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Only time my tinnitus went away was probably in the 80s or it might be the 90s. I went to a place called "Altered States" in NY named after the movie. Now long
by joedevon 10y ago
Only time my tinnitus went away was probably in the 80s or it might be the 90s. I went to a place called "Altered States" in NY named after the movie. Now long defunct. They had Samahdi tanks (ie float tank aka sensory deprivation chamber). I don't normally pay attention to the tinnitus unless the air conditioner is on or the like. It seems like the background tinnitus noise increases to meet just under the level of the air conditioner. Then when the AC is turned off I hear the tinnitus loudly.
So anyway, in the tank, I thought I had the music turned off but I was hearing this really loud buzzing all of a sudden. I thought it was the speaker because they did allow music (which imo is silly, since the point is deprivation). Anywho, as I paid attention to it, the noise got louder, suddenly it hit me this was my tinnitus. And in a weird biofeedback sense my awareness affected the noise and as I paid attention to it, I just turned off the sound and it was gone for the rest of the hour.
Eventually came back and had it ever since.
Went to a similar place in Venice, CA, but was not lucky enough to have the same experience. The tank was also very different. Liked it much less than the NY place.
Sorry for rambling.
- PepeGomez 10y agoI don't know why, but sleeping in a noisy room gives me tinnitus for the next day.