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Hi @Terry23 -- Very good points. -- Have you considered doing self-acupuncture? I sometimes wonder if some people who don't get good results from doing weekly acupuncture might improve if they did self-acupuncture daily, or as often as necessary. I'm currently a few months post-COVID-19, and...

...if not cures. Hospitals, for example, often encourage cancer patients to go to acupuncturists as part of their treatment because acupuncture can alleviate symptoms of cancer or the side effects caused by other treatments, e.g., the nausea that comes with chemotherapy. Cost isn't always an...

The needle depth is also much greater than acupuncture and I don't believe acupuncture goes into nerves.

It was with a normal acupuncturist (American lady, trained in Chinese acupuncture) - but we did the exact same points around the ear in an attempt to replicate the Chinese case study.

...are not aware of. This is the problem with expensive treatments which make claims like - balancing the body. Perhaps - (a big perhaps) Acupuncture "balanced your yin and yang" for 2-3 days every time you had a session. That means for continual lower tinnitus levels you would need to spend...

Everything is really, really bad for me, my friend. My tinnitus is extremely loud. It started after using headphones and has reached a level that is driving me to the brink. Unfortunately, it came along with muffled hearing, hyperacusis, and a decrease in the clarity of sounds. My life has...

Hi there fellow tinnitus sufferers , Since November 2015 I have had this horrid problem because my manager burst an inflatable packaging into my ear. It doesn't get better. I've tried everything. I'm at the end of my tether. Perhaps "habituation" means giving up hope. That's what I'm about...

Do the needles hurt being applied since they are going in deeper than typical acupuncture? I am seriously considering going in August.

Acupuncture is not a branch of medicine. It is a branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine. I am just reporting honestly what the data says, which is at odds with what you claim. I do give credit to alternative practitioners because they spend time - give sympathy - and listen to their patients...

It's definitely no coincidence, it got worse after each Acupuncture session. I wish I had never touched the shit. First night I couldn't believe the spike, but I went for 3 sessions because I read of a success story on this forum, and it ended up ruining my life. Stack every type of tinnitus on...

Guys if anyone sees this trust me. Try acupuncture. Only thing that helped god bless you all…

I'm considering trying acupuncture for ear/jaw/neck pain from hyperacusis. Does anyone have positive experiences to share?

I don’t think they inject anything in acupuncture.

Tinnitus Spiked and Got Worse After Acupuncture — Is This Normal? Here’s a thread on a spike reportedly related to acupuncture. It looks like at one point they said it resolved.

...the future. It’s been about two months since I got fitted for a custom night guard by a dentist. I have worn it every night and started acupuncture for TMJ pain. Thankfully my jaw pain has subsided and the Morse code tinnitus has significantly decreased where it hasn’t been much of a...

The problem might improve with time. Even if the treatment is effective, the body still needs time to return to normal. Do you have a routine for stretching and strengthening your neck muscles, as well as relaxing your TMJ? All the treatments you’ve mentioned (chiropractor, masseuse) seem to be...

I'll give my thoughts here, as I'm trying acupuncture for neck/jaw tension, which I believe has caused or contributed towards a tinnitus spike. So notice I said acupuncture to address the neck tension. I did in my neck during training (Muay Thai) the same week as the tinnitus spike occurred, so...

@Uklawyer I also got it done in my jaw, neck, and spine the key is to find a doctor who has treated tinnitus with acupuncture

@Uklawyer yes I have had terrible ringing in my ears and i did acupuncture in my sinuses and after 1 session it’s already gotten better

...tinnitus volume over time. Back in the 90s, I tried all sorts of treatments—infusions, low-powered lasers, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, acupuncture, and so on. The one that gave me the most relief was TRT (Tinnitus Retraining Therapy). That’s just my personal experience, though, and I didn’t...

@Brian Newman, does acupuncture help your tinnitus or what would you say it helps most? Thanks for the help.

...a total roller coaster for me. Dire days. I had a week or two of moderate tinnitus and then it went ballistic. I've had lots and lots of acupuncture and never had your experience. I often felt calmer and found one acupuncturist whose treatment relieved the intensity of the tinnitus. So...

I did acupressure / acupuncture. He did acupressure around my neck and ears. Then he stuck 3 needles around each ear. 1 needle near my pinky fingers. 20 minutes. My tinnitus went from severe to mild (totally livable level). But I was walking near the street without earplugs and a super loud honk...

I've been doing self-acupuncture for about 3-4 years now--virtually cost free. Just something for you to consider.

Mine is just getting worse every day. Niacin 1,000 mg helps get it down for a bit but I never had hyperacusis before the acupuncture. Given there has been no clear cause for mine, it's hard to be hopeful. What I'd do to go back 1 year, June and July. By August it was all beginning to fall apart...

