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    Blood Thinners and Tinnitus

    Hello everyone. I may have to go on blood thinners due to an irregular heart beat (which hopefully they can fix with an ablation). I am already on 81 mg. of aspirin and it does not seem to have an impact. I am worried it may exacerbate my tinnitus. Will it? Are there certain blood thinners...
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    TMJ & Yawning and Talking — Any Connection?

    Hello Everyone. I have noticed that when I yawn, the tinnitus in my right ear gets louder, but then goes back down. When I have been in a conversation with someone, after a number of minutes my tinnitus fluctuates up and then down, and sometimes when I am eating it goes up, and then with time...
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    Why Is Tinnitus So Arbitrarily Mean?

    Day was going well. Then I walked past a store and a lady, by mistake put a piece of clothing near the front and set off the alarm for merchandise, directly into my ear. I mean I was in the perfect place to take a full blast directly into my right ear. Yup, 10 sec. later my ear that had been...
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    Non-Loud Sound/Background Sound and Your Tinnitus

    Hello everyone. Yes another question. So, I take it that only loud sounds may trigger a spike response? What about the other sounds that are not loud. Will these sounds not really affect your tinnitus? So if you are out at a coffee shop and it is not that loud, and your tinnitus gets a little...
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    Why Does Tinnitus Get Worse at the End of Day?

    Hello everyone. Another in a series of questions as I continue to learn. I find that at the end of the day, my tinnitus tends to fire up and get louder. I do not believe it is me becoming more aware of it before I go to bed, as it will start to get loud 1 to 2 hours before that time. Is it...
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    Saw ENT Today — Is He Correct?

    I saw my ENT today, and wow, did I every feel like a piece of meat with a number on it. I had the feeling that to him tinnitus, not that exciting, nothing you can do. He set up an MRI as a 'just in case', will be a couple of months, goodbye. He didn't even talk about the results of my hearing...
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    Extra Time to Heal?

    Hello everyone. Just wondering (again). How important are the first 3 to 4 months in the healing process of tinnitus? I have come to understand, rightly or wrongly, that they are very important to healing. My tinnitus is fluctuating form silence, as far as I can tell, to a 9 on the...
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    Is Fluctuation Normal on the Road to Fading?

    My tinnitus has been around for about a month now. It has been interesting to say the least. Last week I experience periods of silence where I could not hear any tinnitus at all in one ear or the other, though at different times. The volume of my tinnitus goes up and down in both ears, at times...
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    Initial Healing Time?

    Hello I have realized that there are a number of different '$64,000 questions' out there regarding the world of tinnitus. So I thought I would post one out there to, as far as I am concerned, one of the best group of people to ask, those on this forum. Ok, your tinnitus starts, it is loud and...
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    Low or High Frequency Loud and Spikes

    Hello everyone. I was wondering, if your tinnitus settles down (after the intervention of whatever deity you believe in), and now it is time to worry about loud noises that could set it off. Do either low or high frequency sounds pose a greater threat in setting off your tinnitus? I have...
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    Need a Little Advice from the Pool of Knowledge

    Hey everyone. Having been on TTalk for a number of weeks now I have learned everyone on this site really has a lot of good, helpful and supportive knowledge, which I will always be grateful for. I have asked before, and so once again I ask your advice. I have had tinnitus for just about 3...
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    So, Is This What It Is Like at the Start?

    Hi TWorlders I have had it for 3 or 4 weeks (so I am just at the beginning), it started in my left ear and it was intermittent and increased and decreased in volume (sometimes I couldn't hear it, to I could hear it over the sound of a car or truck). A couple of days later it started up in my...
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    Using 1 of the 6 Power Words in the Human Language

    Hi Everyone, I am a teacher who slogs it out in what is generally considered a more interesting school in Toronto. I have been there for just over 20 years, and I consider myself very fortunate for I still love the craft of teaching. One aspect of the job is that I emplore my students to utilize...
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    Another New One Joins the Ranks

    Hello everyone, yes I am writing a note that 3 weeks ago I never could have imagined writing. Yes, I like so many others was blissfully unaware of something called Tinnitus. Then on my phone I hit the button for voice mail, and the voice mailscreen came up and I placed it to my ear to listen...