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Alcohol does not increase tinnitus. Certainly not by a factor of 10

Alcohol has an effect on gaba receptors in the same way that benzo do. The paradox, what cures you can hurt you. Long term benzo use / Long term alcohol use. Rock, meet hard place. I'm back on clonazepam .5mg once a day and it's very effective and seeing my primary care doc Monday, fingers...

Has anyone found that their tinnitus gets louder after / during drinking alcohol? It may just be a coincidence but mine seems to spike

PEA does nothing for me. When I drink alcohol, it definitely makes my tinnitus worse during and the day after too. I drink coffee every day, but I don't think it has any effect really. It's hard to know when there are so many variables. I hope you're doing better now! Personally, I want...

@MountainCreek I was not for one second suggesting that anyone use alcohol in the volumes that I find it necessary to reduce Tinnitus. I was asking what the mechanism is which is resulting in it lowering T so that I could home in on what's going on for me and find a healthy alternative. I'd...

I'm back on the benzos and alcohol after I swore off them. I just want not to care, just for a little while. Just like I used to, I want to get lost in my mind again, but the door is locked, and I can't get in there anymore. That was my safe place, and it's gone because everything in my life is...

I rarely drink alcohol, but I consume excessive amounts of caffeine both tea & coffee

Alcohol is GABAergenic, so it can have an inhibitory effect on tinnitus.

Caffeine (only dark coffee) helps me with tinnitus, but alcohol spikes my tinnitus after few hours.

Alcohol makes my T louder. But since it's temporary I don't really care.

Any liquid with alcohol in it will do just fine for me... :)

Me too. Not even Magnesium.

alcohol has no effect on the T for you then, Thats good

Oh dear!! http://www.hear-it.org/Alcohol-can-cause-hearing-loss

...original post is that the area where my TMJ joint is on both sides of my face and the area under my ears going down the sides of my jaw are extremely sensitive to alcohol and sugary drinks. If I drink alcohol or soda, I will get the worst shooting pain in those areas, so something isn't right.

I basically do not consume alcohol, well at least not for the past two years. Here the other day I tough "hey, perhaps I should try to get drunk!" Cause alcohol calms the central nervous system and that's good when it comes to T. But I've been afraid of the hangover and how I remember that was...

What do you mean by "stopped drinking alcohol"? You were a raging alcoholic and stopped cold turkey? Or you were a casual drinker and decided to live healthy? You need to be a bit more specific, because getting tinnitus can be linked to alcohol withdrawal due to GABA receptor plasticity - but...

Has anyone who could not drink alcohol due to it causing spikes been able to again drink after habituation without having a relapse?

Hey Linear b, do you think dinking alcohol spikes your t? since i dont party a lot anymore haha i wanna have a new hobbie thats basically buying beeer from around the world and rate them. haha thanks

...onset. I don't think there's much you can do, other than waiting it out. What I have to say though is, don't beat yourself up by thinking the alcohol withdrawal was the reason for it. It may be idiopathic or maybe there's a (treatable) cause for it. For such a mysterious thing like tinnitus...

Long-term use of alcohol is associated with various kinds of neurotoxicity and structural changes to GABA function which are probably likely, at least in some cases, to worsen tinnitus. Alcohol is a pretty terrible drug, enough so that if it had just been invented yesterday, it would almost...

I believe alcohol is like Xanax, it numb you a little. It has the same effect on me. Just try not to abuse.

For me its opposite. Alcohol makes my T better. Anyone else the same?

...no cure from tinnitus: it is very complex and possibly has several - or maybe even many underlying different mechanisms for each individual. Alcohol increases GABA so it can be linked with the hypothesis that at least for some people the tinnitus mechanism is related with the lack of GABA in...

When I drink alcohol my tinnitus increase alot, i mean it becomes like 3 times higher than normal, and my tinnitus is loud at normal stage. But, i've always wondered why is my tinnitus getting louder when i drink alcohol? And how hard can it be to find a drug with opposite effect? Ps. Just...

Agree, same for me.

I'm only two weeks in with tinnitus and hadn't read anything about not consuming alcohol. For sure, two beers in things got a lot quieter - but I think it was just because ALL my senses are dulled with some alchohol. I do feel like it got a little worse the next day, though - but then I had...

