have passed certain sounds still cause pain. I would say you don't have hyperacusis but you are anxious about the volume...

Zimichael wrote: Matt...that is really super that you had zero volume on your tinnitus. If you were actively listening for it and it was not there, then indeed I call that 'zero volume'. I would say tinnitus is non existent and call it cured or whatever it's time to move on with your life away...