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  1. conbsgc

    Health Anxiety

    Lisa there are patients with multiple personalities.... some of their personalities have different symptoms, there van been cases of people who in one of their personalities have diabetes, and in other personality the person has asthma, and in another one the person is healthy. When the...
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    I Lost My Respect and Faith in Doctors or Modern Medicine

    tinnitus is subjetive, so what might be mild for some might be unbearable for others, I remember reading an article about tinnitus that showed that many tinnitus sufferers who claim their tinnitus is unbearably loud can hear their own breathing and even watches ticking when close to their ears...
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    Health Anxiety

    she went to doctors, they checked her, her tinnitus and symptoms are going away as she mentioned she doesnt need to lose her mind over a swollen lymph node (doctors even told her they're not really swollen) biopsias are done on swollen nodes when you have swollen node, plus symptoms that might...
  4. conbsgc

    Health Anxiety

    Because you keep exposing yourself to the source of your anxiety (Support groups and google), its like a chocolate addict trying to quit chocolate but can't do it because he spends most of his time at the chocolate store!!! Tonight do this: turn the computer off, go for a walk instead, watch...
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    I Lost My Respect and Faith in Doctors or Modern Medicine

    An ENT is not a loser, tinnitus has no cure, it is a simple as that!!! so going to an ENT to look for a cure for your tinnitus and then claiming ENT's are a waste of money because all he/she did was check your ear and found nothing is silly of your part!!! if you cannot cope with a harmless...
  6. conbsgc

    Health Anxiety

    Lisa please read this, I think it will help you All of this I am telling you because I lived it... my own experience!! let me tell you, for your own good STOP listening to all these people sending you to neurologists because you feel pins and needles in your body (one of anxiety's most common...
  7. conbsgc

    Health Anxiety

    Lisa if you were under suspicion for having cancer you would receive a phone call from your doctors office right away!!! honestly I think you are stressing yourself too much, do yourself a huge favor and don't google medical info.
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    I Lost My Respect and Faith in Doctors or Modern Medicine

    The big problem is patient doctor communication; many patients don't ask questions and expect magic from doctors and many doctors do not explain what they're doing and treat patients without informing them of what's going on. I ALWAYS ask tons of questions (I am paying I can do it) and I have...
  9. conbsgc

    I Lost My Respect and Faith in Doctors or Modern Medicine

    Sounds like my story with doctors whenever I need them, and have in mind I am the educated understanding patient that cooperates and I still get push around. in 2006 I developed asthma and it took doctors One year to finally come down with an asthma diagnosis, since my asthma is seasonal this...
  10. conbsgc

    Tinnitus and Depression

    absolutely, not always but anxiety its a big source of tinnitus
  11. conbsgc

    Tinnitus and Depression

    ???????????? tinnitus gone after depression is addressed!! Study shows tinnitus tends to occur in people with obsessive, introverted personalities! or you're expecting me to come up with an exact quote? the articles are there, they are all from studies, read them come up with your own...
  12. conbsgc

    Tinnitus and Depression

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17956786 http://www.medicaldaily.com/tinnitus-relief-found-psychiatrist-how-treating-depression-could-reduce-inner-ear-ringing-262690 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/science-july-dec13-tinnitus_11-06/...
  13. conbsgc

    Health Anxiety

    I honestly think you're stressing yourself out without reason
  14. conbsgc

    Health Anxiety

    have you ever had a doctor look at your legs and back? what you feel is very common with anxiety (pins needles crawling).... does your anxiety make you feel sort of dizzy? relax, honestly!! I honestly doubt you have anything serious or worth worrying about
  15. conbsgc

    Left Ear Twitching?

    anxiety
  16. conbsgc

    What's Your Opinion on Assisted Suicide?

    its their own decision, in some cases I think it's the most ethnical thing to do, there was a woman in France who suffered from a tumor on her face that disfigured her face, left her blind, deaf and in horrendous constant pain. Tinnitus is nothing, its just a psychosomatic ringing in the ears...
  17. conbsgc

    Hyperacusis Definition?

