Top 5 Treatments/Aggravators List?

Anyone have a list of the top treatments, and top aggravators?

I can add alcohol as my top aggravator.

 

Just my personal observations!

Top irritators:

1. Lack of sleep
2. Stress
3. Certain environmental noises (reactive tinnitus); or any loud noise
4. Certain Antibiotics
5. MSG

Top treatments:

1. Retigabine (I have not tried the drug, but it is getting good reports from people on it)
2. NAC (I am on this supplement and so far, so good!)
3. Any type of noise that facilitates habituation
4. Keeping busy
5. Being happy!
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I should note that AM-101 is probably the top treatment for acute tinnitus; but we don't know the exact time window for the drug to achieve its best results. Hopefully, this will be ascertained in the current clinical trials.

 

Aggravators:

Lack of exercise, lack of sleep, stress, loud/quiet environments, having a cold (especially influenza) to list some factors that come to mind.

Top three: 1.loud noise 1.bad night´s sleep 3. cold.

Top treatments: opposite of above.
I cannot stress enough the importance of exercise and a good nights sleep.

jazz beat me to it - interesting post I am compelled to add. Can only concur with the elaborate symptoms.


"jazz", what is Retigabine and NAC - how do they work?

 

But you havent tried Retigabine?

 

Lol if drinking aggravates that waht does make it better, alcohol is best!

 

No, I haven't tried Retigabine. In my post, I did not mean to suggest that I had tried the drug; rather, I meant the drug seems to work best from people's experiences on TT. But I've clarified this now. Thank you!

 

Check out the threads about Retigabine and NAC

Retigabine (Trobalt/Topiga)
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/retigabine-trobalt-potiga.5074/

NAC:
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/n-acetylcysteine-nac.395/

 

funny, in my case, alcohol makes my T disappear completely.

So far, the only thing that seems to impact my T is my overall mood. When I get upset about something (sad, angry), my reactive T becomes very intrusive and unmaskable.

 

Top five aggravtors (no particular order)

1. Plugging for more than 30 mins - T always remains louder for many hours after (rather this though than not protect myself from noise)
2. Lack of sleep
3. Hormones! (mine seems to get worse at a certain time in my cycle)
4. Being exposed to a loud noise
5. Exercise increases it for about 30 mins after but I don't let that stop me from working out
6. stress/focusing on t/worrying about t/worrying about a noise exposure (sorry I had to add that lol)

Top five treatments/helpful things (no particular order)

1. Doing something that actively engages your mind
2. Good nights sleep
3. Feeling healthy eg eating right and working out etc
4. Listening to some light music or using white noise generators when I get desperate
5. A good long shower...gives me some residual inhibition and the shower masks my t pretty well

 

It's not known if 101 can be used for chronic or not. Acute trial only is the first step to securing continued and funded research into chronic.

 

Plugging my ears makes mine louder too but in five minutes. It takes about 20 minutes to go back down. I use cotton and don't go around anything louder thats constantly over 70db(a)'s.

 

My t has been described as a possible central nervous system problem, rather than an inner ear problem. But re t, nobody knows for sure.

Top 5 treatments:

Good night's sleep
Positive attitude, and less stress
Exercise & body based practices - walking, gym - cardio/weights, yoga, pilates, massage - back/neck/jaw, craniosacral therapy
Low sodium and sugar intake. No caffeine.
Distraction - with friends, and working on music again

Top 5 irritants:
Bad night's sleep
Poor diet
Lack of exercise
High sodium and sugar intake. Caffeine.
Focusing on and worrying about my tinnitus

p.s. I do take supplements and meds, but not sure if they are helping, or if the passage of time is helping.
Med = Lorazepam (low dose - now trying to slowly wean off). This drug may help in the short term, but not long term, for me.
Supplements = High Vitamin B Complex with flavanoids, NAC, ALA, Fish Oils, Ashwagandha, Melatonin

 

Seems to me that the folks in the best position to list their top treatments are the ones who no longer have a reason to visit this board!

 

I find that taking NSAIDs causes my tinnitus to increase. In fact, I think that I have tinnitus because I over used Ibuprofen for my endometriosis pain.

Anyone else notice this effect from NSAIDs?

 

NSAIDs are known to be ototoxic (harmful to the ears) if a large quantity is taken for a long time. Thankfully, the effect is usually temporary. Be careful with them.

This is a fun thread, though, let's continue now that it's been necroed!

Top 5 treatments:

• good sleep
• exercise
• alcohol or benzos (not a viable long-term strategy though )
• Lenire on its good setting
• blind luck - some days are just better

Top 5 aggravators:

• loud noises, or long exposure to moderate noises (such as laptop fans on overdrive)
• exhaustion and/or stress
• stims like caffeine or modafinil (though not always, and just temporarily)
• Lenire on its bad setting
• blind luck - some days are just worse

 

Alcohol AND/OR benzos.

FTFY