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steelbanks i think ive been where you are standing i got the dreaded T 22 years ago and it nearly destroyed me for quite a while but in time... after several years...i got better and better to a point where i was doin really good and i didnt pay any attenion to it ! ! ! then...ah...

Hi Louise....great to talk with you again you ask a very important , and for me, difficult question first, the short answer..subjectively , just off the top of my head, i found that clonazepan worked for me for over a year both attenuating sound loudness ( and sound type...less EEEEEeeee in...

hello old friends... its been awhile ive read with great interest the conversation above and would offer a few observations if i may there are without doubt hundreds of prescription and non prescription drugs that can induce...cause...tinnitus some of these drugs, like aspirin, when...

im not that brave

interesting, i too found that after anesthesia my tinnitus was suppressed thanks joejunior for the find best mt

"Resveratrol, a compound found in red wine and red grapes, has long been hailed for its antioxidants -- and now, a new animal study shows it could also protect against the harmful biological effects of hearing loss. The study, conducted in rats, shows that resveratrol could have protective...

thanks, my youngest daughter took it when we were hiking around mt rainier national park is that you in front of the taj mahal !

I heard a passing news story many years before I got tinnitus and only remembered it after getting tinnitus and thinking about what it could be, the news story did not attribute causes as I recall, (loud noise or medications), just reported that some people have incessant noise and no known...

ive never noticed aspirin to effect my tinnitus , better or worse, i cant explain it ive taken two aspirin twice a day when in pain, and, then some time later, gone several weeks without any and just dont notice a difference

1.) What ear(s) is your T in? tinnitus appears about 3/4ths left ear 1/4th right 2.) Would you describe the sound as coming from the ear or do you find it is coming from inside your head (and where in the head- middle, side, back. etc.)? seems to come from the ear 3.) Is there only one...

NAC , and ( niacin many others i cant remember that supposedly improved peripheral blood flow)

my brother has mild tinnitus and my dad got tinnitus after chemo therapy (cisplatin)

yes ive read and been told sativa aggravates tinnitus and indica can be a help where i live the state government says its legal, but the federal government classifies weed as a schedule one drug..."a most dangerous drug"... and the drug police really seem to enjoy their work, so i wont be...

cookie me too...it just seems like so often, when a med indicates tinnitus as a rare side effect...i get it funny thing, aspirin, one or two tabs a day..or none for a week, seems to not have any effect on my T and for so many others aspirin is problematic tinnitus is very strange and...

pen thanks for the article hmmm an ASO drug "RNA-like molecule, called an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO)" i try to learn these words, and struggle...but the idea that researchers can manipulate the g-nome to overcome hearing loss is great news...hope they hurry up ;) best wishes mock turtle

thanks Louise great article with lots of information clearly implicating the brain and related central structures major role in tinnitus, and clearly demonstrates how complex tinnitus perception is im drawn to this quote way down the article "Although reorganization of auditory cortex and...

interesting article...lots of stuff you already know...BUT...for those who are asking how much NAC, when and how often to take it...heres an informed professional recommendation ------------------- Hearing Loss Prevention: Loud Noises We Hear Daily...

thanks Markku ok once again im gonna make a nuisance of my self and say this study, like others, is evidence of that tinnitus is often caused peripherally sure, i know....some parts of the brain start to do crazy things after ototoxicity or noise damage, and "make" sound when the cochlea...

"...on gluten free bread..." hmmm I'm gluten intolerant...looking for patterns here Louise im trying to go on more week, its touch and go, having the bottle of pills close by helps me to say...on more day...one more day, i can take it, but honestly things have been ugly...t so bad my head...

rogi...thanks very much for the link and translation ------------ the fact that a cochlear implant can greatly decrease or even eliminate the perception of tinnitus is the kind of finding that makes me think tinnitus can be , or, is sometimes, peripheral in its source this is not to say...

