Hey all,
Just a message of hope here.
I was shooting guns the day after Thanksgiving, when an errant shot was fired by a guy next to me (by accident, luckily the gun was pointed away from us...jeeze). I had taken my hearing protection out because we were not *supposed* to firing guns at that time. Any rate, my right ear went almost numb a second after the shot, with significant hearing loss and heavy T for a good six weeks after. Like many of y'all here, I was beside myself with anxiety and frustration. An initial exam by a PA showed no damage to the inner ear, and I was told it would likely resolve in a few weeks.
It didn't. So I took matters into my own hands. Six visits to a ND/chiropractor gave some relief, but the T remained. I began a daily regimen of a few supplements:
1. 400 mg magnesium citrate
2. 500 mg. Vitamin C
3. 150 mg tocotrienols (uber powerful form of Vitamin E)
My ear was tender/sensitive for a while, then gradually got better. A month ago, I got a hearing test with an audiologist. All was ok, save for my right ear, which dropped off the table at 5,000 Hz. Perhaps, she said, it would improve.
I did ask her about supplements, and she told me absolutely to continue the antioxidant regimen, but urged me to include curcumin in the mix. Some new research she had read about, and which some of her grad students had been doing as well (At Western Michigan Univ., one of the best audiology schools in the nation), showed that curcumin's anti-inflammatory effects were very helpful in treating the inflammation in the inner ear caused by traumatic noises (gunshots, firecrackers, etc.). I took her advice, and made my own pills - bought a bag of turmeric at my local co-op, and filled up small sized gelatin capsules myself (much cheaper). Remember to eat some black pepper with the pills (I take two a day) as it significantly improves the body's ability to use the turmeric.
Now, 10 weeks post-trauma, my T is 75 percent less than is was initially, and getting slowly better. I credit the curcumin for this most recent push toward healing, but who knows. Also, the tincture of time can't be dismissed. It's hard being patient, I know...
Just wanted to throw this out there.
Peace.
Just a message of hope here.
I was shooting guns the day after Thanksgiving, when an errant shot was fired by a guy next to me (by accident, luckily the gun was pointed away from us...jeeze). I had taken my hearing protection out because we were not *supposed* to firing guns at that time. Any rate, my right ear went almost numb a second after the shot, with significant hearing loss and heavy T for a good six weeks after. Like many of y'all here, I was beside myself with anxiety and frustration. An initial exam by a PA showed no damage to the inner ear, and I was told it would likely resolve in a few weeks.
It didn't. So I took matters into my own hands. Six visits to a ND/chiropractor gave some relief, but the T remained. I began a daily regimen of a few supplements:
1. 400 mg magnesium citrate
2. 500 mg. Vitamin C
3. 150 mg tocotrienols (uber powerful form of Vitamin E)
My ear was tender/sensitive for a while, then gradually got better. A month ago, I got a hearing test with an audiologist. All was ok, save for my right ear, which dropped off the table at 5,000 Hz. Perhaps, she said, it would improve.
I did ask her about supplements, and she told me absolutely to continue the antioxidant regimen, but urged me to include curcumin in the mix. Some new research she had read about, and which some of her grad students had been doing as well (At Western Michigan Univ., one of the best audiology schools in the nation), showed that curcumin's anti-inflammatory effects were very helpful in treating the inflammation in the inner ear caused by traumatic noises (gunshots, firecrackers, etc.). I took her advice, and made my own pills - bought a bag of turmeric at my local co-op, and filled up small sized gelatin capsules myself (much cheaper). Remember to eat some black pepper with the pills (I take two a day) as it significantly improves the body's ability to use the turmeric.
Now, 10 weeks post-trauma, my T is 75 percent less than is was initially, and getting slowly better. I credit the curcumin for this most recent push toward healing, but who knows. Also, the tincture of time can't be dismissed. It's hard being patient, I know...
Just wanted to throw this out there.
Peace.
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