Turmeric Is Helping Me Cope with My Tinnitus

My tinnitus came all of sudden 3 months ago. First it began in right ear, then moved into both ears. I thought I would go crazy.

I did the recommended steroids and allergy meds along with antibiotics. It got a tiny bit better.

Thankfully the left ear is kind of quiet but my right ear is on blast.

Started taking Turmeric and it helps, but I can’t stop taking it otherwise I can feel a spike. I take 500 mg a day but I think I may benefit from a higher dose like 1000 mg a day.

Can anyone advise if a higher dose is beneficial?

 

Yes!

However, it is a blood thinner and there are unwanted side effects from taking blood thinners long term like thinning hair.

So, damned if we do, damned if we don't.

 

I have just purchased some Curcumin (Turmeric's constituent) supplements from Amazon and was wondering the same thing. Going to start off at 2g a day and see how I get on.

Came across this which may be useful:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5664031/

Out of curiosity how long did it take until you noticed a difference?

 

I notice the effect within 20 minutes or so. I am taking it with lots of water, right after breakfast, for lack of better ideas. I think it only has has a shortterm effect, but cannot say for certain since I have never paused taking it

 

Haven't tried it yet but I've been doing some reading (e.g., https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3918523/) and it looks like the key to curcumin is taking it with piperine (a component of black pepper) to increase the bioavailability, which is otherwise poor. Going to start this regime tonight and will report back.

 

Even better, fat. Animal fat. Butter, meat. The piperine thing is a joke. I was taking this in very high doses, and if I took it mixed in melted butter, I would turn yellow.

 

How long did it take to start working? Also, does it still work for your tinnitus?

 

Turmeric is good?!