Mike..i think those good interludes are a really good sign, you are geting better Louise, i sympathize, and im in pain right now....im in my "no medication" phase and my tinnitus rages so loud thru my brain that i get heaaches the good news is.... , if there can be such a thing in this...

gary...i think karen is spot on and along the lines of her suggestions...i play guitar... acoustic, softly , nylon string.....something about paying attention to REAL sounds...that helps me to distance myself from noise in my head eric n....yes you are youg and thinking about the long haul...

mjnsr...very interesting and thanks for being willing to boldly go forth and share your results with us best wishes mock turtle

Markku isnt it terrible how we do better for awhile and then things get out of control..keeps us worried ive experienced what you talked about above, more than once, and it always happens at night or early in the morning i keep a bottle of benzos close by...knowing its there even if i dont...

Eric N yeah some of the people at T S yuku are dead set against meds period i used clonazepam 20 years ago (for about 2 years ? (memory !) or a little more).... and it really helped me to get past the crisis stages...and 5, 10, 15 years later i was doing really good then a little over a...

thanks Fish for giving it a go best wishes mock turtle

dykey phillips has not updated his condition as far as i know beyond the entries above i do know he visits this site from time to time we are left to wonder of course that is his right to remain private about his current situation we all wish him well

i dont remember the formula name for am-101 but yes i believe that both ketamine and am 101, are nmda antagonists i must confess i dont know what "non competitive" , in the lead article, means, but i will research it best wishes mt

jazz...well done...thanks vey much for your searching for all this information i remember that the FDA did something like this for , uh was it hep C or maybe it was HIV or what ever yes , sure does make sense when people are desperate and sufferes would be willing to sign a release for...

sansa said, "...with onset less than three months ago." ---- uh hmmm so with FDA approval 5 years from now, i guess we are all "in the money" ! ok, sorry for being so selfish, and argumentative, ...im bummmed out good luck mock turtle

Karl...erik... ok..ok..im not suggesting prohibition...ivr been known to tip a few back every now and then :wacky: Calin...Karen... i suspect a lot of us are "poised" on the edge of our seats and easy at the slightest hint of trouble to spring into action...ever vigilant... to put it...

Waldo wrote, "Lets hope soon we can find some help, we are all in gods hands at this time." ----- id feel a lot better about the chances for devine intervention if i knew God had tinnitus hopefully God has a sense of humor......or im in big trouble

erik in re reading the article y0u linked to, about mri s, and the limbic system and then thinking about Louise's thread on alcohol sets me to thinking about connections...could alcohol use, especially abuse, be a significant risk factor for tinnitus...my guess is yes because if alcohol...

erik....yeah i love hard cider, but like wine it makes my ears ring , and i have read that just about any yeast fermentation process produces not only sulfites in many cases, (not all) but frequently , believe or not, glutamate ! Louise, the third article you linked to, up top, upon re-reading...

btw i re read the article you linked to in another thread, from "neurotransmitter review" and its causing me to rethink my off the cuff remarks about alcohol... really excellent article and yes, my limbic system works overtime...im a notorious "hyper vigilant" type personality example...

yes, i think so, especially fear, and other emotions and memory especialy from trauma and the memory of the emotions and the events that sparked those emotions that why i found markku's thread about fears or phobias thought provoking

wine definitely makes my tinnitus worse and for the longest time i couldnt figure out why... cause distilled spirits definitely decreased my sense of tinnitus, ! ? ! then about the time i figured out msg and aspartame made my T worse...i then learned that a variety of other "chemicals...

hmmm its a strong H3 histamine antagonist (and a weak H1 antagonist) and i read this http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2709632/ "Abstract Background Histamine-related drugs are commonly used in the treatment of vertigo and related vestibular disorders. The site of action of these...

Fish is fearless many of us have played with our brains like a childs chemistry set...oh the different "substances" ive tried fish, best of good luck to you!

yikes imagine paying 34 000€ and for the procedure not to be a success...that would really hurt anyway, probably take a long time for the FDA here in the usa to approve it, i have distant relatives in france...third cousins but its unlikely they would adopt me ;) and the private insurance...

