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Happy belated anniversary T. I damn near forgot about you again, that's good. 7 years now. Life doesn't stop for you, neither will I.

I nearly forgot my 6th year T anniversary, that's probably good! It's not any better, it just doesn't get any of my attention anymore.

5th year anniversary with T. Accept it, do not resist it, do not identify with it and it loses it's power over you. Acceptance is key.

4 years now. I've forgotten what life was like pre-T, which is a good thing...less regrets.

Just dropping in for my 3 year anniversary with T. Still no cure yet I see...no surprise there.

Glad I could help somewhat. My head buzz is going strong at the moment. The good thing about it being cyclical is that I know it'll tone down. The transitions are usually signaled by either momentary ear pressure or an abrupt change in tone/pitch or some weird switches in my head that feel like...

My Brain T almost nothing compared to what it used to be. I typically get it once a week for a day or two most, but I'd rate it at 4 at it's worst now. It can still be annoying, but not unbearable like before. I believe it has to do with Circadian rhythms, because it's cyclical. Here is what has...

If I attempt to concentrate or listen to my breath it brings me deeper within myself which I've noticed consistently heightens my tinnitus and momentarily switches on my hyperacusis. I do it anyway because those things are important to me. I also notice that if I get caught up in something...

Nope. Most of the code is common sense. If someone is doing one of those things and you don't like it, simply ignore it. If it has to be enforced then Tinnitus Talk will have lost some of the free and open quality that first attracted me by offering myself and others a place to work through our...

Hang in there Lane. I believe there is a healing process at work with T, our brains are trying to rewire the circuitry to fix it. The problem is it's a very, very slow process. Recovery is not fast like a wound or even surgery and definitely not as quick as we'd like it too be. But over long...

When you say 'Electric Reactive Tinnitus', It means the vibratory 'Brain T' to me (which feels and sounds electrical by nature) and not 'Ear T'. Brain T is nearly unbearable in comparison with Ear T alone. In my case, the Brain T subsided quite a bit several months after initial onset. Now it's...

Happy 2nd Anniversary Allen Y. This July will be my 2nd Annv. as well. My experience has been very similar to yours, except that mine came on suddenly, in full force. I've read that in the 3rd year it gets easier to deal with.

I thought I'd give a chiropractor a try recently. He set my atlas and worked on my neck and back for a month. It didn't have any effect on my T, so we decided to end the sessions.

After the castor oil experiment I tried a TENS unit. That did alter my T momentarily, but it always returns to baseline quickly.

I stopped taking castor oil a while back. I don’t think it was doing anything significant for my T. Can’t hurt to try though.

Are you related to me? I see you have Crater Lake as your profile pic, I’ve got a lot of family in that area!

My hyperacusis only lasted a couple months after initial onset of my T two years ago. Lately I've been doing 30 minutes of meditation every day. I've noticed that during meditation my hyperacusis returns, even a very slight sound in the room sounds like a bomb going off. It goes away once I'm...

Nearly 2 years with T now. The best antidote is not to give your Tinnitus meaning.

There must be some difference between benzo's and alcohol's affect on the brain. Benzo's don't do anything to my T, but getting drunk will shut it off temporarily.

I put the 6-8 drops on an english muffin or a tortilla chip before I head to work in the morning. It's quick and painless. =)

6-8 drops of cold press castor oil ingested, 1x a day. Don't use more than that or you'll probably regret it. I did this for 3 weeks at the request of my wife. The third week, my T significantly reduced all week. In fact, I felt so good I stopped taking the castor oil. T came back the following...

In the beginning I used a sound machine and melatonin for sleeping and stayed busy or stood in the shower when awake. Deciding to accept it and learning to deal better with stress helped. If it's spiking bad, getting shit-faced drunk will shut it down completely. Avoid loud or negative...

Quitting smoking has had no effect on the pitch/volume/cycle of my T. The only benefit I notice of not smoking as it relates to T is a slight improvement at handling the stress caused by T.

My T is on more of a weekly cycle than a daily cycle. Sleep is the trigger that makes it worse or better, but only after it has run through it's 'bad' or 'good' cycle. I wonder if their is anything similar to Circadian Rhythms, but with a longer time structure? Drinking large amounts of alcohol...

I had my Dr. write me an Rx for Clonazepam for days when my T is severe. It doesn't do a thing to me. I upped the dose from .5 to 1mg and still nothing. I don't see much sense in continuing it. No benefit or withdrawals as far as I can tell. Unfortunate, I was really hoping it'd help a bit.

Something happened this weekend that reminded me of this old post, so I thought I'd follow up. I was awaking from a nap Saturday afternoon. It was that moment of semi-consciousness, not wholly asleep nor wholly awake. For some reason I was more aware than I normally am and was able to notice an...

My T reacts to vibration as much or even more than noise. My guess is that yours is doing the same. I ended up selling my bike. =(

And another loss yesterday Don Williams: Ahh man....NOT the 'Gentle Giant'. This is the first I've heard of it. =(

Get shit-faced drunk, typically that will knock T out for a few hours. I read a study that claims Benzos help, so I had my Dr. prescribe Clonazepam for spikes. Taking .5 mg 1 or 2 days/week max doesn't affect my T at all and I've read too many horror stories to risk a higher dose.

