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  1. Andrew_89

    My Success Story

    But mate if you can take charge of it right now I see you havnt had it long . I mean accept right now go out side stop thinking about it do stuff and live your life . I promise you man you could cut it down to 6
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    My Success Story

    My time line was this 1-3 months - crying /anxiety attacks / looking for answers 3-6 months- still having a few mental a but looking for answers still 6-8 months decided I would give habbituation ago 8-10 months implemented a strategy to overcome tinnitus 10-12 - self searching 12- less...
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    My Success Story

    Mate when drums are near by I use acs 25 Db interchangeable Moulded plugs if it's an acoustic show I usually have the stage pretty quite point horse away from me stay out of the noise and line of fire
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    My Success Story

    Hey all i just wanted everyone to know how much better it gets. I'm going to tell you the full story the good the bad and the great . When I first got it I was in the same boat as a lot of you are scared senses going crazy body in fright that feeling that doesn't go away the constant urge to...
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    Earplug Question: What Kind Would You Suggest?

    Dude get Moulded muso ear plugs . Cost more and comfy and the sound is great . Don't over protect your ears . Just live s normal life :) I use my plugs when I play near a drummer or with bigger PA systems
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    I Need Help with These Thoughts! Does It Get Worse as We Get Older?

    Hey mate chill out your doing just fine . Seriously your doing awesome I would say your nailing life . All you gotta do is just breathe and not let it get to you . everyones T is different everyone's t journey is different . When you start being in the now and not in the what if it's guna get...
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    It Gets Better!

    Actually this might sound weird but somtimes I just listen to it and it puts me to sleep
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    It Gets Better!

    Hey antionette The first few months are the hardest the only thing I can say is get out doors go do stuff that is going to tire you out :) And don't sit on the forum all day You gotta get your life back and the only way todo it is get off the computer and go do Something you enjoy . Also a...
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    It Gets Better!

    Hello guys, My name is Andrew Thomson. I am a professional musician from Australia. And I'm here to tell you a few things and lessons I learnt and how to stop your little sound from taking over your life like I did it mine for about a year. Ok so let's start shall we: 1 — YOU ARE NOT ALONE...
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    I Want to Play Gigs Again

    Thanks guys :)
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    I Want to Play Gigs Again

    Thanks mate that's the one I'm looking for
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    I Want to Play Gigs Again

    I just wanna play gigs don't care how loud
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    I Want to Play Gigs Again

    Hmmm it is definitely an interesting thing as I know 2 very good friends of mine that both have tinnitus one due to ototoxic medication from when he was a kid and noise damage.from playing drums and industrial damage and the other just industrial Damage and they still play .
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    I Want to Play Gigs Again

    The issue is with that about the whole habituation thing if you continue to keep you from Doing shit it always will . Look at Paul tobey that guy has chronic tinnitus and he still plays concerts
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    I Want to Play Gigs Again

    I have thousands of dollars worth of gear and it sitting there makes me sad sure I still play acoustically sometimes but gahhhhh I think you should just get some muso ear plugs and play grace . Or the fact that yours is going away hold off on the electric jams abit longer . Unfortunately I hear...
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    Random Onset of Tinnitus :(

    You gotta get out of your head and do things sitting around feeling sorry for yourself is not really productive and makes you feel bad ain't no one got time for that
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    Random Onset of Tinnitus :(

    My advice to you read dr naglers letter to a tinnitus sufferer . Get the information you need off here . Only listen to positive people . Fear breeds fear . Change your thinking do not fear it . An interesting quote from captain jack sparrow . The problem is not the problem . The problem is your...
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    Random Onset of Tinnitus :(

    Stay the fcuk away from horror stories
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    I Want to Play Gigs Again

    This is a question I'm abit weary of asking on here . At what point do I give up playing live music for this sound in my head. I have taken time off playing gigs about 6 months to be honest . My T isn't from acoustic trauma or playing music to loud it's from cipro both ENTS I have been to have...
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    Random Onset of Tinnitus :(

    All good buddy . As I said before try not to worry about it . Your going to be ok
  21. Andrew_89

    Random Onset of Tinnitus :(

    Coke has aspartine in it and when you od on aspartine you can get tinnitus but will go away when you stop it
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    Random Onset of Tinnitus :(

    Also have you had any antibiotics ? In the last few months ? New medication . Do you drink a ton of coca cola ?
  23. Andrew_89

    Random Onset of Tinnitus :(

    Also try not to worry just yet there is a good chance for you it'll go away
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    Random Onset of Tinnitus :(

    It's scary at the start mate . Heck I still have woozy days 7 months in but that's only due to my own thinking . What I want you todo is go outside and go for a walk
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    Loosing It!

    I'm also interested in this information as mine is from antibiotics and mine also seems to be getting worse
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    Reactive Tinnitus or Something Else?

    I find that mine does it with ringing sounds phone to ear close or say if my ear isn't plugged at work which is rarely cause I'm in construction but say if a crane or JLG (cherry picker) with a reversion beeper it follows the sounds with the beep beep beep comes a shhhh shhh shhh with it
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    What About Tinnitus Scares You?

