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| Sky |
Posted - 04/01/2008 : 07:53:29
I've had a little tinnitus since 4th grade. Now I see it pretty clearly as a TMS manifestation and it usually goes away in maybe 5 seconds or so every time it pops up.
They say they truly understand what's going on when you get tinnitus: the part of your brain associated with hearing goes into overdrive. It's amazing what processing emotions in an unhealthy way can do to your health. It's also amazing that the mainstream medical community appears to have NO IDEA about the connection between emotions, "maladies" like this, and how to cure them through addressing and reprocessing old, painful emotions.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/01/health/research/01tinn.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin |
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| electraglideman |
Posted - 04/01/2008 : 21:17:55
The only time I hear the ringing now is when I read about it. Like right now. |
| mk6283 |
Posted - 04/01/2008 : 18:58:29
Dor, tinnitus is rarely ONLY due to TMS. There should almost always still be SOME sort of trigger. The fact that it perpetuates (or does not "habituate"), however, can often, in my opinion, be largely explained by TMS. You are definitely right though: there are MANY different kinds of triggers for tinnitus.
Best,
MK |
| Stryder |
Posted - 04/01/2008 : 18:56:31
Makes sense that the explanation for tinnitus is that the sound is always there but in most people their brains just ignore it. For some reason in persons prone to TMS the brain is so busy focusing on just EVERYTHING and obsessing about EVERYTHING that the brain un-learns how to ignore it. As others have posted, since you know that the ringing is beniegn (once you have been checked by a doc for absense of a serious condition), you can treat it as TMS an just ignore it. It may or may not completley go away over time. And, yes, I also agree that I tend to notice it more when I'm stressed out.
There are many noises in our environment that we also block out because our eyes are feeding so much more information to the brain. If you blindfold yourself for a long time you will start to hear things going on that you never noticed.
Take care, -Stryder |
| Dor |
Posted - 04/01/2008 : 15:42:35
Very interesting although I do not believe that it is always TMS related. My husband has it after being in Vietnam. He is a very lay back person and just does not let it bother him and has no other symptoms of TMS. I recently developed it after a great deal of dental work, however it is greatly subsiding with the replacement of missing molars. I will say though that for both of us, fatigue and stress certainly makes it more pronounced.
Dor |
| mk6283 |
Posted - 04/01/2008 : 13:48:20
Interesting article. Some studies show that as many as 50% (or more) of patients with "fibromyalgia" (TMS) suffer from things like tinnitus (&/or mitral valve prolapse). Clearly these phenomena are the consequence of "suped up" nervous system activity as a result of some underlying emotional conflict or anxiety.
Tinnitus is often established during a negative emotional experience with high autonomic nervous system activity. Depending on when the tinnitus appears, it may or may not perpetuate depending on whether a vicious cycle is established. The establishment of the vicious cycle is largely a product of one's emotional state at the time. My tinnitus, for example, popped up when I was going through all my other TMS issues. I think this is a fairly common occurrence for people with TMS.
That being said, many people have found success treating tinnitus as a TMS equivalent, myself included. Even if you cannot eliminate the noise altogether, you can definitely train your mind not to perceive it.
Best,
MK |
| pmazzdog |
Posted - 04/01/2008 : 13:41:44
I have it also and noticed it about 4 years back. They thought it was due to boxing but my tests were clear. It vacillates all the time now. Like my own fax machine on all the time. |
