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  1. lena_

    love your budgie! had a very similar one ;) for 13 years...these birds are so much joy

    love your budgie! had a very similar one ;) for 13 years...these birds are so much joy
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    Would You Rather...?

    I'm very sorry for your suffering... To answer the either or game I have to say I'd pick tinnitus in almost all cases if not all...maybe 400lbs would not be thaaat bad because one can always get thin again...but if it only counts like be and stay that obese then tinnitus is better... I guess i...
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    don't use ear buds/any headphones...use speakers or some device for sound enrichment or radio or...

    don't use ear buds/any headphones...use speakers or some device for sound enrichment or radio or windows open etc etc...
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    Bow-on-a-Fiddle Pulsatile Tinnitus

    thank you, i hope yours will stay away too! i think that if our ears get hurt (in my case ot was an infection but i think that the cause doesn't even matter much) and all this middle ear area that such things can happen...i went through a phase when my ears were sensitive in strangest ways (not...
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    Bow-on-a-Fiddle Pulsatile Tinnitus

    i have as well, mine was also in sync with my heartbeat and it happened once when i was going to sleep, it was very odd, but happened only once for a minute or so when i was 2 months in
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    Took Prednisolone 80 mg — I Want It Out of My Body

    - short term pred does not need tappering, i had 5×100 without tapering - what you took mnoths ago already left your body; what you got now is a short therapy - my tinnitus got much better about 2 days after the last pill - i don't know your story, in my case doctor wanted to treat the...
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    Took Prednisolone 80 mg — I Want It Out of My Body

    no need to worry, it is not that much what you got and your doctor prescribed it so i guess he knows about your med history, etc etc i took 100mg each day for five days and was totally fine, my t got milder, the difference was totally worth it. no side effects, the drug leaves your body soon...
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    Really Need Help Here. So Worried.

    i'm happy that your t has gone down a bit! i hope you'll get better and better i don't think that you caused permanent damage with this, just remember a situation like this and be careful next time; try not to worry so much, let the time heal your ears and focus on your school, activities ...
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    So Sad — Blaming Myself for Backslide — Tinnitus Worse After Going Swimming in a Pool

    yes do buy the plugs for swimming - i use them so the water does not invade my ears ;) i don't need another infection and i swim with my head up in the swimming pool right now (again, because of the infection for as long as i have this condition). the plugs also block noises, i use ones which...
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    The Past Few Days My Tinnitus Reduced to a Very Low Volume but I'm Still Paranoid

    it is great that your t is fading ;) one advice- don't use headphones! i would even throw them away so you won't be tempted to do it ;) i even threw mine away- i didn't use them much, like once/month maybe or less and still got rid of them so i simply have no headphones which i could use and...
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    Classical Music

    did you also grow up with the vienna's new year concert at the 1st of january? my parents/grandparents always/almost always have it on playing in the background on this day if they are at home ;) i have a priviledge that i live near such events (in germany) and they are really cheap to visit...
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    Anyone Here Sleep with a Box Fan Year Around?

    am I the only one who found out that sleeping with a fan is even a thing since I got tinnitus and read about it on forums/...? i really didn't know people do sleep/study/...with these white noises, either real or from youtube etc... since i have tinnitus i checked them out on youtube and some...
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    Steroids: Prednisone / Dexamethasone / Others (Oral and Intratympanic Injections)

    your doctor is right. well, i think he is, i did not study medicine but as far as i understand it it is ok- also from my experience: i took 100mg for 5 days (each day early in the morning 100mg), no tapering and everything was fine.
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    Air Sounds in My Ear

    are you sick/have cold/maybe an ear infection? maybe check that out with your ent? do you have allergies? it was my first t sound, but i was sick and had an ear infection when it happened and had allergies too...it went away after 2 months or so...now i still have t in one ear only, but it is...
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    Ginkgo Biloba

    I've been taking ginkgo (the proper more expensive one like Tebonin etc) for almost 2 months... or maybe rather 1.5 months and noticed a lot of improvement, my tinnitus in one ear even went away for most of time. I take ginkgo in the morning and in the evening, the recommended dose for tinnitus...
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    Learn from Others' Mistakes

    what i really do not understand on this forum is - why some people think that protecting the ears in the early stages and going with what feels good is automaticly labeled as 'panicking, stressing, being anxious'...not to mention that some of them even take psychiatric drugs which do more harm...
  17. lena_

    pozdrav! vidim da ima i nasih ljudi ovde ;) ali bilo bih super da nas nema bas na toj...

    pozdrav! vidim da ima i nasih ljudi ovde ;) ali bilo bih super da nas nema bas na toj stranici...i ja se nadam da prodje i ne znam kako prihvatiti t...ali sad je lakse nego na pocetku...pozdrav!!
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    Really Need Help Here. So Worried.

