There are billions of people and a version of normal to go along with each one of them. No two versions are exactly the same. There will be hundreds of thousands of little things that make up your version of normal. With any luck you can find people that have close to the same idea of what normal is that you do. These are your friends. Anyone else you try to tolerate as best you can.
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The exact definition of normal depends on who's running the asylum.
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
5603 - Tinnitus
It's only 5 minutes! But it's a real good review of tinnitus and how it's not in your ears but in your brain.
I have tinnitus and have had it for so long I am used to it and manage to tune it out, unless something ramps it up. Caffeine, aspirin and the "heavier" painkillers make it more noticeable as does antihistamine in the spring and early summer when I take much more of it for a few weeks. Mostly it is just a fuzzy noise, but sometimes I get ringing and a few times it rings "in tune" like those musical Christmas cards.
Well living in California for 4 years. I definitely experienced this! I don't know whether it was the change of climate, or the stress of leaving Hawaii, normal aging, but it was very annoying and distressing. Distressing. Grateful I seen back to normal. Now that I'm back home. Wishing all suffers relief
Interesting, but I am very glad that I am afflicted. I love my silence.
ReplyDeleteI have tinnitus and have had it for so long I am used to it and manage to tune it out, unless something ramps it up. Caffeine, aspirin and the "heavier" painkillers make it more noticeable as does antihistamine in the spring and early summer when I take much more of it for a few weeks. Mostly it is just a fuzzy noise, but sometimes I get ringing and a few times it rings "in tune" like those musical Christmas cards.
ReplyDeleteTinnitus is bad, but not nearly as annoying as listening to the grating, whiny voice of Der Furor.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting, Mike! Thanks for the info!
ReplyDeleteSue - "not" afflicted?
ReplyDeleteI have low-level tinnitus. It has to be really quiet for me to hear it.
River - You have a chorus in your head!
Bill - Amen to that.
Deb - I sent you the link.
No issues here, thank goodness!
ReplyDeleteKathy - You're lucky.
ReplyDeleteWell living in California for 4 years. I definitely experienced this! I don't know whether it was the change of climate, or the stress of leaving Hawaii, normal aging, but it was very annoying and distressing. Distressing. Grateful I seen back to normal. Now that I'm back home. Wishing all suffers relief
ReplyDeleteCloudia - That's a new version I've never heard of. You get it because you move and it goes away when you move back. Weird.
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