After 18 months of not posting, I am back. Here is a quick update. My tinnitus is about the same. My last post was about Lion’s Mane. I took Lion’s Mane for a short period of time. From my observations, I felt like my tinnitus noise level decreased. However, soon after I began taking Lion’s… Read More »
After watching a program on mushrooms on Netflix that mentioned the potential benefits of Lion’s Mane mushrooms for nervous system issues including dementia, I thought maybe it would help with tinnitus. I am sorry I did not update on my taurine experiment. I did post a few updates on my Tinnituscure Instagram page. I stopped… Read More »
Ok. Onto Day 2. I uploaded a video to show that the Taurine powder mixes well with cold water. According to the label the scoop is 2g and I think that is about right based on my measurements. The challenge with my scale is the minimum weight it will recognize is 2g. I am sticking… Read More »
Today I started to take taurine again in my journey to cure my tinnitus. I mixed one scoop or approximately 2 g of powder in a glass of cold water. It dissolves quickly and does not have any particular taste. I drank it on an empty stomach as I generally intermittent fasting. My plan is… Read More »
The corona virus pandemic has brought much challenge to all aspects of our lives. With this challenge comes increases stress whether you are aware of it or not. What has happened with me is I have become more conscious of my tinnitus. It is not overwhelming at all, but it has got my attention when… Read More »
I have read that many theories are that tinnitus is due to hyperactivity of brain cells. This hyperactivity may be due to the lack of stimulation due to hearing loss which causes the auditory nerve cells to start compensating by generating its own activity. As I thought about this idea that the nerve cells are… Read More »
Is there a cure for tinnitus? If there is one I will cure myself. What is a cure? TheFreeDictionary.com has one defintion that reads ” Something that corrects or relieves a harmful or disturbing situation.” Using this definition, there seems to be a wide range of possible cures for tinnitus. I think the cures that “correct” are far more elusive than the cures that… Read More »
I have discussed my belief around meditation and curing my tinnitus. Over the years I have developed my own technique which is different than most others. I am not focused on relaxing to pay less attention to the ringing. On the contrary, my meditation focuses and attends to the ringing. When I meditate I have… Read More »
I am sitting listening to podcasts which I love. I learn so much. I use my Oticon Opn hearing aids to listen via bluetooth. The sound is great. It feels like the sound is originating in the middle of my head versus two separate sounds left and right. What I realize is the clarity of… Read More »
This is a good video explaining the source of tinnitus. I would call this a theory, but a good one. The brain is very complex and far smarter than we are which is why I will cure myself. This video has helped me understand and appreciate what the brain is contending with. I encourage you… Read More »
What is tinnitus? Here is my personal definition as I am sure you can find more technical explanations on other sites. Tinnitus is a constant noise that I sense in my head that sounds like a cross between ringing and static. If I had to label it, I would call it a fuzzy ringing. On… Read More »
I have Oticon Opn behind the ear (BTE) hearing aids. They are pretty good. What I like about them specifically are Custom molded ear canal inserts. At first I thought I would dislike molded inserts but I really like them. I think they help improve performance. They also help better secure the hearing aids so… Read More »
I sense ringing all the time…if I pay attention to it. My ears are not ringing. My brain is receiving a signal that my auditory areas of my brain are translating as ringing or buzzing or whatever. If the auditory pathways instead went to the optical areas of my brain would I see constant flashes?… Read More »
I remember reading Daniel Goldman’s book Vital Lies, Simple Truths: The Psychology of Self-Deception. One story stuck in my mind. It was about blindness caused by stroke. Basically, what the experiments demonstrated was that some of the patients could see but they were not aware they could see. This is called cortical blindness. I started… Read More »
I have started to take taurine again. The reason I restarted taking taurine is I have recently been experiencing an elevated heart rate at times. I am not advocating taurine for cardiac issues, but I am choosing to see if this will benefit me based on my own research of taurine studies and articles. As… Read More »
Every morning I wake up and I listen. I hear my tinnitus. It is not a loud high frequency but it is there. In fact, as I sit listening to a podcast I can hear the same ringing. It has been about 11 years. October 2008 is when it became my daily companion. It does… Read More »
I have now been wearing my night guard or mouth guard for a couple weeks now. I have noticed a dramatic improvement in how my capped molar and pre-molar feel. (To catch you up, I have been having tremendous sensitivity and pain when biting down on my right lower capped molar and premolar.) During some… Read More »
A few weeks ago I was eating lunch and suddenly I felt this pain around my right bottom molar. I went to see my dentist and she referred me to my endontist who had done my root canal 11 years ago just prior to my tinnitus showing up. My dentist prescribed some amoxicillin which did… Read More »
My journey with tinnitus has been a long one. I still truly believe I will cure myself. I believe that the source of the tinnitus is in my brain. Maybe, the original cause was loss of hearing or trauma, but after 10 years and much research, I am convinced that my tinnitus is a condition… Read More »
After years of using supplements, I basically have stopped taking supplements in my journey to cure my tinnitus. I stopped taking supplements a few months ago or so. However, once in awhile I do take taurine, but not regularly. I also do continue to take a lactose digestive supplement but I don’t think this impacts… Read More »