I did not say anything about any experimental treatment or any huckster, I am just saying that
is not true. A lot of them start with "many people have tinnitus, for most of them it is not a problem, so your reaction is the problem". Practically they imply that if people were not anxious or depressed it would not matter how intrusive their tinnitus was, it would not bother them and they would not suffer. That is wrong and that should change. That's what I meant.
Ironically I'm a guitar player for 25 years, and picked up drumming 2 months ago. I use Zildjian L80s, RTom Black Hole mutes, and an acquarian kick mute. A non-smart phone dB meter shows my kit peaking at 92db at my ear and averaging 84 dBA.
Those things are the same. The whole reason they turn to coping mechanisms instead of curing you is because they acknowledge there is no cure. No doctor tells you to habituate to strep throat. That's b/c we have amoxicillin. You're taking their words too literally. Your reaction is the problem is basically the same thing as saying "your reaction is the only that thing can be altered in a measurably way."
If you dig through my old posts I know a few people (in real life) that saw volume reductions multiple years past onset. I had a spike again a few weeks back back and for a 3rd time it faded to very low. My first big issue with tinnitus was noise induced. The second was strep ear (yes that's a thing - was caused by irrational fear of a spike from antibiotics leading me to avoid meds), and this past time was also a bad head cold.
I get spikes with double hearing protection 25 dB molds and 33 dB industrial cans on top. This whole thing is so whacked. What I learned from the old community and being repeated here, a lot is psychological. I do see benefits to meditation. I can be a bit of a spazz at times
It can calm me down. I don't suffer from mental health (even though I think we all have a certain level of it in all of us 
) This definitely f*cks with my mental health. No denying that. My wife suffers from chronic facial nerve pain. She gets botox injections for it. I scored me a nice Les Paul studio smokehouse burst. 
I have a nice vintage Tama Arstar.
There's a difference between saying "There is no cure but many people eventually learn to cope" and "Tinnitus can't be debilitating in itself, it's just your emotional reaction that makes it debilitating."
That's definitely not the same thing. You can find many articles and videos by German ENTs stating whether someone struggles with tinnitus or not is purely due to their emotional reaction towards it. I even got told that I "will continue to suffer" because I "don't understand what tinnitus is about", that's not taking their words too literally or out of context.
It's even in the wiki article about cognitive behavioral therapy. It was developed by psychologists for psychological disorders.
Possibly but I think the "beef" people have is, it is touted as a habituation tool. I have mentioned there are some benefits to calming one's self. As far as to ease the suffering I have yet to see any benefits, but that's just me.
Love how you say all there is to say with so few words! Now let's all move on shall we?
Therapy is by definition treatment. Just as pharmacotherapy is treatment with drugs, psychotherapy is treatment with psychology. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy is the practical application of Cognitive-Behavioral psychology.
CBT is indeed used to treat depression and anxiety disorders. But depression and anxiety disorders are caused by irrational beliefs, not normal emotions. Tinnitus is real.
That's the thing. The established model for CBT is that tinnitus stress is irrational, which it is clearly not. They describe the negative emotional and psychological effects of having tinnitus as a "phobia" and a "catastrophic misinterpretation".
Me too. I am hanging onto my kit hoping I reach an acceptable level of habituation. When this 1st hit I was going to sell everything. I sold my DW kit and held onto my TD50. Since I do not drum in my condo anymore, I sold the kit and went back to Acoustic kit with some triggers. I had a killer space and was playing to tracks. In the long run it became too much to deal with. Guess worse case I can become a half decent guitarist.
Get the mute system. There is no way this will hurt your ears with hearing protection on. Seriously man. It's an acoustic kit that can be played with un-amplified acoustic guitars and it "feels" real. tunable heaads, cymbals that aren't rubber.
That's what I'm afraid of. Even slapping on my acoustic bass can cause a little spike in the ear nearest the guitar.
That's interesting because I can play guitar without any problems. I'm a much better drummer. YouTube and apps are great teachers. I have accomplished my early goal of strumming open chords, cranking distortion and playing 2 finger power chords... As far as VH & Malsteem solos well you know...
I hope they measured loudness relative to a 1kHz tone, otherwise the matching is worthless.
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