Recent content by dd314

Let your son know that extremely severe tinnitus after acoustic trauma is often temporary, and it usually improves over the course of months or years. Habituation also tends to develop over time, making everything more manageable. In the meantime, tell him not to panic. Encourage him to stay...

Remember everyone, brain implants require a Brain MRI, and most of these scans exceed 100 dBA. There are plenty of alarming stories about this on here. I am not saying you should lose hope, but it is something to keep in mind.

He looks amazing for 94! Shatner is proof that having tinnitus does not have to destroy your health or your mind. Thank you to the team for arranging this message.

The last couple of trials showed clear efficacy, and her results have been reproduced at least once. This method definitely seems to work for somatosensory tinnitus. What I do not understand is why it still has not been tested on non-somatic tinnitus, which makes up roughly half of us. How hard...

That's great! Thanks for contributing your experience.

That’s disappointing. I was hoping Nebivolol might be the one beta blocker that we could take. Was it a severe increase or a mild one?

Every source on the internet says that a CT scan can absolutely detect a fistula. Keep in mind that the cochlea is a macroscopic structure—you can see it with the naked eye. It is about a quarter of an inch in diameter.

I used to believe this but I'm not so sure anymore. There was a wildly successful tDCS study last year which gave people a -30 TFI score and I'm sure it entails actual volume reduction. tDCS only affects the cortex, which is the outer layer of the brain; it doesn't even affect deeper...

I lost a ton of money on FREQ as well. If I recall correctly, the placebo group showed unprecedented improvements, which likely means some participants were dishonest about their scores. However, there's no reason to suspect any deceit on the company's part—they genuinely believed their product...

You might want to look into Tofisopam. From what I’ve researched, it seems to have one of the best efficacy-to-side-effect ratios among available drugs. Some people report that it reduces their tinnitus by half. Plus, since it doesn’t act on GABA receptors, it’s associated with minimal tolerance...

Lenire and Auricle operate in different ways. Lenire works by increasing hyperactivity in the dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) to distract the brain from tinnitus. In contrast, Auricle reduces hyperactivity, aiming to address the underlying issue directly.

I've been out of the loop on this for a while. What do we think now? 2030? 2050?

Wish there were more Tofisopam reports, seems like the promising drug for tinnitus

My other health issues are worsening my tinnitus. UGH.

Residual inhibition is real. If you could boost low-decibel noises whilst not boosting loud noises -- maybe having a cutoff around 55 dB, it could theoretically work to suppress tinnitus. I'd probably be scared of it accidentally boosting loud noises, though. That would have horrific consequences.