    From my understand hyperacusis is actual pain, sound causes pain and discomfort.... I wouldn't take someone telling you you have hyperacusis over the internet as very serious. Maybe you're focusing too much on your ears that all that attention makes your ears feel clogged and sensitive to sound.
  18. conbsgc

    Health Anxiety

    you don't have to be panicking right this minute to feel anxiety symptoms, you are still in that anxious mood overall, its only after you get rid of the anxiety and your mood changes for a few days that you body slowly recovers.
  19. conbsgc

    Tinnitus Is Worse Today. Was It the Beer? Stress? I Don't Know But I Need a Hug :(

    don't take medicine, all it does is mask ur symptoms and make u a zombie, breath, look at the many breathing relaxation techniques in youtube you're obviously VERY TENSE, is logical your tinnitus went up in volume!
  20. conbsgc

    Tinnitus and Depression

    Tinnitus is prone to occur in people with depression or anxiety issues.... after tinnitus occurs then depression gets worse.
  21. conbsgc

    Tinnitus Severity Is Reduced with Reduction of Depressive Mood

    Martin I have some questions for you: 1. How long did you vertigo stay with you? 2. Have you looked for help with cognitive therapy, or many other therapies dealing with the mind? 3. how loud is your tinnitus? can you hear your own breathing? I understand you, Vertigo devastated me...
  22. conbsgc

    Tinnitus Moving Into the Other Ear

    yes its also normal to go up and down and to disappear and come back and to hear your heart beat at times and then to have it on one ear and then the other..... if you focus on it you'll also develop likely ear fullness, sensitivity to sound and so on. the mind is a powerful thing!! I am...
  23. conbsgc

    The Positivity Thread

    Tinnitus is as common as dirt, 50 million Americans have it... (that is the population of California, Washington State, Oregon and Idaho combined) basically an equivalent of the population of the entire west coast. Tinnitus loudness is also relative, pretty subjective to each individual and...
  24. conbsgc

    Tinnitus Is Worse Today. Was It the Beer? Stress? I Don't Know But I Need a Hug :(

    Your girlfriend broke up with you Monday and three days later you wake up with really loud tinnitus.... BINGO! You're barely holding yourself together after the break up monday..... BINGO you answered your own question, why is your tinnitus so loud suddenly? (you're going thru a rough patch...
  25. conbsgc

    Tinnitus Severity Is Reduced with Reduction of Depressive Mood

    http://www.medicaldaily.com/tinnitus-relief-found-psychiatrist-how-treating-depression-could-reduce-inner-ear-ringing-262690 studies that show that tinnitus reduces greatly after patients treat their depression!
  26. conbsgc

    Tinnitus Severity Is Reduced with Reduction of Depressive Mood

    I read a study similar to this one I think from the UK or Canads if I am not mistaken that said that tinnitus was more common in obsessive introverted personalities with tendency to be negative, anxious or depressed. According to the study, getting rid of the issues affecting the person would...
  27. conbsgc

    Not Fully Cured, but 99.99% There.

    glad for you 99.99% is pretty much done!!!
  28. conbsgc

    How to Deal With Anxiety?

    instead of feeling your anxiety express it.... basically when you start thinking about tinnitus say what you feel.... "I can hear you and you're stressing me out" don't use negatives though... always just tell tinnitus what its making you feel, it does wonders!!! BTW tinnitus is as common as...
  29. conbsgc

    Tinnitus Whilst Sleeping

    Could it be your anxiety? I suffered from chronic 24/7 back and neck pain and when I first got it it would wake me up because it was so uncomfortable, eventually I would have regular 8 hour sleep and wake up with pain but nevertheless slept.
  30. conbsgc

    Mad Mad Upset to Say the Least

    your brain is designed in a way that is adapts to the noise, eventually the noise will sort of vanish in the background, sort of how you don't pay attention to the sound of traffic even though u hear it daily! the beginning is always the worst, you will get better
  31. conbsgc