    as i underdtand it you are really young and your t is since march, you can recover and most likely you will recover! i do not think that the dog gave you a permanent damage, if she tends to bark then wear plugs when she is around try to relax, go for a walk, meet with friends, go swimming or do...
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    4 Days Ringing, Will It Go Away?

    ask your doctor for prednisolone as soon as possible! of course it can go away, sooner or later...protect your ears now and if you still have cold take care you can braethe through your nose (that your nose is clear)...but steroids can really help you!
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    James Made a Full Recovery

    thank you so much for this story!! i hope and pray that we all get that lucky too :) how old is he? it is really great that he made a full recovery... i'm almost 3 months in, got it after beeing sick and it is getting better gradually, it is barely audiable right now steady for 10 days or so...
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    Freaking Out — Tinnitus for Three Weeks Now

    i thinkt is a very good sign that things are getting better! 7-8 and 3-4 - is quite different and much better and you can hope for more improvement! 5 weeks in is not much time, i hope it will get better and better!
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    Freaking Out — Tinnitus for Three Weeks Now

    i had this stage too...this kind of noise i thing, but it was gone after prednisolone/after a month for good. you are not overthinking it, you are jusr worried and are looking for yoir way to cope and what you are ok with. i don't protect my ears in a car but sometimes in a public transport, it...
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    Freaking Out — Tinnitus for Three Weeks Now

    yes!! totally, it will get better and better! 3 weeks is nothing, just as blackswannsw said in my case it got much much better after the 1st month, one ear got silent for the most of the time in tje 2nd month.. in med books it says that 70-80% of t resolves in the first 3 months and later on...
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    Sinus Related Ringing Caused by Virus/Allergies Goes Away, Don't Worry

    that is interesting indeed! totally the same situation.. it was much worse a month ago, it is getting better, it still hurts when cold air (wind outside) gets there, i always have to wear a scarf even though it is really warm outside already... it was like tapping on a microfone before when...
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    What’s Safe to Take for a Headache?

    do not take aspirin and do not take ibuprofen. i don't know about paracetamol...maybe it is safe? but the best option is to stay away from then all...i decided not to take any ototoxic med from now on and over the counter pain killers are noth healthy at all...aspirin in particular causes...
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    Freaking Out — Tinnitus for Three Weeks Now

    consider (ask your doctor) prednisolon...it can help as a sinus infection could have been a viral one (it helps when viruses caused it as it soothes the inflamarory process in the inner ear...steroids also help with allergies); and as far as i understand it one also gets it for acustic trauma...
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    Sinus Related Ringing Caused by Virus/Allergies Goes Away, Don't Worry

    i have one question for etd/allergy/tinnitus sufferers - does the aera under the ear (on the upper neck just under the ear(s)) hurt a bit if you press (even gently) on it with your fingers? mine still does...it was all swallen back at the end of feb feb/march .. now it does not look as swallen...
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    Tinnitus for 12 Days — Trying to Decide If I Should Try Oral Steroids

    probably by a virus infection. (had and have allergies at the same time as well).
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    Sinus Related Ringing Caused by Virus/Allergies Goes Away, Don't Worry

    thanks to all for positive stories!! and for those still suffering i wish all the best.. mine t came with being sick + have allergies and it is much better after 2 months... one of my eustacian tubes was blocked for a month and my hearing way worse on the side but returned completly. t in one...
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    Tinnitus for 12 Days — Trying to Decide If I Should Try Oral Steroids

    i'd take steroids: - they can really help - you won't blame yourself later for not trying as someone mentioned - side effects from one week of steroids are minimal and gone within a day or two after (had them myself for a week and i was totally fine, it is not pleasant but nothing bad happened)...
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    Eating Saltines Makes My Tinnitus Go Away

    if salt helps it makes sense to check thyroid function ;) just an idea.. and i've read that tinnotus went away for some who fixed their thyroid function, those two can be linked, good luck
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    Chelated Magnesium — Started Taking It Two Months Before My Tinnitus Went Away

    anyone here from germany? which drug store (dm müller ...) has this form of magnesiun, anyone knows some brand names? thanks!
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    Steroids: Prednisone / Dexamethasone / Others (Oral and Intratympanic Injections)

    just waned to share my experiance with steroids- maybe it can help someone i got prednisolon 100mg for 5 days, no tappering of, just plain 100 100 100 100 100 full stop. i got it in my 4th week it helped me a lot, like on tje 2nd day after my last dose my ti nits was much much less i would...
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    One Month In, Don't Lose Hope!

    paganismus, thank you so much for your inspiring post! & i'm sufe it will go away! i'm in tje same situation for a bit over a month now, the cause of my tinnitus was a flu, followed by an ear infection and sinus infection. my doctor gave me prednisolon an well and it helped a lot! i was a bit...