Hi All:
recently I was kind of stupid, and crouched down in front of my amp (mesa walkabout combo, 300w ouch) during a rehearsal for a few songs (and then later sat down at amp level to play guitar for a few songs - showing the guitar player what I was thinking). we were louder than usual that night. Anyways, the next day I had relatively strong ringing in my ears (didn't go away from the night before), and it felt like I had cotton in my ears kind of blocking my hearing. The cotton hearing loss effect lasted around 5 days, but the ringing continued. it subsided after around 10-12 days to a level I barely notice, but there is still a low grade ringing that I only notice when it is very quiet, and only if I focus on it. Not sure if there was water build-up as a reaction to the noise, or just the regular flattening of hearing hairs and a rebound... or me just getting used to it... I consider myself very lucky, and certainly take my hearing much more seriously than I ever used to (I've always had great hearing, and still do, although I must have lost something after that rehearsal)
Anyways, the point of this post is that I found something that works quite well to tame tinnitus - at least in my particular case. About 3 days in, I told myself I would just have to live with it, and so did a bit of research and started taking a vitimin B complex vitamin supplement, and a ginko biola supplement. I'm skeptical about either of the supplements working, but I've got some good results..... the think that seemed to work though was to get a yoga buzz in my head.
The real point of this post and the most noticable thing that made the tinnitus livable (when it was strong those first 10 days or so.. and it still helps now) was doing yoga. I don't know if any of you have done yoga, but I've been doing it a few years, and know that after yoga you get a kind of yoga buzz in your head. it is kind of a weird thing, but it is definitely real. if you do it in the morning, the lasts almost the whole day, and if you do it in the evening it lasts until you're asleep. I can get the buzz from doing Bikrams Yoga - one of the most intense workouts you can imagine - but fcuk do you forget about tinnitus after that workout, especially as the yoga buzz seems to kind of blend in to the tinnitus in a werid kind of way. I'm not sure if other kinds of yoga will give you the same kind of buzz or not... but if you have tinnitus I'd recommend you try Bikrams Yoga for a few weeks and see if you get the same yoga buzz thing, it really helps the symptoms (would never say that yoga could ever cure anything).
Not sure if this info would be of any use to anyone, and warn that my case is entirely subjective and I have no scientific evidence behind any of this.... and I'd hate to give false hope to anyone, so all I can say is that it seems to work for me. my experience is entirely anectodal. but thought I'd pass it on to all you tbers as I have definitely benefited from it and it may benefit others
If you've got tinnitus, worth a shot! fkuc anything would help, and almost anything is worth a try! but if it is just exercise you've got nothing to lose (not like you're trying a weird supplement or surgery or anything like that
ps: all you have to deal with are the crazy yoga people, but they are easy to ignore and water. drink tons of water before hand as bikram yoga is "hot yoga" and you can get dehyrdrated easily
cheers,
meta
recently I was kind of stupid, and crouched down in front of my amp (mesa walkabout combo, 300w ouch) during a rehearsal for a few songs (and then later sat down at amp level to play guitar for a few songs - showing the guitar player what I was thinking). we were louder than usual that night. Anyways, the next day I had relatively strong ringing in my ears (didn't go away from the night before), and it felt like I had cotton in my ears kind of blocking my hearing. The cotton hearing loss effect lasted around 5 days, but the ringing continued. it subsided after around 10-12 days to a level I barely notice, but there is still a low grade ringing that I only notice when it is very quiet, and only if I focus on it. Not sure if there was water build-up as a reaction to the noise, or just the regular flattening of hearing hairs and a rebound... or me just getting used to it... I consider myself very lucky, and certainly take my hearing much more seriously than I ever used to (I've always had great hearing, and still do, although I must have lost something after that rehearsal)
Anyways, the point of this post is that I found something that works quite well to tame tinnitus - at least in my particular case. About 3 days in, I told myself I would just have to live with it, and so did a bit of research and started taking a vitimin B complex vitamin supplement, and a ginko biola supplement. I'm skeptical about either of the supplements working, but I've got some good results..... the think that seemed to work though was to get a yoga buzz in my head.
The real point of this post and the most noticable thing that made the tinnitus livable (when it was strong those first 10 days or so.. and it still helps now) was doing yoga. I don't know if any of you have done yoga, but I've been doing it a few years, and know that after yoga you get a kind of yoga buzz in your head. it is kind of a weird thing, but it is definitely real. if you do it in the morning, the lasts almost the whole day, and if you do it in the evening it lasts until you're asleep. I can get the buzz from doing Bikrams Yoga - one of the most intense workouts you can imagine - but fcuk do you forget about tinnitus after that workout, especially as the yoga buzz seems to kind of blend in to the tinnitus in a werid kind of way. I'm not sure if other kinds of yoga will give you the same kind of buzz or not... but if you have tinnitus I'd recommend you try Bikrams Yoga for a few weeks and see if you get the same yoga buzz thing, it really helps the symptoms (would never say that yoga could ever cure anything).
Not sure if this info would be of any use to anyone, and warn that my case is entirely subjective and I have no scientific evidence behind any of this.... and I'd hate to give false hope to anyone, so all I can say is that it seems to work for me. my experience is entirely anectodal. but thought I'd pass it on to all you tbers as I have definitely benefited from it and it may benefit others
If you've got tinnitus, worth a shot! fkuc anything would help, and almost anything is worth a try! but if it is just exercise you've got nothing to lose (not like you're trying a weird supplement or surgery or anything like that ps: all you have to deal with are the crazy yoga people, but they are easy to ignore
and water. drink tons of water before hand as bikram yoga is "hot yoga" and you can get dehyrdrated easilycheers,
meta
. As someone who enjoys loud noises as much as the next guy, I find the sound level of mp3 players to be quite frightening. It's not a good loud, like a feel it loud, but a high pitched ear bud kill yourself loud. When my friends who don't play in a band or anything listen to their music louder than comfortable for me (earbud sharing) sometimes I wonder about them... 
