Recent content by hans799

There's a company in Hungary who buys ingredients like L-Theanine, NAC etc. in bulk and capsules it themselves. Their prices are 50-70% cheaper compared to "name-brand" suppliers. I use their stuff. (www.vitaltrend.hu)

Yes, as far as I can tell. My audiogram's stable, and I haven't noticed any deterioration in word comprehension in noisy places etc. I am extremely careful with noise. I don't use headphones, don't go to concerts. And if I must attend a possibly noisy event (e.g. a wedding), I wear earplugs...

I got my first AstraZeneca dose on April 8. It absolutely floored me for the next day, I had such a splitting headache that even lying motionlessly hurt. Then 3-4 more days of fatigue. No effect on tinnitus. I got my second dose on May 13. Three days later a tinnitus noise which has been quiet...

According to a study released today, "7.6% of people infected with COVID-19 experience hearing loss, while 14.8% suffer tinnitus" (that's 1 in 7). The study doesn't say how many tinnitus sufferers ended up with it permanently, but anything which has an 1 in 7 chance of giving me even a long...

Glad to hear. There's a risk either way but in my mind, the risk of COVID-19 increasing tinnitus is vastly greater than the vaccine increasing tinnitus. And the thought of being stuck at home for years is unbearable... prison is considered to be a punishment for a very good reason.

Slightly offtopic but I wouldn't worry about Magnesium. The problem is when you take something which bypasses the body's own homeostatic regulation. That's when you get a backlash as the body corrects. Magnesium is just a building block, it's "within" the normal bodily process. In fact, you...

I'll most likely be offered the first dose of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine in the next 4-5 weeks. I'll take it gladly, COVID-19 is literally neurotoxic and has caused or increased tinnitus in many people, plus it regularly kills even healthy 30-somethings like me; the choice is between getting...

It works on orexin receptors, not GABA. I don't touch anything that screws with GABA, not even alcohol.

Omg - what kind of accident can you have with a soda can that causes permanent tinnitus? I'm eyeing my Coke suspiciously now.

I'm sure that'll help. Waking up, immediately dashing to the gym, then to the office, then to some social event until I was so exhausted that I just crashed out was how I coped for a long time. Really miss this.

Well I only need 6-7 hours to feel well rested, but sure, I get that much on most nights. I've found sleep restriction to be very useful. It's grueling at first, but sooner or later the brain gets the message, and falls asleep the minute it has the chance to do so.

Your tinnitus is mild and recent, it'll either fade away or you'll get used to it. Let your ears rest for a few months and you'll be fine. However, in a single post you listed 1) taking psychedelics, 2) smoking weed, 3) smoking cigarettes, and 4) knowingly subjecting your body to harm and not...

Same here. A few years back when I developed a new tone I was of course obsessed with it and vividly observed this phenomenon lots of times. I sleep with earplugs so the tinnitus is audible crystal clear. As I start to drift towards sleep, there is a state in which I retain some conscious...

Okay I've done an objective comparison (I use my fridge's motor hum for this purpose) and it seems my tinnitus volume is unchanged. Its characteristics (pitch etc) are also unchanged, I know these very well. It still seems a hell of a lot louder. I think what happened is that when my father...

Well, I celebrated too early, the spike is back (today is Day 5 following exposure). I hope that getting some fading is a sign that this isn't gonna be permanent.