Posted on 07/17/2015 12:20:45 PM PDT by Red Badger
Q: I wanted to share my experience with tinnitus. It's not incapacitating, but it is annoying. I found something that helps by serendipity.
My wife has hair loss. She takes levothyroxine (Synthroid) and liothyronine (Cytomel) because her thyroid was removed via radiation. She also takes biotin to lessen her hair loss.
I'm bald on top, but I thought I'd see if biotin would help grow new hair. It didn't.
What DID happen with the very first dose was total elimination of my tinnitus! A few hours after I take the biotin, the tinnitus returns, but at a much lower intensity.
A: Tinnitus is the perception of noise that no one else can hear: buzzing, whining, chirping or clicking noises. It becomes more common with age, as the nerves in the ear deteriorate, or it may be associated with noise-induced hearing loss.
Some people take biotin to improve nail strength. We were unable to find research linking biotin to tinnitus management, so you may have stumbled on something. This water-soluble B vitamin is considered reasonably safe. ====================================================================================================
Biotin Treatment Biotin, also known as vitamin H or coenzyme R, is a water-soluble B-vitamin. It is composed of a ureido ring fused with a tetrahydrothiophene ring. A valeric acid substituent is attached to one of the carbon atoms of the tetrahydrothiophene ring. Wikipedia Formula: C10H16N2O3S Molar mass: 244.31 g/mol IUPAC ID: 5-[(3aS,4S,6aR)-2-oxohexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-4-yl]pentanoic acid Melting point: 449.6°F (232°C) Soluble in: Water May treat: Alopecia, Inborn error of metabolism, Vitamin b deficiency May prevent: Nutritional and metabolic diseases
WOW! Just tried the ‘drumming’ from your first link. It actually did silence the tinnitus for a few minutes. I am sure the first time doing the drumming procedure was not well accomplished.
I’ll update as I improve the exercise.
Thanks!
What was the dosage?
didn’t record them don’t really go to the link
didn’t record them don’t really go to the link
What a reply! Do you always make this much sense?
didn’t record them don’t really(remember) go to the link
ESAD AH
It surprised me too. Not a cure, but it does reduce the buzzing.
I notice that some of the drumming is in about the same place as some of the acupuncture massage points from the second link. I haven’t really tried those but I intend to.
(Massaging or just putting pressure on the indicated areas.)
There are treatments that claim to cure tinnitus. They contain biotin and something that was extracted from oranges. Take B vitamins and eat oranges too, I suppose. There are some other threads that about the same time that this came out that discuss medical treatments, or potential medical treatments.
I tried the acupressure thingy also. On first try it did not do as well as the drumming. Will try again.
As to the biotin and orange stuff, I trust the Tinnitus Assn and they have not said these are effective.
Done!..............
I want to be on the tinnitus ping list.
Please put me on the list.
Thank you.
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Add me to your ringy pingy list too, thanks.
Please add me to your list. Thanks!
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