Recent content by PeterPan

In small doses, Remeron increases sleep duration. Prolonged sleep deprivation, especially a lack of REM and stage 3 sleep, is harmful to long term health. But I wonder, does using Remeron actually address the long term health risks? It might improve sleep duration, but does it truly counteract...

I've been taking Ashwagandha just before bed for about 2 to 3 weeks. I think it is helping with my sleep, but I wouldn't be surprised if the improvement is due to a placebo effect. Still, I think I'll stay on it. What I find surprising is the high proportion of people in product reviews who do...

The results are remarkable, though the eligibility criteria for participants are more restrictive than in most trials. Taken at face value, the results suggest that the treatment is highly effective.

In the Dr. Shore device, the tone played matches the frequency of the tinnitus. This is not the case with the Lenire device. The Lenire team analyzed trial participants who, by chance, had tinnitus at the same frequency as the tone played by the device but found no improved response in these...

The Susan Shore device has generated a lot of press in the mainstream media, but the results for her device are nowhere near as convincing as the results from this study.

What I’d like to know is what percentage of chronic tinnitus sufferers meet the eligibility criteria for this treatment. Let’s say it’s 50%. If we take the results of this trial at face value, it’s fair to say the author has solved the problem of chronic tinnitus for 50% of the population. So...

The same author wrote this paper. The results show that the therapy does NOT work for those without residual inhibition. Interestingly, the results for the residual inhibition group were not as good/convincing as those in the paper under discussion. Perhaps he was more selective in the most...

I noticed a few things about the participants. They are all relatively young, ranging in age from 18 to 43, and their tinnitus frequency is tightly clustered around 6.2 kHz. The average duration of tinnitus was two years, with none lasting longer than four years. A few candidates had reverse...

Why didn’t they have a question at the end something like: “In either weeks 1-6 OR 12-17 you were subject to a low level electric shock. Which do you think it was?” And then compare what they thought with what actually happened. If the responses indicated that the participants couldn’t tell...

Maybe it has worked, and they’re delaying the publication of results until they can figure out how to protect their IP. :) There have been some recent articles on this therapy with a bit more information: Researchers Develop Headphones That May Treat Tinnitus by Rewiring the Brain The...

Some people say this and others say you need to wear hearing aids for a while for them to work. Would it be possible to set up an online question for this? Something like: I have used hearing aids, and they are benefiting me. A) The benefit was perceptible within less than 30 minutes of...

All these Lenire studies have one thing in common. That is, they cannot distinguish differences between the results of various arms. If they could show that one arm was statistically better than another, it would be conclusive proof that it is doing something. Instead, no matter how different...

According to this, the estimated study completion date is 2024-01-30. Not sure what the "estimated study completion date" actually means. I guess it could be the completion of the trial and the publication of the trial results could be subject to another timeline...

Last night my wife and I walked to a nearby neighnorhood mulberry tree for a good feed of mulberries (we used a torch as it was late). I woke this morning after a very good night sleep. And for the first time in quite a while I had a very engaging and vivid dream. Linking the two, I did some...

Does anyone know if Mirtazapine is the type of medication that can be taken ad hoc? Usually I know before going to bed when I am going to have a rough night sleeping (maybe once every 3 or 4 nights) and would be good if I could take it on these nights only (presumably this would help to reduce...