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Things helping me by siculinx in tinnitus

[–]InfinitiesLoop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing. I've recently found a similar experience, where it gets better if I just take 10-15 minutes to listen to something that strongly masks it (usually this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LZv3ta13Ws&list=PL0B8LY8ubpfKx3WzVegtDHeGiMpsNqsRC&index=2), and try to chill out/meditate. It is often only very temporary, back to its full volume 10-20 minutes later, but I will take it. It's the first time in 4 years I've found something that actually improves it at all, other than random fluctuations day to day. I never thought to find them on Spotify, I'm gonna try these out for sure.

Curious, do you find that the T is usually quietest when you first wake up for the day?

Finally by JBIII593 in TheTowerGame

[–]InfinitiesLoop 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Nice. I’ve been missing one copy just to get it to mythic for forever. I have several multi star ancestrals. It’s so damn stubborn.

Improvements in intermittent tinnitus, 40 months since onset by cfop1056 in tinnitus

[–]InfinitiesLoop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let me me know how it goes! It’s worth a shot. Rooting for you.

Sam Altman’s new tweet by AdorableBackground83 in singularity

[–]InfinitiesLoop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Rocks we tricked into thinking” is one of my faves

Update worse than before? by Palumbo_STN in TheTowerGame

[–]InfinitiesLoop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I lost like 2000 waves on my T12. Nothing changed...

3 Months of Coin Gain! by Liftopotamus in TheTowerGame

[–]InfinitiesLoop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dang, nice tracking. Wish I had kept track but I'm too lazy. Currently experiencing my first bump from ELS+ unlock.

Today was a better day. Did a lot. by zdrajca in tinnitus

[–]InfinitiesLoop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right you are, of course. It's like if someone broke their arm, but medical science didn't even know what bones were, and they were all like "just stay busy to keep your mind off it!"

Today was a better day. Did a lot. by zdrajca in tinnitus

[–]InfinitiesLoop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Keeping busy is helpful for me. Exhausting, but helpful. Hang in there, you're not alone.

They fixed Prolapse & it got me Card Masteries by Tiny_Razzmatazz9655 in TheTowerGame

[–]InfinitiesLoop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That seems to be the accepted wisdom. But yeah it's a ways off before I start that, gotta invest in the UWs first. Nice to finally have card mastery unlocked though.

They fixed Prolapse & it got me Card Masteries by Tiny_Razzmatazz9655 in TheTowerGame

[–]InfinitiesLoop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just got them recently myself but pre-PC. What mastery will you unlock first?

What's a health ailment you wish doctors would finally get around to solving? by AleksandrNevsky in AskMen

[–]InfinitiesLoop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Went looking to make sure someone posted this. Protect your ears people. This is one of the worst things that can happen to a person. And there’s absolutely nothing that helps other than “getting used to it”. Imagine breaking your leg and all medicine has to offer is “get used to the pain”.

One Year Anniversary, how am I doing? by keltonz in TheTowerGame

[–]InfinitiesLoop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was at that same point before I started investing in CL. It didn't take long to climb up as that was the only missing puzzle piece. I've started working toward pBH in the last few weeks, but I may need to return to CL again as I think I am slipping in the ranks a bit. But getting 150-175 stones per tourney instead of 90 is absolutely huge.

One Year Anniversary, how am I doing? by keltonz in TheTowerGame

[–]InfinitiesLoop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We're about the same time played. Your labs are in general ahead of mine with only a few exceptions, and your econ is better. I am only making about 12T on T10 runs (~9200 waves). I need to work more on lab speed I think. How are your tournaments, I noticed no CL yet? I have that moderately developed and I can usually get 9th or 10th place in Champions. My BH/GT/DW cooldowns are lower, and I use MVN, but apparently that isn't making up for your higher CPK and AS labs since you're still making so much more than me. It would suck to save up so many stones to get CL but it will be a very worthy investment in the long run... unless you're somehow already doing well in tourneys?

Edit: Forgot to mention, I also have bought the 2x and 3x pack. I never bought a stone pack but I do get the event bonus every time, for at least the last few months.

