Blast of Cold Water May or May Not Temporarily Help Your Tinnitus

[Rb86]

The past few days I've been finishing my showers with a blast of cold water. I put my head in the water and lower the temp until I can't stand it. For usually about 10 seconds or so after I shut it off, I hear nothing.

This evening I took a cool shower, and lowered it until it was a little uncomfortably cold, like jumping in a pool at first. I tried to stay in a couple minutes. I finished with my shock treatment of really really cold for a few seconds or so, and turned it off.

I heard nothing for about 25 seconds afterward. Silence.

Chalk it up however you see it, but it seems to be helping. Give it a go for a few days and report back.

 

[Rb86]

I had a shower this morning with a cold finish and same thing.

This evening I started with a luke-warm shower, then every couple minutes I lowered the temp a notch, got used to that, lowered again, got used to it, etc etc. Got it down pretty cold, and then finished again with my head in as cold as I could stand it for a few seconds. I shut it off and counted silence for nearly a minute before my high pitched hiss set back in.

It's hard to describe because it's not completely silent, you can still tell something is there, but it's not a hiss, there's no tone. It's just like your ears "on".

 

[Earing]

I will be getting a patent for cold showers. After 10 years of testing and a 3 phase trial I will bottle the results and be rich.

 

[Rb86]

Well the best part is it's not some ancient Chinese herb you need to go buy, it's basically free, on tap, at your local faucet!

 

[Rb86]

Still holding onto this theory as its still working for me. I notice I get more silence if I take a longer cold shower.

If I take a hot one and just shock myself with cold for a few seconds then I might only get 10-15 seconds of silence. A 3-5 minute cool, graduating to cold shower will give me up to a minute.

I'm interested in others trying this to see if it works for you.

 

[sakrt]

I recall a guy on some health show talking about this theory which is a bit like fasting. Said something that he lies in ice and cold water in tub on occasion to shock the body for health benefits and I think for weight-loss. Cold water does nothing for my type of T. Seems just a temporary shock response? that can feel good, so nothing wrong with that.

How about brain-freeze, does that stop T for some?

 

[Candy]

I once posted a story I found on another site about a guy claiming jumping in a cold lake stopped his longstanding tinnitus...

 

[Rb86]

I once posted a story I found on another site about a guy claiming jumping in a cold lake stopped his longstanding tinnitus...

I read that. Interesting for certain

 

[sakrt]

I once posted a story I found on another site about a guy claiming jumping in a cold lake stopped his longstanding tinnitus...

Could it be because he didn't come back up? Wish it was that simple.

 

[Candy]

Someone on here thought it may be vagus nerve related...

 

[Coffeeking]

Dredging up an old thread, I apologise but others may find this interesting. My tinnitus was first *triggered by* waterskiing in mid winter in the UK with no wetsuit hood. A single drunk under the surface and my ears were ringing away. Over the years it dropped off until I had an engine part explode next to my head, but again that died off over 3 years or so. Recently I went scuba diving in 11C seawater without a hood, and now have full blown ringing again.