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Within the eustachian tube/middle ear, it has mostly cleared up now and I have regained about 95% of my hearing

Hi, I used to frequent these forums for my bilateral tinnitus, but in conjunction with my therapist, decided to leave the site a long time ago. Tl;dr at the bottom. However, I need assistance once again. I am a 25-year-old male with ED and have been prescribed Cialis 5mg to take as needed. I...

Hi, I used to visit often here a while ago, but due to some unforeseen circumstances concerning my health, I had to stop and disappeared for a while without any explanation. I was planning to address that in another post, but life got in the way and I never really had the opportunity, and I am...

@Greg Sacramento Thanks for replying again. My condition has changed over time. The baseline has become louder over time, but there are certain days/periods where it seems very quiet. It's also still bilateral but appears a lot louder and more reactive to somatic movements such as biting down on...

@Greg Sacramento Hi, I am having some difficulty getting the scan done where I am. I just wanted to let you know that I have not forgotten your advice and am still looking for a way to have the scan performed. I'm still very grateful and hope that when I do find a way to perform the scan you...

@Greg Sacramento I can't express how grateful I am, you are truly a godsend! Fingers crossed that the scan helps find all problem areas. Thank you so much once again.

Hello, @Greg Sacramento, thank you so much for taking the time to talk to me. In fact, I have read through some of your other posts earlier and found your information to be very useful! I have a great deal of respect for you as a person and member of this forum and would like to express my most...

There are some very beautiful souls on this website. I'm sorry about my previous post. Thank you all for being so amazing and supportive

I am just about ready to go. I'm sorry about all the people I've let down

Tfw when I try to go to a private neurologist but accidentally get to a neuropsychiatrist (how did I even mess this up?) and she spends an entire hour trying to tell me how my depressive personality is the cause of all my physical problems.

This is a pretty hope-inspiring post actually. I'm glad you've managed to find something that's worked to reduce your tinnitus. It's what I'm doing but I'm slowly losing hope for it. It's nice to read from you that you've accomplished just that. Makes me think I might find some reduction so that...

I'm sorry for your loss. My heart goes out to you. To some of us pets are as much family as family members. She's very adorable and I'm sure she's in a better place now. Stay strong.

How in the hell is this still even a thing... There's studies left and right with ''questionable'' results at best and no definitive proof of efficacy, not to mention its a management technique, not an actual treatment. And now he's getting more grants? Wake me up when this is over pls...

What do you mean? What happened?

It's partly my fault for not mentioning you. Oops :) While ENTs and audiologists aren't very useful when it comes to tinnitus, I still believe you should make the rounds just to make sure it's not something with a physical cause that could be resolved with proper treatment. Also if you could...

I wasn't judging your negativity, and I recognize that what you say is for the most part verified and most likely true. Your posts are very informative and useful for understanding the condition and its repercussions on the brain of course, but it seems that that's all you focus on. In fact I'm...

Maya's a she, but I can see where the mixup comes from. On the other hand, while she's the world's most amazing cat, she's insatiable. She has a habit of stealing food from my plate just to take it somewhere else and not eat it. Also refuses to sleep next to my ear... And also knows just how to...

I don't know, neurogenesis and plasticity still isn't that well understood from what I gather. This is what I was going to ask of your original post, but you have already answered that. From what I've read, which is definitely not as much as you, depression and other mental conditions cause...

I know that, at onset, I got a lot of episodes of fleeting tinnitus, but no such luck with the volume lowering. I've heard of this before from others, where they get a case of fleeting tinnitus followed by lowered volume, and I'm wondering if it's possible that residual inhibition is the cause...

@Greg Sacramento Are you in the medical field? You seem to know more than most doctors I've seen from where I am. In fact, some of your posts are what informed and inspired me to look past the misdiganoses my doctors have given me. I have a strange trigeminal nerve condition that causes...

Maybe he's due for an oil change? Updating his meme databases or something... Real talk though he's probably fine he was last seen yesterday, maybe just taking a break from MPP. Gotta get meme ideas from somewhere you know... Still want him back though :cyclops:

If my ears made externally audible noises when I modulated my tinnitus I'd literally be a walking instrument. Somatics unite!

