Let's Talk About Alcohol

Hello everyone.
Maybe not quite a topic for a 'support' section but didn't know where to put it.

So during my year with tinnitus I red a LOT of sources as probably most of us did and thought a lot about reasons for my T. Recently I also got Visual snow addition to my lovely T.

One contributing factor I am thinking is alcohol. I personally was on 35 UK units a week for last 5 years, way over the medical limit, thought it never messed with my life or social responsibilities. So does alcohol cause tinnitus? I meet this idea a lot in an informal articles and hearsay, also my doctors were suspecting vascular problems in my brain (albeit with no hard evidence), but... a lot of people drink. There must be a serious literature on the correlation. Is there?

I would also be interested to hear your personal stories and thoughts on this connection.
Cheers to that! (Just kidding. Overdue with my sobriety)

 

@Andrey . Alcohol certainly brings my tinnitus down . I can see how this could easily turn people with tinnitus into alcoholics.

 

I like the odd glass or two of something nice when my ears are getting to me....
My hubby would tell you I over did it not long ago as was drinking lemonade with whisky in and fell out of bed at night....oops!!!! Hahaha....lots of love glynis

 

@glynis . Hi Glynis well at least you didn't wet the bed. Ha ha

 

What is 35 UK units? 35 drinks?

 

1 UK unit is 1/3 of a pint of lager of 5-6% ABV

 

I don't drink coke, alchohol, cigarettes, all the bad crap.
Don't eat fat. I eat clean Vegan and I still have this crap.
I do into emergency today. No heart disease, I wandered
why. It must be my low fat vegan diet.

My Mri was cleaned.
My ear pain and tinnitus is 20, because of the Mri scan of brain.
Think of something you all do that I can rid of this tinnitus.

Next game is an audogram test. Why is it so hard to get help.
This is 5 place trying to help.

5 doctors later, same condition. I have been at for 2 months.
The doctors it was strange tinnitus and ear ache, with sore throat.
Unless there is a virus still in them. I take all the antiobiotics twice.

Warning Mri will make your head go Tinnitus Hit.

What do you think of acptuncure? I have no more options really.
It is $100.00 a shot of nothing, maybe. I was looking the scenar
machine. It seems like a scam. Any body used it?

I will be able to get some help laser light machine, commercial.
Tens seems like it does not work. I was reading cayce's Research
Last Night. If that is same thing.

You are lovely today. I am positive.

Any ideas from all the nerds here. It is ringing in the right ear, like something likes in there.
I would fish it out if I could

What did I get in end from hospital, Pain is still 10, Tinnitus 20. Double earaches,
My diet has been the same for years, It is healthful. No junk food, pop, acholol.
No cookies, You get the picture.

I don't think that MRI knock out Tinnitus. Sorry folks, Some one got lucky on here.

homopathic medicine herbs are on the shelf here. I don't know much about them.
That will long trip downtown here.

positive tip: Use warm water bottles, it helps me.

 

When I drink alcohol, it happens to be the moment where I tolerate this ringing best. I don't give a F once I'm drunk. I'm no longer anxious after a few drinks. I'm actually contemplating the idea of getting wasted every night and becoming alcoholic.

 

Red wine, the supposed T spiker, drops my T down to a manageable level. I have 2-3 good size glasses before dinner.

 

I'd have to agree. Before T I wasn't much of a drinker, just the occasional glass of wine on a special occasion. My mom and husband both suggested I have a few glasses of wine to relax. I decided to try champagne (the little bottles with screw off tops which we jokingly refer to as girl beer). It really does help me to forget about the tinnitus. I can't get much done in the evening, but I certainly feel less annoyed and disturbed by my T sounds--high pitched screaming jets and thunder. My T sounds are ominous. I've been working on not reacting with fear for a few years now. Still terribly annoying but less so with bubbly.

 

Hmmm. The title hits home with me. I relied on alcohol way too much. Made me forget about my T but caused way too many more problems. Caused family, relationship,financial issues. Please take my advice and dont go overboard like I did.

 

Don't just talk about it, pour! Yes, now!

 

Aren't you, guys, a one optimistic crowd

 

that consumption is quite low, 100 UK unit a week seems more reasonnable to speak about a little alcohol problem.

 

red wine at night. calms me down helps get me to sleep. not a good crutch and it's making me fat.

 

Try drinking diet red wine. };-)

 

What's "diet red wine"? Grape Kool-Aid and vodka?

 

Drinking about 4 oz of white wine seems to help, and I tried that for a couple months, but then it got to where I wanted two glasses in the evening instead of just one. That's when I decided it wasn't such a good idea for me to rely on it, but that's just because of my family history.

It actually relaxes me more to have a cup of Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Extra tea, with chamomile, lemongrass, and valerian. Something warm and soothing, a little ritual before turning in at night. CS also makes a tea called Tension Tamer, which contains peppermint, ginger, lemongrass, and eleuthero. It doesn't calm the tinnitus, but it does ease the tension a wee bit. Or maybe it's placebo, who knows.

 

Hey guys!!
just wondering i would love to have alcohol again, i havent drink since onset.
sugar and salt seem to spike the tinnitus.
what should i try first? wine, beers, vodka.. hahahah
any advice?

 

How about some ... water ... with ice cubes for effect!

 

hahahahahaha i love water with ice cubes XD

 

And I predict water with ice cubes will NOT spike the tinnitus! Party on, young man!

 

12 beers a week is nothing. Cardiologists recommend that much wine. Relax

I'm also convinced booze doesn't cause spikes - anxiety about booze causing spikes does.

Two glasses of wine a should also not make you fat. It's like 300 calories. That's less than the bread on your sandwich at lunch. Eat better at lunch and enjoy the night.

 

12 beers a week is more than 80% of the USA consumes; the 12-drink "average" that gets thrown around is a mean value which is distorted by severe alcoholics on the upper end of the range who may consume 70+.

many of the studies showing a positive health impact from alcohol are flawed.

alcohol is a significant carcinogen in a dose edependan way. people who consume seven drinks a week are more likely to get a number of cancers than people who abstain.

all that said, i do not personally believe alcohol to be ototoxic in the way other GABA agents like benzos are.

I drink, but i have no illusions about what that does for my health, any more than i think riding a motorcycle is helping my longevity...

*cracks a beer*

 

according to the chart that you're referencing (by decile) 60% of the country drinks one or less drinks a week. Just because you drink more than people who don't, hardly indicates dangerous levels.
I also suspect these numbers are under reported.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ink-you-drink-a-lot-this-chart-will-tell-you/

The stress ir relieves will kill you much faster than less than 2 drinks a day.

 

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

 

Wine makes my T worse. Beer is the only thing that helps quiet down my T for the night.

 

What kind of beer? lager, ale, dark

 

we must experiment. for science!

 

For me, there's this nice brewery in Southampton called OPA OPA. They make these craft beers that are as delicious as they are strong.

My favorite is the OPA-OPA Double IPA.