At the sound of the tone your life will change
INTRODUCTION
In February 2019, Covid-19 energies brought in more than the virus for me. As Uranus entered Aries, my first house of self, I noticed the first onset of tinnitus. I’d had no previous encounters with this state and had never really even heard of it. But, I know it now. This is my story – I’ve published it in the hopes that it will provide information that will be helpful to those who find/need it. I’ve not found a cure for tinnitus, but I do have a growing list of what works marginally and what does not work at all – for me. Regarding tinnitus, you’re really on your own. But you might benefit from some succinct information here that will catapult you to a new understanding and then you can publish your account to help others.
I’ve looked at many tinnitus related websites and found that most of them – including the tinnitus association simply want to sell you something. I’m not selling anything. I simply want to make coordinated information more readily available and maybe give my readers a place to start in at least minimizing their tinnitus.
Please note that I have mentioned certain products in this blog because I am convinced that food chemistry and biochemistry are important factors in tinnitus volume – as you will see if you read any of my associated tinnitus blog entries. I am not associated in any way with any of the products or companies cited or mentioned in my tinnitus blog. The product and company names are for your information only.
FIRST STAGES OF MY SEARCH
Back in the Spring of 2019, I was very expectant of finding a supplement that would erase my tinnitus. I fully believe that food is your best medicine, if at all possible. Sometime, it’s not – such as when you need surgery or some type of treatment or multiple other examples.
I was somewhat chagrined to learn the there is little reliable information about the causes and cures or tinnitus available. Luckily my tinnitus was at a volume that did not cause me to want to commit suicide or go screaming into the world – stories that are prevalent in marketing tinnitus “cures.” I’ve tried many and I’ve come to recognize the marketing logic that these “long-copy sells” videos follow. It’s typical of fiction to start with a dilemma and proceed through a series of “discoveries” and the meeting of a mentor to a new outcome that is at a higher level of reality – i.e., “the cure.” And, of course, none of these marketers want you to suffer so instead of selling their product at the value-based price, they are offering it to you – out of the goodness and sincerity of their hearts – at a much lower price.
I have purchased some of these items primarily to see if they do work. Let me tell you that they didn’t work for me.
I’ve listened to countless YouTube videos that provide advice on tinnitus from a type of tapping on the base of your skull – only gave me a headache but others swear to relief – to sound therapy and then to physician advice. I tend to be less critical of these. However, I’ve had basically the same result from their outcomes – the information was useless for correcting my tinnitus. Then, this month, October 2022, I happened upon one of the more helpful videos (for me) by Dr. Alan Mandell. Now, this particular video has been online since December 2019, but I only became aware of it. The information provided has not cured my tinnitus, but it did allow me to see a bigger picture.
More to follow. . .and in My Tinnitus Diary and My Tinnitus Food Lists – both are works in progress and only provide my experiences, I’m not a physician and I’m not diagnosing or prescribing treatment – just sharing my experiences.
REFERENCE
Dr. Alan Mandell, DC. 1 Nutrient that Can Fix Tinnitus, YouTube, December 15. 2019.
MY TINNITUS SCALE
This is the scale I will use when describing the results of my various trials.
0 = inaudible, no discomfort
1 – 2 = barely audible, no real annoyance discomfort
3 – 4 = clearly audible, somewhat annoying
5 = loud and annoying, irritability with loud inconsiderate others, but no real discomfort
6 = very loud, all of the issue with 5 and nervous discomfort, I thought dying would be an improvement
7 – 8 = growing intensity of volume, irritability, discomfort and thoughts of suicide
9 – 10 = almost unbearable noise and misery
NOTE: These are my thoughts on Tinnitus. I have not been subjected to Tinnitus above my level 6 on this scale and I am grateful that I haven’t. It’s because of the images I’ve seen of others that I include them here. In an effort to avert any possibility that I might, I decided to dedicate time. energy, money, and effort to understand and alleviate my own Tinnitus and thereby, perhaps, help others. It is estimated that 10 – 15% of the population suffers with Tinnitus. Given that there are 8 billion plus people on Earth, that is a lot of people. What I mostly see online is salesmen and women who want to make money by selling cures that for the most part – look at the reviews – don’t work. What I learn is currently available to anyone who reads English. At the very least, readers will know more about Tinnitus and maybe will find something that helps, at least marginally, so that living with Tinnitus is not impossible. One can hope.
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