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Hi @Terry23 -- Very good points. -- Have you considered doing self-acupuncture? I sometimes wonder if some people who don't get good results from doing weekly acupuncture might improve if they did self-acupuncture daily, or as often as necessary. I'm currently a few months post-COVID-19, and...

Thanks - but being needled never really appealed. What about community massage? That could be good.

Thanks for your considerate post which I am just noticing now. I am in therapy and have tried acupuncture. Acupuncture seemed to help with my sleep in the beginning of this nightmare but maybe it was placebo. As for meditation, I think I am still too anxious and stressed to give it a try...

Hi @Juliane, no worries at all, good to hear from you. I did try acupuncture myself, and it didn't seem to have an effect on my tinnitus or my sleep. I do have a family friend who recently had an onset of tinnitus, and she tells me that acupuncture lowers the volume of her tinnitus. So it seems...

It was with a normal acupuncturist (American lady, trained in Chinese acupuncture) - but we did the exact same points around the ear in an attempt to replicate the Chinese case study.

Do the needles hurt being applied since they are going in deeper than typical acupuncture? I am seriously considering going in August.

My acupuncturist sent me this as a different link: Neuropuncture for Tinnitus and Hearing Loss He's an instructor at Jung Dao School of Acupuncture and said he has been practicing with electro-acupuncture and has been encouraged by the results but as yet has no tinnitus patients try it. Mine...

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Tinnitus Spiked and Got Worse After Acupuncture — Is This Normal? Here’s a thread on a spike reportedly related to acupuncture. It looks like at one point they said it resolved.

Sorry to hear about your tinnitus. Welcome to the group 😊. I have had chronic tinnitus for about the same amount of time as you, and I cannot sleep without a benzodiazepine. What do you think of the new sleeping pill Quviviq? Would you recommend it for someone with insomnia caused by tinnitus?

I don’t think they inject anything in acupuncture.

Efficacy and safety of acupuncture and moxibustion for primary tinnitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis Conclusion: The results showed that acupuncture and moxibustion for primary tinnitus yielded the greatest decrease in tinnitus severity and improvement in quality of life. Due to the...

...if not cures. Hospitals, for example, often encourage cancer patients to go to acupuncturists as part of their treatment because acupuncture can alleviate symptoms of cancer or the side effects caused by other treatments, e.g., the nausea that comes with chemotherapy. Cost isn't always an...

I heard acupuncture did not work. I am willing to almost try anything but my understanding is that you need to be carful since they can cause more problems then they fix. I guess there is a little risk with everything.

3 Month Update I have been using DMSO for three months now. For the past month, I’ve been using a 30% DMSO solution. It itches more, but not too badly. I’m still using a cotton ball to swab in and around the ear. The good news is that the ringing in my left ear is very low. At times, I think...

@Brian Newman, does acupuncture help your tinnitus or what would you say it helps most? Thanks for the help.

Guys if anyone sees this trust me. Try acupuncture. Only thing that helped god bless you all…

...study recently. You can skip down to results and conclusion if you don't want to read the whole thing. While this talks about electroacupuncture, it's reasonable to extrapolate that this information could apply to non electroacupuncture as well. Effect of Electroacupuncture on Noise-Induced...

I'll give my thoughts here, as I'm trying acupuncture for neck/jaw tension, which I believe has caused or contributed towards a tinnitus spike. So notice I said acupuncture to address the neck tension. I did in my neck during training (Muay Thai) the same week as the tinnitus spike occurred, so...

I'm considering trying acupuncture for ear/jaw/neck pain from hyperacusis. Does anyone have positive experiences to share?

The only things that have helped are fiber and Magnesium Oxide. If I do not take them, the surrounding muscles do not assist in the way they otherwise do, and the tinnitus becomes very loud. I know it sounds strange, but that is how it works with my condition. I have an upcoming neurology...

Thank you. I've read a bunch of threads at this point. The scary thing is that for some people, it never resolved. That's always the danger and reason I stay terrified.

...is causing your tinnitus. Frankly if I was a multi millionaire, I would possibly hazard my money on many different therapies including acupuncture (or maybe not - needles in the skin do not really appeal to me that much). But since my money is limited, I tend to be quite careful with how I...

I did acupressure / acupuncture. He did acupressure around my neck and ears. Then he stuck 3 needles around each ear. 1 needle near my pinky fingers. 20 minutes. My tinnitus went from severe to mild (totally livable level). But I was walking near the street without earplugs and a super loud honk...

...two days after each treatment. I do believe that most Acupuncturists will at least be able to calm the parasympathetic nervous system. In Acupuncture that might be described as reducing liver and gall bladder fire rising, as well as tonifying the kidney meridian. There are similarities...

