HI,
I have been living with Tinnitus on and off for about 15 years. Can't say exactly when is started, but my work had me on numerous occasions working in extremely noisy areas (did use rudimentary hearing protection), and also listened to loud music.
Initially I was seeking a remedy for the tinnitus, ideally a quick fix, however after many years I had no real noticeable success and did incur additional expenses in the process. For me it was extremely frustrating, tiresome, and a major life stressor. Subsequently I started to look elsewhere because there were periods the ringing was not so noticeable and I wanted to find out why.
I started tracking everything from that point forward, such as noise level, weight, body fat and most importantly what I had consumed. This includes all food and drink, prescriptions, vitamins, herbs and supplements.
Over this course of time I identified a number of triggers (for me) that are repeatable each and every time. I also ranked the noise level on a scale from 0 to 5. Where 0 is total off and 5 is totally mind numbing random pulsing high level spikes. When triggered I usually go to a level 4. After the appropriate period of time the noise level reduced down to a level at 1 or fraction there of.
Once I removed the trigger and abstained for an appropriate time the tinnitus will lower and be reduce to a level that almost no longer noticeable.
Getting to this point was equally frustrating as there were multiple triggers in my case so simply removing one thing did not work. Therefore, I needed to establish a base line and work from there.
Has anyone else experience anything similar in regards to the Tinnitus?
TinMann
I have been living with Tinnitus on and off for about 15 years. Can't say exactly when is started, but my work had me on numerous occasions working in extremely noisy areas (did use rudimentary hearing protection), and also listened to loud music.
Initially I was seeking a remedy for the tinnitus, ideally a quick fix, however after many years I had no real noticeable success and did incur additional expenses in the process. For me it was extremely frustrating, tiresome, and a major life stressor. Subsequently I started to look elsewhere because there were periods the ringing was not so noticeable and I wanted to find out why.
I started tracking everything from that point forward, such as noise level, weight, body fat and most importantly what I had consumed. This includes all food and drink, prescriptions, vitamins, herbs and supplements.
Over this course of time I identified a number of triggers (for me) that are repeatable each and every time. I also ranked the noise level on a scale from 0 to 5. Where 0 is total off and 5 is totally mind numbing random pulsing high level spikes. When triggered I usually go to a level 4. After the appropriate period of time the noise level reduced down to a level at 1 or fraction there of.
Once I removed the trigger and abstained for an appropriate time the tinnitus will lower and be reduce to a level that almost no longer noticeable.
Getting to this point was equally frustrating as there were multiple triggers in my case so simply removing one thing did not work. Therefore, I needed to establish a base line and work from there.
Has anyone else experience anything similar in regards to the Tinnitus?
TinMann
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