Recent content by 5htp

there's still plenty of time for it to go away, but know that even if it doesn't, your tinnitus will become less and less of an issue over time. the vast majority of people who get tinnitus habituate.

I don't think there will ever be a solitary cure. I feel that future treatments will help out with certain types of tinnitus and won't help out with others.

Can tinnitus do all that? Short answer: Yes.

I just read the first page, and thought I'd chime in. There are no ototoxic anti-depressants that I am aware of from any of the classes listed in the discussion subject. There have been anecdotal reports of tinnitus increase from such drugs, but nothing that has been demonstrated in a...

Here's one. Dr. Nagler's tinnitus is so loud he can even hear it over Niagara falls. http://home.comcast.net/~nagler/clinics.html

OP, there is still a chance your tinnitus will go away at this point, but keep in mind that if it doesn't, chances are in your favor that your tinnitus will become a non-issue given time. The vast majority of people with chronic tinnitus eventually turn out okay. "Learning to live with it"...

There is some evidence and speculation that this feeling of fullness and/or pain is caused by an overworking of the tensor tympani muscle inside your middle ear. The fact that the little muscles in your middle ear are greatly affected by serotonergic activity lends credibility to the stress and...

Macs are more practical for the average user, but they are overpriced and much less upgradable. I also hate Apple's lack of support for open source software. iTunes is a piece of crap.

I smoke a bit of pot in some form or another every single day. Afghani hash is my saving grace. It doesn't lower the volume of my tinnitus at all, and if anything, it causes a spike. But it's worth it. Smoking weed keeps me balanced, helps me sleep, helps me keep on weight, and essentially...

Actually, it is entirely possible to habituate to loud and grating tinnitus. Many people with measurably loud tinnitus have habituated and are doing fine.

As far as I am aware, no supplements of any kind have shown to be more effective than placebo in reducing the tinnitus signal.