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Yes. Looking back, it’s hard to say exactly how much it spiked. I think I partially attributed my poor sleep to the hot summer nights around the time I started the laser therapy. When I first experienced a major tinnitus spike, I couldn’t sleep at all and was up for three nights straight...

I have the emLas-520BCB. Actually, I own two of the same model. The first one began to break down after many years of use, so I purchased a replacement. The last “B” in the model name indicates it has a black controller, which, along with the mostly black wires and adapter, gives it a more...

Sorry for the late reply. I am in Europe, so I'm not sure how relevant it is. I checked my emails, and it took a bit less than a week to get it delivered the second time I bought my laser set in 2022. I have had two sets since the first broke down after daily use for several years.

If you look at this page on Konftec's website, you can see that there are options to combine the versions/wavelengths any way you want: http://www.konftec.com/order/HTML/order-ht-tinnitus.htm It's important to consider the cost-effectiveness of your purchase. Buying all the versions separately...

No, I don't think I would revert back to pre-treatment levels or that my tinnitus would significantly spike from stopping the treatment. I can't say for sure, but that's how it feels. It's such a minor task for me to do it for an average of less than 20 minutes a day while I meditate. I do feel...

I never had something exactly like this, but it could be a sign of healing, but who knows? With how little you're doing the laser, like less than 1/10th a day of what I've been doing for years, and you've been sporadic as well, it's hard to imagine it'd have such a strong effect in terms of...

Yes, that's good. I spoke more to everybody about how I see things, not only you specifically, but that's alright :) From what I read, it doesn't sound like you're putting yourself in unnecessary danger. Yes, I see it like that. That's unfortunate. I'm trying to think back six years ago to...

Hey there. Cool that you're trying out the laser. I've not posted on this forum for a while, but I've continued lasering all these years. In early June, it'll be six years. I've been consistent; when I accidentally forget a day(because tinnitus is really not on my mind at all anymore), I always...

Thanks for posting the questions and answers. There's a link to the WayBackMachine page a few posts up that saved Hansi's website, where he meticulously detailed everything he did and how his recovery progressed, plus what he used. It's been years since I last read it, but I believe he used...

There are doctors who treat the brain with laser helmets, with very similar wavelength and power lasers. In the case of the brain, it's used to treat a lot of disorders, from stroke and traumatic brain injury to just depression and migraines etc. I'd not worry about it. You can do your own...

Correct. Well the light will come out like a cone kind of, and the further the hole is from the emitted light source, the more the light the "tube" of the ear tip absorb instead of just being uninhibited. Basically I don't think cutting the ear tip will make the light more powerful but it will...

I started LLLT within 3 months of my trauma. I just went all in; the idea of taking longer breaks didn't make much sense to me. I don't think I had any discernible improvements for at least a month, real gains started coming 3 months in if I remember correctly. I healed the most within the 1st...

No, they're not perfectly sealed like foam earplugs. I personally don't see how the seal could be important. What's most important to me is the angle of the probes relative to the head, mine are at a slight angle pointing downwards, but not too much downwards, otherwise the light would shoot up...

The answer to the first question is: yes, it has definitely worked. The answer to the second is: no, the tinnitus is still there. I think with how bad my case was, wishing for complete silence is kinda asking for too much. I was so bad off that I got permanent spikes from the shower, high doses...

Hey @10Kcd, awesome to hear you're documenting the start of your laser journey here! I really hope it goes well. I presume you mean you'll be using the laser beyond the 10 days, provided all goes well. I'll comment on some stuff you mentioned, if you don't mind. I'm still using my laser, the...

Why not start super small? Everything new I start I only take the smallest possible amount, I think the upsides to this far outweigh the downsides of whatever dangers there are of taking much less than the therapeutic dose, usually there are none. I'm not sure why this isn't used more, have...

Tested positive for COVID-19, probably Omicron, 2 and a half days ago after falling ill the day before. I voted "I haven't had omicron" 2 weeks ago, before getting infected. Tinnitus increased maybe 30% for the first day only and I had very mild hyperacusis again which also passed in a day...

First of all, thanks @Quiet please for making the thread and sharing your experiences with CBG. I just received my bottle of CBG and will write about my experiences in the future, I already took my first dose but it's too soon to draw any definite conclusions and also I've taken a very low dose...

It’s now been around 3 years of lasering, right around mid June 2018 is when I started. I’m now pretty sure that neither ear is improving tinnitus wise, but I’m not quitting because maybe it helps somewhat to protect against further damage if I were to get it, meaning it might keep my ears more...

@Aaron91 The hyperacusis started in March 2018 with my ototoxicity, before that I had no discernible hyperacusis, even though I had mild tinnitus. It came on pretty suddenly as the tinnitus ramped up and got quite severe, somebody folding together a paper bag and I felt severe pain. Right now...

