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  1. George Brady

    Can Someone Recommend Me a Good Book?

    I like the James Patterson Alex Cross series 23 books in this series and he 3 different detective series and many more books same way here you pick up can't put it down till it's done
  2. George Brady

    Maybe Atenolol, Maybe Not?

    Almost all medicine has ringing in the ears as a side effect. I'm on Atenolol and have no problem with it. If it would cause your T i dont think it would take 2 years to start maybe a week are 2 at the most. Mine was caused by meds and started 3 day after taking them.
  3. George Brady

    Tinnitus After Naproxen — Any Tips on How to Manage?

    I got my increase in T from naproxen 3 years ago staybthe same level hopefully yours will go down in time
  4. George Brady

    Vibrations Causing Spikes?

    I have the same problem when I drive mine will go up also mine stays up a little longer about 2 hrs them slowly comes down same in the shower I think it is the increased sound level and my ears don't like the frequency in the shower and vibration in the car I will wear earplugs in the car if it...
  5. George Brady

    Is Naprosyn (Naproxen) a Safe Medicine to Take?

    It made mine go up 3 years ago and stayed there that being said everybody is different what is bad for one is good for the other
  6. George Brady

    Feeling Worse Now After Taking Sertraline, Total Panic

    Go back to your doctor and tell him maybe he will put you on something else asap
  7. George Brady

    Which Books Do You Read? What Is Your Favourite Book?

    I like the James Patterson novels the Alex Cross series there like 27 books in it
  8. George Brady

    Are Anxiety Pills Good for Tinnitus?

    If it stops my anxiety and panic attacks I would take one the size of a donut who cares if they say you will get addicted I have to take care of my self right now from going insane
  9. George Brady

    How Many Decibels Do You Think Your Tinnitus Is?

    Mine the same as Tinker Bell and Kelvin's, gets louder as the sounds around me get louder, car, shower, highway noise, kids. basketball game at school, can hear it over all that shit, an easy 60 dB
  10. George Brady

    Poll: Where Does Everyone Live?

    Southern Illinois real close to st. Louis Missouri Go cardinals!!
  11. George Brady

    This Spike Has Been Kicking My Butt Past Few Days

    Yea I'm have bitch of one now to they don't help much when you have a spike hope yours goes away oon
  12. George Brady

    This Spike Has Been Kicking My Butt Past Few Days

    Not really it's construction tractor digs the hole we put the pipe in the ground there is only so much ear protection you can have it's life you deal with it and move on you just have to be smart about it I see so many people doing the same work as I do with no protection at all and it freaks me...
  13. George Brady

    This Spike Has Been Kicking My Butt Past Few Days

    About the same on noise reduction but fell better and let some sound in sorry about so many posts dealing with a backing dog and my kids bugging the he'll out of me
  14. George Brady

    This Spike Has Been Kicking My Butt Past Few Days

    What do you do for a living
  15. George Brady

    This Spike Has Been Kicking My Butt Past Few Days

    Don't bother you ears as bad but mine cost 175
  16. George Brady

    This Spike Has Been Kicking My Butt Past Few Days

    Sorry about the spelling did have my glasses and stupid spell check
  17. George Brady

    This Spike Has Been Kicking My Butt Past Few Days

    I lay sewer pipe ,pour concrete laborers work use concrete saws ,hamerdrill work around track how,back how and every other loud tractor out ther or sucks right now I took off a month ago ears started hurting so bad ringing was so loud I could hear it in the shower end up getting hearing aid try...
  18. George Brady

    This Spike Has Been Kicking My Butt Past Few Days

    Do you have the store bought foam plugs or customs one's.I work construction and use the foam one and the make my ears hurt and I would spike bad the custom one are molded to your ears and fell better
  19. George Brady

    Question About Anti-Anxiety Medication, Thinking About Taking Zoloft Low Dosage to Start Out with

    I'm on Zoloft and it's working for me but your doctor will find the right medicine for you and most anti-depressants do take a few weeks to a month to start working so don t give up them to soon
  20. George Brady

    Worsening High-Frequency Hearing After Acoustic Trauma

    Have you tried hearing aids my audiologist told me when your hearing gets worse so will your tinnitus they set your hearing aids to the frequencies that you have lost or gotten worse and you can get tinnitus therapy with them so they help when having a bad time also my audiologist told me to...
  21. George Brady

    Hi, My Name is Krisstina

    They have a ton of relaxing sounds on your phone in the app store find the one you like the most and use them most are free and if your worry about the baby you can get a pillow speakers too they work great they help me a lot at first also put a fan in the room with you that will help also best...
  22. George Brady

    10 Hz Amplitude Modulated Sounds Induce Short-Term Tinnitus Suppression

    Haven't got to play with them much just got them friday was told just to wear them 4 hrs a day for a week then a couple more hours the next week until I get use to them it got a setting for T relief white noise and ocean sounds but can't use them yet
  23. George Brady

    10 Hz Amplitude Modulated Sounds Induce Short-Term Tinnitus Suppression

    I just got hearing aids because of my high frequency hearing loss and it helps they adjust them to your frequency loss
  24. George Brady

    Tinnitus Getting Better?

    Try a fan or some kind of background to sleep it helps a lot of us to go to bed or just get though the day
  25. George Brady

    Need Some Advice on Sleep

    I have pillow speaker and they work really good
  26. George Brady

    I Think That XANAX Is Helping My Tinnitus

    It helps me a lot
  27. George Brady

    Hi, I'm New, and Starting AM-101

    Were are you doing the am-101
  28. George Brady

    Not Feeling So Alone Anymore!

    Happy you found this forum it help me so much it you need anything just ask you will get help from some one.
  29. George Brady

    Tinnitus Worse Than Ever!