    For me it's the pure fear of being this miserable for the rest of my life It has been about 7 months for me maybe 8 know i got tinnitus from antibiotics and I guess it's the lack of knowing when the damage is done from Antibiotics and it's out of your system does the damage continue or does it...
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    Hey guys having a spike and need some abit of help and kind words

    Hey mate I havnt taken Cipro in months say about 5 or 6 months but it keeps getting worse
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    Hey guys having a spike and need some abit of help and kind words

    H hey Cullen not really hey I wear ear plugs all day at work and nothing really has bothered me at work and when it does get loud I wear double which is ear plugs and ear muffs it brings all The demons out but it's 34db + what ever the ear muffs are
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    Hey guys having a spike and need some abit of help and kind words

    Hey mate I know other people that have it aswell in this industry . A few that have had it Since they were kids some who just get it from the noise exposure here
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    Hey guys having a spike and need some abit of help and kind words

    Was that the picture Gary ?
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    Hey guys having a spike and need some abit of help and kind words

    I get home from a 12 hour shift go to gym and smash myself that much I basically pass out
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    Hey guys having a spike and need some abit of help and kind words

    Both ENTS I went to said they are pretty sure it was the antibiotic . I havnt really had the jaw tightness for a fair while and I seem to get slight H only Sometimes . The pain I have in my neck is definitely from gym seems to be the only Place I have to get away from it so far
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    Hey guys having a spike and need some abit of help and kind words

    I don't want to have to quit my job over this shit . I know I work in a noisy environment. But I thought with the right protectioni could continue .
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    Hey guys having a spike and need some abit of help and kind words

    Hm I will have a look a doing somthing like that through my earmuffs on my hard hat
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    Hey guys having a spike and need some abit of help and kind words

    Yeah I'm definitely trying to I'm an electrician for the gas plant being built in australia so most of the day I'm wearing ear muffs and it cuts out a lot of noise but not all so it's ok . But I use ear plugs aswell when grinding and drilling . Yeah it's just been mental lately and I'm feeling...
  37. Andrew_89

    Changes...

    Hey lovely head it sounds a lot like mine at the moment it's like a really loud fizzle/whistle ?
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    Hey guys having a spike and need some abit of help and kind words

    And it's not just a faint sound in the back ground it's clearly there
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    Hey guys having a spike and need some abit of help and kind words

    Hey everyone I got T from taking an ototoxic drug . My hearing hasn't been affected as such I can hear perfectly but my T is getting worse it started out as somthing I could hear somtimes or only when quite but now it's gotten to. Point where even at my work place I can hear it all day . I try...
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    For those new to this demon

    My best mate he's 25 has had loud T since he was about 10 from ototoxicity . And he is living like a legend pure habituation he's also a drummer and he doesn't care at all even when it spikes how does he do this I have no idea but I will one day
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    For those new to this demon

    Well I can say this mate I do these things with protection . Musician ear plugs 15 and 25 when you are having fun it seems to drift away into the back ground it's only really there when you look for it . Go camping with heaps of crickets those little guys are your buddies . It's you. your still...
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    For those new to this demon

    Mine is loud guys . Really loud laying in bed is completely screwed but I can fall asleep now . I wear ear muffs on my hard hat at work and I can hear it pretty clearly through that I still have down days don't get me wrong I am doing a lot better than I was 5 months ago
  43. Andrew_89

    I Want to Meet New People. But How?

    They are 15 db but I find my h is only caused when I'm thinking about sound weird . But they work
  44. Andrew_89

    I Want to Meet New People. But How?

    Sorry mate musician ear plugs at your local music shop
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    I Want to Meet New People. But How?

    WATTS :) try muso ear plugs 30$ from local music shop still hear everything without the thump
  46. Andrew_89

    For those new to this demon

    Mind to say listen to the veterans here they are the dudes ;)
  47. Andrew_89

    For those new to this demon

    Hey guys as i was 5 months ago to how I am now . Guys I won't lie to you on how much it sucks a majorly. BUT . We all have a turning point mine was the fact that I have a stupid amount of friends that have the same problem working in the industry I do ( heavy industrial ) people younger...
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    I'm Three Months In Now and Doing a Lot Better

    Well to be honest it was a loud day to begin with hey today's a lot better tho
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    I'm Three Months In Now and Doing a Lot Better

    Well I went to an ent and he said that it was definitely The antibiotics my hearing tests came Back fine. I also played my first gig since I got T with etymotic hd electronic ear plugs the gig went fine but today I duno if it's I'm just paranoid but I have abit more sound sensitivity than...
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    I'm Three Months In Now and Doing a Lot Better

    Haha now to give up smoking !!!!!! Went to the ent yesterday told me the antibiotics definitely caused my t . Told me there is a good chance it can go away within a year or two . Il stay hopeful . ;)
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    I'm Three Months In Now and Doing a Lot Better

    Suzie let me tell you this my 2nd month was hell and after a full month of crying so much that it hurt I am a musician I usually play on big stages I'm 25 and it happened but there is no point on sitting around feeling sorry for myself tho yes my dream sits on a balance at the moment and yes I...
  52. Andrew_89

    Waking Up with Tinnitus

    I did at the start Hun what you gotta do is either get up straight away or be like a big f you T I don't give a shit ;) your mind is a powerful tool . Change your thinking to this noise is me being alive
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    I'm Three Months In Now and Doing a Lot Better

    Hey everyone :) I made this post as a thank you to the people on this site that helped me through this from the beginning. I'm three months in now and doing a complete damn load better. All I can say is I love you. Three months in and well I'm doing a lot better and although it is annoying I...
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    Loud Tone for a Few Seconds — Fleeting / Transient Spontaneous Tinnitus

    I went to the pub and had a win on the pokies but the noise from the bastard just rang huge . Since them which was yesterday my left ear aches sucks
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    Loud Tone for a Few Seconds — Fleeting / Transient Spontaneous Tinnitus

    Hey guys I found my tinnitus is being weird lately. Just wondering if you guys could give me some Insite . I find that there is some other sounds like a completely different sound coming through for abit ?
  56. Andrew_89

    Anyone Here from Australia?

    Melbourne ay that's a fair shy away from Gladstone qld but it's such a nice place down there
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    Anyone Here from Australia?

    Thanks mark :)
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    Anyone Here from Australia?

    Well for about 500 dollars you can :)