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  1. Matthew Garrett

    Need to Hear More SUCCESS Stories Please!

    I came down with tinnitus, real tinntus, one one night going on 21 years ago. I was 22 and I can honestly say it has put a basket over the bright sunshine of my life. I am, at the moment, not having a good go of it. Recently had a ear infection which made it worse. If it were not for the...
  2. Matthew Garrett

    Poll: Would You Have Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) If You Got It for Free?

    Klonopin and Flexeril to start. Somewhere in the last eighteen years, Flexeril has fallen to the side and Seroquel has been added, as an off label use, to absolutely knock me out to sleep. The Flexeril really helped with the constant neck tension. My neck makes sounds that Chiropractors...
  3. Matthew Garrett

    Poll: Would You Have Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) If You Got It for Free?

    IMHO, I could not disagree more... It really all depends on just how bad your T is before you can make a statement like that. I was to the ragged edge of my wits and had honestly thought, I don't know how seriously, of suicide when I found TRT and the drug therapy my doctor had pioneered...
  4. Matthew Garrett

    Poll: Would You Have Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) If You Got It for Free?

    Greg, Sorry for the delay in responding... I was prescribed 4mg of Klonopin/Clonazepam and Flexeril(I don't remember the dosage). I have tremendous neck tension and Dr. Prass thought my spikes, which can be deafening, came from spasms of the tensor tympani muscle in response to this chronic...
  5. Matthew Garrett

    Poll: Would You Have Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) If You Got It for Free?

    It has been about 17 years since I started TRT through Dr. Prass and Howard Gutnick in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Tinnitus had and continues to have a tremendous impact on my life. The maskers were a help and the drug therapy that Dr. Prass added gave me back some control over my life...
  6. Matthew Garrett

    Should You Avoid Loud Sounds for a Period of Time After Noise-Induced Tinnitus Onset?

    fwiw, My T is not reactive. I have spikes for no reason whatsoever. I honestly can't say use of headphones and listening to music is a bad thing. The only thing I have found is that OPEN headphones tend to be the most comfortable and don't leave me with screaming high pitched T moments when...
  7. Matthew Garrett

    Intrusive Tinnitus

    Hello All, My name is Matthew and I have had intrusive tinnitus since the Summer of 1997. I am 42 years old and I have been through Tinnitus Retraining Therapy once, in a slightly modified form, as originated by Dr. Powell Jastreboff at the The University of Maryland. My Doctor at the time...