More or Less Dopamine Needed to Lower Tinnitus?

I have read a lot of publications about tinnitus but what I don't understand is people with tinnitus do they need more or less dopamine to lower their tinnitus?

 

I don't know that either are the case, or that either have a great affect, but my implication would say that lower dopamine would be better. Caffeine, Alcohol*, nicotine, and all sorts of "upper drugs"
all raise the level of tinnitus, or perception of it at least. And these things all put more active dopamine into the brain (which is why they are perceived as pleasurable) *alcohol is a depressant but still puts lots of dopamine in the brain, thats why people get all rowdy and hyped up on it or whatever on it.

It may even be worth noting that western science attributes TOO MUCH dopamine causing a person to hear voices (schizophrenia). And hense they are treated with antipsychotics which lower dopamine massively.
However antipsychotics are known to increase tinnitus in some cases so...

Straightfoward though, I don't think dopamine levels would have a great affect at treating tinnitus, it at best would modulate the perception of the tinnitus. It's not like dopamine is gonna repair your ear. Or whatever biological issue is causing the tinnitus.

 

I kinda notice my tinnitus lowers a bit when I'm happy and laughing with friends, I was wondering if serotonin/dopamine or whatever happy chemicals has something to do with it.

 

Might be more to to with oxytocin
https://consumer.healthday.com/hear...e-love-hormone-may-quiet-tinnitus-715128.html

 

And lower with ....

Sulpiride and melatonin reduce tinnitus perception, decreasing dopamine activity

 

That is a great over simplication to a complex issue. We don't know, or if we did there would be piles of drugs on the market already.

 

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Well, in that case we should all just get ourselves some of these headphones and be done with further hearing issues and neurodegenerative diseases.

http://iheartintelligence.com/2016/03/09/headphones-dopamine/

 

@Tigo @Vinnitus Actually guys, this may explain my situation a little and also support the theory in part. My T came about from a reaction I had to a very low dose antidepressant. I ended up getting akathisia which is an overstimulation of the CNS but it also comes with severe dopamine blockage. I can't even explain what it feels like to be running on little to no dopamine.

I know you were joking in part but I wonder if those headphones are dangerous for T. There was one guy on here that got T from the bio tuner which is supposed to increase neurotransmitters through pulses sent through the ears (they also have a disclaimer that it has been know to cause T).

Then again there's the microtransponder which I'm sure everyone knows about already which works through vagus stimulation.

Now you got me thinking that in my case, maybe the dopamine headphones might help (unless they backfire and cause T due to the electrical impulses like the bio tuner).

 

I have recently starting taking Adderall because I have an important series of exams coming up that I want to pass, and need to "crank out" and cram for it. I have had really terrible cicada tinnitus recently, which oscillates. I took 30mg of Adderall this morning, and I SWEAR that it has become much lower since taking it [1.5 hours later]. So, I predict that dopamine helps tinnitus, for some odd reason. I'm very happy about my discovery. Anything that work for me, you know? Next up - my FX-322 clinical trial!