This morning as I walked to the train in the 50 degree weather I heard birds chirping. Now this is not unusual event for a warm day for a Chicago winter day. What is a little surprising is I heard them without my hearing aids. I usually seem to have trouble hearing the chirping sound… Read More »
I have been taking oral probiotics for over a week now. I am taking two lozenges per day. The lozenges taste pretty good and dissolve at a good rate. The product I am taking has approximately 2 billion viable cells of S salivarius in two lozenges according to the bottle. It also has L acidophilus.… Read More »
It is Day 3 of my trial with S salivarius. I have not noticed any significant a effect. The lozenges taste okay. I have noticed changes in the sound of my tinnitus when I move my neck or when my backpack pulls on my neck area. I will keep observing. I have not had tumeric… Read More »
I just received my order of ear, nose and throat lozenges with K12 probiotics. It has L. acidophilus, S. Salivarius K12 and zinc. I have dissolved two lozenges as directed. They taste good. Some reviews said they were powdery but they are fine with me. S Salivarius stands for Streptococcus Salivarius. According to the description… Read More »
I just ordered some probiotics that are apparently for your ears, nose and throat or oral cavity probiotics. The strain of bacteria are called s salivarius. I found this product by accident. I searched for How I cured my tinnitus. I found a message board posting. I am very careful about what people post as… Read More »
It has been 4 days since I started to drink my homemade Tumeric Ginger tea. I have to say it tastes good. I am observing the effects it may have on my tinnitus. I will keep you updated. I also am still taking the taurine.
Over the past few years, I have been trying possible ways to alleviate and cure my tinnitus. As I have written, I have tried supplements, meditation, posture and craniosacral therapy. I have read many reasons for the cause of tinnitus including trauma, noise exposure, medication, TMJ, deficiencies like zinc or magnesium. There are also different… Read More »
As I try to cure my tinnitus, it is important for me to try to understand what caused my tinnitus and hearing loss. Noise, medicine, age, deficiencies, disease or something else. As I am starting to piece together, taking these supplements which may work for others for example may have no impact on my situation… Read More »
This is a posting I made on a forum. I have had tinnitus for about 7 years now. I also have increased hearing loss. I am not sure what caused my tinnitus…the doctor said it was caused most likely by exposure many years ago when I was in the service. I had one experience where… Read More »
I notice that sometimes I can hear the beep of the microwave clearly and at other times it is muffled. I find this very interesting. What is causing me to be able to be able to hear high frequency sounds better or worse? What makes my tinnitus more pronounced and at other times less? I… Read More »
This morning I put my water in the microwave for 55 seconds and I was across the room when I heard the microwave beep sound. I was surprised. This morning I did notice that the ringing noise seemed a little lower. So what have I been doing differently? Well as I mentioned I started to… Read More »
I ran out taurine a couple weeks ago so I ordered more and take a while for me to get it so I just restarted yesterday. I also started to recently take my again alpha lipoic acid again and cinnamon. I think I noticed that I can hear some high-frequency sounds better but I think… Read More »
I am noticing some difference in the ringing now that I am consistently taking 3 g per day. I have not noticed hearing improvement though. The ringing has not stopped but seems to be changing. Gets low in one ear etc. Not much else to say right now. I am going to stay in 3G… Read More »
I am now taking 3G taurine per day. 1.5 g twice per day. More to come. Also meditating again. This is the brand I take. I will cure myself.
I have read studies about taurine testing in mice or rats. The dose that seemed to have an affect seems high. I believe it was about 290mg per kg. That seems high to me based on my weight. I am going to try 1.5 mg twice per day. I also read though the lower levels… Read More »
Is it working? Sometimes I think my tinnitus is not changing. Sometimes in think it is getting better. I take 1 g per day. I think perhaps I need to do my meditation but I have to admit my meditation technique I developed is quite tiring in that it takes a lot of self discipline.… Read More »
I have been taking 1 g of taurine every day. I sometimes take 2 g. I have not noticed an improvement in my tinnitus. My hearing does not seem to be any better and sometimes I wonder if it is worse. However I also have stopped meditating deeply. I think the meditation helped manage tinnitus.… Read More »
I am taking 1 g of taurine per day. No real new noticeable effects. I am going to up it to 2g consistently. I read that 12% of people notice benefits at doses between 700 mg and 3 g or something like that. On another note, I also noticed hair growth on my forehead below… Read More »
I just got my shipment of taurine today. So I am back taking 1 to 2 g per day. I ran out about a week ago and so I have not been taking it for short while. I have not been taking it for about a week since I ran out. It feels like my… Read More »
I started to take astralagus daily to see the effect on my tinnitus. I have been taking it for about a week. Yesterday my tinnitus was very low the whole day. I woke up feeling like I had clenched the back of my jaw but I am not sure. This is the only observation I… Read More »