Massive Improvements After a Year of Tinnitus

[rach125]

Sorry to hear this. Did anything else change around the time?

 

[kelpiemsp]

I have made a huge mistake.

Tinnitus returned last monday, and it's 100% my fault. I had a decently large genetics assignment to get through on the weekend, and I ate a large amount of chocolate (2x200g blocks I think) over the weekend to stay energized enough to power through it. T returned the next morning at full strength. No other snacks over the past month have made it increase this much, so I guess I got a little too overconfident.

I have no idea what the f my bodies issue with chocolate is, but it looks like if I want to remove T forever, I'm going to have to avoid chocolate for life (is that even living?).

Is it possible this is the result of an extreme stress response? Instead of chocolate...

 

[RCS-canada]

That is unreal! Chocolate worsens t? I had no idea. That is a huge price to pay for sure, but to live without t? That would be nice.

 

[Red]

Is it specifically chocolate or sugar in general? You might be able to find some dessert alternatives although they'll be nowhere near as tasty.

 

[Mr Worried]

Sorry to hear this. Did anything else change around the time?

Nothing else seems likely as another culprit

Is it possible this is the result of an extreme stress response? Instead of chocolate...

I'm pretty stress resistant nowadays, so it's probably not that

That is unreal! Chocolate worsens t? I had no idea. That is a huge price to pay for sure, but to live without t? That would be nice.

I don't know if it does for the average T sufferer, but for me it seems to

Is it specifically chocolate or sugar in general? You might be able to find some dessert alternatives although they'll be nowhere near as tasty.

Carbs have been giving me issues for like the past 6 months, but chocolate seems to be infinitely worse than any other snack.

Like, I can demolish a packet of cookies or something and be pretty much a-ok, but will suffer T badly if I go through a chocolate block. Perhaps there's some kind of compound in chocolate that fucks with my nervous system or something.

Who knows. After a full week of T, I'll definitely avoid choco for life. It's just not worth it for me

 

[Deamon22]

@Mr Worried But the spike did go down again?

 

[kelpiemsp]

My money would still be on stress... You literally said you had a large homework assignment due that you had to spend all weekend working on to get it done. I think this would stress most people out. It's very important to be intune and aware with your stress response. That is farrrr more likely to cause changes in your T than chocolate. Everybody on this forum wants this magical fix, this thing they can say "oh if I just stop that ONE thing, my T will go away". Sorry, that is not how Tinnitus works. If you want to get back to the place you were on the 26th I would highly recommend looking into your stress levels, as that is the largest predictor of your T becoming chronic and becoming a permanent maladaptive response.

 

[Mr Worried]

@Mr Worried But the spike did go down again?

Yeah I'd say it's reduced by about 75% by now and getting better by the day. I've been eating really clean since the spike.

My money would still be on stress...

Yeah, it's not stress. I could write a big post about why this is the case, but I don't wanna.

 

[scotty03874]

Congrats on losing most of your tinnitus. I can't wait to get to that point myself ^_^

The floaters suck but yeah there's options. I'm thinking about a laser treatment.

DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WITH LASER FOR FLOATERS. UNSUCCESSFUL USUALLY.

https://vitrectomyforfloaters.com/inducing-a-pvd-during-fov/

That's my left eye in the video above, I did both eyes with him though. I'm happy to say that I'm floater free now.

Now I have to get rid of the TINNITUS from a slap to the right ear on 4-7-2019.

~Scott