Did anybody take you up on your offer yet? My laser seems to be working fine, though it'd be nice to have spare parts. Mostly I'm interested in the rubber tips, I'm running out of them soon. Also, this is for you and anybody who has the same issue (losing a piece of the equipment) or if one of...

Read my success story thread. Almost all of what I did and my general approach is there: From 10/10 “Suicide Tinnitus” to Periods of Almost Silence — Possible, But Not Without Some Effort

Your profile says you've had tinnitus since 2019. Was it the 100 mW newer TinniTool or the older 5 mW one? Also what was the duration of the treatment, I mean how many minutes per day? 2 weeks is way too short to know if it's working at all. Konftec offers a 90 day money back guarantee with...

That's the thing, you won't know if natural healing will suffice until it's too late. People say give it 6 months of waiting at minimum, more like a year and by then you're way out of the acute phase. That was my biggest fear actually, I knew myself well enough to realize that if I didn't buy...

I mean they did seem to help my tinnitus, but I never got a good knack at N-Acetyl-Cysteine, Nicotinamide Riboside or Curcumin because I had to quit because of side effects very soon. I can't decipher also how strong the placebo effect was because of this. Didn't even have time to experience...

Considering he hasn't visited the forum for almost 2 years and how bad he was doing in the end, I really doubt @Rojo is still alive :(. I really hope I'm wrong, but he was just deteriorating further and further. Stories like this and the "suicidal" thread make me realize how incredibly lucky...

Yes that would obviously make sense. 450 mW for 808nm is 5 times as powerful as Konftec with the same wavelength. Like I explained in my first reply, I experiment and I don't have a set static regimen and what is good for me might not be optimal for you imo.

That makes sense that they're a pain. I'm sorry I don't have good advice on how to aim the ones you have and keep them consistent. It'd have to be some sort of a contraption with some sort of a helmet or something? Not sure. I believe the emLas is probably easier to angle correctly just based on...

If you already have a machine, one that's more expensive, then it's probably higher quality than the Konftec emLas. I don't think there's anything special about it other than it's more reasonably priced than Dr. Wilden's and some other devices. We might just be different responders. I do think...

It's a Konftec laser. The exact model I have is emLas520BCB. I'll give an update since it's been months. I'm still lasering, though I'm not sure it's doing much if anything anymore. I don't want to quit either in case it actually is. I heard somewhere that the maximum duration of using the...

I'm sorry to hear you haven't had major relief from anything you tried. It sucks that the laser spikes you this bad. Because the spikes die down eventually, I feel that you're a good candidate for it working, but if the spikes are unbearable it's not an option. By now it seems you've tried...

No sorry. I think your doctor is right that it's probably what set off the tinnitus. I never had much muffled hearing tbf. I also think if people have personal questions they should PM or post in their own threads, so as to not make other threads off-topic, but that's just me.

Lol, you bring back memories of this funny post. My hearing was last checked a year and a half ago, 1 year after my serious injury when it was also checked. Both times it was checked it was 85 dB at 8 kHz and then the "wall" of 8 kHz came and they don't check beyond that, I think it might have...

I used to use Live Transcribe sometimes when my tinnitus was worse. It's based on Google speech recognition and should be the best out there, plus it's free and works offline as well. You can split the screen with Live Transcribe and your video/audio player so you get it instantly transcribing...

I've had both. Reactivity was actually the main issue for me, maybe still is. My tinnitus is much more reactive to synthetic sounds meaning sounds from earphones and speakers. I used to not be able to listen to a song more than 2-3 seconds with the volume so low I did not hear the words, it...

Sorry to hear about what BPC-157 caused you, @drevny. I've always tried to stress, when I can, that I believe one needs to do a lot of research and carefully weigh the cost and mostly dangers of a treatment against it's possible healing abilities. BPC-157 was not worth the risk for me, it...

Thanks for asking. I made the thread 6 months ago, since then there's definitely been improvements, but at a snail's pace. The hyperacusis is the one which is most improved, dishes are pretty much not painful anymore. But so has the reactivity and the tinnitus itself. Hard to quantify because...

I definitely wasn't going to use headphones or earbuds, especially back then, but I was willing to try it with my phone speakers. It's very difficult to say how much it helped but maybe a tiny bit. I started the laser like a month after I started notched sound I believe and I was improving some...

I have been putting the probes in now for almost 2 and a half years and know from the feel even if it's the right angle, but I check from the mirror before I press the start button. I also have some self adhesive fabric tape put on the probes, on the parts they touch the earlobe, so the angles...

Yes. When I first bought my laser I asked Konftec what the graph on their site is based on, what science etc. They just ignored my email. Now it might have been because the person didn't know, was too lazy or didn't want to bother the higher ups with her question, I'll never know, but I take...

