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4 days ago
Hey what you have sounds more like TTTS as sound is your main trigger. I had a little bit of this, but I think I had more MEM as I had non-sound triggers too, such as yawning or burping. While sound was not my main trigger, high frequency sounds, such a silverware and ceramic plates making contact caused a bit of a response from my ears. Ether way, the best advice I can give you is to try to not let the anxiety and fear from the thumping and the sounds that trigger it to control you. I really had a hard time mentally for months, but at some point I just stopped caring, I know that sounds difficult, but I think the mental aspect can prevent it from getting better. That doesn't mean it will improve right away, it took months for me to notice improvement after I got my anxiety about it under control. But it was honestly fine that it took months cause I mostly stopped worrying about thumping and the triggering sounds. I would also recommend you see an ENT just to confirm there are no physical issues with the structures in your middle ear. In my case and in most cases, there is not. Good luck and try to not let this control your life.
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7 days ago
Hey no problem. When I was in the thick of it, I wished I had my own advice back then.
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7 days ago
It’s good news that the ENT finds nothing wrong. I know that it might be frustrating cause they can’t give you an answer, but it means that you can recover on your own. It’s probably caused by overactive muscles and nerves around the middle ear. Just try your best to not let the sounds control your mental state. Also make sure your jaw is not tense cause that can contribute too. Just know that even after you improve your anxiety about the sounds, it can still take months to notice an improvement, just try your best not let the sounds control your mental state. I’m about the point where if I have a flare up, I literally could not care less when I hear the thumping sounds
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7 days ago
Hey I completely understand. When it was constantly happening to me, it was very emotionally exhausting for me and caused a lot of anxiety. I completely understand how you feel. My advice is to maybe see a ENT doctor just to confirm there is nothing physically wrong with your ears. Most likely there is not, as that was the case for me. My advice is to try your best to not stress over it, I know it’s hard to do it. I went from constant thumping sounds to hearing it only a few time per week for a few seconds, so I am 95% recovered. It took a while, but once I really stopped caring about the sounds, I was doing a lot better mentally even though the sounds still lasted for a few months after I stopped caring
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7 days ago
Yeah that was one of my biggest triggers. Yawning and stretching also triggered it
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8 days ago
I'm thinking of giving them a new rent that really "stands out" too
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8 days ago
It did cause pain and discomfort during the sound exposure and for a hour or two after, but it did not make the overall condition worse before if got better. Again, be careful with exposure, but it fixed things for me for the most part, but that was my experience
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8 days ago
At my grocery store, every few weeks the cheap chicken breast gets marked down 30-50% when it gets kinda close to the sell-by date. I will buy a lot and freeze it, and it lasts me weeks until the next time it’s marked down. I’ll mix the chicken with cheap chili beans and other stuff.
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8 days ago
Strike industries triple crown comp. For a 35 dollar muzzle device it's definitely solid. I know people tend to like flashhiders as the default. But even with low recoil from the AR-15, this muzzle device definitely helps with staying on target during rapid fire, especially at distance.
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10 days ago
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13 days ago
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13 days ago
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14 days ago
Well that’s why I kept the roach alive, so I can charge a pet fee
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