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A recent article, however I'm not sure if it really disproves NR, because it focused on high cholesterol and diabetes: https://www.nmn.com/news/nr-mitochondrial-function-nad-human-skeletal-muscle

Sulforaphane degrades very quickly. Our bodies produce and regulate NAC, Sulforaphane apparently increases production. However I now don't think it's worth doing, just a small amount of NAC is enough.

Use masking noises when you go to sleep, it reduces the panic attacks at night. The best level is to put the volume just below the tinnitus.

Yes! This is a very good point. It's very important to taper because of this. Whenever you go through a hard withdrawal from these drugs, a "kindling" phenomena occurs where the next withdrawal can be worse, and this kindling effect can escalate into causing seizures and even death, so it is...

The big question is, when people experience a Tinnitus "spike" which they attribute to medication not listed as ototoxic, is that medication causing damage to the cochlear or is the medication affecting neurology causing the tinnitus to be sensed.

I think what's going on is, when they are looking for clinical SSHL, I believe the criteria is for loss above 20dB. I have also read they look for an assymetrical of 15dB or more. You didn't satisfy the criteria, therefore you weren't diagnosed with SSHL. Another thing is they often seem to...

It's an interesting theory, it explains why TRT works, could explain why some drugs are ototoxic and other drugs can increase tinnitus yet not be ototoxic. But I thought the prevailing view here is that tinnitus is caused by hearing loss?

It's not "clinical" hearing loss because it's at or below 20dB. I suspect that's why your ENT said "good thing, we can rule out sudden hearing loss".

I've not read any theories like this. Is it possible you misunderstood them?

I'll try answer this, others may try correct me. There are medications which have tinnitus as a side effect, and there are ototoxic medications that damage hearing, usually the cochlear. Sertraline has tinnitus listed as a side effect, plenty of medications do. However, I've not read anything...

Interesting, but did you have a spike in Tinnitus before you read online about Viagra? It's sad to read of your relationship troubles. I think TRT might be something worth investigating, where they play white noise just below the tinnitus, this might relieve your anxiety.

Does anyone take Sildenafil? Does it effect your tinnitus or do you find it is okay? There aren't any good alternatives to PDE5 inhibitors, and Sildenafil has one of the shorter half lives.

I should add to my comment that whilst I wrote "idiopathic", this should never discount that hearing protection should be used, and avoid headphones, loud concerts...etc when suffering from tinnitus.

Will do, thanks.

@Michael Leigh, thanks. Actually, I write in my avatar as "unknown" because for me, there is possibly a number of causes and I don't really know which one it is. My audiology report was okay, not perfect, but they said I had good hearing (0-15dB) to 14kHz. This is the first serious "spike"...