Showering Solution in Alleviating Tinnitus

[Robb]

Hi All,

Just today before going to sleep I took an extra long shower.
This resulted in my strange T sound to lower in intensity even minutes after now I write this.

Possibly this happens because water on your head helps to influence the hyperactive neurons in your head do I have the idea.

How do we explain this decline in T sound?

 

[Sherri786]

Or shower gets the circulation going ?

 

[gary]

Hi All,

Just today before going to sleep I took an extra long shower.
This resulted in my strange T sound to lower in intensity even minutes after now I write this.

Possibly this happens because water on your head helps to influence the hyperactive neurons in your head do I have the idea.

How do we explain this decline in T sound?

Agree with Sherri, showering may have helped. Warm water will help your blood circulate. I am a diabetic, I some times have a hard time getting a blood sample when test my sugar level, a nurse told me to run warm water over my finger first. I tried it and it works very well. I tried very hot showers but it did not help for me, but that is not to say the same for you. Ler us know how it works out...

 

[gary]

Or shower gets the circulation going ?

Sherri, very cool avatar!

 

[Sherri786]

@gary , thank you

 

[Sherri786]

I take very very long and hot showers every morning.....keeps the darn t very low for at least 2/3 hours.

 

[James]

Karen mentioned that to someone in here that was having a very difficult Tinnitus day.
She said, take a shower. I thought that was some Great advice.

If masking works at all, a "real" shower sound seems to help me. It seems to mask the T for a few minutes. A short break from the constant T, weather you think it masks or not. Water sounds, sometimes it may not work so much, I'd like to think it does, and take a hot long shower. Also what Sherri said. It just feels good.

 

[gary]

I take very very long and hot showers every morning.....keeps the darn t very low for at least 2/3 hours.

That's interesting, you too! I am going to try one of those hot packs while I am laying down, usually I am not in the shower all that long....

 

[dan]

Hey Robb, back to your question - YES, you are 100% correct. This is called residual inhibition.
The neurons in the brain calm down after receiving some input that was lost, due to the shower sound being a very broad band noise containing many frequencies, some of which match the ones you need a little boost. Bye!

 

[Robb]

Hey Robb, back to your question - YES, you are 100% correct. This is called residual inhibition.
The neurons in the brain calm down after receiving some input that was lost, due to the shower sound being a very broad band noise containing many frequencies, some of which match the ones you need a little boost. Bye!

Hi Dan, thanks for confirming this

 

[Miss lavender]

I find that when I have an extra long hot shower, my tinnitus is fairly low all day.

 

[Sherri786]

I don't think it's due to the shower sound, it's more due to the circulation starting up
Just in my humble opinion ofcourse.

 

[My T Sucks]

A shower will bring me relief. even if its short lived, its still sooo nice

 

[Golly]

I have been making use of the shower effect for a couple of years now. It doesn't always work, but when it does, I enjoy complete silence, often for the entire day. I think it's residual inhibition. That is, I believe the driving component is the sound and volume of the shower and not the warmth/massage. Weirdly, however, I have never been able to achieve the same effect with noise directly from a headset.

-Golly