Recent content by arctic_penguin

Gabapentin made my tinnitus worse. Sleep was the only thing that helped me, as well as dripping some bitter melon oil.

Wish they had taught that in school.

I've had mushrooms before my tinnitus became severe and I don't think it had any effect. With the current severe reactive form I have now, I get panic attacks on weed, let alone mushshrooms. The others I haven't tried.

Get an MRA from a neuro interventional radiologist.

I was high as hell when I got permanent tinnitus from music. I would still smoke, but after wasting 10 years of life on drugs, I realized it's not worth it. Anything that intoxicates the mind and clouds the judgment is bad luck imo. I'm also against meds unless needed. Ativan gave me...

There is beauty in being broken. Humbleness and empathy.

It was the worst fever I ever had being unvaxxed, but it didn't do anything to my tinnitus. The ear infection did the most damage for me. Ativan also made it worse, but I had to take that as I was panicking.

Coffee definitely made my tinnitus worse on many occasions. It would mess up my sleeping cycle and the next day my tinnitus would be louder. Caffeine stays in the blood stream for 12 hours.

I also use a Miswak brush/Salvadora Persica, which has numerous benefits for teeth according to several studies, rather than a toothbrush. I believe licorice sticks also work. In fact, my sister's teeth were aching and immediately subsided upon using Miswak. There are just too many abrasive...

I had non-reactive tinnitus for 10 years and had no idea that there was such a thing. Now, just a few minutes of music from my high quality phone will make my tinnitus louder. The nerves are very weak. You have to make the hearing nerves stronger.