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  1. Lloyd Carter

    Tinnitus Much Worse After Club Despite Wearing Solid 35 dB Custom Earplugs — I'm at My Wits End

    I want to second this post. I think there is a great chance that you did absolutely no harm to your ears due to those custom plugs. Think about all of the musicians with tinnitus (Neil Young, Anthony Kiedis, Chris Martin, Grimes, the list goes on) that play night in and night out. These people...
  2. Lloyd Carter

    Recommended Earplugs for an Indoor Sports Event

    This is ridiculous. Your "risk" going to this event with custom made musicians ear plugs is very close to 0. Countless musicians have tinnitus (Anthony Kiedis, Neil Young, Steve Aoki, Chris Martin, Eric Clapton, the list goes on), and they continue playing loud concerts DAILY without their T...
  3. Lloyd Carter

    I Think I Am In a Deep Depression First Hand

    I don't know why you're so against therapists. A large percentage of the people on this forum have some kind of anxiety issues or depression that predated their tinnitus. Most people that have this disorder don't really care about it. People that have decided that life is not going to be good...
  4. Lloyd Carter

    Is Clubbing with Earplugs Safe... Enough?

    Get some musicians ear plugs and go clubbing. There are countless DJ's with tinnitus (Grimes, Steve Aoki, Eddy Temple Morris) and they're totally fine with the custom plugs. Can you ever be 100% sure that you will never get a permanent spike? No. But the odds of damaging hearing in a club with...
  5. Lloyd Carter

    Katy Perry Concert and Earplugs

    I'm sorry but if you were unsafe with earplugs I think the entire young music industry would be getting T. They aren't because we now have awareness about how important protection is. And moreover, the elder music industry, who has T, is all still playing, just with the plugs. In fact, I've...
  6. Lloyd Carter

    How Do Celebrities Cope with Tinnitus?

    Pete Townshend seems to have reduced volume significantly with homeopathic methods? Anyone know what the heck he's doing?
  7. Lloyd Carter

    Katy Perry Concert and Earplugs

    This thread is ridiculous! If you have musicians plugs at 31db (meaning you KNOW you're getting 31db reduction), the chances of your T worsening after a concert are essentially 0. Don't stand by the speakers, go to concerts. Young, Clapton, Bono, Chris Martin all these guys have T and they play...
  8. Lloyd Carter

    Does Anyone Have Experience with General Hearing Aids/Tranquil & TRT?

    @dfl Can we get an update on how you're doing with the TRT? Hoping for a positive response!
  9. Lloyd Carter

    Noise in One London Restaurant Hit a Hazardous 110 dB

    If you read the article, the only restaurants that get as loud as a rock concert are for a very brief period due to coffee machines being on. It's pretty doubtful that anyone--T or no T--attending these restaurants is getting any kind of serious damage being there for an hour or two, as they're...
  10. Lloyd Carter

    An Operation to Make Deaf? Would It Cure Tinnitus?

    It doesn't matter what your T originally comes from--ear infection, noise trauma, cold, TMJ, drugs--noise above 85db (8 hours at 85db, 4 hours at 88db, 2 hours at 91db and so on...) can always make it worse. Hoping your T comes back to baseline, though! We understand the relationship between...
  11. Lloyd Carter

    An Operation to Make Deaf? Would It Cure Tinnitus?

    If you watch the Dr. Sedley interview I posted, he talks about cutting the auditory nerve. In some people, the tinnitus actually does go away completely. However, there is no way to know whether or not this will be the case, and it's therefore not even worth the attempt. This condition is just...
  12. Lloyd Carter

    Floaters

    @Markku If you could permanently get rid of either the floaters or the tinnitus, which would you choose?
  13. Lloyd Carter

    Retigabine (Trobalt, Potiga) — General Discussion

    Question... if this drug really does anything (which I would like to think all the testimony on TT proves it does), why aren't all the epileptics on Trobalt that also happen to have T (which is 20% of them) going to their doctors and raving about their T levels lowering?
  14. Lloyd Carter

    Dr. Sedley's Research (10/21/15)

    Really interesting stuff. The future is bright!
  15. Lloyd Carter

    My Tinnitus Is Fading 4% Each Month

    Hi Joseph. I admire your persistence with this diet, but would caution you in advising other members to try it. This diet is anything other than an extreme long shot to reduce or cure tinnitus. The Ketogenic diet is not healthy to be on, and is only recommended in severe cases of epilepsy when...
  16. Lloyd Carter

    TRT! Now you're talking my language! I'm a realist and realistically your chances of...

