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If it's just insomnia, I think that would persist just out of habit. Though I can't really speak of insomnia. I never wanted to sleep unless I was actually tired. Tinnitus just made that tendency far worse.

I'm confused. Didn't your first post state that the tinnitus had "centralized" after 5 months, meaning it persisted despite the removal of the auditory cortex? Also I have no idea what they classify as tinnitus symptoms as no one knows I have tinnitus unless I tell them. I even remind my Mom...

That was a little disappointing. I already knew about stem cells being used for MS, and it served as a reminder of how much money trying something would cost.

It doesn't generally change. Though if there's noise I generally don't notice it as much. I may even forget about it for a little while. I thought about voting no because it seems like it disappears during social actives at times and isn't a matter of masking, but I doubt that answer would...

It's my understanding that maladaptive neuroplasticity from amputees results from the brain failing to remap neurons associated with the lost body part, so how would someone get tinnitus from acoustic trauma if their hearing is perfect? I'm inclined to think nerve damage is the reason.

I read 80% goes away within months on here.

I run for about an hour most days. I can't say it's super effective, but I feel better over all, and before the weather got cold the crickets used to mask my tinnitus quite well. I can still for the most part immerse myself in mind, but the cold just makes it worse.

You can't really ask the rats if they still hear the tinnitus after being lobotomized. The researchers are making assumption with what that brain activity means. There's no proof unless it's done on a human, who can answer whether it's gone or not.

@Glowout from what I tell you've only had tinnitus for a few months. There's lots of better, less self-destructive methods to pursue than destroying your auditory cortex. I'm not saying you will get the results you want, but some people have or have at least had improvements. I doubt you've...

It sounds interesting and definitely worth a try. There's a lot of things in our body we can control, yet our generally thought of as automated. If most people recover from tinnitus naturally, then there's no reason why my mind shouldn't in principle be able to trigger my recovery. Something...

Yeah, I remember seeing it on this forum and thinking it would be worth a try. I didn't think explaining how I wanted a bee to sting me would go over well, so I never pursued it. If it's the same guy, that's disappointing.

The thing is the latest post before she announced her recovery was 4 weeks after her trauma, and at 4 weeks her tinnitus was going on and off, a sign that she was on her way to recovery. I like to think that I'm slowly getting better, but it's impossible to tell. I do find the idea of...

Interesting. I could hear up to 16,000 Hz at my normal volume. Once I turned up the volume, I could hear the max at 20,154 Hz, so much for the theory of high frequency hearing loss. I even tested it while blocking my tinnitus free ear. I definitely didn't enjoy that 13,409Hz noise, I should add.

I don't think think an MRI would find anything if this happened because you used debrox. I would imagine the debrox somehow reached a nerve in the ear.

I'm not sure if it's related or not, but there was a study on a component ecstasy, MDMA, that a study indicated gave patients seven plus days of relief from tinnitus. There's also a ton of anecdotal evidence that it helped with tinnitus. I really wish little things like legality wouldn't get...

For me it varies. Sometimes I get it a lot. Other times like now it seems like it hasn't happened in a while. Seems like when I down a lot of Voltage Mountain Dew I get it a lot.

I agree. I think they could mimic the effects of a stroke with electric shock therapy if used correctly. I know there's cases where people have a stroke, and afterwards the tinnitus is gone. I have to wonder how much research has gone into recreating the effects of a stroke or how many people...

A pulse-synchronous airflow noise, I could describe my tinnitus like that. Though it's not distinct enough to definitively call it pulsatile. Were there any other symptoms? Like would you say you experienced some kind of physical feeling on the side with the tinnitus or maybe your artery on...

Sorry, I never had a sense of humor at least not one most would relate to anyhow. In all seriousness if it's a joke I don't find it funny. More than anything it's distasteful. 58 people were killed, and there's people who contemplate suicide from tinnitus.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say he had planned to kill himself and just wanted to ruin some lives as he did so. I very much doubt he particularly thought about whether his ears were ringing.

Generally when I've read of people getting tinnitus from a drug, it's usually when they stop cold turkey. If the spike happened after the explosion, the drug isn't to blame. I would have asked for prednisone. I've heard it can help if taken earlier. It would be worth seeing another doctor if...

@Luman I feel like you're giving one person's account of the drug too much credit. I wouldn't discount MDMA because some people have had bad experiences with it. The study indicated those who got relief had it last for a week or longer, and the dose was small. Another guy on here claimed he...

The fact that this takes place in Thailand means it's not reputable. Secondly as I understand it embryonic stems taken from a foreign source tend to form tumors. Thirdly as I understand it every time scientists have tried to induce cells into becoming the hair cells needed they have to be...

The article makes feel like by going with my natural impulse to hone the sound it became rooted in my brain. Where as if I had made a point of ignoring it my brain wouldn't have devoted space to tinnitus, and it would have disappeared. At least that's what I took from the article. Also it...

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I wouldn't take it conclusively. The study was on mice not people, so there's no way of knowing conclusively whether their tinnitus worsened if the mice even had tinnitus. To be honest I have to wonder about studies I initially took at face value that involved mice having tinnitus. The guys...

You do realize that thread has nothing to do with tinnitus moving to brain as people say.

I've never seen any evidence that the brain hears the tinnitus and then over time decides to produce the signal without hearing it. It doesn't exactly make sense. Something creating the signal makes sense (i.e. nerve damage).

I don't really see a difference between if something was caused by noise or something else. I could see a difference between if someone had extreme hearing loss versus someone who hears normally. Imagine the person with extreme hearing loss is a lot more likely to be cured or have improvement...

