BREAKTHROUGH...
Hey everyone here is an update -- I have continued to experiment with "the water method" (method #7 in my original post in this thread) and I have made a breakthrough.
I went off off of my allergy medicine for a few days and the result was that I had a bad tinnitus flare up over the weekend and it was so intense I was sure I was going to have to jump off a bridge to make it stop. (Once again, this is more evidence that my T is related to inflammation in the eustachian tube).
I used the water method a few times and it helped quite a bit, as usual, but not enough to solve the problem, so that got me thinking...
Instead of using warm salty water for method #7, what if we use norepinephrine (for example, the typical nasal and sinus decongestant spray you buy in the pharmacy)?
I researched this and there actually was a woman selling some kind of home made solution for T that she invented which apparently uses this approach (I can't find the link to that at the moment, but she didn't seem very credible to me).
In any case, there is no need to buy her product since Norepinephrine is available over the counter in every pharmacy. I decided to test this hypothesis myself.
So to test this I did the following:
1. First I did the water technique in #7 to open things up.
2. Next, I used a nasal decongestant squeeze bottle -- the standard stuff you buy without a prescription at the pharmacy (NOT mentholated, just plain). Using the squeeze bottle form is best, because it produces a stream of liquid rather than just a slight mist.
I used this exact product:
http://www.cvs.com/shop/health-medi...care/cvs-fast-acting-nasal-spray-skuid-857132
To use it, I did exactly what I do for the water method (#7):
First, I tipped my head back, shot a stream of the stuff into my nose (instead of just a tiny bit of the stuff - an actual stream). This causes a stream not a mist of liquid to hit the back of the nose where it exits into the throat.
Second, I simultaneously blocked the back of my throat with the back of the tongue so the liquid wouldn't just go right down my throat. This way I could catch the liquid at the back of the throat where it exits the back of the nose, and hold the liquid there instead of swallowing it accidentally.
Third, I then tilted my head forward and down and to the right to cause the liquid to wash over the right eustachian tube entrance at the back of the jaw, and then at that moment did the valsalva to pop my ear.
This caused the norepinephrine liquid to go into the right eustachian tube when the ear popped. There was the familiar "squeak" sound as the liquid entered the tube.
I repeated the pop a few times (without adding any more spray - one squirt is enough, as long as you don't swallow it, which I don't think would be a good idea anyway) to really milk the liquid into the tube.
Finally I spat out the remaining liquid into the sink (instead of swallowing it; don't swallow it!).
It was slightly painful when it first went into the eustachian tube - perhaps because the norepinephrine spray is a little caustic.
Then I went to bed for the night. My eustachian tube then ached a bit all night - it almost felt like a mild earache for a few hours. During that time the T seemed to increase a bit. This may have been due to the tube opening up a lot and perhaps even draining due to the norepinephrine action.
But by the AM there was about a 90% reduction in T.
Over the next 2 days the reduction in T continued. Today, 2 days later, there is a 100% reduction in T. No T at all. For the first time in maybe 6 months. None. Zero. Nada!!!
Better yet, it seems to be a lasting solution so far.
I think the norepinephrine causes a strong reduction in inflammation. Perhaps this opens the eustachian tube and enables it to really drain.
Note that you cannot use this type of nasal spray too often -- only once every few weeks -- otherwise it can damage the tissues or you can desensitize.
So if you have eustachian tube dysfunction, and you think it could be causing your T, give this a try and report back here. As I've said before, not all T is caused by eustachian tube dysfunction, but mine certainly has this issue as a major factor.
I think this method could be a real winner!!!
Now let's see if the effect lasts. I will report back on that.
Curious to know if it helps anyone else.
I am also continuing with the other supplements, Allegra, the Tibetan medicine, etc. to reduce ongoing inflammation and I recommend doing that as well, even if the Norepinephrine works for you.
Norepinephrine is basically a way to jumpstart opening your eustachian tube, but you need to maintain that by making sure to keep the inflammation from coming back. And yeah, I went back on Allegra, just to make sure I am also reducing inflammation due to allergies.