    TRT! Now you're talking my language! I'm a realist and realistically your chances of "habituating nicely" with TRT are very high. Either way, I pray for you to have a speedy recovery, no matter how it happens!
  17. Lloyd Carter

    I'm thinking that the number of people that recover between 6 and 12 months is few and far...

    I'm thinking that the number of people that recover between 6 and 12 months is few and far between, but I hope I'm wrong! Take a look at the success stories here. There are 1-2 people that fully recovered in that range and the rest were either within a few weeks or they habituated.
  18. Lloyd Carter

    (3 of 3) If it's there after a couple of months, you'll likely hear it forever. That being said...

    (3 of 3) If it's there after a couple of months, you'll likely hear it forever. That being said, I think it's better to accept and learn to live with it. If it does go away, that's just an added bonus! I am in the same "one concert" situation as you. I've come to accept that the 80-90% statistic...
  19. Lloyd Carter

    (2 of 3) Not impossible, no, but very very slim. I've been to two ENT's (one that has T himself)...

    (2 of 3) Not impossible, no, but very very slim. I've been to two ENT's (one that has T himself) who see hundreds of cases a year, and they both said the same thing. I remember @Markku, who created this site and knows a ton about T, saying that if it's still there after a few weeks, it probably...
  20. Lloyd Carter

    (1 of 3) As much as I wish this 80-90% stat was true, I believe it's either made up, or...

    (1 of 3) As much as I wish this 80-90% stat was true, I believe it's either made up, or extremely skewed because it accounts for the many people recover within one week. If you still have your T after a month or two, the chances of it miraculously going away are very slim.
  21. Lloyd Carter

    rTMS for Depression and Chronic Tinnitus

    Anyone signed up to see this? It's today! https://www.ata.org/news/news/join-us-atas-first-ever-webinar-november-10
  22. Lloyd Carter

    Story of My Sad Life, New Tinnitus and Attempting to Look Into the Future

    @adam.gre Praying for you to have quieter days. If not, you WILL habituate. Did you protect your ears over the 10 years prior to the "new tinnitus?"
  23. Lloyd Carter

    Who Would You Like to Meet from Tinnitus Talk?

    When my friends and family ask me the theoretical question if you could invite any three guests for dinner in the world (you know they will come), who would they be? I respond the same way every time: LeBron James, Paul McCartney, and @Markku. Legendary trio.
  24. Lloyd Carter

    New Stem Cell Transplantation Method Restores Damaged Auditory Pathways

    My question is... how sure are we that restoring hearing will make T go away? Is it possible hearing could be restored but that the T could stay? T seems to be pretty ingrained in the brain! What a let down that would be!
  25. Lloyd Carter

    Gene Therapy for Reversing Hearing Loss

    Lol. God knows how the T ridden brain will react when those hairs are restored... "Holy shit! That annoying ringing sound I've been making for the past decade has just been phantom noise! Those hair cells were dead and now they're alive again!"
  26. Lloyd Carter

    Earplug-Induced Hyperacusis

    Is a movie theatre or a loud restaurant considered safe?
  27. Lloyd Carter

    Earplug-Induced Hyperacusis

    It just seems very "damned if you do, damned if you don't!"
  28. Lloyd Carter

    Earplug-Induced Hyperacusis

    What about loud restaurants and sporting events? Wondering if anyone that has gotten H from wearing plugs too much could come forward?
  29. Lloyd Carter

    Earplug-Induced Hyperacusis

    Hello TT members! I've heard and seen all over the place not to "overprotect" due to the possibility that this could lead to sensitivity to loud sounds and H. Has this happened to anyone? Musicians wear ear plugs every day and I've never heard of one developing H! Is it just that wearing them...
  30. Lloyd Carter

