Recent content by RHL

I saw Dr. Djalilian last week and immediately started following his dietary protocol, which involves eliminating all foods containing tyramine, glutamates, histamines, and caffeine. I took Gabapentin before bed, and the next morning, my tinnitus dropped from around a 9, where it usually is, to a...

Gabapentin works well for me, especially at bedtime (100 mg), and it often helps reduce the tinnitus by morning. However, when things are tough, Clonazepam helps take the edge off, allowing me to recuperate for a while.

This sounds temporomandibular. My sister (in the picture) recently got rid of her mild tinnitus with a Botox injection in her middle ear. It doesn’t work for everyone, but it might be worth exploring. Mine is severe like yours, but it came from a noise injury, so it probably wouldn’t work for...

My tinnitus has gotten bad enough recently, especially at night, and benzodiazepines like Clonazepam (0.1–0.2 mg, which I break into smaller doses) and Xanax (2–3 mg) are the only things that have helped me get a restful night. So far, I have avoided using them every night. However, I had no...

I've been using Lion's Mane for brain health for over a year, not for my severe tinnitus. I don't think it has had any effect.

I’ve used topical minoxidil for years, and my tinnitus is getting worse. I don’t think it’s the minoxidil, though. Then again, maybe it helped for a while, and now its effect has worn off. It’s hard to even guess.

Wow, that’s really quite bad. Have you measured your tinnitus volume? It increased over the years despite all of these protections? I measure my volume by holding my Apple Watch decibel meter 6 inches in front of me, and I make an equivalent sound hiss to what I’m actually hearing. It ranges...

Michael, as usual, thanks for your guidance. To clarify, your comments address the use of AirPods while listening to audio, but I wear them 90% of the time without listening to anything. They are simply for noise cancellation while I’m walking, along busy streets, or in an airplane. I’m not...

I don’t think so. Dr. Susan Shore told me noise-canceling headphones should not be an issue or concern. Given that she is one of the world's top experts on the subject, I am inclined to believe her. Despite that, I still try to keep the volume of my AirPods as low as possible. I appreciate your...

I want to share my recent experience at the 50th reunion. The event took place in an outdoor tent, which I thought would keep the noise levels down. However, the tent had sides, so I monitored the noise using my Apple Watch dB meter. When it reached 80-98 dB over 5 minutes, I decided to skip the...

I once took a one-hour beach walk on a windy/wavy day at around 90 dB, and I am pretty sure it triggered my tinnitus to get worse for a few days. Sometimes, triggers like that can take a whole week to calm down. But sometimes my anxiety about getting triggered seems to be able to trigger it by...

I've been at a bunch of restaurants during the holidays, in a large group, and found that wearing Apple AirPods have been really helpful. There are four settings, and I liked using full noise canceling but pulling the plug out slightly which allowed me to hear the guests nearby, but still get...

Nice work! Your audiologist sounds like a smart person! I'm going to try to do this as well, but realistically, it's awfully hard to stay below 75 dB living in a City unless you never take the earplugs out. But I'll buy some molded earplugs to go along with my AirPods with their fabulous noise...

It was a reduction in volume! And since I was already habituating, it made habituation even easier when I realized it was better.

I've twice reduced acoustic damage/tinnitus to my ears by getting a Prednisone injection into the eardrums. Once, I had to show the studies on this to the ENT, after which she agreed. Another time, I was speaking to a smart ENT about this, and he mentioned that I was lucky to do it within a...