Has Quitting Alcohol Helped Anyone with Tinnitus?

[Tex]

I did a search and didn't quite find what I was looking for. A number of topics indicated that alcohol helped people tolerate tinnitus better. I guess it does by just helping with distraction.

I have a few beers a few nights a week, just not every night. Here lately it seems like my tinnitus is much louder the next day. I'm wondering if I quit alcohol completely if my overall volume will decrease.

If I were to use a 1-10 rating system on volume, I would say that during the day -- my volume is a 7. The day after drinking a few beers it is a 10+! I'm wondering if I quit completely if my daily volume would average below the referenced daily 7?

I know there is no cure, just so-called habituation. I don't even like that term. I would rather call it tolerance, which I guess I can. What else is one to do?

If some on here indicated that completely quitting alcohol helped then I would give it a shot. I like the beer. But if quitting it helped lower my T volume I'll quit.

 

[Hazel]

Hi there, TT conducted a survey in 2016 where one of the questions was on whether/how dietary items affect people's tinnitus. Please find below the results for alcohol. You can find the full survey results here: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/attachments/hub-survey-report-pdf.9777/

Beware that the above breakdown only concerns the 811 people who reported any effect of alcohol. The vast majority of the 5,000+ respondents did not report any effect. So: most people = no effect, but when there is an effect it tends to be negative.

Hope this helps.

 

[tehibn]

For me alcohol makes it better until the next day. Then it's real bad. Caffeine makes it worse right after I drink it.

 

[blissaliss]

For me alcohol makes it better until the next day. Then it's real bad. Caffeine makes it worse right after I drink it.

Lol I'm just the opposite. Drinking brings it on immediately, but by two days later it's mellowed out. But 3 cups of coffee throughout the day does nothing to increase the volume. But I noticed your tinnitus was caused by loud noise and mine either a birth control, too much nicotine and a high stress job. I wonder if there's a difference in triggers there.

 

[ItsNate101]

A few months ago when I was drinking heavy my T would increase quite a bit while intoxicated, it was much easier to deal with though. I wouldn't even care... Since I have stopped drinking my T has not had any improvement, It's actually worse now but that's obviously not because I stopped drinking. I'm having a lot of problems so my specific case is different. I would imagine its the same as people who smoke weed, Makes it worse for a day or so then goes back to normal.

 

[JohnAdams]

alcohol super quiets my tinnitus or super distracts me from it