Sorry to hear @GBB that you've found no relief from anything you've tried so far. I did mention BPC-157, but elected not to try it myself because my tinnitus is so mild already and it has its dangers. I hope you get relief soon.

You're asking about Curcumin and quoting NAC, so I presume you mean NAC? Just in case and so it's in this thread, I'm going to answer both. I went back and checked my order invoice of Curcumin from 6 years ago, I took 500 mg and had to quit it in a month or two. About 2 years ago when I wanted...

I suggest you read more about the lasers, if nowhere else then on this forum. You'd know the answer to this question even if you'd done brief research. Most people advocating for the laser state that first spikes are good. Even I get small, maybe 20% intensity, spike, after all these years...

If you're already taking those supplements and many others like NAC and Resveratrol then you're doing more than almost anybody if you add the laser. I understand stem cells are expensive and require travel and have their dangers so you might leave those as an ace in the back pocket, if you...

No it's fine, I was countering the post before you and just before or while I was typing your post appeared, I worded it rather poorly. Good luck with the laser. Be prepared to be in it for the long haul, the real results took me 6 months to a year and the progress was very gradual, many ups and...

I feel I need to counter that. The Konftec laser will set you back around 800 dollars. You mentioned you have over 400,000 dollars to spend if it came to that. That's less than 0.25 percent of your budget. If it was a person from a poor background I might agree or somebody beyond the acute phase...

I have the Konftec emLas 520 BCB. Some people say Dr. Wilden's is better, I have no experience with his laser and it's significantly more expensive so I didn't go for it. I'm not rich by any means and back when I had tinnitus I was in an even worse situation financially. I agonized for almost...

If you haven't already, you can read my success story, it's here: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/from-10-10-“suicide-tinnitus”-to-periods-of-almost-silence-—-possible-but-not-without-some-effort.40728/ I didn't listen to people who said nothing can be done for tinnitus and hyperacusis. I...

I guess that's a question. I have the BCB, the last B stands for black. It looks more professional, not only me saying that, otherwise no other difference. I'm happy with mine and my results, your results may vary.

I have a few thoughts about this I'd like to share. I'd also be interested in how @Bubblegum Witch is doing right now, did her spike perhaps die down or was it indeed permanent damage? I've always had the mindset that there's risks with absolutely everything, trying the laser, not trying the...

Summer's in full force where I am at and that means mosquitoes. Last night, as I was trying to fall asleep, there were a few in my room. Because I was under a blanket they could only land on my head, and I was on the side. One landed near my ear and without thinking twice, I tried to slap it...

Hi @Renee W No special way to insert the probes, I insert them kind of like earplugs, pulling up my ear with the other hand and inserting with a slightly twisting motion. What you can do though is cut the rubber tips from the base around 5 mm, which makes the beam much wider and thus makes...

I'm sorry you've had problems with your heart and NAC @Steph1710. The best I can describe it is it was fluttering, not too painful. Took only 1 dose. I didn't go to the hospital and have had an ECG that was unrelated to the NAC after it, it came our fine. I hope you recover.

Yes I'm still using it, but find that the serving (2 tablets) they recommend is way too much and I take like half a pill at a time and not every day even. I get irregular heart beat if I take too much. You could try lowering the dose or another brand, but I doubt the batch was dodgy, though...

Yes, I still think had I not stretched the opening of my ear canal by pushing an earplug in too deep I wouldn't have had this problem. You can actually change the circumference of the beam the Konftec laser projects with cutting the base of the rubber tip that goes onto the probe 5 mm, which...

See this post: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/vitamin-supplement-nicotinamide-riboside-successfully-prevents-noise-induced-hearing-loss.7101/page-4#post-383994 It's very rare to get this much side effects. Think it helped my tinnitus and hyperacusis, I could feel the effect somewhat...

Check out my success story, there's many treatments I tried. Your injury is still super new so I think you can make a very good recovery...

Yes. See post 8. in this thread. I do 1 wavelength 1 day and the other one the next, not 2 the same day. I don't take days off. Yes, you're supposed to, even if you have tinnitus in only 1 ear.

Thank you. I am sorry to say this, but I think so. By accident, I started the laser on my right ear 3 months into my spike and on the left 7-8 months into it. That means I've done the laser on my right for 22 months and left 14-15 months, doesn't seem like a huge difference but my left is much...

Thanks for calling my post uplifting, @all to gain . I'll try to answer your questions the best I can. 1. 8:16 2. Gluten and dairy free. No alcohol or caffeine for 6 years now. Other than that, trying to avoid low quality salt (I mostly try to use Celtic Sea Salt) and drinking lots of non tap...