Read my post above, its acetaldehyde who gives the "kick". Somebody purchase big amount of it - police will be always underway, primary component of most synthetic drugs.

Not necessarily. I have a mild form of tinnitus in my left ear that was likely brought on by extreme stress according to my ENT doctor. My hearing is otherwise unaffected - in fact, tests show that my hearing is above average. In this case it's not external damage that's causing the tinnitus but something gone awry in my brain.

Humans are psychosomatic creatures - our mind and psychological well being is not at all removed from physical health. It is an interplay going both ways. When I am on down-current, I get sick that much easier!

It is a family teasing topic of sorts that my brother could conjure a fever because he did not want to play Joseph in the nativity play on second grade. And good on him - back-stage, and helpful, sure - on-stage, not by any personal ambition, and quite unnatural.

It is a subtle condition that you have, and therefore hard to have, right? But the upside is that if you can reconcile the stress, the tinnitus may go away. On hard-inner-ear-damage, this hope might be very slim indeed.

I don't want a pickle / I just want to ride on my motor-cicle...
Pickle. Got it? :D HUHUEbrrrr

Yep, when I'm very stressed-out I get physically ill as well.

Haha, that's a nice anecdote. :P One of my housemates is the same way about exams ...

On the whole I'm dealing with it all right. Luckily the tinnitus is not very loud, so I only hear it when I'm in bed at night or when it's really quiet during the day. My ENT doctor says there's not much to do about these types of cases except trying to ignore it in the best way you can. I'm not sure if it will go away again, I've had it for the better part of a year now, and there have been low-stress periods during that time as well. Still, maybe some of the pressure will go away when I get my master's degree next year.

I can deal with the tinnitus I have. The thing that's worrying me is that it might possibly get worse at some point.

For getting rid of an acquired addiction:
I had a friend dealing with addiction issues and his counselor said to give yourself a regular "free time" on your calendar. However many you need. But the point is, they need to be scheduled and on your calendar. You don't break them.

So, if you were trying to get rid of snus, you would say something like:

6am, 12pm, 6pm, 9pm - SNUS, every day

But then after a few weeks, knock out 9pm

After a month of that, take out 12pm

After a month or two or three of that, take out the 6am

And after a while, 9pm, MON, WED, FRI and SAT

And after a while, 9pm, MON, FRI

And after a while 9pm, MON

And hang there for a while until you feel like you can get off it.

It's similar to weening, but a big difference is that it's actually on your calendar. So when you get a craving, you can say "It's okay. I got this. I can just wait another few hours and then I get it."

For avoiding an addiction
That said, you're trying to avoid a new addiction (or a recurring old one). For that, I'd recommend getting into a group of users. AA or the like can have a huge impact from peer pressure, seeing down and up the road regularly, and talking through your issues.


I'm no expert, and most of my info is gleaned from friends who were addicts. I'm glad to say that all of my close friends were able to beat their issues (even smoking).

I got my addiction when I was 16, I was happy to play football and cricket. then one day a friend of mine invited me into his house. he had a typewriter kind of thing. what is it I asked, he said hey it's a computer. it's a commodore Vic-20. he loaded games into it, I was amazed. I knew about Atari console [was the closest we got to save money from the arcades]

Anyway. I asked my mum to get a Commodore Vic-20 for me [I paid my mum back in installments] My mum came back with a commodore 64 [without the cassette deck] I was so happy and gutted. I would type in programs from Computer monthly [had program listings for c64, vic-20, BBC, dragon, spectrum et al]

Would take ages to type these program in, no way of saving them, so each time I wanted to play a game I had to type in the game, syntex error check. gawd it was a pain. this is how I learned to program [in basic]

And I've been addicted to computers ever since, I wonder what sort of person I would be today! if my friend didn't show off his Commodore Vic-20

I have not only played Joseph, which is odd enough in itself since I am a woman, but I have also played 'second Joseph' ... apparently we had too many people to give everyone a unique role ...

It does bug me a bit, and when I focus on it too much I am unable to sleep. The trick is forcing yourself to think about something else until you fall asleep. :P Although my doctor also recommended getting a ticking clock or putting on some nature music.

I remember I would have wanted to see him, because I am inclined to be proud of my bro. But fever it was.

Assuming to sound both pro-feminist and pro-bro at once, which I suspect I am - I genuinely think that when both you, and my bro get the role, they want, the world is better. "Not Joseph by default" - and all that, eh!

It is good you survive with - but I hope you might find organic silence still.

First time reading this. Could be a good idea. Thank you for sharing. I'll keep it in mind.

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