ב''ה, seems the 'driven to this thinking by tinnitus' crowd is represented on this forum, and I'll end on a civilization and its discontents note note to pull it back to existential suicidality, but anyway:
www.sciencealert.com
Supposedly some researchers have results that more of what they're defining as slow wave sleep may mute the effects of tinnitus / quell what's probably a feedback loop (literally like perceived electric guitar feedback) between whatever may be damaged in the cochlea and the certain brain neurons staying active to amplify and further amplify the perception of a heard tone.
Well, good luck getting any of that kind of sleep with tinnitus. Benzos and Ambien and so on as also perpetually discussed here may, perceptually, allow more of that until tolerance kicks in and, in withdrawal it's all worse, so choose your poisons I guess.
Also as someone who got to sample a dopamine antagonist myself a few times, there sure is a lot weird between dopamine, "ego," and also just general brain activity, so if not for the awful additional hormonal side effects of some of those, y'know, if it quells the feedback loop and you can keep it below simulating a prolactinoma dosage or find one without that "well that's a hilarious accident of drug discovery but it's for the crazy so we don't care" issue.. if it works it works. Just, weirdly, having the "imagining solutions to society and capitalism's problems" creativity muted is its own kind of weirdly "more in touch with only existing reality" hypnotic as to only worry about work for "our betters," ugh. But fewer withdrawals than benzos if you're not actually prone to really bad hallucinatory sorts of 'psychosis' so, if the stuff's available it's also some restful naps until there's anything actually important to do.
Thankfully don't have really bad tinnitus myself but get just enough at random times to know what tinnitus is like, and in all my adventures have noticed the whole (for me 90% of the time) under certain conditions including maybe feeling "perfectly rested" it can shut off, so.. maybe some thoughts on what can be tried.
And yet that leaves the rest of civilization to put up with after the distracting and perhaps expensive and rude search to just get treatment for an awful medical condition, so, ending on the dour note just to post here and not hide it in "Recovery" etc., but oh G-d, would that ever curing one thing would even be worth the struggle, but This May Be Sparta as to the whole world right now; good news everybody, there's a vague slight chance you could get patched up to further benefit the sadists who rose to the top.
Tinnitus Seems Somehow Linked to a Crucial Bodily Function
Around 15 percent of the world's population suffers from tinnitus, a condition which causes someone to hear a sound (such as ringing or buzzing) without any external source.
www.sciencealert.com
Supposedly some researchers have results that more of what they're defining as slow wave sleep may mute the effects of tinnitus / quell what's probably a feedback loop (literally like perceived electric guitar feedback) between whatever may be damaged in the cochlea and the certain brain neurons staying active to amplify and further amplify the perception of a heard tone.
Well, good luck getting any of that kind of sleep with tinnitus. Benzos and Ambien and so on as also perpetually discussed here may, perceptually, allow more of that until tolerance kicks in and, in withdrawal it's all worse, so choose your poisons I guess.
Also as someone who got to sample a dopamine antagonist myself a few times, there sure is a lot weird between dopamine, "ego," and also just general brain activity, so if not for the awful additional hormonal side effects of some of those, y'know, if it quells the feedback loop and you can keep it below simulating a prolactinoma dosage or find one without that "well that's a hilarious accident of drug discovery but it's for the crazy so we don't care" issue.. if it works it works. Just, weirdly, having the "imagining solutions to society and capitalism's problems" creativity muted is its own kind of weirdly "more in touch with only existing reality" hypnotic as to only worry about work for "our betters," ugh. But fewer withdrawals than benzos if you're not actually prone to really bad hallucinatory sorts of 'psychosis' so, if the stuff's available it's also some restful naps until there's anything actually important to do.
Thankfully don't have really bad tinnitus myself but get just enough at random times to know what tinnitus is like, and in all my adventures have noticed the whole (for me 90% of the time) under certain conditions including maybe feeling "perfectly rested" it can shut off, so.. maybe some thoughts on what can be tried.
And yet that leaves the rest of civilization to put up with after the distracting and perhaps expensive and rude search to just get treatment for an awful medical condition, so, ending on the dour note just to post here and not hide it in "Recovery" etc., but oh G-d, would that ever curing one thing would even be worth the struggle, but This May Be Sparta as to the whole world right now; good news everybody, there's a vague slight chance you could get patched up to further benefit the sadists who rose to the top.
