Poll: Coffee, GABA and Tinnitus

Hi Guys,

I always have a strong coffee before my gym workout and find that the coffee really spikes the tinnitus. I can see the various threads regarding people's reaction to coffee but I would like to see it in a poll.

While coffee elevates blood pressure, cardiac output, various hormones etc. I am more interested in the GABA aspect since according to a few studies coffee decreases GABA(A) and as we probably all know, decreased GABA is associated with nerve hyperactivity and tinnitus.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14664509

I am curious if anyone else has run some self-experimentation on themselves with coffee and benzodiazepines.

After you have a coffee or two, if your tinnitus spikes up, then take a benzo and see if it reduces. Ideally if you have a blood pressure monitor take your BP too to eliminate the BP change as a reason for the tinnitus spike.

So please have a click on the poll.

 

Coffee (dark coffee) never spikes my tinnitus and even helps to deal with bad mood, it's like a mild antidepressant without any side effects.

 

No, but I have avoided coffee in the PM since getting tinnitus because it's obviously not conducive to sleep.

 

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