Comments on: My Friend, Tinnitus http://ahearingloss.com/2008/02/17/my-friend-tinnitus/ A global forum for people with hearing loss Tue, 22 May 2012 22:04:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: tinnitus treatments http://ahearingloss.com/2008/02/17/my-friend-tinnitus/#comment-1014 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:24:06 +0000 http://ahearingloss.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-1014 I visit your site often and decided to bookmark it this time. I enjoy and learn a lot from your posts.

]]> By: DenverJulie http://ahearingloss.com/2008/02/17/my-friend-tinnitus/#comment-77 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:06:27 +0000 http://ahearingloss.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-77 Oh, yeah, I can related to this! I’ve suffered from tinnitus ever since I started losing my hearing at age 20. Sometimes it’s a loud roar, other times the sound is soft. I even was awakened by “someone speaking into my deaf ear” about 15 years ago.

I don’t take anything to try and calm my tinnitus. Like Melissa, I’ve grown accustomed to the noise and just deal with it as it happens. It’s become sort of a friend, part of my identity within myself. Luckily, my tinnitus doesn’t happen very often, these days!

]]> By: melissajaycraig http://ahearingloss.com/2008/02/17/my-friend-tinnitus/#comment-76 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:18:27 +0000 http://ahearingloss.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-76 I know this is odd, but I actually kind of LIKE my tinnitus. I’ve had it so long that it is now simply what “silence” sounds like to me, and it’s rather comfortable. Of course, every once in awhile, it comes up with a truly strange new sound that makes me wonder what’s going on for a bit! Mostly, I feel lucky not to be bothered by it.

]]> By: butterfly_blogger http://ahearingloss.com/2008/02/17/my-friend-tinnitus/#comment-75 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:47:10 +0000 http://ahearingloss.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-75 LaRonda–I’ve taken Niacin before and got the red body rash. My best friend is a nurse practitioner, and she says that’s a fairly common reaction to Niacin. You have to take it with something else, but I can’t remember what now. Anyway– I didn’t find that it helped my tinnitus at all. Mine isn’t as severe as LifeWrecks, so I simply live with it. I find that drugs and alcohol can exascerbate it, so I live a “clean” life. :-)

]]> By: saytheword http://ahearingloss.com/2008/02/17/my-friend-tinnitus/#comment-70 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:24:03 +0000 http://ahearingloss.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-70 LifeWrecked….I can so relate to this. I have tinnitus roaring all day long and when I’m not feeling too great, the symphony sounds as if its sitting ontop of my head…..

]]> By: LaRonda http://ahearingloss.com/2008/02/17/my-friend-tinnitus/#comment-66 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:57:31 +0000 http://ahearingloss.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-66 I loved this post! How creative and witty! I had a good laugh.
I completely understand your experience. For me, it’s crickets, chirps, and bees, computers clicking, or the drone of an airplane! Isn’t Tinny imaginative? He visits many of us.

I’m not sure about the suggestion from the comment above. Niacin actually causes ringing in the ears. My husband takes it regularly for his heart and will complain of tinnitus after each use. However, I do know that when I had just become deaf, I was taken to the House Clinic in LA where they administered Niacin treatments for the very purpose the commenter above suggested, to get rid of the ringing. But it did not. It made my face flushed and caused more ringing. I live with tinitus daily. Niacin remains a puzzle to me.

But like you, I enjoy being creative about what I’m “hearing” with Tinny. When you can turn something this annoying around on it’s head and give it a different, more positive spin, life is much more fun!

Again, great post!

~ LaRonda

]]> By: Richard Roehm http://ahearingloss.com/2008/02/17/my-friend-tinnitus/#comment-65 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:01:35 +0000 http://ahearingloss.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-65 Talk to your doctor about using Niacin to help you say good bye to Tinny.

]]> By: “I wish everyone could sign” « arbofo http://ahearingloss.com/2008/02/17/my-friend-tinnitus/#comment-64 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:39:35 +0000 http://ahearingloss.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-64 [...] As for the tinnitus? This made my day. [...]

]]> By: kate http://ahearingloss.com/2008/02/17/my-friend-tinnitus/#comment-63 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:35:18 +0000 http://ahearingloss.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-63 FABULOUS post. :)

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