Living with a nagging Ringing in the Ear or Tinnitus can be extremely debilitating. Actually, around 10 - 20 % of the population suffer from tinnitus on a sustained basis and about 40 % experience it at least once in their lives. Considering this, it might be a shock for you to discover that ALL common treatments of Tinnitus are ineffective! Yes, that's right. For example there is no scientific evidence that some particular drug treating tinnitus is better than others. Unbelievable, but true: There are scientific studies showing that no specific drug is actually doing better in treating tinnitus than a placebo, a substance with no specific activity for the condition!

Moreover, pills with the active ingredients Tocainid, Carbamazepin or Gabapentin all have no long-term success on reducing tinnitus. There is also no scientific evidence that antidepressants, Transcranial magnetic stimulation or the Retraining-Therapy have positive effects.

Unfortunately, the same can be said of alternative methods of treatment: Ginkgo biloba, which is often used to treat chronic tinnitus, has the same effect as a placebo! Furthermore, there are scientific studies proving the ineffectiveness of the Soft-Laser-Therapy and the Neural-Therapy using Procain and Lidocain. On the other hand, interestingly, some studies show that the expectations of the patients suffering from tinnitus regarding the assumed success of a therapy are important! Patients with a positive expectation of the therapy normally show more improvement than ones with neutral or negative expectation. Also, there is scientific proof that Cognitive Therapy can help people suffering from tinnitus to improve the quality of their lives dramatically.

Well, let's sum it up: Do you have to visit a Cognitive Therapy now instead of your ear specialist? Of course not! All those facts don't even mean that one certain drug can't have a positive effect on you. It can, because every body is different. You have to try different things to find out what works best for you. For example, there is an e-book called "Stop the Ringing", which has a lot of tips that worked well for many people and maybe will work for you too: http://www.ultimatetinnitustreatment.com

P.S. Did you know that Tinnitus may disappear on its own?

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