End Your Tinnitus

Linda, Richmond, Virginia

My Personal Battle With Tinnitus

My problems started when I was just 18 years old. I started to get ringing in the ears every now and again but it would clear up in about ten seconds. I never thought it was a big deal.

One night I was out partying at a club and I stood right next to the speaker. I thought it was cool to feel the vibrations. But when I got home I had that ringing in the ears again. But this time it wouldn't go away and I got worried. Somehow I managed to get to sleep and luckily in the morning the noise was gone. I cursed myself for being so stupid and vowed never to do something like that again.

But over the next couple of years I would get this ringing in my ears about once per week. It still disappeared but it was taking a good 30 seconds each time. I started to worry that things were getting worse. I just hoped that it would not progress any further.

Then one day I turned my computer off to go to sleep. But my computer was still making a noise - I couldn't work it out. Then I realized that it was my tinnitus back again - except this time it was not going away!

I struggled to get to sleep that night and prayed that it would be gone in the morning, just like when I was 18 years old. I woke up in the morning and it was still there! It wasn't too bad (probably about a 3 on the 1-10 scale) but it was there all of the time!

William Shatner (“Captain Kirk”) and David Letterman discuss their personal struggles with tinnitus on CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman.

It would even get worse sometimes for reasons that I couldn't explain. It seemed to be almost random when it was worse. I did notice that for me it was much worse with alcohol - the noise could get to a level 8 even. I couldn't stand it and I stopped drinking. Was I going to have to change my life to keep this tinnitus to a minimum? This was starting to affect my life badly so I visited my doctor and I was shocked by what he had to say.

He told me that there was nothing I could do about it. He said I had hearing damage and it couldn't be reversed and I would have tinnitus for the rest of my life! My heart sank. Tinnitus was already causing me to get poor sleep every night and avoid socializing with my friends. And now I had been given a life sentence. I cried that night. Why me? Was I being punished for something I had done?

After feeling emotions of anger and guilt for about a week, I decided that there was no way I was going to let this tinnitus take control of my life any longer. Surely there must be a way to stop it. I decided to ignore what the doctor told me and find out the truth for myself.

Over the next few weeks, I looked everywhere for a cure. I scoured the internet and I spoke to tinnitus support groups. I looked at clinical trials, spoke to friends of mine who had tinnitus or knew others who had experienced it, and I was shocked at what I discovered.

I discovered that there is actually a ton of scientific evidence out there that suggested that tinnitus could be cured naturally. I also discovered a sub-group of former tinnitus sufferers who had proved on themselves that they could cure it naturally. I'm not talking here about "coping mechanisms" or learning to live with tinnitus. I'm talking about actually curing yourself of the tinnitus for good.

It turns out that tinnitus is just a symptom of a systemic problem in your body. What this means is that tinnitus is not just a problem with your ear - it's a problem with your whole body. And by following  a specific 100% natural regime you can cure yourself of it. I was skeptical because I thought it sounded too good to be true. But the evidence was right there in front of my eyes...