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Hello All,
Firstly, I would like to say that I have only just discovered this forum and am pleased that I can now visit this on a regular basis to obtain comments by people with this dreadful condition.
As for myself I have yet to find anything that works yet.
I would be very grateful to know if anybody has tried the "cure" detailed on the website below:-
http://www.thecurefortinnitus.com/?gcli … Qgodplik0w
Best Regards,
Terry.
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Hello Terry,
Welcome to the forum.
The 'cure' you are referring to just appears to be a book, and it doesn't even mention what kind of therapy it is promoting.
So I would be very sceptical here. Books are usually what people are trying to sell if they failed to sell anything else.
Thomas
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Thanks very much for answering this query. I guessed it might be too good to be true and you have saved me from being drawn in to the advert.
There was a Radio 4 programme last week called "Longing for Silence" which gave a faint hope that more money is being allocated to tinnitus research.
Its worth a listen if you have not heard it.
The recording is still available on the BBC URL below. You will need to be quick though as I think that the BBC remove the recordings after a week or so.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/progs/listenagain.shtml.
All recordings are listed alphabetically so just click on L and look for Longing for silence.
Take Care
Terry.
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Just in case the url on my last posting does not work, here is another URL which leads to a different programme index but gets you to the same recording!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/atoz/
Take Care
Terry.
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It looks like they have taken the link to the recording already off the page.
Anyway, a short summary of the program is under http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7175306.stm .
This suggests to me that there is nothing really new being promoted here. The 'cures' mentioned still appear to be very much in the investigative stage, and are in fact not much different from similar experiments done before. Instead of the anaesthetic, I would for instance rather stick to the occasional simple painkiller (Paracetamol or Aspirin), which has worked very well for me in the past. Alcohol-free beer is also worked well for me. But most of all it is important to avoid caffeine and alcohol.
Thomas
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Thanks again Thomas for the tips.
I definately need to reduce caffiene but having difficulty as its free at work and therefore more attractive. Will put more effort into avoiding it.
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Regarding alcohol and other drugs. (Don't smoke) I have consumed less that two six packs of beer and no other alcohol since my early twenties. I never drank coffee, few cafinated drinks, and take almost no over the counter drugs. I have had severe tinnitus since my late twenties and am 58 now.
A few years back a doctor prescribed 800 mg ibupren tablets several times a day for some back pain. It had no effect on my back pain or my tinnitus. Asprin seems to have no effect on pain or tinnitus so I do not take it.
While everyone is different, the lack of consuming these things did not prevent my tinnitus and use does not aggravate it.
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