Hi @Greg9840, I'm sorry to hear about your ordeal. I remember when I did the breath hold I felt pins and needles in my hands and extremities but it went away within seconds. What didn't go away unfortunately was the tinnitus. Like others have said, we suspect Wim Hof tinnitus could be a combination of things including obstruction within the Eustachian tubes, or possible damage to the tiny blood vessels leading to the middle ear, or possible hyperactivity to the auditory nerves. Some even speculate that tinnitus could be linked to damage to the kidneys (which could possibly happen from an overload to the sympathetic nervous system -- something that Wim himself claims his breathwork accomplishes).I was recently doing a breathing exercise kind of similar to Wim Hof breathing. It was a "breathwork" exercise involving rapid deep breathing. I only did it for 10 minutes. Towards the end, my entire body was buzzing and my hands and feet felt like they were vibrating intensely. These side effects are considered normal for this kind of breathwork. When I stopped, my hands and feet were still tingling and my tinnitus had spiked.
I have been suffering from peripheral neuropathy, tingling/pins/needles in my hands and feet that started at the same time my tinnitus started, around one year ago. I don't know for sure what caused the tinnitus and neuropathy but I think it was either my second Pfizer shot or the high dose of vitamin B6 I was taking.
Regardless, doing this breathwork made my neuropathy and tinnitus flare up. It's been 2 days and I still haven't recovered, so I'm starting to get worried.
Does anyone else here have tinnitus that started around the same time that peripheral neuropathy started? And for people who got tinnitus from Wim Hof breathing or similar breathwork, has anyone found a cure?
Since June 2020 my ears have been sort of blocked, like when you're in a high altitude. But lately I've experienced some crackling here and there. I'm not out of the woods by any stretch but it leads me to believe that the body will eventually heal itself from this condition, or at least that's my hope. I read somewhere online that someone recovered from tinnitus caused by barotrauma but it took about 3 years. I'm honestly praying that we can all recover from this.
As far as the theory that tinnitus could be linked to a kidney deficiency, I'm taking a traditional Chinese herbal tonic aimed at healing impaired kidney function. It was given to me by my acupuncturist. I've tried literally everything up to this point, so I figure it can't hurt to try this. I know Chinese traditional medicine takes a very long time so that's the downside. We'll see how it goes...