John P, I feel you are right it is one big falsification. f.ck the big
words, one big lie. You see John everyone even you and me are in Samsara.
Samsara is hell here on earth. Hell is not this abstract place with fire.
You must find your way out of the hell, and make peace with yourself. You
must make ample friends. The ATA or anyone else are not the answer, since
they are motivated by obscurations. Martin, a valued poster imo in here
regularly, summed up the tinnitus world today in four sentences. Ask him to
do it again.

John if you would like some advice on living sucessfully with tinnitus, I'm
happy to help you from my limited knowledge.

Yes, my sister is a nun.  :-))

Seriously, I am familar with the method you speak about.

Yes, my sister is a nun.  :-))

Seriously, I am familar with the method you speak about.

Yes, laughter is the best medicine. However, sometimes laughter can get you
into trouble. My friend has tinnitus and it got so bad he would walk around
laughing to himself, talking to himself, and eventually they put him away.
Haven't seen the guy in years. Last I heard was he was still laughing in
that padded cell. :)

John Pellegrino

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Susan

Going back to the original thread....or to the original thread of the 'cloth',
to keep in this theme.............it is sad but true that pharmaceutical
companies cannot spend resources on meds that affect only a couple million
people.  That is true.

They can do all the research on medications to interrupt the flow of tinnitus
but they cannot bring products to a market that seems hidden, I guess.

Same goes for surgical procedures.  There was some real promise with deep brain
implants some time ago that were being used for Parkinson's but also affected
tinnitus in about half the subjects.

Then there is the use of 'cocktail' combinations of medications that can be
very helpful for patients who simply cannot benefit from habituation or masking
therapies.  I support these explorations with my patients, as they figure out
sometimes rather slowly, what works. One recent fellow discovered that only a
quarter of a dose of one med and a half dose of another  literally made the
tinn disappear. That worked for him!  And I said, good!

It seems like the research goes in waves: first external methods, i.e., sound
therapies, then internal methods, i.e. chemicals.  If there are really about
ten types of tinnitus, then maybe we need ten types of specific therapies to
meet the needs of everyone.

MJ

I've heard ringing (called telephone), buzzing (called doorbell), roaring
(called ocean), broken pitch (called crickets), steady high frequency tone
(called TV test signal), and even voices when no one is talking. It's that
last one that has me concerned. :)

JP