    AM-102: Auris Medical and KCL Collaborate in Drug Discovery for 2nd Generation Tinnitus Treatment

    Confused at where this is at in clinical trials? Which phase? 5 years away from possibly hitting the market? 10?
  31. Lloyd Carter

    Very New to Tinnitus

    Nicholai- Your T is very new. I'm sure the best advice you'll get on this forum is 1) Stay calm (it can be hard... ESPECIALLY on a website like this) and 2) get to an ENT ASAP because they might either find a cause or want to prescribe steroids, which are most effective as close to onset as...
  32. Lloyd Carter

    Advocacy Campaign for Research on Trobalt and Tinnitus

    Pharma companies are already extremely profitable the way they run. They generally (not always, but generally) will only go through these trials when they are much more sure about the disorder. Why do you think there are so few pharma companies trying to cure T? We don't know a ton about it...
  33. Lloyd Carter

    Advocacy Campaign for Research on Trobalt and Tinnitus

    But the chances of finding significant relief or a cure are so drastically low that the risk involved in going through a decade of trials (which in addition to time, costs lots of money) is not worth the billions of dollars a pharma company could get as a reward.
  34. Lloyd Carter

    Retigabine (Trobalt, Potiga) — General Discussion

    Did you wear eat plugs at the pub too? Or just Trobalt for "protection?"
  35. Lloyd Carter

    SciFluor Receives US Patent for KCNQ2/3 Activator to Treat Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders

    If this pill is fast-tracked, isn't it possible it could get to market in half the time? Like five years?
  36. Lloyd Carter

    Ketamine Relieves Depression by Restoring Brain Connections

    http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2015/10/club-drug-ketamine-may-treat-depression-ptsd-tinnitus https://www.inverse.com/article/7086-ketamine-could-be-used-to-treat-pain-depression-and-ptsd I know there are many threads that talk about it, but two new articles that came out today. Maybe...
  37. Lloyd Carter

    Autifony Therapeutics Phase II Study for AUT00063, for the Treatment of Hearing Loss and Tinnitus

    Phantom limbs can cause severe chronic pain! Which, like tinnitus, has no relief or cure! The body gets used to pain meds and they no longer have any affect. They even rate this pain on a 1-10 scale and it fluctuates daily (sound familiar?). God bless you and fingers crossed for you to have some...
  38. Lloyd Carter

    Autifony Therapeutics Phase II Study for AUT00063, for the Treatment of Hearing Loss and Tinnitus

    I would like to point out that there IS a chance that T can be relieved from something OTHER than a drug. In this case it COULD be far less than a decade. Not saying it's LIKELY, just saying it's POSSIBLE.
  39. Lloyd Carter

    Autifony Therapeutics Phase II Study for AUT00063, for the Treatment of Hearing Loss and Tinnitus

    Remember: These pharma companies just began trying out new drugs in the past five years. IF we lose Aut, it will be a loss. But guess what? We're just in the beginning of a new age on T research. We finally know where to target (the brain, more specifically, quite possibly the potassium...
  40. Lloyd Carter

    Using Minoxidil / Rogaine for Hair Loss — Impact on Tinnitus?

    Have read this can cause tinnitus. Not relieve it. Interesting that you think it helped. Maybe a placebo?
  41. Lloyd Carter

    Retigabine (Trobalt, Potiga) — General Discussion

    But you said you're at zero, meaning you can't hear ANYTHING, right?
  42. Lloyd Carter

    Already 6 Hours Tinnitus Free with CBD Oil

    @John Meyers Didn't you say you have a busy job and a family? If so, Trobalt is probably WAY too drastic for you.
  43. Lloyd Carter

    Retigabine (Trobalt, Potiga) — General Discussion

    Quick everyone! Let's patent a Trobalt/Neurontin combo ASAP! Two of two cured in 24 hours is insanity!
  44. Lloyd Carter

    Never Knew There Was a Name for This!