    The Roaring Silence

    when you say the emotion you feel, can u be honest and say stressed, anxious, nervous? or you have to be positive even if you lie to yourself?
  32. conbsgc

    The Effect of Physiotherapy on Cervicogenic Somatic Tinnitus

    How can I enroll? I am the PERFECT CANDIDATE tinnitus, four years of chronic neck pain without a visible cause, constant trigger points on my SCM, trapezius, even dizziness and off balance due to muscle tightness!!! Who can I contact and I live in Belgium!!!
  33. conbsgc

    Magnesium and Vitamin B Complex Made Me Worse?

    I think it's good if you just relax and try to remember that you've down this path and you were fine at the end. Keep telling yourself you're fine, you'll see how much your tinnitus improves. How do I know? EXPERIENCE!!! been down the path you're going. Honestly everything will be ok!
  34. conbsgc

    Is Tinnitus Really a Mental Thing?

    There are scans of the brain that show that indeed tinnitus does exist, however tinnitus is something you can ignore!! It's after all subjective and you can make your brain get used to it so you can not hear it! There is a psychological component to tinnitus and it has been showed that it...
  35. conbsgc

    Magnesium and Vitamin B Complex Made Me Worse?

    have you tried any of the therapies people talk about here? that might help you cope and overcome the fear of tinnitus (it sounds like you're very scared)
  36. conbsgc

    Hyperacusis Success Story

    what an inspiring video, I am very happy you posted this, a lot of people find cure to whatever they're suffering from and move on without even bothering to share what helped them.... thank you for not forgetting that many others still struggle with this problem!!
  37. conbsgc

    The Positivity Thread

    Whenever you feel like you're going crazy because of tinnitus, STOP AND THINK that extensive scientific research shows that the brain adapts to noise, sort of like how if you live by the train tracks you won't hear the train after a while, so expect it to do the same with your tinnitus. your...
  38. conbsgc

    Magnesium and Vitamin B Complex Made Me Worse?

    Two days is too soon to see if Vitamins are making a difference, from what I have heard many people say Vitamins take at least 60 days of constant disciplined use to make a difference in ones body.... Could it be that you're a bit anxious and looking too closely to how your tinnitus is...
  39. conbsgc

    Fluctuating Tinnitus

    I wonder why tinnitus fluctuates in some people. Mine fluctuates too... habituation occurs regardless of the fluctuation of tinnitus, it's more of accepting tinnitus.... wish you the best :)
  40. conbsgc

    The Power of the Mind — Read and Be Amazed!

    mine has fluctuations, it can go from unbearably disturbing, to very soft, at times is constant and then its pulsatile... sometimes its like steam blowing out of a teacup and at times it's just like this sharp static sound
  41. conbsgc

    The Power of the Mind — Read and Be Amazed!

    when I say those things I look into my own eyes and in my mind I feel as I am calling my brain to pay attention. My tinnitus is not due to hear loss because of music, its mostly due to neck injury and vertigo. thank you for link I am gonna read it!!
  42. conbsgc

    The Power of the Mind — Read and Be Amazed!

    I am trying to truly complete leave my tinnitus experience behind, not just habituate but truly overcome, I don't want to remember it and move on 100%, feeling confident and knowing myself better!!! So two nights ago I told myself that I had a spike in my tinnitus, my tinnitus was about a...
  43. conbsgc

    How Long Have You Gone Not Thinking About Your Tinnitus?

    no, because I am trying to teach myself to not fear tinnitus to completely get rid of it.
  44. conbsgc

    What Do You THINK Is Causing Your Tinnitus?

