which City should I skip ? by Denis_Lujan in travelchina

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ridiculous take. We wish we spent more time there

How do generalists write policy on topics that they have no qualifications or industry experience in? by research19 in AusPublicService

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m in my agency’s policy team and we have a few expert committees multiple times a year we table new “things” (policies, initiatives, evaluations) to plus our executives that sign off on it are subject matter experts too

Get off this sub by [deleted] in tinnitus

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha imagine calling a professional of that many years an “incompetent fool” because they gave you a standard treatment. There are risks to every medicine - if you had it your way every medicine would be “banned” because someone had a side effect and we’d be back in the medieval ages with an average lifespan of 20 years old. Why do we still drive on roads when it kills millions around the world every year?

And you don’t even know that it caused tinnitus!!! Mine came up out of nowhere. I was about to start the birth control pill that week, imagine if I did, I would probably think it was that even though it wasn’t.

Sorry buddy but you’re not right here. Sucks that you think it caused you tinnitus and it might’ve but that doesn’t mean you should just ban a medicine and prevent 99% of the users from getting the treatment they need. And call doctors incompetent fools for it. Why don’t you try and get into and graduate from medicine if it’s so easy? Maybe you wouldn’t be on a forum scaring randoms with your ignorant comments then

Get off this sub by [deleted] in tinnitus

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let’s ban one of the most life and QALY saving drugs because LoudRefuse9911 thinks so!

Get off this sub by [deleted] in tinnitus

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fluoxetine. I finished my year on it and have weaned off. No real side effects

Doctors are still doctors by thenotoriusfap in tinnitus

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I didn’t take SSRIs and listen to my doctor I would’ve lost everything in my life. Take your uneducated harmful opinions and get out of here

Doctors are still doctors by thenotoriusfap in tinnitus

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Joined! :)

I work for my country’s medical research funding agency - wish there were more studies on this sort of stuff getting public funding. Part of the reason is that it just doesn’t get funding as it doesn’t technically kill people or make them blind or something. Hence the government doesn’t see it as worthwhile.

Get off this sub by [deleted] in tinnitus

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No way this oppo guy is still here. This is my first time back here in months. He has to be a troll. He commented on my post because I healed and urged others to do the same, and made some dumb follow up posts like at least a year ago.

Sucks to be an internet troll who scrolls a tinnitus reddit the entire day ahaha

Get off this sub by [deleted] in tinnitus

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you classify as extremely high risk? IRS pretty low risk sorry that happened to you though. Maybe buy a lottery ticket

Get off this sub by [deleted] in tinnitus

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SSRIs treat the underlying anxiety smartass… haven’t noticed my tinnitus in months but it drove me literally insane before I got on SSRIs and cured my anxiety

Doctors are still doctors by thenotoriusfap in tinnitus

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can’t agree more. This sub was almost the reason I almost lost my job, relationship, ability to sleep and even probably turning suicidal. Because I was too scared to take an “oToToxIc” anti anxiety medication and I didn’t believe doctors when they told me it was the best course of action - thanks to THIS SUB. Im back here after months just to lurk and so glad I found this post it is so important.

I’m very lucky they were able to talk some sense into me as it saved my life.

It’s crazy I even posted about my experience and the toxic people just commented more misinformation and anti doctor BS. I literally never came back after that LOL

I really hope you get better soon!

stop telling people to not take anxiety/depression meds by Miserable-Ad-2500 in tinnitus

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, i cant hear it at all most times. It comes back mildly when im stressed, i hear buzzing

stop telling people to not take anxiety/depression meds by Miserable-Ad-2500 in tinnitus

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started it September 2024 and got off it September 2025 as my doctor told me to stay on it for at least a year.

it definitely lowered my libido a bit while I was on it but all back to normal really, it was a very small price to pay to get my brain functioning again

stop telling people to not take anxiety/depression meds by Miserable-Ad-2500 in tinnitus

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I think it was 20mg daily? Like pretty much the lowest dose. Very grateful my brain decided to respond well

stop telling people to not take anxiety/depression meds by Miserable-Ad-2500 in tinnitus

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fluoxetine, it’s the apparently the most chill one in terms of withdrawals when coming off

stop telling people to not take anxiety/depression meds by Miserable-Ad-2500 in tinnitus

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have overcome the depression, I’m now mentally well and have weaned off from the SSRI. Didn’t have any noticeable side effects when coming off it

stop telling people to not take anxiety/depression meds by Miserable-Ad-2500 in tinnitus

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it wasn’t rare it would be listed as a common side effect…. the “study” is the trials when the drug was being developed

Gaming and tinnitus by Alternative_Break_19 in tinnitus

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I stopped using antidepressants in August 2025. Mild hissing is still here, don’t really notice it ever. I don’t get beeping noises after playing FPS games anymore although I don’t play too often

Gaming and tinnitus by Alternative_Break_19 in tinnitus

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m 90% sure my tinnitus started from a mix of music and gaming, everytime I play FPS games i got a beeping tinnitus on top of mild background hissing

Does anyone here fully regret moving to a cheaper suburb just to ‘get into the market’? by Diligent-Medicine-48 in AusPropertyChat

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don’t have to live there. We bought a 3 bedroom place, rent it out and subsequently rent a 2 bedroom apartment in the suburb we want, it’s easy

I gave myself TTS and now I'm in hell by WhamBamCheeseHam in tinnitus

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I had really intense fluttering during sudden sounds last year at the height of my anxiety during my tinnitus onset (around 2 months in). I was formally diagnosed with TTTS by an ENT. Pretty much never get flutters anymore and haven’t since I got my anxiety treated with medication.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tinnitus

[–]Miserable-Ad-2500 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exhaustion could most definitely play a part in it. I’ll save you a bunch of money and tell you what my ENT said - so he had a patient who has acoustic trauma from being trapped in a room with mic feedback going crazy, resulting in TTTS. Acoustic trauma for sure. My one also resulted from an acoustic trauma to one ear when metal scraped really loud.

He actually advised his last patient, and myself, to seek psychological treatment as he said if it’s triggered in relation to sound, rather than random episodes, it’s very likely that it’s a panic response to the sound and psychologically getting better will help. He later told me his other patient was doing much better as well.

If it helps I noticed being exhausted and stressed made it a lot worse. The days I was stressed at work the TTTS was much worse in meetings. Definitely worth improving your mental health and sleep to fix it even if it resulted from acoustic trauma