Posted on 08/14/2002 3:28:07 PM PDT by The Raven
*Divers with tinnitus ping*
Snickersnee finds that at least half his returning veterans from “the sandbox” and “the rockpile” complain of tinnitus. He tells them to include it in their VA disability claim. An easy 10%! Pass it on.
IIRC Tylenol and Aspirin in high doses can worsen the symptoms also.
I have it also but usually can ignore it. Except when it drowns out the voices. :^)
What? And lose all that valuable advice???
Do other cities have "talking" buses? Nonstop "PLEASE HOLD AH-ON!". Loud pinging (blastingly loud) stop requests. Street name announcements. "Security" updates. All at loud volume! And they never shut up. These buses are SHEER TORTURE. Life is misery, thanks to these buses. Unless the audiologists have been ON one of these buses, they have no idea how constant sound bombardment can affect the quality of one's life.
I've had the exact same thing, since childhood.
Tinnitis is horrible.
I used to have it really bad after a sinus infection, and it lasted for months.
Still, many have had it MUCH worse than me.
NOW, IF THEY COULD CURE ***FLOATERS*** IN THE EYES, I would be thrilled.
If anybody has found something that gets rid of floaters, let me know.
My tinnitis went away afer after a few years, but I still got floaters. I hate them!!!!!!
Thank You! I contracted Tinnitus four years ago due to a bad reaction to a prescription drug. I went back to the doctor and he basically blew me off by telling me it was impossible for this to happen. The drug was Vioxx. It almost drove me insane for a month but I learned to live with it. It’s still extremely annoying.
Ringing here since 1992.....man, it sucks bump.
I sure hope this works! I have had this condition for about 5 years, courtesy of a 155mm Charge 5 White Bag at Fort Sill, OK back in 1967. I try to ignore it, but I would rather not have to.
I went to see Elizabeth yesterday and the darn sound was so loud that the theater canon booms shook my body. Theaters really need to turn the volume down a bit.
I feel for you about the buses!
It stinks.
er....cannon
I got it in March 1982 due to an infection and I just woke up with it one morning. It is really bad. At this very moment as I type this it is extremely loud. As usual it is like a tea kettle is going off inches from my head as it has been every single second since the first week of March 1982. Unbelievable. I had a very rough time the first couple years trying to deal with it. I felt it must account for some suicides. I am glad people on this thread are not making fun of it.
bttt
There is a lot more ambient background noise in modern civilization that really masks this “ringing noise.”
Everytime I go camping or hiking overnight for a few days it is very noticeable to me, because typically wilderness areas are one of the few places where at times it absolutely positively *quiet*. Usually a day or two it backs off quite a bit.
On the eye “floaters” that a few people have mentioned, I don’t really notice mine (they are present at birth inside the globe of the eye, btw) that seems to be another wilderness thing - in desert areas they seem to come out of the woodwork! Maybe it’s a dehydration related thing, or driving long distances thing, since I don’t live in the desert. Hm.
They can zap them with lasers now...
And Mr. Beck, and Mr. Nugent, and Mr. Van Halen, and Mr. Page....
Thank you, and I feel for YOU. I’ve experienced the same thing at movie theaters myself, which is why, on the rare day when I do go, I bring earplugs! Best invention ever.
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