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Re: An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus

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Post by edm0nd »

pmx wrote: post #85
tithe wrote: post #74

I've had a mental visualization I've used to control tinnitus flares for about 20 years now - i.e., "biofeedback". I image the entire soundscape (what I'm possible of hearing) as a long, thin line which is warbling a bit, as I'm hearing things right now -- like the line in an oscilloscope. The present tinnitus represents itself as a sharp spike in this visualization, the location dependent upon its texture (sharp pin…

Holy crap this works! I've the loud high-pitched type all evening and i've just used your method to reduce its volume significantly! Thank you!

You can also try this trick which works for me

You place the palms of your hands on the sides of your head or over your ears and then drum/tap your fingers on the back of your head. After about 10-15 seconds, it will stop the ringing.

Re: An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus

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Post by szundi »

tithe wrote: post #74

I've had a mental visualization I've used to control tinnitus flares for about 20 years now - i.e., "biofeedback". I image the entire soundscape (what I'm possible of hearing) as a long, thin line which is warbling a bit, as I'm hearing things right now -- like the line in an oscilloscope. The present tinnitus represents itself as a sharp spike in this visualization, the location dependent upon its texture (sharp pin…

Ladies and gentlemen, it works

Re: An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus

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Post by causality0 »

39896880 wrote: post #33
hypeatei wrote: post #9

Hmm, seems interesting but it's intended to take the "focus" off of the ringing rather than actually fix the underlying cause. Personally, having tinnitus for so long I don't even notice it anymore; it would be nice to experience complete "silence" again though.

“Silence” really does belong in quotes. I spent some time in an anechoic chamber (a few hours a day over 6 weeks) and could hear the blood flowing through my ears. It was quite strange and convinced me that true silence doesn’t exist unless you’re deaf.

One of the spookiest experiences of my life was activating a pair of noise-canceling headphones in a room that was already quiet and immediately being able to hear my neck vertebrae touching. I snatched them off my head like they were a spider.

Re: An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus

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Post by mtalantikite »

wholinator2 wrote: post #103
mtalantikite wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is actually an experience that people that engage in the tantric practices in Vajrayana Buddhism -- of which Tibetan Buddhism belongs to -- cultivate. I've encountered the instructions as part of the dream yoga practices, to cultivate it so that you actually watch yourself fall asleep and enter the dream state completely lucidly. I've only ever been able to "catch" the dream and become lucid when already in the…

I was able to do it once with the simple exercise of barely typing my name on an invisible keyboard while keeping the rest of my body completely still, only moving the tips of my fingers maybe a centimeter or two. Something about that repeated motion allowed me to keep some subset conscious as the whole transitioned into sleep. It was a very spooky transition! I descended until I felt a cold hand on my shoulder and w…

That's awesome, thanks for sharing that. I've gotten to the point of hearing dream sounds like you described while falling through the sleep stages, but it startled me enough to wake me up! I'll give the slight movement thing a try -- which actually reminded me of how Tesla claimed to curl his toes 100 times per foot before going to sleep [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla#Work_and_dining_h...

Re: An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus

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Post by jdminhbg »

TillE wrote: post #45
joe_the_user wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This comment is as useful as posting to a thread on clinical depression that when you feel down you sing a little song.

There's absolutely nothing you can do about tinnitus except adjust to it. You really do just have to relax and accept it, and it essentially fades into the background. That's literally the best treatment available.

The entire reason this comment chain exists is that someone has built a better treatment than just adjusting to it.

Re: An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus

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Post by zoklet-enjoyer »

edm0nd wrote: post #111
pmx wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Holy crap this works! I've the loud high-pitched type all evening and i've just used your method to reduce its volume significantly! Thank you!

You can also try this trick which works for me You place the palms of your hands on the sides of your head or over your ears and then drum/tap your fingers on the back of your head. After about 10-15 seconds, it will stop the ringing.

I showed this trick to a guy at work and it was really funny and cool seeing how shocked he was that it worked

Re: An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus

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Post by tithe »

disantlor wrote: post #99
tithe wrote: post #74

I've had a mental visualization I've used to control tinnitus flares for about 20 years now - i.e., "biofeedback". I image the entire soundscape (what I'm possible of hearing) as a long, thin line which is warbling a bit, as I'm hearing things right now -- like the line in an oscilloscope. The present tinnitus represents itself as a sharp spike in this visualization, the location dependent upon its texture (sharp pin…

I do the same thing though I have a different mental analogy, but it works!

Could you share the visualization that you use?

Re: An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus

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Post by toast0 »

tithe wrote: post #86
pmx wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Holy crap this works! I've the loud high-pitched type all evening and i've just used your method to reduce its volume significantly! Thank you!

It gives me goosebumps that this method works with others. I thought it to be very idiosyncratic...but it seems not? Either way, I'm glad it could help!

Our brains are very weird, but there's a lot of common weirdness. There's a pretty wide range of common 'weird dreams', for example driving from the backseat, mandatory test or you'll be ungraduated from high school where you haven't been in 10+ years, various flying/falling, the tetris effect, etc.

Re: An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus

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Post by toast0 »

monknomo wrote: post #92
tithe wrote: post #74

I've had a mental visualization I've used to control tinnitus flares for about 20 years now - i.e., "biofeedback". I image the entire soundscape (what I'm possible of hearing) as a long, thin line which is warbling a bit, as I'm hearing things right now -- like the line in an oscilloscope. The present tinnitus represents itself as a sharp spike in this visualization, the location dependent upon its texture (sharp pin…

I don't have tinnitus, but I do have this thing where when I'm falling asleep, my eyes (despite being closed and in a dark room) will start to feel like they are looking at a brighter and brighter light. This is very irritating for me. For that I usually open them really briefly and imagine some kind of equilizer level-set thing happening and that makes it dark behind my eyes again. I wonder if there is a way to do i…

> I don't have tinnitus, but I do have this thing where when I'm falling asleep, my eyes (despite being closed and in a dark room) will start to feel like they are looking at a brighter and brighter light. This is very irritating for me.

Me too, just started happening recently too. Brains are weird.

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