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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Tinnitus / February 2004Herbs or supplements for tinnitus?
Can anyonoe tell me if they know of any herbal supplements that will help tinnitus? I've had it for several years now but just over the past few months I feel it's getting much worse. I have moderate hearing loss but am told that hearing aids won't help me at this point. I need SOMETHING to help me!!!! I'm also visually impaired so having a hearing loss on top of that makes both impairments seem even worse. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. You can email me at wendyjb2@juno.com. Thanks very much. Wendy >Can anyonoe tell me if they know of any herbal supplements that will >help tinnitus? I've had it for several years now but just over the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >worse. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. You can email me >at wendyjb2@juno.com. Thanks very much. Hi, Wendy. Sorry you're having such a tough time with your vision and your T. I have never seen any empirical reports here or in the scientific literature that suggest any herbs or herbal mixtures that are useful for tinnitus; only ever seen spam claims and alleged testimonials. Some folks report relief from drugs like Xanax or even antidepressants. I know of one or two folks who say their T was made better by Gingko biloba, but studies haven't shown this effect. Some folks use hypnosis, or maskers, or relaxation or TRT. In my case, high salicylate foods can really ratchet up m T. Good sleep and modulating your response to stress helps. Easier said than done, but worth the effort. Susan > Can anyonoe tell me if they know of any herbal supplements that will > help tinnitus? I've had it for several years now but just over the > past few months I feel it's getting much worse. I have moderate > hearing loss but am told that hearing aids won't help me at this > point. I need SOMETHING to help me!!!! Go for a hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment. Half of the people in the chamber here I am go there because of hearing problems. FP ======================== I'm also visually impaired so > having a hearing loss on top of that makes both impairments seem even > worse. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. You can email me > at wendyjb2@juno.com. Thanks very much. > > Wendy >> Can anyonoe tell me if they know of any herbal supplements that will >> help tinnitus? I've had it for several years now but just over the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >FP >======================== So how many do they get in there at once? Terri http://pub219.ezboard.com/btinnitusactivismandsupport > >> Can anyonoe tell me if they know of any herbal supplements that will > >> help tinnitus? I've had it for several years now but just over the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > http://pub219.ezboard.com/btinnitusactivismandsupport Would it be a place to meet new acquaintances too? Odd :) > > >wendyjb2@juno.com (wendy) wrote in message > news:<f94750da.0402251525.1d8635a2@posting.google.com>... [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Would it be a place to meet new acquaintances too? Odd :) Yes...definitely. FP > >> Can anyonoe tell me if they know of any herbal supplements that will > >> help tinnitus? I've had it for several years now but just over the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >======================== > So how many do they get in there at once? About 15. FP > Terri > > http://pub219.ezboard.com/btinnitusactivismandsupport > >> Can anyonoe tell me if they know of any herbal supplements that will > >> help tinnitus? I've had it for several years now but just over the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >======================== > So how many do they get in there at once? About 15 but some patients are accompanied by their family members. FP > Terri > > http://pub219.ezboard.com/btinnitusactivismandsupport > Can anyonoe tell me if they know of any herbal supplements that will > help tinnitus? The name in mind is LIUWEI DIHUANG WAN. You may find them in Chinatown but i am not sure how authentic they are. They are made in Peking and made rather specifically for tinnitus. But these pills take a long time to work on your tinnitus. So while it is recommended that you take these pills, take some mineral pills at the same time to help with the symptoms of your T. FP ======================================= I've had it for several years now but just over the > past few months I feel it's getting much worse. I have moderate > hearing loss but am told that hearing aids won't help me at this [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Wendy > Can anyonoe tell me if they know of any herbal supplements that will > help tinnitus? I've had it for several years now but just over the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Wendy Grapeseed was mentioned to me by my neuro-otologist as a possibility to help with my tinnitus. I've been trying it- haven't noticed any changes so far. Also, ginko biloba as an aid but I'm wary of the potential side effects. I think, in general, there isn't any "magic bullet" with herbal/alternative supplementation in helping with tinnitus. What's the cause of your vision impairment? How bad is it? frank frank > What's the cause of your vision impairment? How bad is it? > > frank I have Retinitis Pigmentosa. I'm legally blind, I have no peripheral vision, I'm partially color blind and I have night blindness. I have enough functional vision to get by but there are obvious things I can't do... drive, walk through crowds without assistance, see the bucket of popcorn on my lap in a movie theater, etc. I can't read a book or magazine because the print is too small and it's very difficult for me to see black text on a white background, so I do almost everything I need to do on the computer. I reverse my colors so I have white or yellow text on a black or blue background and I enlarge the font if necessary. Instead of reading I listen to books on cd's. It's not a great situationg but I get by and I'm a whole lot better off than a lot of other people so I can't complain. I was diagnosed with RP 26 years ago when I was 12. I was able to read books and magazines throughout college but shortly after that is when I had to start using a magnifying glass for almost everything. Then I had my cataracts removed and since then I haven't been able to read anything at all without a magnifying glass. I take 15,000 I.U. of Vitamin A everyday which is a treatment my RP specialist came up with. It's not a cure, it's just a means to slow down the progression of the disease and to preserve as much vision as possible. I've been taking the Vitamin A for 10-12 years now and as of my last thorough RP evaluation the deterioration has remained the same as it was when I first started taking the Vitamin A. Maybe someday the Foundation Fighting Blindness will announce all their research and testing has paid off in a cure, but for now we just live in hope. Wendy > > What's the cause of your vision impairment? How bad is it? > > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Wendy Wendy, sorry about the R.P. - kind of in the same boat as tinnitus in that there isn't any effective cure for either. Hopefully, research in the future will be able to offer some hope for R.P. patients like yourself. Sorry I can't give you any pointers; I'm sure you've already seen a low vision specialist and all. Hang in there. frank Wendy, Have a look at http://eebee.net/earpain.shtml Then follow the link to the neck exercises. Tinnitus is a pain in the neck Elly's Tinnitus Resources http://eebee.net/ http://meniere.eebee.net/ For email: elly at eebee.cjb.net >Can anyonoe tell me if they know of any herbal supplements that will >help tinnitus? I've had it for several years now but just over the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Wendy
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