My tinnitus is off the charts due to stress and anxiety... what supplements are helpful??
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@Ctw -- Sorry to hear how intense your tinnitus is. I could make quite a number of recommendations, from exercises affecting structural issues, supplements to reduce anxiety, even energy balancing techniques of various kinds. Not knowing your personal orientation, I'll just mention a couple that work quite well for me.
1) A supplement called Inositol. It has such a remarkably calming influence on the brain, that it is often prescribed by non-conventional health care practitioners for OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Here's a link to a pretty amazing article on how it became clear it could successfully treat OCD. --
LISTENING TO INOSITOL: CLINICAL NOTES
2) A couple of simple techniques that are VERY relaxing for me. -- This :37 second video shows two ways a rolled up towel or foam piece can be used for the upper thoracic area.
Thoracic Towel Stretch
For a really good complimentary exercise to this one, I feel the pelvis stabilization techniques described in this 5-Min. video (link below) really helped my lower back a LOT, and most likely helped my neck area as much as the towel exercise (I use foam instead of a towel). I think these two techniques work really well together.
Natural Pelvis Reset
Below is a link to a 5-min. video which goes into more detail on how to use a towel or foam piece to loosen up the upper back:
The Simplest and Most Effective Exercise For Thoracic Extension
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I think I'll add a third item to consider.
Anxiety can sometimes be traced to a tight psoas muscle. Below is a snippet from an online post where a guy changed his life by addressing his own psoas muscle. -- I wouldn't be surprised if some people's tinnitus could be positively affected by various similarly simple stretches and exercises.
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"I had excruciating insomnia, and slept only a couple hours in early morning, and when I woke, it felt like my body had been through war. During the day, I could not focus on the simplest of tasks.
A few nights ago, I came across this post about the psoas muscle. I did more research, and learned that the psoas muscle is the primary muscular mechanism in the fight/ flight response (receiving orders from the amygdala), as the psoas muscle is what moves the legs to run. I noticed how much tension I carry in the psoas muscle, and that part of my pattern of CFS was tension in the gut, and difficultly breathing, all related to psoas tension.
I looked up some simple yoga stretches for the psoas, and did them before bed. The first night, I slept a full night, and woke reasonably rested. I think it may have been easy for me to begin to correct the psoas tension, because in my past life (before CFS) I was a highly trained athlete."
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