Tinnitus . . . how are you dealing with it?

[mardad]

Good thread. Shooting, sawmills, steel mills. ringing ears since before I can remember. I have to have a box fan at night. Ceiling fan is not loud enough. All docs I've been to say "live with it". Folks that don't have it are, I have found, not nearly as thankfull as they should be.

 

[Glockster69]

I use this at work when it starts to get loud. Shuts it down real quick:

http://generalfuzz.net/acrn/

I can't hear it .. lol.

I suspect it's due to Barracuda and whatnot though I didn't get any errors, I'll try it at home. Thanks.

 

[oldag]

Just answer the phone, then it will stop.

 

[Brains]

I've been told there's nothing you can do about it. Thankfully mine is, and has been since as long as I can remember, not too bad. It's ever present in varying perceived loudness, but it doesn't seem to affect what I can hear. Never been tested though. I've been told food/drink has an affect (e.g. Caffeine makes it louder).

 

[TX69]

I use this at work when it starts to get loud. Shuts it down real quick:

http://generalfuzz.net/acrn/

Dang that made the inside of my head pop! wow

 

[jrbfishn]

I've had it since I was 16 or so. Never goes away. I just think of it and pain as my 2 best friends. When they go away, I just died.
Really, try not to think about it. Middle son has too from ear infections. You get used to it after awhile and tend not to notice it. Unless you are OCD.

from an idgit coffeeholic

 

[TwinGlocks]

I can't hear it .. lol.

I suspect it's due to Barracuda and whatnot though I didn't get any errors, I'll try it at home. Thanks.

I've only been able to get it to work with chrome.

 

[TxBigfoot]

My ears are ringing loudly as I type this. I do as others have mentioned and sleep with a fan on.

 

[kyletxria1911a1]

There is no treatment! Saying what often is how you deal with it!

this it's been there so long
That i try not to think about it but nothing i can do so it's so what

 

[TX69]

My ears are ringing loudly as I type this. I do as others have mentioned and sleep with a fan on.

Same here. It never stops. It keeps me awake at night so since 03' I have been taking a sleeping aid. Otherwise I will stare the paint off of the walls.

 

[TX69]

Sometimes when I have read stories about people that just one day went nuts back in earlier days that Tinnitus might have been a contributing factor? Iff you think about it, they didn't have all of the noise we have today to keep our minds busy to not notice it as much or at all. So some guy is walking around for years with his head ringing, to which he cannot figure out why, so he cannot stand it and freaks out or in their terms goes mad.

 

[Glockster69]

I've only been able to get it to work with chrome.

It's working with Firefox at home but with the couple minutes I've piddled with it, hasn't offered any relief. I know everyone is different but what settings do you use?

 

[ROGER4314]

My father, a Captain in the Medical Corps, was riding in a Jeep with several other soldiers. A German kid threw a grenade into the Jeep which killed several of the men and wounded Dad. I played with his "Purple Heart" as a kid.

He complained of that constant tone often especially at the dinner table for as long as I can remember. He learned to play several musical instruments and always commented that the tone interfered with his music.

He spent most of his non working life in an upholstered chair in his bedroom getting smashed and reading books. That's how he managed the tone and that's how I remember him.

He took that tone and pieces of that grenade to his grave. I hope that he found peace.

Flash

 

[Charlie]

Keep in mine, alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine, (and other stimulants probably) any amount, make the ringing worse! Dammit!

 

[Charlie]

Get up in the morning, smoke a cigar, etc., have a cup of high strength coffee and a cold beer, then listen to the ringing!!

 

[jrbfishn]

Keep in mine, alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine, (and other stimulants probably) any amount, make the ringing worse! Dammit!

No wonder mine is so loud most of the time.

from an idgit coffeeholic

 

[FKS]

Mine gets worse in the winter for some reason. But like others have stated doctors are no help.

 

[Tejano Scott]

Sorry to hear this Curtis. I'm worried about the future of my hearing too. I have some issues like this recently and it's NOT fun. When I used to tape live shows, I once had a set of head phones on and turned up all the way because I wasn't hearing anything. All of a sudden, the soundboard had some kind of massive feedback issue and I had a full blast shot of audio squeal in my ears. It literally still makes my ears hurt when I think about it. Keep us posted with any solutions.

 

[matefrio]

Found this for my father in law.

http://health.learninginfo.org/tinnitus.htm

 

[Tony2]

Get up in the morning, smoke a cigar, etc., have a cup of high strength coffee and a cold beer, then listen to the ringing!!

never thought about the caffeine seems right after a pot of coffee in the morning. Your wrong about the alcohol drink until it stops lol