    Mine always spikes when I am sick takes a couple of days to a week are so to come down so hang in there and try and relax and get so rest.
  30. George Brady

    Norco Pain Med OK to Use for a Few Days?

    I take them every once in a while for back pain and no change in my T
  31. George Brady

    Ringing Randomly Started

    Only time well till sound app on a phone laptop or iPad and try and stay calm I know that's hard to do but give it some time to settle down
  32. George Brady

    How Often Do You Mask?

    Try only to do it at night but that does not always work. Make me feel like it not getting the best of me.
  33. George Brady

    Yet Another Year Is Gone (Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Holidays...!)

    I also want to wish everyone a happy holidays get though it is tough . II know my ears are screaming right nowbut I have to put on a happy face for my kids.
  34. George Brady

    5 Days of Sleeping without a Masker!

    I have pillow speakers to but I only make if I have a really bad spike
  35. George Brady

    Screeching Baby Caused Tinnitus Spike?

    go buy some musician earplugs they're almost invisible and they cut down on the high frequencyannoyance of your T and you can hear with them and it cut down on the spikes
  36. George Brady

    How Well Do EarPlugs Protect You?

    You plugs are they filtered so they let sound in and what db level are they I ones I have have filters 25 db and 50 dbs
  37. George Brady

    How Well Do EarPlugs Protect You?

    I still go out to the bars I try and stay away from the really loud music but when I'm out I take a break and go out side take the plugs out and give my ears a break. but the decision is all yoursI would take baby steps go out little at a time and see how you feel
  38. George Brady

    How Well Do EarPlugs Protect You?

    with the musician ear plugs they let sound in unlike the cheap foam ones that block out most sound google them and find the 1 you like they run around 50 to 70 US dollars
  39. George Brady

    How Well Do EarPlugs Protect You?

    Ear plugs work really well you can get the cheap one about anywhere are you can musician earplugs that are almost invisible but they cost a little more then the cheap ones
  40. George Brady

    5 Days of Sleeping without a Masker!

    Use a noisey fan at night don't mask at all doing the day
  41. George Brady

    So Sad...

    Get a loud fan there are some good sound apps on your phone or laptop. I use both when it is bad. Ask your Gp for some sleep meds if you have to sleep is important
  42. George Brady

    Hi — I Have Tinnitus and It's Making Me Crazy :(

    And don't wear earplugs to long when your ears or hurting
  43. George Brady

    Hi — I Have Tinnitus and It's Making Me Crazy :(

    If I were you I would go to your GP and get some meds for the anxiety. Don't give up on them it takes awhile for them to kick in .In my case the sooner I took care of my anxiety the T was easier to deal with.For the sensitive ears open hats a hard one you have to be careful with them I know it...
  44. George Brady

    Tinnitus So Loud It Hurts

    mine is the same too I come in from a long day and it is loud as hell. If I lay down my ear get hot as hell I lay on my side same thing sound is unbearable I put a fan on in the corner of my bed room just for some sound so I don't go insane doesn't block the T not even close but it something. I...
  45. George Brady

    I was 14 when I got T now I am 45 but for the first 30 years it was mild probably a 3 out of 10...

    I was 14 when I got T now I am 45 but for the first 30 years it was mild probably a 3 out of 10 now it a 7 or 8
  46. George Brady

    I Love You

    If you don't have T you have know idea how much it screw up every bit of your life and everybody around you
  47. George Brady

    I Have to Wait Two Weeks to See a Doctor!

    They work great some day if your ears hurt or your worry the headphones or bothering them
  48. George Brady

    I Have to Wait Two Weeks to See a Doctor!

    But mine is pretty loud and that the only way to get away from it unfortunately
  49. George Brady

    I Have to Wait Two Weeks to See a Doctor!

    I listen to headphones a lot but not to loud what also works good are pillow speakers and the sound of rain are something like that
  50. George Brady

    I Have to Wait Two Weeks to See a Doctor!

    To sleep turn on a fan maybe try so music that will make you relax. Try not to worry about it till you see your doc .I know that hard to do but stress and anxiety makes it worse trust me .I've had T for quite some time.
  51. George Brady

    Xanax? Can I Take a Low Dosage As and When I Need It?

    I take it when my anxiety is high and it saved my life
  52. George Brady

    Bowling

    I'm in a bowling league I find it good to get out. I don't find the noise to be a problem. I bring my earplugs just in case. Go out and have some fun and forget about T for awhile
  53. George Brady

    Do You Notice the Noise When You Wake Up...?

    I agree totally but it still sucks
  54. George Brady

    Do You Notice the Noise When You Wake Up...?

    same level from when I get up to go to bed very loud
  55. George Brady

    Tinnitus Loudness — Can You Hear Your Tinnitus in These Settings?

    1 yes 2 yes 3 yes 4 yes 5 yes 6 no
  56. George Brady

    WTF, It's a Symptom. Find Out the Cause, Coz That's Your Job

    yeah I know its not the doctors fault I was just ranting actually my GP is a very close friend of mine has been for many years it's the politicians we need to kick in the nuts they're the ones that control the money for research and development
  57. George Brady

    WTF, It's a Symptom. Find Out the Cause, Coz That's Your Job

    You go to your GP I can't help you they send you to a ENT. They tell you to live with it.Then they send you to a audiologist and the best they can do it said you was a pair of hearing aids with maskers in then and they cost a arm and leg. which a lot of people can afford like me I just wish I...
  58. George Brady

    Wondering What We All Do for Our Work/Job/Living

    work on bridges and roads next a lot of noisy machines jackhammers concrete trucks real nice when you have T!
  59. George Brady

    Custom Earplugs (ACS, Elacin, Etymotic, Westone, etc.)

    What kind did you get?
  60. George Brady

    Post Your Favorite Songs

    Franklin's tower by Grateful Dead