Louise...appreciate the sympathy, yeah its been especially nuts lately, twice as loud in the left ear v the right i guess this might sound incredibly stupid, but, i wish i could take some of the tinnitus from the left ear, and give to the right, to "balance" things out...it is so crazy oh...

erik....thanks ok so they found out that people with tinnitus have differences in the limbic system as compared to those without tinnitus... "In the study, researchers compared MRIs of the brains of 11 volunteers with tinnitus to images of the brains of 11 people without the disorder...

joejunior...very interesting research you found , thanks "...his team found that a mutation in P2X2 increases the susceptibility to both age- and noise-related hearing loss associated ...generally accompanied by high frequency tinnitus, high-pitched ringing in the ears, the hearing loss ranges...

heart felt thanks to you calin, and yes will check it out

i have a fear of large crowds where i am surrounded, or like, "hemmed in" , so i couldnt get out right away because of all the people crowded around me, which makes departure long and slow...like in a stadium or a big mob in the streets i like wide open spaces...except , ive been out on the...

calin , you are so right im slightly hypo, and got prescribed too large a dose of thyroxin and wow the loudness of my tinnitus doubled the thyroid can definitely effect tinnitus thanks for bringing this up best wishes mt

thanks everybody for your responses...i read them all and will follow links too...in time...just having an awful week lately it seems like more than half of all medications and food coloring spices etc etc that i come in contact with makes my tinnitus worse...very bad time Jazz...very true...

louise said ".... I would take any appendage to be rid of (tinnitus) - muzzle, Frankenstein bolts in the side of my neck, massive ear trumpets!" me two .....and..... id be willing to drag a ball and chain everywhere i went

daedalus... i wonder if this is why too much salt or too much potassium is known to make the ears ring worse? best wishes mt

hi calin i think benedryl is an H1 antihistamine, used for allergies etc (sleep aid sometimes) and has a diferent mode of action than the H2s...i have not had problems with the H1 s...i think

i struggle with acid reflux and have suspected for a long time that a number of medications i took last year contributed to the return of my tinnitus i dont know why but this week my acid reflux got really bad and in desperation i took an H2 antihistamine yesterday to help stem the pain i...

molan thanks for all the great links louise put up a link that had a lot of potential t treatment meds that got nih review im still plowing thru that and now all your links...wow you guys have ben busy thanks mt

Louise outstanding link...thanks...great summary of drugs that may be effective in treating tinnitus quite a great compendium best wishes mt

Waldo.., the bleodel web site has great information...but...., .this article is more to the point, hope i didnt waiste your time "In the study, the research team surveyed all the genes that are active during the embryonic development of the inner ear. The researchers discovered that a protein...

yeah i read its an antipsychotic drug that acts on dopamine receptors at high dosages (600mg) and have been told by docs that giving an antispychotic to one who is not, is bad news so you are probably right...not a real good option for most of us although...there are some days that i...

humans thus far hav not been able to regrow stereo cillia back, naturally, because we possess a special anti tumor protein, called retinoblatoma (Rb1 gene) which not only suppresses cancers but unfortunately also suppresses the regeneration of stereo cilia there is current research about this...

eric louise makes a good point about NAC...and several other good points too) so, yeah if its not too late.... NAC, (n-acetyl-cysteine) can help and maybe melatonin i dont know if these 'supplements" are over the counter where you are...you may have to take a trip south as for when one...

Louise, yeah me too there was a report on NPR about dr edge's research and it was said by either him or another researcher that implementing this treatment was 10 or 20 years away what nonsense..there are people who have lost sight and hearing and are considering ending it all... who would...

louise...at the same link you provided...did you read this...6 abstracts down the page Sulpiride plus hydroxyzine decrease tinnitus perception. Lopez-Gonzalez MA, Moliner-Peiro F, Alfaro-Garcia J, Esteban-Ortega F. Source Otorhinolaryngology Department, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital...

thanks waldo bracamontes btw there is a video of dr albert edge discussing the research... i found the url at the report you linked to heres the direct route http://www.cell.com/neuron/retrieve/pii/S0896627312009531