What Works for Me

[fedup]

Hi friends, just a quick one to tell you some of the things that I have discovered that help reduce my tinnitus if only for a short time.

I have found that Lipo Flavonoids work for me in that they do reduce my T, the drawback is that they are very expensive. It may be placebo effect but I believe they work so... no I do not sell them! and yes, I know there is no clinical evidence that they work but as I say, they seem to help me.

Als , a weird one...I have found that rustling a plastic bag or some sweet wrappers near my affected ear reduces my T a LOT ! I use different bits of plastic depending on the particular tone I am hearing that day.
It has to be a really crackly bit of plastic .I just scrunch it up a few times near my ear and it actually reduces the T a lot.Very weird I know but it works!

I find these days I am having up to a couple of weeks where my T is almost gone and in fact on several days it has actually gone completely for some hours However ,at some point it still just 'switches back on'
I still hope that one day soon my T will be gone for good.

It is so upsetting when I try to discuss my T with my Doctor and he is simply uninterested and dismissive.He just says I have to get on with life.Easy for him to say !

Well, I wish you all the very best . For those in the early stages please keep going and keep fighting.I know how horrific it can be and how very soul destroying.I felt that way for a long time . I actually considered suicide many times but thankfully my wife saved me.Nowadays , I live with my tinnitus and just try to crack on with things .I still have really bad times but I convince myself that the next day will be better.

Negative thoughts definitely make T worse .
Life CAN get better even with T so don't give up

 

[MikeL1972]

Hi Fedup,

Welcome aboard!

Thanks for the advice.

Tinnitus is not worth suicide, that's for sure. The key is controlling your response to it by not giving in to it.

 

[fedup]

@MikeL1972 cheers Mikel .Yep, I agree .When I first came to this forum about a year ago I really was suicidal .I am sure that made my T far worse.All the stress and worrying definitely made it worse.These days I try really hard to be positive and it certainly makes the T better. I still have very bad spikes but try to tell myself that it will ease and usually it does.
I don't read this forum often now because I am generally the sort who would fall back into anxiety reading all the nasty things that can happen , might happen.
I wish you all the very best. Just try to keep on keeping on .