Tell Me the Truth... Is a Cure Realistic?

[RonnieCarzatto]

Lots of mixed answers to the initial question. Sounds like most are saying yeah for sure a cure will happen, a few saying maybe, and some saying most likely no. Not sure what to think.

 

[fishbone]

Tinnitus is not a top priority for cure. I wish i was wrong, but i see no news about people working on stuff, to cure this horrible ordeal(If i am wrong do provide a link so I can read up on it). I would not go to a 5 day music festival. I wish there was a cure, I been waiting almost 30 years but I don't see it anytime soon...

 

[Applejuice]

Well a lot of things change with time, people believed that the earth was flat, people believed that cancer couldn't be cured, the list goes on. We never know for sure, but what we do know is that there is little research on cures right now other than hocus pocus. So every little bit of research is a step forward, everything is in the early stages now. And like I said technology does not grow in a linear line and the same goes for science.

In the meantime we must try not to wait it out because that would be a long ride.

 

[fishbone]

Your attitude/mentality is the biggest key,when it comes to tinnitus.

 

[Rubenslash]

Tinnitus is not a top priority for cure. I wish i was wrong, but i see no news about people working on stuff, to cure this horrible ordeal(If i am wrong do provide a link so I can read up on it). I would not go to a 5 day music festival. I wish there was a cure, I been waiting almost 30 years but I don't see it anytime soon...

Lol, there is a whole research section here with plenty of evidence that people are working on a treatment

 

[Michael Leigh]

people believed that the earth was flat,

How do we know for sure the earth is a round ball?

 

[MidnightOilAudio]

How do we know for sure the earth is a round ball?

You're not serious, are you?

 

[fishbone]

Lol, there is a whole research section here with plenty of evidence that people are working on a treatment

Great, i hope they keep working on it. I will keep living my life and if a cure shows up... great. If not, I still keep living and moving forward.

 

[Michael Leigh]

You're not serious, are you?

When we first enter a classroom as children we are shown a globe and told the earth is a ball but how do we really know. I'm just putting it out there....

 

[Michael Leigh]

Your attitude/mentality is the biggest key,when it comes to tinnitus.

Very true @fishbone Tinnitus is mostly to do with mental attitude and how we cope with it emotionally. It takes time.

 

[glynis]

Tinnitus itself falls into other sub groups so a one treatment for all will be hard for any research company to find .

Hearing loss tinnitus
Acoustic trauma tinnitus
Ear conditions tinnitus
Ear cleaning tinnitus
Bone damage tinnitus
Virus tinnitus
Stress related tinnitus
Medication tinnitus and more..

Hope a cure for one of the above can be found and others may follow.

Love glynis

 

[Bill Bauer]

When we first enter a classroom as children we are shown a globe and told the earth is a ball but how do we really know. I'm just putting it out there....

 

[TheDanishGirl]

Well, you're lost obviously.

I don't think you're ready to go to such a festival. Not saying it would necessarily hurt your ears, but just that you're not ready. Maybe later. For now, you don't know what your priorities are.

My priorities is to live, not merely survive, which is what i am doing right now.

If i cant go to this festival which everybody that i know will go to, then i will most definitely fall into major depression and be very suicidal again.....and who knows maybe this time i will follow through with my suicide attempt i actually attempted to hang myself a couple of weeks ago, it was a half hearted attempt but an attempt non the less.

 

[TheDanishGirl]

When you want to distract yourself from T, refuse to live with an intrusive T all your life but are still willing to go to a huge festival a few months after onset, you just need to take a deep breath and think about it all later.

Some decisions are tough to take. Skipping a festival is not one of them. You can always go later to another one and have even more fun. It doesn't mean T is winning or that your life is suddenly worthless.

It most definitely mean that to me! If i cant go to the festival then T has won in my opinion.

 

[Michael Leigh]

If i cant go to this festival which everybody that i know will go to, then i will most definitely fall into major depression and be very suicidal again.....and who knows maybe this time i will follow through with my suicide attempt i actually attempted to hang myself a couple of weeks ago, it was a half hearted attempt but an attempt non the less.

Take it easy now @TheDanishGirl No-one is saying that you shouldn't go to the festival, well I'm haven't said that. Just be careful. I hope you don't mind me saying: Try noise-reducing earplugs instead of foam earplugs. Foam earplugs will close off all the external sound. Noise-reducing earplugs have filters in and will allow some sound through. They can be bought at different levels of attenuation. Amazon will have them. Go to the festival and have a nice time just be careful.
Michael

 

[fishbone]

Unfortunately, we are not like everyone else. If they can go to music festival, that great. Their ears might be great right now, but just imagine all those people that might hurt their ears as well. no 2 cases and people are the same, our goal is to help each other cope and handle this horrible ordeal and not to make it worst

 

[Applejuice]

My priorities is to live, not merely survive, which is what i am doing right now.