I've become a whisky/scotch/bourbon collector since this infliction. Alcohol seems to help me, temporarily...

Lol if drinking aggravates that waht does make it better, alcohol is best!

Thanks everyone for sharing their experiences with caffeine and alcohol..it’s one less thing to worry about.

I don't find coffee, alcohol or chocolate have any effect on my T.

I don't think it is worth the risk, to take benzos and drink alcohol at the same time (during the evening, etc.). Time it so that both are many hours apart.

I read that alcohol makes tinnitus worse. I could sure drink a nice ice cold margarita.

Oh wow that is terrible. I don't know. :( Was his tinnitus permanently increased after the alcohol or did it go away?

Happened to me last Friday. Went to a beer tasting the night before, consumed a fair amount of alcohol. Wouldn't say excessive, though, but enough to make me tipsy (I don't drink much anymore, so it doesn't take much). Almost complete silence in the morning. Good thing I wasn't stupid enough to...

Alcohol Free Passion Flower drops help me sleep. Just drop it in your mouth, forget the water.

If your using a worrying amount of alcohol then I suggest you stop, anything that affects the brain will have a detrimental affect on your T. Alcohol, in most cases,will spike T.

...items not to eat and /or consume less of. You will have to test each one. For me, the hardest to give up and modify are caffeine, salt, and alcohol (we all like to have a glass of wine once in a while!) If you suspect that a particular food is contributing to your tinnitus, avoid eating any...

people with a history of benzo use probably process alcohol differently, long term. I don't drink to intoxication anymore.

I took a while, but it´s finally sunk in, alcohol is pure poison in withdrawal. It will prolong and destroy progress. Thanks, Star:huganimation:

I think tea is quite different to alcohol, as in, it doesn't kill you...If it did I must be dead...I love me a cuppa tea <3

Then it was probably the noise and not the alcohol which caused the tinnitus - but I could be wrong.

...hearing all you like. However, age, infection and stress all cause damage to us in general. There's also lifestyle factors like smoking, alcohol, processed foods and environmental factors. Then there are genetics, a new area of research in general. It seems damage to the inner ear is a...

I've been timid with alcohol since the first glass of red wine I had after developing it woke me up in the night with roaring T. But when I drink even one drink it decreases noticibly. Alcohol has similar GABA effects as benzos and I figured it had something to do with that. I'm going to dinner...

I don't think alcohol and caffeine is the cause of your increased T

APS - thick blood - can lead to tinnitus which may be reduced by blood thinners. The condition is picked up by a simple blood test. I was thinking that this may be the reason some people’s tinnitus decreases with alcohol. Anyone else got APS? Did blood thinners help?

Heavy drinking, even everyday for a year never affected my tinnitus, only loud noise has done that so far!

Well then I love drinking shit.

...and boom, ringing was off the charts. The second shot increased it a little more and then the 3rd a little more. I don't think about alcohol all day but I agree with many of the rest, in the evenings it helps calm all my nerves and not a great way to manage this but I haven't found too...

Coffee in the morning seems to noticeably lower my tinnitus. Not sure why this is. Everything I have read says to avoid caffeine and alcohol. However, those seem to be the only two substances that seem to help change the volume for the better.

Alcohol is a central nervous systom suppressant, so one would feel a lessening of the tinnitus (it comes back strong as ever later of course). Ear "fullness" is classic tinnitus. The neck, shoulder, everything connects to the brain. So yes, that could amp it up, hopefully temporarily...

Are you still taking Dayvigo? Is Dayvigo non-ototoxic?

Curious, but this is almost identical to the so called "6C's diet" prescribed to people diagnosed with Migraine Associated Vertigo and Vestibular Migraine! Cross-over, much?!

Alcohol can reduce tinnitus. I have experienced this. Hopefully yours will cut out for good. Cheers!

Friend: You should try vodka for your tinnitus. Me: I never pour alcohol in my ears. Never.

I don't see any issue with alcohol for medicinal purposes or for entertainment. I do think being drunk/addiction is not biblical.

I empathise with you, my whole adult life has always included alcohol, i´m not saying i have a problem far from it, but my family friends inlaws and outlaws have always included alcohol no matter what we´re celebrating and it has always been a very big part of my life. Alcohol like you say...