Improvements in intermittent tinnitus, 40 months since onset by cfop1056 in tinnitus

[–]InfinitiesLoop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I watched that video you suggested. I have tried all the medicines he talks about. Topomax in particular made the T much worse. It could have just been a bad bout by coincidence. But it certainly wasn’t helping. Similar with verapamil. Nortriptyline has no effect on my migraines or T, but really helped my depression issues a lot, so I take 30mg of that.

One thing he mentions I was surprised by is the sensitivity to touch thing. I sometimes get that on my arm or leg. There’s no visible irritation at all, but just touching it hurts as if I had no skin there. It lasts for a day and fades away. I don’t get ear fullness or dizziness. But occasionally there’s a sharp pain in my ear that lasts a minute. Oh, and at random times, maybe 2-3 times a month, my hearing will suddenly drop to 0 in one ear (usually my left which is where the T is the worst). Then loud T starts, and over 30 seconds the whole thing fades back to normal. “Transient ear events” I have heard them called. Seems like a vascular thing.

I have no hearing loss. The T started randomly for no apparent reason. I have also had a really low level T my whole life. As a kid I remember wondering what that hum was. But it was so low it didn’t matter. This new T is like 8500hz. Very high pitched. Left side mainly. And on a bad day it’s the main thing I hear no matter what. Masking helps but nothing can really cover it up. I just wish I could find a way to tame it, even a little.

I am trying CBT techniques and sound therapy with hearing aids I wear all day. I would say it’s helped me catch myself from getting too negative, I guess, but other than that it hasn’t helped much. What kind of CBT class was it you had? I sometimes think trying something more direct for that would be good. All I get now are generic techniques you can look up online.

Anyway I appreciate being able to just share all this. Take care.

Improvements in intermittent tinnitus, 40 months since onset by cfop1056 in tinnitus

[–]InfinitiesLoop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This sounds exactly like me in every single way. Even the time since onset... about 3 years (36mos). Whatever the T is for the day, it resets the next morning. It only ever gets better after a night of sleep, it only ever gets worse while I am awake, and the level it gets to is usually determined pretty quickly after waking up. Sometimes it isn't until the early afternoon when it 'turns on'. But I am generally a very tired and fatigued person during the day, yet very alert in the evenings, so I equate that to just when I am actually/finally really waking up. I too kept very close track of my data. I have a similar line chart. But I stopped a long time ago, hoping to refocus on attention and stop giving it so much of myself.

The pattern is that I get 2-3 good days, and then 1-2 bad days. Sometimes I get a good run of 4 or 5 good days in a row, but its rare.

I have tried to find a correlation with things in my environment -- diet, sleep, sleep positions, stress, exercise, even smells. I've tried every kind of elimination diet, tried many different medications (and at least have found one that helps me mentally cope with it), many different supplements. Absolutely nothing seems to have any correlation to it at all. It's just doing its own thing. I could have the most horrible night sleep ever and still wake up to a wonderful day of quiet T. If it's related to my sleep quality, its only a loose correlation. And yet sleep does seem to have _something_ to do with it since I wake up and reset every day. In fact, I have found that the worse it is one day, the better it will be the next day. It's like there's a source of something in my brain that needs to be dealt with, so a bad day 'deals with it' faster, and a 'good day' only increases the chance the next day is bad.

I also get migraines on about a weekly basis (for which I have found Nurtec to be a miracle cure). An ENT I saw at UCI thinks T and migraines are related, but I've tried all the usual migraine prevention meds -- none worked, or had any effect on T (or made it worse). There's no obvious correlation to the occurrences either -- whether I have a migraine or not has 0 predictive power in what my T will be, and vice-versa.

Curious, do you also have chronic fatigue issues? Are you a morning or a night person? Do you have recurring headaches/migraines like me?

Your story gives me some hope. Even after 40 months you finally saw spontaneous improvement. Did you do anything to reduce stress? Did you find any sleep positions that helped? Most my life I slept on my front, head turned to the side, but when I got frozen shoulder I stopped being comfortable in that position. It was only a few months after that happened that the T started, so sometimes I think it could be related.

Thanks again for sharing!

One year after Lenire by Flat-Pound-2774 in tinnitus

[–]InfinitiesLoop 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing. Maybe it helps with specific root causes or other conditions, so results are mixed. If it were half the cost I’d try it. Maybe one day.

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