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vbblog - 27 Oct 2005 20:49 GMT

I have been having tinnitus over the past 15 years so I decided to
create a blog website on tinnitus. Hopefully, this will help some of
you who begin to experience that ringing in the ears! Please have a
look, leave a comment or something. I will keep on updating the site
with my experience and how I dealt with situations. And some tools
which I have used over the years.

http://www.tinnitusblogger.com

Cheers

VB

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fyfpoon@gmail.com - 29 Oct 2005 01:59 GMT

You have been suffering from tinnitus for so long and it has not been
cut down. I am not even talking about a 'cure' as such. Either the
cause has not been found or even if it could be found it cannot be
cured. Since all your doctors have no answer for you, why not try out
alternative ways? Treat a couple of acupuncture treatment for a change
and see if it helps. But make sure you get someone who knows what he
is doing. Just try it. Never mind what the 'controlled' studies have
to say.

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EERIE WAX - 29 Oct 2005 18:19 GMT

> You have been suffering from tinnitus for so long and it has not been
> cut down. I am not even talking about a 'cure' as such. Either the
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> is doing. Just try it. Never mind what the 'controlled' studies have
> to say.

Why do you assume VB, a 15 year veteran of tinnitus, has not tried
"alternative ways"?
Makes you appear to, though I'm sure you'd rather not, come off
pretentious.

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fyfpoon@gmail.com - 30 Oct 2005 01:02 GMT

> > You have been suffering from tinnitus for so long and it has not been
> > cut down. I am not even talking about a 'cure' as such. Either the
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> Makes you appear to, though I'm sure you'd rather not, come off
> pretentious.

Why do you assume VB has tried and in particular acupuncture? I know a
18 years veteran of tinnitus where I am who has not tried any of the
alternative ways albeit she is staying in China.

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VB - 01 Nov 2005 18:10 GMT

> > > You have been suffering from tinnitus for so long and it has not been
> > > cut down. I am not even talking about a 'cure' as such. Either the
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> 18 years veteran of tinnitus where I am who has not tried any of the
> alternative ways albeit she is staying in China.

I have not tried accupuncture. I don't know that there is a method to
cure tinnitus. Can you elaborate more please?

Thanks,

VB
www.tinnitusblogger.com

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EERIE WAX - 29 Oct 2005 18:53 GMT

> I have been having tinnitus over the past 15 years so I decided to
> create a blog website on tinnitus. Hopefully, this will help some of
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>
> VB

~Good Going~
You deserve a star *

: )

Bruce

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VB - 29 Oct 2005 20:34 GMT

Well,

Didn't have a choice, did I?

At 23 with tinnitus, that was bad. I could say that having tinnitus at
that age wasted years of my "should be" enjoyable life. Well, that was
15 years ago. I now have different life, with family, with kids.

I was very misarable for a long while. You are right, I have tried many
ways, some worked (improved), some didn't. Gingko Biloba didn't work
for me, and it costed a hell lot of money. Cutting down alcohol and
coffee definitely worked, as well as giving me more time in the
morniiing to enjoy life as I don't have hangover - something to think
about, right?

I did TRT with Johnathan and Sheldrake. I still ask them to send the
small behind the ear to use once a couple of years (as I either lost
them or broke them).

Right now I accept it as a part of my life. A part of my environment
that I live. I no longer try to get rid of it. And you know what? That
is probably the best thing I did. It took my attention away from
tinnitus.

feel free to roam my blog.

If you need MP3 white noise (10 min), you can download from a link
there. It's free, so you don't have to spend money on buying white
noise CDs. BTW, the MP3 file is not converted from any CDs which I
bought. It is actually from this newsgroup which I received about 3-4
years ago!

Cheers, VB

www.tinnitusblogger.com

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Angelo Campanella - 04 Feb 2006 15:15 GMT

> At 23 with tinnitus, that was bad. I could say that having tinnitus at
> that age wasted years of my "should be" enjoyable life. Well, that was
> 15 years ago. I now have different life, with family, with kids.

I guess I was fortunate in that I did not develop T until age 52 (I'm
now 76).

After these 20-odd years, I realize that Tinnitus is a kind of aging;
"loss of innocence", times not retrievable in one's lifetime,. Like
wrinkles and wisdom, they come later in life, irreversible.

> I was very misarable for a long while. You are right, I have tried many
> ways, some worked (improved), some didn't.

My depression lasted about 6 months.

I knew it was from the lack of sleep; the first several nights I slept
only a little, fretting badly about this constant irritation.

By then I had built a "masker"; applying white noise to a headset,
battery powered so I could wear it in bed. At one point, I determined
that the white noise masking level suited to me was about 35 dBA at my
ear. Then one such night, I awoke from sleep, and for an instant I was
conscious, but not hearing either the white noise nor the tinnitus. Then
a second later, both returned to "normal". It was in that instant that I
realized that, although during the conscious day, one's hearing sense
can never be turned off, when fully asleep, the brain can fully
disconnect from the hearing sense. Probably explains when loud alarms
are needed to be certain that most of us can be awakened to get up. Also
why when children are asleep, especially the first few hours of deep
sleep, they cannot be easily awakened.

> Cutting down alcohol and
> coffee definitely worked, as well as giving me more time in the
> morniiing to enjoy life as I don't have hangover - something to think
> about, right?

I eventually determined five "Stressors" that affected the degree of
tinnitus that irritated me:

Fatigue & Stress
Coffee
Alcohol
Red Meat
Smoking

Whenever T was on the rise, I sought to remove all of those at once, and
it often made life better as long as maintained such a "fast".

> Right now I accept it as a part of my life. A part of my environment
> that I live. I no longer try to get rid of it. And you know what? That
> is probably the best thing I did. It took my attention away from
> tinnitus.

The challenge is to now coin your life to be happy and productive with
all the senses you have left.

> If you need MP3 white noise (10 min), you can download from a link
> there. It's free, so you don't have to spend money on buying white
> noise CDs. BTW, the MP3 file is not converted from any CDs which I
> bought. It is actually from this newsgroup which I received about 3-4
> years ago!

Some sort of wearable ear buds are desirable. Come to think of it, when
I did my own headset in 1983, they were the usual stereo clunkers. The
ear buds of today should be much, much more efficient, especially of
they can be covered or held in place regardless of all the tossing and
turning that occurs during a good night's sleep.

Angelo Campanella

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