If i cant go to this festival which everybody that i know will go to, then i will most definitely fall into major depression and be very suicidal again.....and who knows maybe this time i will follow through with my suicide attempt i actually attempted to hang myself a couple of weeks ago, it was a half hearted attempt but an attempt non the less.

If you fall into a major depression if you can't go to a festival with loud noise that could harm your ears especially since you have it for 2 months tops then you need to set your priorities straight. I'm not saying you can't go to the festival but killing yourself because you can't go is way too extreme.

 

[Stakovic]

You are in the very early stages of tinnitus @TheDanishGirl.When you habituate and I believe you will. The thought of finding a cure for tinnitus will no longer be of importance to you. In time you will see.

Michael

hi Mr habituation, got it 12 years I can not habituate it

 

[jjflyman]

I am going to an outdoor festival with live music for 5 days this august where i live......it only comes to town every third year and i have been debating with myself whether i should go or not, but i know that if i don't go i will be majorly depressed and almost 99,9% have a huge set back with suicidal thoughts going strong and so on, and it is just not worth it.....But i will stay way back from the scene and use ear plugs.

I have not used headphones in several weeks and i don't plan on using them anytime soon.

I wouldn't go, but thats me. I would live in a bubble for a year if it meant having T fade to zero.

 

[TheDanishGirl]

Take it easy now @TheDanishGirl No-one is saying that you shouldn't go to the festival, well I'm haven't said that. Just be careful. I hope you don't mind me saying: Try noise-reducing earplugs instead of foam earplugs. Foam earplugs will close off all the external sound. Noise-reducing earplugs have filters in and will allow some sound through. They can be bought at different levels of attenuation. Amazon will have them. Go to the festival and have a nice time just be careful.
Michael

Thank you for the kind word Michael.
Can you recommend some good noise-reducing ear plugs? i am also considering getting some custom made ear plugs.....are they better in terms of noise reduction?

 

[Bill Bauer]

My priorities is to live, not merely survive,

If you "live" in the short-run, you might doom yourself to a long-run future of barely surviving.

By surviving in the short-run, you could be ensuring that you would be able to Live in the long-run.

 

[TheDanishGirl]

If you fall into a major depression if you can't go to a festival with loud noise that could harm your ears especially since you have it for 2 months tops then you need to set your priorities straight. I'm not saying you can't go to the festival but killing yourself because you can't go is way too extreme.

To you maybe, but i am not like most people never have been.

 

[GregCA]

It most definitely mean that to me! If i cant go to the festival then T has won in my opinion.

Or you could be compromising the one chance you have at beating it... we may never know, but we are pretty sure that noise insults don't lead to pleasant outcomes with a hearing apparatus that is already telling you that it's hurting.
After that it's a gamble: you know the trade off and you have to decide whether you want to risk it.
Good luck!

 

[Michael Leigh]

Thank you for the kind word Michael.
Can you recommend some good noise-reducing ear plugs? i am also considering getting some custom made ear plugs.....are they better in terms of noise reduction?

@TheDanishGirl Please do not waste your money on fancy and expensive custom earplugs believe me you don't need them. All you need is a pair of reasonably priced plugs like these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_s...as=aps&field-keywords=noise+reducing+earplugs Your tinnitus will improve just carry on using the sound enrichment and take things easy.
Michael

 

[GregCA]

To you maybe, but i am not like most people never have been.

You need help with your cognitive process and reasoning. I don't often suggest to get psy help, but this is one aspect where I think you could actually get real help.
It's not going to address your T, but it should help you get some rationality back into your thoughts.
That in turn should equip you better to deal with your T.

 

[fishbone]

Bad choices, do have bad impacts....

 

[TheDanishGirl]

@TheDanishGirl Please do not waste your money on fancy and expensive custom earplugs believe me you don't need them. All you need is a pair of reasonably priced plugs like these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=noise+reducing+earplugs Your tinnitus will improve just carry on using the sound enrichment and take things easy.
Michael

Okay, guess i can save the 150 $ it would cost me to get some custom made then
Thanks for the link. I will look into it.

 

[TheDanishGirl]

Bad choices, do have bad impacts....

Not always, and even good choices have bad impacts sometimes.

 

[TheDanishGirl]

I am beginning to feel regret over discovering this board, i feel it mostly brings me grief to come here reading about struggles, limitations, worsening, things you no longer can do and so on

How do you people truly live enjoyable lives with your T?? I don't believe it

Maybe it it just the fact that you all are very different from me. Like i said....i am not like most people.

 

[Rubenslash]

If you "live" in the short-run, you might doom yourself to a long-run future of barely surviving.

By surviving in the short-run, you could be ensuring that you would be able to Live in the long-run.

You should always think about long term consequences but on the other hand you only live once, so if you gonna live the next 50 years avoiding all sounds above 60 DB you better just stop living right now. (my opinion).

As for this case, it's all up to you. There's a risk your T get worse with high NRR plugs but many with T can go to festivals and it doesn't get worse (with good protection). Really up to you, I don't go to loud concerts etc anymore but that's more due to my HL which is pretty bad than due to T.