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    Seeking Insights on Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy for Tinnitus: Ketamine, Psilocybin, or Ibogaine?

    Many years ago, I tried what I believed was MDMA for the first time. The morning after, I noticed a significant reduction in my tinnitus. I tried it several more times afterward, but I never experienced the same level of improvement as I did that first time. I have also used psilocybin multiple...
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    Commercial Lidocaine Patch as a Treatment for Ear-ringing

    I haven’t tested the patches long enough or consistently enough to reach a definitive conclusion, but the two times I’ve used them, I definitely noticed some relief, and my tinnitus seemed quieter. Even though the tinnitus fluctuates regularly, the relief felt more significant than the usual...
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    Commercial Lidocaine Patch as a Treatment for Ear-ringing

    No worries, I suppose we can't really know. I'll just have to get the ones with Lidocaine only and try them out. If they don't seem to work, I'll try the Aspercreme.
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    Commercial Lidocaine Patch as a Treatment for Ear-ringing

    Thanks for replying. Of course, I understand, I would just prefer to limit the amount of damaging chemicals entering my body. Is there any reason why the lidocaine only patches I linked wouldn't work? Do all the additional ingredients make the lidocaine more effective? Hi @Josh59, I have...
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    Commercial Lidocaine Patch as a Treatment for Ear-ringing

    I did read the topic, and while I'm concerned about my tinnitus possibly worsening, as others have experienced, I recently had a permanent spike that has been extremely stressful. I'm now looking for anything that might help. I have both somatic and reactive tinnitus, so I'm hoping this might...
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    Commercial Lidocaine Patch as a Treatment for Ear-ringing

    I would really like to try this but I'm not ok with some of the ingredients in the Aspercreme brand: https://www.ewg.org/cleaners/substances/11353-NONOXYNOL30/ Does anyone think another brand with apparently only 3 ingredients would be acceptable...
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    Polyvagal Exercise Helps Bring My Tinnitus Volume WAY Down

    I've just recently discovered these same exercises and some neck mobility ones and they definitely help. If not directly with the tinnitus then at least with relaxation. They are beneficial for everyone whether one has tinnitus or not and only take a few minutes max to do. Vagus Nerve...
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    Will You Get Vaccinated for Coronavirus (COVID-19)? Can It Make Tinnitus or Hyperacusis Worse?

    Saw this thread for the first time last night and it made me think about how my tinnitus (specifically in the ear of the same side as the arm that received the shot) became a bit worse immediately after my second dose and how I wondered if it was connected and after receiving my booster shot...
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    Elon Musk’s Neuralink Looking to Treat Tinnitus

    Which is all the decent time we have left before climate change changes most of our lives and so much is on fire... suppose it's best to have a crazy cyborg cure before everything turns to sh*t and have good hearing for survival though... it's definitely fascinating and will most likely cure...
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    Psilocybin, Intermittent Fasting, No Cannabis, and a Little Alcohol

    Hello Everyone, I have been reading a few of the threads regarding all of the things in the thread title lately and thought I would post my recent experience putting them all together. I usually smoke cannabis every day and usually find it easy to obtain, however, I've been travelling for...
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    Overmasturbation Tinnitus?

    I've thought of this often over my life that too much masturbation may have been a contributing factor in my tinnitus and it makes some sense if you consider that "Sperm and semen require a lot of specific nutrition. Some of these nutrients include Zinc, Omega 3 Fats, and Vitamin E. All of those...
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    Lenire — Bimodal Stimulation Treatment by Neuromod

    @FGG Yes, seems like that would be a good way to suss it out. I heard/read over the last year or so of a tribe (I think it was in South America) who whispers to preserve their hearing for hunting in the jungle but I can't find anything with a quick search.
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    Lenire — Bimodal Stimulation Treatment by Neuromod

    For all the reasons they give for why one has hearing loss in old age this suggestion seems to admit right there that it's mostly noise exposure that gives you hearing loss in old age. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/presbycusis What can I do to prevent...
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    Lenire — Bimodal Stimulation Treatment by Neuromod

    @Jack Straw I believe I read somewhere within the last year that age related hearing loss isn't actually true. Modern life is just so noisy that most elderly people end up with hearing loss. I just did a quick google search and couldn't find anything though so perhaps I am wrong. It's not such...