Yeah, there you go! If it will crowd out thoughts of T, that alone is worth it. Grab an idea that will hold your interest for a long while and give it whirl.

I've noticed that as well, I miss and make way more errors since T than I used to!

I love to write. Nothing helps to unravel my thoughts so well as the act of writing. At first it was very difficult to write or read with T, now it has become an enjoyable distraction. I stopped journaling and decided if I'm going to write, why not be productive. So I've been working on a...

I don't take meds for my T and I have no problem sleeping 8+ non-stop hours. I only require 7, so I typically don't sleep that long.

Researching suicide, analyzing suicide, imagining suicide and romanticizing suicide feeds the T-Rex until it grows so big and overpowering that somethings gotta break. It's ironic...nay tragic, that when you get to the point of ending it and look death straight in the eye and sincerely choose...

Hi LB88, Prior to tinnitus I was probably a bit like your husband. I never had a sickness or injury that I couldn't deal with. When others would talk about their issues, I'd think to myself, "What a pansy....I've got aches and pains but you don't hear me crying about it." Then T struck. Having...

My first round with T lasted 3 days then was gone. It came back 2 weeks later with a vengeance, bringing along it's friends: Hyperacusis, Ear fullness/pressure, and sharp headaches. These all went away within a couple months and the intensity of the T dropped slightly. It has stayed consistent...

I am just past the 1 yr mark. I hit a breaking point at around 7 months that was either end it or accept it. I found some good reasons to accept it. The T hasn't changed although my awareness of T has significantly shifted since then. I am consciously aware of it maybe 5-10% of my waking hours...

I started the fish oil after my buzzing T. Oddly enough, it did start while I was camping.....eating fish I had caught and cooked over the campfire. I still think it was probably stress related though. I've also noticed that I'm more energetic....ermm....awake on days when my brain T is...

Yes, ear muffs or earplugs make no difference with mine. I've even tried the BOSE noise cancelling headphones to no affect. More than 20 minutes of motion, especially down the highway and mine goes beserk, BUT when I stop it does seem to calm down a bit. Short trips or running around town don't...

Mine lessened after 2 months from a 9-10 to a 7-8 where it has stayed. I selected 2 months, but I wouldn't say that it's 'significantly more bearable'. That would be more like a 5-6 or lower.

I have electrical head buzzing (brain T) for a year now. These weren't options in the vote so I'll put them here. I think the cause of mine was stress. The things that make it worse are movement (not head movements, but movement in the sense of driving/traveling) and stress. Sleep is the on/off...

This Sunday is my 1 year anniversary with T. I wish divorce was an option. T has not improved, only my ability to deal with it has. Cheers.

I also have mild polycythemia (relative, not Rubra Vera) and severe tinnitus...but not the wooshing kind. My is the 24/7 tea kettle/Jet taking off kind (aka Brain T). I very, very rarely will have pulsatile tinnitus, but that only lasts a few seconds. I've no idea if they're related to the...

This must have just been coincidence, because my T has been back to it's normal tortuous level the last couple days. Bummer. I'll finish the bottle off though.

I take one in the morning and one at night. 2 pills taken together shuts me down too much.

Almost a week of taking these (750 mg) 2x a day. It's not a magic pill, where you pop one and the T is instantly gone or reduced. It's effects feel similar to melatonin to me. I guess what I'm trying to say is it doesn't seem like it's affecting T when I feel the effects of it, BUT I've had the...

There's a good chance that yours could go away soon. If you haven't already, go see an ENT asap. If it turns out to be chronic, it gets easier to deal with after 6-8 months, but getting to that point is pure torture. Stay busy and distract if possible. Focusing on it leads to....well, like you...

A local health food store carries this GABA Calm, so I started taking them last Friday. I took my first one Friday evening and noticed no difference. I took one Sat. morning, Sun. morning and this morning. My T had dropped down each day from my normal 7-8 to a 5-6. It's not a big reduction, but...

Spent a long weekend in a rustic cabin. T went ballistic. Returned to work and routine, T back down to the normal tortuous level. Sad. =(

I don't feel that I had pre-existing depression either, although I did have a stressful day when T started...so more likely to do with cortisol. I am a graphic artist, and like you, I thought my future was over after T. I couldn't concentrate, couldn't be creative....I saw no way out. That was...

I think alot of these 'professionals' believe tinnitus is just a very minor sound in the ear that any normal, healthy person should be able to easily shut out from awareness...but because of our depression/anxiety we tune into it and are unable to. Maybe that is true in some cases, but many...

Hi Chloe, you haven't had T long so there is a good chance it will go away. Also, since you're still young, increased brain plasticity should be an added benefit in your battle with T. BUT, even if it doesn't go away anytime soon, you'll have to habituate to all the variations of your tinnitus...