    @clesueur Your story makes me realize how crippling online forums can be for newbies. You, my friend, are the definition of the term "ignorance is bliss"!
  45. Lloyd Carter

    AM-101 Clinical Trial — Participants Updates and Discussion

    80% might recover within 12 months after a one time event, but the GRAND majority of those are within a week, MAYBE two. The first post I ever read by @Markku (our fearless leader) was that after you've had your T for more than a couple of weeks, it's likely there for good. Yes, there are cases...
  46. Lloyd Carter

    Retigabine (Trobalt, Potiga) — General Discussion

    You continue to have permanent floaters from taking Trobalt?
  47. Lloyd Carter

    Retigabine (Trobalt, Potiga) — General Discussion

    How many of our TT members have had lasting negative side effects after coming off Trobalt?
  48. Lloyd Carter

    SciFluor Receives US Patent for KCNQ2/3 Activator to Treat Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders

    What do you mean "take advantage of the current situation?" We have one person fully cured by Trobalt and it was @Danny Boy, who took Trobalt with a bunch of other drugs over the course of like a year. We also have MPT who got down to a very faint sea shell noise. Both of them did NOT get their...
  49. Lloyd Carter

    Autifony Therapeutics Phase II Study for AUT00063, for the Treatment of Hearing Loss and Tinnitus

    Maybe, but the positive results some long-time T sufferers have had from Trobalt shows that it IS possible. Just time for researchers to figure out how!
  50. Lloyd Carter

    Nicotine and tinnitus

    Sounds like that happens to many people but it should settle down! Fingers crossed.
  51. Lloyd Carter

    Autifony Therapeutics Phase II Study for AUT00063, for the Treatment of Hearing Loss and Tinnitus

    Yes, we hear the "T is only considered chronic after one year!" line, but we just don't understand exactly when it moves form the ear to the brain. And it might happen at different times for different people. If AUT works, it will probably have varied responses from users, just like Trobalt...
  52. Lloyd Carter

    Should I Go to a Rock Concert?

    Don't stand near the speakers, bring a decibel reader, bring a good pair of ear plugs (and know how to properly insert them). If it isn't louder than 100db where you're standing and you have those plugs shoved in, you should be okay! Be scientific about it. There's always a risk. Every time you...
  53. Lloyd Carter

    Autifony Therapeutics Phase II Study for AUT00063, for the Treatment of Hearing Loss and Tinnitus

    My other question is, why aren't they testing acute tinnitus in the phase two trial? What if Autifony works for Acute T but not Chronic T? They might get stopped at phase two for something that cures acute T but isn't great for chronic T!
  54. Lloyd Carter

    SaluSTIM — tVNS Therapy Device

    http://news360.com/article/315037304 Came out this morning
  55. Lloyd Carter

    Autifony Therapeutics Phase II Study for AUT00063, for the Treatment of Hearing Loss and Tinnitus

    How AUT00063 works Tinnitus can be caused by several different events (loud noise, toxins, infection) and the nature of the tinnitus can be very different between individuals. Research is on-going to increase our understanding of the biological mechanisms of different types of tinnitus so that...
  56. Lloyd Carter

    SciFluor Receives US Patent for KCNQ2/3 Activator to Treat Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders

    Between Autifony and this, I believe we'll surely have significant relief in the next decade.
  57. Lloyd Carter

    Random Permanent Spikes

    Is anyone else constantly scared this will happen to them? How often does this occur (assuming you do NOT have new noise exposure)? I feel like I've seen it here before and am so nervous about it! I always protect my ears but it's the random permanent spike I'm worried about.
  58. Lloyd Carter

    If You Had To Bet Your Life On It, Would You Say Tinnitus Is Cured By 2030?

    Would you say Tinnitus is cured by 2030? I'd bet YES!
  59. Lloyd Carter

    AM-101 Clinical Trial — Participants Updates and Discussion

    Not quite sure this is true, Stu. You COULD end up worse off. And, at least here on TT, few have actually been any better. It's a big decision, and one that shouldn't be taken lightly.
  60. Lloyd Carter

    Tinnitus Spike After Loud Music

    Just because you were tested DOES NOT mean that you have no hearing loss. You simply have no hearing loss that can be detected by the audiogram. I am the exact same way, but am almost certain that my T was noise induced (came directly after a concert). NEVER go to a loud event like a club or...
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