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walkingthru Posts: 79
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Unfortunately there's not much known about the minute workings of the nervous system. I have had tinnitus constantly since mid-2005 and sometimes I feel as if I'd give half my eyesight for 5 minutes of silence - you know, total and complete silence. The only problem is, then I wouldn't want to go back to the constant ringing. My tinnitus is somehow associated with Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain. They arrived around the same time and neither want to leave. Most of the time I have a mid-level three or four tone ringing; when I'm in pain or over-tired it gets worse.....louder and almost to the point of making me want to bash my head on the wall. Nothing I've taken so far has helped. Of course, we just recently got the pain meds adjusted again to accommodate my increased tolerance - I hate that we have to increase the meds occasionally but that's how it is. Anyhow, we've never really looked at meds for the tinnitus. In fact, I feel like I'm taking more meds than I want to now - why add another pill or two and, more importantly, am I willing to go through the horror that is medication testing for me? Nausea, irritability, rashes, welts, personality changes....nah, I'll just put up with the ringing. |
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