Recent content by melbournejeremy

Hello, in my message I referred to SSPT, somatosensory pulsatile tinnitus. Still classified as pulsatile tinnitus, well because the noise pulsates to heart beat

Hi Guys, I haven't posted here for quite some time. So I thought I would share my current somatic and pulsatile tinnitus update. I always suspected dental has something to do with tinnitus, specifically the fact that the mental nerve and trigeminal nerve share common pathways. So without...

In some instances the acid can actually enter the Eustachian tube and get into the middle ear and cause infection and inflammation. I have GERD and I am certain that from laying down after meals allowed it to damage my ear. I would always get a sore ear and acidic throat from it. I then noticed...

Problem with GERD (I have done all of this) you end up taking PPI - which work, but you also use Benzos for anxiety and tinnitus, which if you look at the literature they spike acid production in the stomach. Plus GERD acid actually get up the Eustachian tube into the inner ear and causes...

Hello, I asked him to follow this study; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5771359/ Which included acupuncture points; GB2, GB20, SJ21, SI19, SJ17, SJ3, SJ5, LI4, and SI6 - although it says non-pulsatile tinnitus, it is referring to the classic PT, which vascular. My main...

Hi Guys, I thought I would update about acupuncture I have been receiving. I have had 3 treatments and I have to say somehow it has actually had an affect on the high-pitched pulsatile tinnitus, which is most likely somatic PT. When I move my neck and jaw the squealing noise is at least 50%...

Hello, I thought I would share my experience with acupuncture. I have had 5 sessions with a local acupuncturist who needled around the various trigger points/neck/jaw. I had no response to any of that treatment so a few days ago I asked if he would try to insert the needles around the...

Hi Guys, I always have a strong coffee before my gym workout and find that the coffee really spikes the tinnitus. I can see the various threads regarding people's reaction to coffee but I would like to see it in a poll. While coffee elevates blood pressure, cardiac output, various hormones...

Hello, the neurologist could not understand how I could change the noise left to right by pushing my jaw left and right and making it quieter with jaw clenching. All he could think was possible IIH but could not explain how that would relate to the jaw movements and the high pitched...

From my understanding of SSPT everyone who develops it has some sort of hearing loss. Even when you have a hearing test to 20khz and it shows no significant loss, does not mean there is not damage to some part of the cochlea. There are many sensory hair fibre types in there and recently more...

I am just guessing here, but presumably whatever movement you can do to modulate the sound the most, like moving your jaw or neck is most likely where the aberrant nerve input into the auditory system is coming from. If you can isolate that movement it is most likely where you might consider...

Hello, I was also curious about using TENS as a potential treatment. It seems to me that Susan Shores device is essentially TENS tuned/times to trigger specific neuron types and auditory tones tuned to the hearing loss. I also appear to have this SSPT condition. Here is the patent for her...

Hi, I have posted here a few times about my Tinnitus and Pulsatile Tinnitus. Recently I went diving, the first time since the onset of the tinnitus/pulsatile tinnitus, my pulsatile tinnitus was absolutely nuts in the water. Could hear the high pitched noise pulsing away with my heartbeat...

Hi, I also found prescription melatonin 2mg had a definite reducing effect on my tinnitus. I think the hormone is not well understood and the way it works in the body is beyond just sleep. Many other processes are reliant on it. I mentioned in another thread that I think because there is no...

Hi Greg, I think the benzo test is a good way to determine if PT is somatic type or a real vascular issue. This is just my own opinion and I don't think any medico would use it. But in my mind it makes sense that if your PT/Somatic PT subsides somewhat with a benzo than it is unlikely it is a...