I’ll have to try that.
I don’t have tinnitus, but I do have a raging case of hyperacusis. I’ll try anything at this point.
I’ve had a ringing in my ears as long as I can remember, it’s like a thousand crickets but higher pitched.
Playing loud guitars for the past 40 years hasn’t helped it much either...not to mention all the times I ran a box of 22 rounds at a time through a rifle or pistol...
I’ve looked it up before, but just did a quick refresher course. Nobody has found a definite cure, though I had never heard of drumming the fingers on the back of the head before, I’ll have to try that.
According to what I’ve been able to find of recent developments, it seems Ginko Biloba might help, but the scientific corroboration is weak.
Ear masking might help. That involves keeping an ambient noise source such as a radio or tv on at a comfortable volume, and concentrate on that rather than the ringing in your ears.
I learned to just ignore it many years ago, otherwise it would have driven me to suicide. This is a constant, never ending, always there very high pitched sound like a million crickets, but higher pitched, and it never ever stops. NO matter how wasted I got in my younger days, it never quit. A 5th of Jack Daniels wouldn’t kill it. Damn near killed me...but not the insane crickets. A 5th of Tequila...same thing...(should have known by then...)
Here is what Dr Andrew Weil has to say about it, one of the ones I actually trust a little...
I don’t trust many doctors, they kill more people than diseases do. I avoid doctors if at all possible.
Nothing else I can find has anything different, but this link does have a good explanation of what it is.
http://www.home-remedies-for-you.com/remedy/Tinnitus.html
Both mention Ginko Biloba, and both point out that research hasn’t proven it effective, but it can’t hurt much either.
Dr Weir says:
I recommend trying ginkgo, two tablets of standardized extract three times a day (not to exceed a total dose of 240mg a day) with meals to treat ringing in the ears. Ginkgo may help by increasing blood circulation in the head and neck. Give it at least a two-month trial
Nothing I’ve ever found will stop it but I might try the finger drumming trick, anything is worth a try after at least 50 years of listening to this...if it’s really quiet at night I can’t get to sleep. I can’t tell if the crickets are outside or in my head...except during winter and I Know crickets are hibernating...and I still hear them...