I've been doing self-acupuncture for about 3-4 years now--virtually cost free. Just something for you to consider.

I did clinical acupuncture at hospital that was specifically tailored towards the muscles and points around neck and head. There were 3 things I was doing at the time of the acupuncture. Zoloft + acupuncture + exposure to real life sounds of waves.

...2022. Back then, my hearing loss was above 15-16 kHz. I could hear 16 kHz at 30 decibels (this was in 2014). During that time, I tried acupuncture, homeopathy, and a lot of supplements, but nothing worked. Eventually, I habituated, and it never really bothered me. I lived my life like a...

Can acupuncture needles cause a CSF leak?

Thermal effects of acupuncture by infrared thermography test in patients with tinnitus https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jams.2019.05.002 Abstract Previous studies have confirmed the efficacy of acupuncture treatment for tinnitus. However, no relevant studies of the exact mechanism of acupuncture...

@Uklawyer I also got it done in my jaw, neck, and spine the key is to find a doctor who has treated tinnitus with acupuncture

@Uklawyer yes I have had terrible ringing in my ears and i did acupuncture in my sinuses and after 1 session it’s already gotten better

Good to hear that acupuncture works for some people but is there a difference between laser acupuncture and regular acupuncture?

Congrats! This is a great success story. Could you please tell us what kind of acupuncture this was? Was it medical or TCM style? Also, was it just acupuncture or was any current placed on the needles? Thanks!

It shouldn't cause a spike. Acupuncture is supposed to help.

@StubbyJ sorry to hear you have had such difficulty with your adverse reactions from electro-acupuncture. I can 100% clarify that its not just with electro-acupuncture, I have got exactly what you have got just from normal acupuncture, I only had one session too. I started getting a fluttering...

Also this website and Health CMI are affiliated with acupuncture and acupuncture schooling so they have a vested interest in promoting acupuncture....basically just blatant self-promoting. Apparently, Heath CMI believes that acupuncture fixes everything...

Oh wow. I am into acupuncture as well. Which pressure points do you use to alleviate the dizziness?

What is the difference between this and classic acupuncture? Looks very similar.

No information (in this abstract) about cause and duration of tinnitus. Acupuncture for tinnitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Abstract Objective: To evaluate the efficacy/effectiveness of acupuncture for the treatment of tinnitus. Methods: Four...

...are not aware of. This is the problem with expensive treatments which make claims like - balancing the body. Perhaps - (a big perhaps) Acupuncture "balanced your yin and yang" for 2-3 days every time you had a session. That means for continual lower tinnitus levels you would need to spend...

...your story is really interesting to me. I’ve had ear fullness and mild hyperacusis for 3 months now from loud music and I’m slowly trying to get back to making music. Do you have any tips for recovery? I’ve tried acupuncture and I’ve rested my ears a lot but I can’t live completely without...

...However, I told them that my tinnitus is still there, and they just asked me to live with it. I went to see a TCM physician and did acupuncture, scaping and cupping, and ate chinese medicines but it never really helps. I went to see another TCM Dr Dong JingJing and she only gave me chinese...

7 acupuncture appointments and no positive results.

Acupuncture is not a branch of medicine. It is a branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine. I am just reporting honestly what the data says, which is at odds with what you claim. I do give credit to alternative practitioners because they spend time - give sympathy - and listen to their patients...

Did the worsening from electro-acupuncture improve or go away?

I also forgot to mention that I have done around ~12 rounds of acupuncture, using these acupoints, http://www.healthcmi.com/Acupuncture-Continuing-Education-News/1598-acupuncture-quiets-tinnitus did not help.

There is some pretty good correlation with when I have had acupuncture. I will at times have one or two good days after acupuncture. This is not a given, but some months it’s almost always true and other months the acupuncture is not as effective.

I also don’t believe in this treatment. For me it looks like super acupuncture, which usually has no effect on tinnitus. Especially for chronic cases.

...I use the drops twice a day. One of the books I read said that the kidneys are connected to ear health. My chiropractor also does acupuncture, so I asked him about it, and he agreed. In addition to applying the 70 percent solution to my neck and shoulder on the same side, I started putting...

How many sessions of acupuncture before you started noticing improvement? Did you do general acupuncture or for tinnitus (ears only)?

Yes, I think the 64.5 percent for efficacy rate is way too generous, from personal experience and threads on this forum. 10 percent would be tops. Mixed with electricity sounds awesome, but it's not neuromodulation, the numbers seem way too high. I love acupuncture, but not for tinnitus.