The latest movie I watched was Doctor Strange. I was pretty surprised to see a copy at my library and not in the 7 day hot item area. I enjoyed it a lot as I'm into comics.

I think it's like he does have some kind of automated system. Most of it seems like it was copied and pasted. He replied to my comment about spontaneous recovery with a link that had nothing to do with it too. I'm sure he just wants to help though. On the subject of Mucinex, I see no reason...

I don't think you're lucky. Lucky people don't get tinnitus, at least not that lasts. The fact that you can only hear it in a quiet room seems to indicate to me it's mild.

You might want to go to an emergency room or some place that can get you in quickly. Prednisone may be able to help, but it is optimally supposed to be done within the first 48 hours. I'm not sure at what point it becomes ineffective.

Nice! I just wish there was a system in place to figure out why it worked out. There should be enough people who spontaneously recover that it should reasonable to figure out exactly how tinnitus works and how people recover.

Hey, I was interested knowing what kind noise canceling technology people use when mowing. I wear ear plugs, but I don't really like them. When I put them in it's like they attenuate my hearing to my tinnitus and even create their own special tinnitus while in. Afterwards I feel more...

I no longer notice it while playing magic or while running usually. It also seems less noticeable when I first wake up. Other than that it seems pretty much the same besides how I mentally deal with it.

@Bill Bauer Thanks

If your ears were still healing, wouldn't that mean that prednisone would still be effective. I remember seeing another one of your posts where you thought someone would spontaneously recover within 2 years. You didn't respond to me then, so I'll ask again is there a basis to thinking that...

I would make sure to get out and socialize. I read an article that the love chemical released when creating relationship inhibits tinnitus. I go to Magic the gathering tournaments Mondays and Fridays. When I'm there I don't notice the tinnitus unless I think about it. Also exercise is a...

@Bill Bauer Why do think it's likely that she'll spontaneously recover within a year or 2? I ask because at this point I've given up on spontaneously recovering. It was my understanding that if it hasn't gone away in 6 months you're almost certainly stuck with it unless there's something you...

If it's acoustic trauma that causes the neurons to reorganize in a way that causes tinnitus, then may be by applying a little acoustic trauma you could put the neurons in a state where they're malleable and could be normalized by the right stimuli such as the white noise mentioned in the art...

When I was little, my dad got us one along with an air hockey table. I don't really play anymore though, and the foosball table is staying with my mom. She uses it as place to put her mail and other junk.

I would rather just replace the inner ear, ideally with one grown from my own cells. Even then the idea of someone messing with my head like that seems to dangerous to entertain and still might not work. I would rather the tinnitus free parts be grown within me organically like with stem cells.

I play mostly modern and some limited. I haven't played MTG Online in years.

linearb it's nice to see another magic player on here

I honestly can't relate to tinnitus causing sleep problems. At first I was afraid I wouldn't be able to sleep, so I tried masking it with a fan or masking noise. They ended up disturbing my sleep, and I made a point of depriving myself of sleep til I was sure the exhaustion would let me fall...

@Paul10 It sounds like one of the many products out there already claiming to put a stop to tinnitus, but if you do get be sure to report your results back here good or bad.

I tried it. I remember it having a slight but over all negligible effect, and it made my ear feel clogged. Also when I popped my ear, it seemed like the reduction in tinnitus went away. They wanted me to take 2 pills 3 times a day. It was ridiculous. They do advertise a free refund, but it...

I don't have any illusions. I don't think Bill was cured, but he was able to hear silence at least for a while. I would be willing to take drugs for the foreseeable future if it means I could feel normal. I hope a cure is discovered with stem cells or otherwise within ten years, but I don't...

This is great. I wonder if works for cases of acoustic trauma. By the sounds of it, they'll test it out soon.

The worst part is when you think you can't live with it. I'm past that now. I don't like having it, but I don't feel like I'm going to going insane anymore. I know I'm the same, capable of everything I was before. I think of the people who have lived with this their whole lives. I try to...

Thanks for the replies. I am taking ginkgo, bilberry, NAC, and a multi-vitamin. The bilberry was a lot cheaper and is supposed to have similar effects to ginkgo. I did try lipo-flavoids. It seemed like it had an effect but wasn't significant enough to really be worth it and gave my ear a...

I was wondering about taking medication for tinnitus. I know I've read about people using certain anti-depressants to reduce or even eliminate tinnitus for while on them. I was just wondering which ones people have had success with. It feels like if don't get some advice first I would...

This sounds like a lot more obtainable treatment than waiting for stem cells therapy. What research is going with it?

Whenever I'm consumed by negative thoughts, I turn on a playlists of my favorite band. Then I focus a little less on the tinnitus and more on the songs. It helps me. Otherwise I would go somewhere it doesn't bother me as much like the library or gym or shower.

@OGZada It's usually supposed to be taken within the first 48 hours, but I remember some wrote their doctor said it was standard practice give it within the first three months, so it might still work. It's better to be safe than sorry.

I like to have a music playlist going in the background. That way my mind is more likely to latch onto to the song than the tinnitus. Trying to mask it never worked. I even tried a shower sound.

I don't know how I would deal with life without music. Before tinnitus, I could handle things a lot better. Now it seems like things like anger and stress seem to buildup, and the tinnitus just compounds them keeping me from relaxing. That's when I turn on playlist to help me focus on...

I would be curious to know what it sounded like. It could be useful in helping to identify the condition.

I started a new job in a warehouse. It bothered me that I couldn't hear properly, so about 8 hours into the shift I end up taking one of my ear plugs out. I noticed afterwards I couldn't hear in that ear. 18 days later I went to see an ENT. The nurse said maybe when I put the earplugs in it...