Best drugs to improve your listening experience

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ben62670
ben62670 Posts: 15,969
edited August 2008 in DIY, Mods & Tweaks
We'll I have some people coming over this weekend, and I really want to fully be able to enjoy the music. My ears are plugging up a little, and my sound stage is off, and so is my ability to hear the full frequency range. You guys have any suggestions to help clear things up?
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Ben
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited August 2008
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    Ask a pharmacist.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,342
    edited August 2008
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    Turn it down a little. Best drug available. ;)
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
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    Its not the volume level, but it feels like I have water in one ear, and the other has wax buildup:( The kids, and I have just gotten over a bug thing.
    Ben
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  • TouchOfEvil
    TouchOfEvil Posts: 967
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    Pop your ears.... it works for me. You can ethier pop your jaw are hold your nose clasp then blow thru your nose. It will force a new hearing from your ears. Kinda unplugs em so to speak...like i said it works for me.
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  • joeparaski
    joeparaski Posts: 1,865
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    I have wax build up rather quickly in my ears. Every 5 or 6 months I go to my family doctor and he just rinses them out with a big syringe filled with warm water and some mild soap. I get "plugs" of wax coming out of there. Painless, quick, and I come out of there hearing new sounds in the air.

    Joe
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
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    TouchOfEvil wrote: »
    Pop your ears.... it works for me. You can ethier pop your jaw are hold your nose clasp then blow thru your nose. It will force a new hearing from your ears. Kinda unplugs em so to speak...like i said it works for me.

    This works kinda for about 2 minutes
    joeparaski wrote: »
    I have wax build up rather quickly in my ears. Every 5 or 6 months I go to my family doctor and he just rinses them out with a big syringe filled with warm water and some mild soap. I get "plugs" of wax coming out of there. Painless, quick, and I come out of there hearing new sounds in the air.

    Joe
    I would love to be able to do this, but here in the good Ol USA doctor visits are not available to broke people like me:o

    I wish I had a water pick(the kind for cleaning your teeth). Some warm water, and soap would most likely do my ears good.
    Ben
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,342
    edited August 2008
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    "Debrox" drops. Earwax removal aid. No prescription. Available at most grocery stores.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
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    I should have asked a few days ago:(
    Tom have you used this product?
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,342
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    Yes sir. Works well. It says on the website that it takes four days to work but IME one application does it. Of course, that's me. YMMV.

    If you have sinuses or any kind of congestion it can affect how you hear as well from what I have noticed. For that, you just have to let nature take it's course.
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  • FrysElectronics
    FrysElectronics Posts: 11
    edited August 2008
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    Alcohol. Ahahaha, it'll make you 'feel' the music more but that's by being drunk. It's actually bad for the ears and helps you NOT hear lol. So you're asking what kind of medications like sudafed for the ears? Or recreational drugs?
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  • LessisNevermore
    LessisNevermore Posts: 1,519
    edited August 2008
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    Debrox, and an ear syringe. Use warm water, or it will suck, a lot.:D
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
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    Well thats two votes, and the stuff is in my budget. I'll hit CVS inthe AM.
    Thanks guys. If that doesn't work I'll try Acid, or shrooms:eek:








    J/K
    Ben
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    Ben
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  • Libertyc
    Libertyc Posts: 914
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    Just smoke a fatty...
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  • joeparaski
    joeparaski Posts: 1,865
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    ben62670 wrote: »
    This works kinda for about 2 minutes


    I would love to be able to do this, but here in the good Ol USA doctor visits are not available to broke people like me:o

    I wish I had a water pick(the kind for cleaning your teeth). Some warm water, and soap would most likely do my ears good.
    Ben


    There's really no need for a doctor Ben. The syringe looks like one of those big syringes used to put icing on a cake. The doc has a curved tray which I hold under my ear to catch the water and wax flowing out while he squirts the mix into the ear. No big deal really.

    Joe
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
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    Libertyc wrote: »
    Just smoke a fatty...

    Its been quit a while....
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  • dc55110
    dc55110 Posts: 128
    edited August 2008
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    Ear candling... A little unnerving the first time but works wonders.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_candling
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  • Libertyc
    Libertyc Posts: 914
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    Oh Yeah - Peroxide is what doctors flush ear wax out. It works great and is super cheap.
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    McLoki Posts: 5,231
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    Libertyc wrote: »
    Oh Yeah - Peroxide is what doctors flush ear wax out. It works great and is super cheap.

    +1 - Peroxide works great for wax or swimmers ear. Have tried the ear cleaning kits before and always made things worse rather than better.

    put some in the cap (of the peroxide bottle) and just dump it in your ear. When the bubbleing stops, turn your head into a towel and repeat the process. Does not hurt and works great.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
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    I'll check the medicine cabinet. If I don't have any I'll pick some up. I need it for allthe other injury's I get doing dumb stuff:)
    Ben
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited August 2008
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    Go get your ears flushed. It feels great and you will then hear everything.
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  • Shannon W.
    Shannon W. Posts: 568
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    Libertyc wrote: »
    Oh Yeah - Peroxide is what doctors flush ear wax out. It works great and is super cheap.

    X2 on the Peroxide!

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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
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    You guys keep this up I might even start using soap when I shower:eek:
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
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    Peroxide!!!!
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  • suprafantx
    suprafantx Posts: 249
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    I do not know any drug to help your hearing but hearing aid should help a lot:)
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    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
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    suprafantx wrote: »
    I do not know any drug to help your hearing but hearing aid should help a lot:)

    My hearing aid is external:)
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showpost.php?p=904231&postcount=65
    It's just a tempory thing. Cold, and wax buildup;)
    Ben
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,342
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    suprafantx wrote: »
    I do not know any drug to help your hearing but hearing aid should help a lot:)
    Oh boy, just another example of a member being hostile!!

    Or....maybe, quite possibly it was a little "ribbing". Should we report this post? I'm so torn....

    Actually that was cold but funny. :D
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,522
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    I use Murine ear cleaner--just thick peroxide basically.
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    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
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    Quaaludes. . .
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    zingo Posts: 11,258
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    dc55110 wrote: »
    Ear candling... A little unnerving the first time but works wonders.

    "According to medical researchers, it is both dangerous and ineffective." :p



    I used to just get one of the big ear syringes and squirt warm water in my ears with my head cocked side ways. If you do it in the shower, it's easy easy.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
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    Well I just returned from CVS, and all the earwax remoal stuff is as stated above thick peroxide. Time to **** my ears:) CVS brand same $hit as everything else;)
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