    I don't listen to loud music on headphones... my tinnitus has to be related to an attack of vertigo that lasted like 3 months and really back neck pain for several years.
  45. conbsgc

    How Long Have You Gone Not Thinking About Your Tinnitus?

    weeks!!! its only when I hear the word tinnitus or get stressed that I refocus on it
  46. conbsgc

    Tell Me to Harden Up!

    with all the respect yes, you need to toughen up, you're being a bit of a drama queen.... anesthetics have nothing to do with your tinnitus its like being scared of going to the dentist because you have knee pain!!
  47. conbsgc

    Smoking and Pulsatile Tinnitus

    Smoking is VERY BAD FOR YOU, but I am sure you know this.... maybe smoking was starting to affect your blood pressure thus creating pulsatile tinnitus!
  48. conbsgc

    Low Vitamin D

    if you're low on vitamin D, buy yourself some at the supermarket, just about everyone is defficient in some sort of vitamin or mineral, its nothing to worry about
  49. conbsgc

    Health Anxiety

    pins, needles, TINNITUS, dizziness, pressure, headaches, feelings like you're passing out etc. are all anxiety!!! MS is rare when you're anxious you feel an IMMENSE AMOUNT OF SYMPTOMS that quickly go away once u relax!!! my suggestion is avoid google I can tell you've been googling...
  50. conbsgc

    Restless Legs Syndrome

    Restless leg syndrome is as common as dirt and its pretty much harmless, other than just being a nuisance when you feel it, just stand up and walk around you'll be fine. I had it my whole life and it occurs mostly when I sit down and don't move for a while, I feel these urgency to stand up...
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    Off Balance After Vertigo, Tinnitus that Sometimes Turns Pulsatile, No Nystagmus.

    I started to suffer for the first time in life from vertigo in late october, the GP didnt find nystagmus, neither did the ENT after I was checked with goggles, I also started to notice tinnitus, its mostly bilateral, but lately its unilateral and at times it becomes pulsatile, this occurs on...
  52. conbsgc

    Vertigo & Tinnitus

    have they checked his blood pressure/? dizziness and sweating are signs of blood pressure issues.
  53. conbsgc

    Sex and Tinnitus

    I don't think there is a relation... you're probably very anxious and checking for tinnitus constantly and think u found something.... the best to deal with tinnitus is to ignore it!
  54. conbsgc

    I Could Just Be Imagining It...

    its called anxiety
  55. conbsgc

    Could I Have Meniere's?

    Menieres makes you go deaf on one of your ears and you get serious attacks in which u vomit and cannot stop spinning, is relatively rare to have menieres and its over diagnosed. You off balance spin off is probably anxiety and serious neck tension, does your neck hurt?
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    How Do I Cope When I Work in Silence?

    Do you have a clock in your library? you know, the one that goes TIC TAC, TIC TAC, TIC TAC... many libraries got them and they have the power to drive people crazy, but if you're around them long enough you'll end up not even realizing its there.... its the same with tinnitus!! Habituation is...
  57. conbsgc

    Need Some Support Please

    if the cause of your tinnitus is fluid in your ear drums, then once the fluid is gone the tinnitus will be gone!!! and even if its not gone, you'll habituate to the higher sound again, trust me! sooner than you think your mind is not gonna notice it anymore!
  58. conbsgc

    My Treatment for Tinnitus Is Not Caring About It

    By the way, I wanna leave you with a quote I read on a book about tinnitus. (Why do you want to hear silence so bad? you're alive, you'll have plenty of time to hear complete silence when you're dead!)
  59. conbsgc

    My Treatment for Tinnitus Is Not Caring About It

    No Irene is not about being strong, is about learning how to use your mind.... have you ever been to a big city like NYC? newcomers always claim its so noisy there is sort of constant boom boom boom in the air 24/7 and u hear it at night the most... the sound of the city!! well when you're in...
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    My Treatment for Tinnitus Is Not Caring About It

    the less I care about it, the less I hear it, the mind is VERY POWERFUL.... when people live next to airports they always claim they would hear the planes all the time, but eventually they get used to it and never notice them anymore. its the exact same thing with tinnitus your brain is...