...in the world. I'm not surprised that you keep seeing their faces; I experience the same thing all the time. Thank you for recommending acupuncture. I'll definitely try it in the near future. For now, I think the most important thing is to adjust my psychiatric medication to help reduce these...

The nerve blocking procedure in South Korea always struck me as some kind of ‘special’ acupuncture if I’m being honest. If I recall, they inject the needles behind the earlobe and then move them around physically when need be. The protocol does use Lidocaine injections. I believe @Chinmoku...

I had it checked out and went through acupuncture a couple of years in. My neck felt better, but the tinnitus remains. I’m convinced, in my case, that it’s something in the brain. They say there’s a kind of filter in our brain, and I think the concussion might have stopped that filter. Life goes...

Thank you. I've read a bunch of threads at this point. The scary thing is that for some people, it never resolved. That's always the danger and reason I stay terrified.

I've had a spike almost 3 months now and I started getting accupuncture. I've had 2 sessions already and I felt like I was getting better. The last 3 days were the best I had in awhile and then today my T is as loud as ever. Is it suppose to get worse before it gets better?

Thank you for your reply. I must admit I was very hesitant about Alternative Treatments, but I am actually sure I had sincere relief by my chiropractor appointment on Saturday. My volume suddenly got lower, less screechy - so I will give acupuncture a shot as well!

I also don’t believe in this treatment. For me it looks like super acupuncture, which usually has no effect on tinnitus. Especially for chronic cases.

@StoneInFocus, is this still your view?

...It is hard to mask because of the reactive thing. I’ve lost weight and have had many panic attacks. So do you still have tinnitus? Or have you just managed it? I tried a lot of therapies; osteopathic, physiotherapy, acupuncture. Nothing seems to work. Thank you for posting your testimony.

I stand corrected. Thank you for putting me straight. When I think about it, I seem to recall some proponent of acupuncture at some time using electrical stimulation of his needles on the meridian points to up the potential (or something similar). How that worked out I've got no idea but I've...

Oh wow. I am into acupuncture as well. Which pressure points do you use to alleviate the dizziness?

It shouldn't cause a spike. Acupuncture is supposed to help.

Can acupuncture needles cause a CSF leak?

What is the difference between this and classic acupuncture? Looks very similar.

Hi @ZFire, I miss you buddy and I hope you are well. I was thinking of @Chinmoku today. I hope he's alright. If you are listening brother @Chinmoku, you are in our hearts and thoughts. Brother Z, I'll catch you around. Don't eat to much pizza at 3 am and stay awesome. Daniel

I meditate to help fall asleep. After 5 months of doing that, I find it works really well. I have never been able to shut off my tinnitus with meditation though. Could you elaborate on what kind of meditation you do/how do you meditate? It seems to me you have the ability the utterly calm your...

Interesting thought that your friend thinks her tinnitus is related to her nervous system. It definitely sounds logical! And great that you benefit from meditation. Perhaps one day I will try it. As of now I am still too traumatized by the new sound and loudness... Tinnitus is for sure...

@StubbyJ sorry to hear you have had such difficulty with your adverse reactions from electro-acupuncture. I can 100% clarify that its not just with electro-acupuncture, I have got exactly what you have got just from normal acupuncture, I only had one session too. I started getting a fluttering...

I'm not sure if full self-treatments are possible, also it may be a bit much to do it everyday. I'd say consider it as a supplement to your own work; if someone is going to invest £50/$80 or more per week, they may as well also learn Chi Gung alongside it. Chi Gung is very easy to learn, and...

...There were more negatives and neutrals than positives and for the positives there were methodology flaws. And I am not claiming Acupuncture is ineffective. I never made that claim. I am saying there is insufficient evidence to back up the claim it IS effective. For conventional medicine -...

Congrats! This is a great success story. Could you please tell us what kind of acupuncture this was? Was it medical or TCM style? Also, was it just acupuncture or was any current placed on the needles? Thanks!

7 acupuncture appointments and no positive results.

I dream of the day I can become dependent on a device that will give me my life back, rather than an endless stream of SSRIs, benzos, sound therapy, hearing aids, Lenire, acupuncture, endless supplements and CBT, all of which helped not one whit.

SARS-CoV-2 and I think acupuncture made it worse.

Hi @Lane, hope you are well. Check out the photo of the acupuncture points in this thread: Repeated Modified Nerve Blocks and Auditory and Non-Auditory Nerve Stimulation A page or two back from the end is a photo of the patient BrysonKingMe. I tagged you before but I think it didn't get to...

...severe bouts of vertigo, which left me vomiting, and unable to get out of bed for long periods of time. Fortunately, I received some acupuncture needles shortly after, and began doing self-acupuncture again, something I'd not done for over a year. Almost miraculously, my vertigo...

Lol, it looks more and more like a sophisticated acupuncture technique, which we all know what that means...

I get relief from acupuncture. It lowers my volume until my stress ramps it up. Cranial sacral therapy helps too.