It is an absolutely sad story, but it is a success story of a sort as well. She succeeded in surviving against all odds. We shouldn't and can't take that away from her. And she, and the rest of us, should keep at it until some treatment is available and helps reduce tinnitus or cure us.

I'm all for habituation for whom it works, but in my eyes, habituation = stagnation. We could have habituated to life in any sort of bad condition, but it's human nature to try to solve problems and get better. We could have habituated to hunting animals instead of breeding and farming. It's...

That's exactly the reason why this is the greatest news. It means that the military believes Frequency Therapeutics' goal isn't futile and could succeed. They wouldn't just throw around a $2M grant for nothing. All the talk about no treatments and no cures in our foreseeable future is pretty...

This is such good news. It's starting guys. Our hopes are being validated.

Threefirefour cat pic when? How did you achieve this? Teach me your secret. Maya's favourite spot is the butt, legs, back, chest and arms. Oh and obviously the face. But ears are a no-go zone. Maybe if I slept on the cat bowl...

Wait am I too late?

I'm currently trying to figure out how to get my cat to sleep next to my ear since her purring is very relaxing and a nice masker. It's not working.

Hey, this means you're gaining traction. All attention is good attention when you have a cause. I say let anyone and everyone engage as long as the goal remains. But maybe get them to make some memes that would be funny.

My ENT had me try on hearing aids at his office just in case and they did reduce the central sound. My audiogram is clear and hearing is fine (I'm a musician with absolute pitch), except for high freq distortions in my left ear which could be a form of hidden hearing loss I suppose. Just wanted...

@Ed209 Don't misunderstand this, I'm just trying to understand a little better. You are very driven to fund research for tinnitus, yet you don't believe a cure is coming. Have you just lost faith because you've witnessed failures, or is it of a different nature? Why are you so adamant about...

You don't get to tell me what mentality I should have. If you don't want me participating in MPP feel free to let me know.

If we could swap it temporarily for a few months I would swap with the person who has the worst description of tinnitus. As in, it basically makes them deaf and has physical symptoms to it. If I went through that torture maybe I would deem mine not as bad as it seems to me now. Plus that person...

I feel like if I was cured I might actually just die from the relief and happiness lol

Wow. You are a warrior. I don't think I would've survived what you have. And at the same time I'm scared that's where my future's heading. I also have another condition that causes pain and discomfort 24/7. Got it 7 months before tinnitus. However those two in combo were enough to make me drop...

Weird, I hear both. A predominant overlaid higher-pitch yanny, and a deep laurel underneath. And I can sorta make one sound clearer by focusing on hearing it.

You're one charismatic advocate for tinnitus research Ed. It's very admirable. I'm currently in an awkward financial situation, having lost my job due to health problems, but I have enough to eat, and enough to get on TinnitusTalk and survive the day, so I can donate 15$ here and there. It...

Would be funny if he went to Mars and then cured tinnitus there, leaving us poor earthlings in the dust.

You've contributed a lot to TT, and the world's a better place for it. You've hit a very rough patch, and it's only natural that you need a break, but you're never useless. Just by existing you give people someone to love, talk to, or look up to. I don't think this forum is going anywhere...

I actually find myself envious of all the friends who have it better, while treating their bodies so much worse. And not running into the wrong doctor. I always think about deactivating my account, but with the health issues piling up that probably means I'd be a social recluse, so I keep...

My father is a similar case. He never mentioned his until I got it, but his is so severe that I don't understand how he didn't go crazy. Yet he doesn't care. He says there's more sounds than he can count and he can hear them over everything, but it doesn't bother him at all, and he can "tune...

I don't know what kind of person he is irl, or if his motives are pure or not (hard to see how pure his motives are considering the price tag they come with), but, I don't think I, personally, would have too much to discuss with a person who stated in the TRI conference that tinnitus sufferers...

Quack.

Maya says thanks. If I was half as good looking as her, I'd be a supermodel. Also, threefirefour has a very cute Hugh Neutron?

When people hijack your thread to talk about their own emotional problems

It's a special kind of hell, when you're let down by those you're taught to inexplicably trust your entire life. And not just let down, but permanently damaged. I'm so sorry you fell victim to medical malpractice as well. I'm not a hateful person, but the hatred that I harbor for the doctor who...