Posted on 01/12/2011 12:18:22 PM PST by Red Badger
Like you I have had it for years, every once in a while I get a suprise and it goes away for short periods of time and silence is golden...but I want to know how they know these animals have tinnitis? I don’t think animals talk...just wondering..:O)
BS. I quit MSG long ago before I even got this problem and I got this problem.
I don’t think I should be rebooted. For one thing, I don’t know where my brain’s recovery disks are. I don’t think they were included when I was shipped from the factory. In fact, I arrived without even so much as a user manual.
Yeah, factory installs never come with all the stuff you need.
You know my tinnitus is caused by MSG even though my doctor attributes it to the incessant noise and vibration of farm equipment. Your prognosis isn't supported by serious science, but it doesn't have to be because China is a bad place.
Swell.
Titan II complexes and Minuteman III Launch Control Centers and Launch Facilities for mine.
I have it every now and then but do have severe hearing loss from a very bad case of vertigo in my 20s. Also had BPPV which was cleared up with Eppley.
Just wish I could hear again... can’t even use a phone on that side... everyone sounds like they’re on helium.
I experience at least one of those every day! I was thinking it is about time to wipe my brain and reinstall, but if a reboot will fix it, I'm in!
How many times can a brain be rebooted before it crashes???
I only hear it when everything else is quiet.
...sometimes it is like a diesel generator running off in the distance
...other times it is like a bad motor bearing
...it is always rhythmic
...it keeps me awake at night sometimes
...it is more of a nuisance than anything else.
If I had tinnitus, I’d want to read the chapter in this book that discusses serious options:
http://www.amazon.com/Musicophilia-Tales-Music-Oliver-Sacks/dp/1400040817
“...sleeping with good earplugs helps...”
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If earplugs worked for you, then you did not have tinnitus, since tinnitus is not externally generated.
With tinnitus, the “sounds” that are “heard” are not really “sounds”,
but they are some kind of a short circuit or malfunction of the “hearing” mechanism.
Some believe it to be related to cardiopulmonary issues.
I don’t eat canned or packaged food, and keep my sodium intake very low. Still have tinnitus and moderate-to-severe hearing loss.
By reducing the input level artificially between the eardrum and the brain you are engaging in artificial programming of the brains auditory circuitry.
That's where the concept of threshold shift comes into play.
Yes, it's not for everyone, but it's worth a try, many have good results, if not plain old better sleep, which is a good thing all in itself.
Some people have implanted vagus nerve stimulators.
The stimulators go in the chest cavity and the stimulator wire is wrapped around the vagus nerve several times where it passes through the neck on the left side.
I wonder if the people in this group have had a lessening of any tinnitus?
It should also be possible to stimulate the vagus nerve using a pulsed, short duration ac or dc wave form sent between two external electrodes applied to the skin.
You could also cause stimulation by applying pressure to it (a really BAD idea) when the vagus nerve is stumulated by a blow it often causes you to cough.
tinnitus bump
Whoa, thanks for posting that! I’ve had vertigo attributed to Meniere’s for years, but it has stopped recently. I started taking Chromium about 5 months ago for low blood sugar. I’ll certainly keep taking it after reading your comment. My doctor gave me a run of steroids a while back, which had no effect at all.
As far as the tinnitus, mine is like the little girl in the article described, crickets and a high-pitched bell tone that comes and goes. Hoping for relief someday.
Most time I hear crickets, like on a summer night....but sometimes hear GREGORIAN CHANTS!..............
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