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| glowgirl |
Posted - 06/23/2012 : 12:02:14
hi all,
i am really on board with my new TMS-b-gone life attitude and very grateful. while also feeling my emotions and looking at things and doing my best to address what happened and move on (etc.)
i am just wondering... has anyone here ever had to deal with healing a sound injury? that made me very sound sensitive back in 2008. i think my inability to recover from it is TMS (like a form of PTSD). just curious. i also have tinnitus which came on a year earlier in one ear. it may have nothing to do with TMS but often they say it does. has anyone ever seen it go away using TMS principles and disciplines?
many thanks. |
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| Fox |
Posted - 07/02/2012 : 07:24:06
I have tinnitus almost exclusively in one ear (the left one). In fact, I have some hearing loss in that ear. Nevertheless, the TMS and TRT approaches combined fix the problem when it occurs. Your wearing the soft ear plug all day long in the "weak" ear makes things worse (as stated on the TRT website) because you are convincing yourself that you have a physical problem and because that ear is becoming unfamiliar with normal sounds (see the TRT website for the technical details). Paradoxically, you need to do the opposite of what you are currently doing. Expose that "weak" ear to all normal sounds ("sound conditioning") including moderately loud ones - I play my car radio extra loud when I have the ringing - to prove to myself that the ringing is just TMS crap (and to drown out the ringing for a while). Feel free to take you soft ear plugs (one for each ear) with you to use at events where there may actually be extremely loud, prolonged, and therefore damaging sounds - like rock concerts, fireworks displays, and action movies. Or when you use a leaf blower. |
| elise8 |
Posted - 07/01/2012 : 17:29:52
I have hyperacusis, but only in my right ear.. I have to wear an soft ear plug in my right ear all day or sounds just really bother me and seem to lead to physical symptoms, vertigo, etc. This is only prevalent in one ear, so how could that be TMS ?.. It is on the same side that I had TMJ surgery when I was in my 20s (they don't do this type of surgery anymore but back in the 80s this was the treatment for TMJ ---arghhh wish I had never done it).. I have had this hyperacusis problem for 10 years, I was diagnosed with Meniere's disease at that time but have no serious hearing loss yet. I also have 24/7 tinnitus, I sleep with white noise machine which helps as nighttime is the worse.
I did cure all my chronic back pain using the Sarno books but the hyperacusis and tinnitus remain..
Elise8 |
| glowgirl |
Posted - 06/28/2012 : 13:34:56
when i got hyperacusis, i went on to the hyperacusis board and everyone warned me to be careful around sounds or i'd make it worse, get setbacks, get it again, make it worse. and so on. Of course in fairness some did say to wear sound generators and in a year i'd be better but i tried that and got horrible ear pain.
i think internet forums can be very dangerous (this one excluded.) they have probably given people more diseases than ever.
i'd love to see that article mentioned above too if possible.
anyway that fear of a "setback" runs not only my life but that of a lot of other people. thanks everyone for this perspective.
i also get tinnitus whenever i am around power tools like hedge trimmers. I can't imagine this is all in my head? or hammers or such. it is different than the other ringing.
anyway, i am downloading dr. sarno's cd's as i write this. i'll listen to him for a while.
somehow i feel like I am getting my life back. this feels good. people probably do have setbacks because their fear is running them... all good TMS reasons! but it does sound like it can be beat.
glad to hear of others who have done so, thanks. |
| glowgirl |
Posted - 06/28/2012 : 13:21:40
when i got hyperacusis, i went on to the "board" and everyone warned me to be careful around sounds or i'd make it worse, get setbacks, get it again. and so on. i think internet forums can be very dangerous (this one excluded.) they have probabaly given people more diseases than ever.
i'd love to see that article too if possible.
anyway that fear of a "setback" runs not only my life but that of a lot of other people. thanks everyone for this perspective.
i am downloading dr. sarno's cd's as i write this. i'll listen to him for a while. |
| balto |
Posted - 06/26/2012 : 21:17:46
Dr Kadoch, I went to the link but I didn't see the article. If it is not too long, can you post it here?
One of my teacher told me once that noise can create stress and anxiety. We evolved to associate loud noise with bad news. The roar of a lion, the scream of a baby, the cracking sound of a falling tree limp, the sound of the thunder, vocalno,... trigger a fight or flight respond in human. We respond to loud noise instantly, without thinking. We would dive down at the sound of gun fire or bomb explosion without any instruction from our brain. So, noise does create fear and a stress respond in our body.
Noise can also be a conditioning effect too. We remember 9/11, days after watched the tragedy on television, when I hear the sound of an airplane fly high above me I feel a fear feeling inside me.
Broke up from a bad relationship then driving home alone, it pouring rain and the lightning was loud and scary. Many years later, every time you hear lightning, it still brought tear to your eyes remember about that horrible day.
Loud noise is unpleasant, can be stresful and scary. Understand that and accept that it will be unpleasant and stressful when you hear loud noise. Acceptance help me got rid of my tinnitus. Just like SteveO usually said, when I no longer try to "fix" it, it would "fix" itself and I'm cured.
also, you may want to NOT give that "sound injury" too much weight. Unless you can fix that injury, if not, blame it on tms and move on with life. It will get better.
Goodluck.
No, I don't know everything. I'm just here to share my experience. |
| mk6283 |
Posted - 06/26/2012 : 05:28:18
Both tinnitus and hyperacusis can be TMS equivalents. As a matter of fact, they usually accompany one another. I have written about this.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22436618
Feel free to e-mail me at drkadoch@gmail.com if you do not have access to the article.
Best,
MK |
| Wavy Soul |
Posted - 06/25/2012 : 23:12:39
wow - I had an argument with my Pilates (rhymes with pirates) teacher at the gym yesterday because he plays such crappy music - like he puts the RADIO on. I felt as though every scratchy sound was killing me.
Love is the answer, whatever the question |
| SteveO |
Posted - 06/25/2012 : 15:17:24
Hyperacousis is a very common symptom of TMS as a distractionary technique. I mention it in my Appendix A and Dr. Sopher mentions it in his book too.
I remember at the height of my TMS, that the wind blowing through the leaves in the trees hurt my ears. When the SNS is on high-alert, one of its primary functions for survival is to increase acuity in hearing. You need to get deeply involved in the relaxation techniques--and into laughing.
I've seen hundreds of people "heal" from both tinnitus and hyperacousis. But they are both contingent upon tension levels.
The injury to your ear can provide the trigger for the necessity for the symptom.
Steve |
| Fox |
Posted - 06/25/2012 : 08:15:20
Regarding tinnitus, go to www.tinnitus.org and also go to www.tmswiki.org and search for tinnitus. On the latter, you will see my story. Still recovered from tinnitus. Do use sound machine over night if problems come back and play car radio loud to tell my brain it is being ridiculous fearing moderately loud sounds - then ringing goes away within minutes, or hours, or at most a couple of days. |
| Craigy |
Posted - 06/23/2012 : 14:12:19
Glowgirl,
And here I thought my sensitive hearing and lack of hearing was due to my days in the Air Force and listening to Heavy Metal music! I too am very sensitive to certain sound pitches and my hearing is going away; "huh, what did you say"? I thought it was age and damage from the past but I could be wrong.
Craigy |
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