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jobo8080
jobo8080
Has anyone heard of or tried drinking non-alcoholic beer to help with the ringing? I have tried it for 2 nights now. The first nite I had a glass of wine at dinner and then b4 bed I drank 1 bottle of virgin beer (yuck!) My ringing was kinda high the next day. Then I read that you are not supposed to drink alcohol with it for a few days. Well I tried again the next night (too anxious to wait) and today my ringing is probably the lowest it has ever been since I got it 3 months ago. I am going to try it again tonight just to see but if this does work I hope you all give it a try. You'll only lose about 6 or 7 dollars if it doesn't work. I'll let you know how I progress!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Let us know how it works. I have had tinnitus for 3 months now and is very annoying at times. If your non alcohol beer continues to work that would be great. Thanks for the information.
jobo8080
jobo8080
I have had that beer 4 nights in a row and it does seem to help. The effects last most of the day but sometimes wear off a little which is better than nothing. Last night I ate a pepperoni roll and my T started ringing really loud. I'm guessing from the sodium so I decided to try to drink a beer again and within 20 minutes I could feel my T go down. I can't explain it or know what would be in it but if it helps even a little then it is worth a shot. Hope it works for you too. Let me know.:)
deleted_user
deleted_user
I hope it continues to work for you. I am going to try some tonight. Is the beer your drinking no alcohol or very low alcohol like O'Douls. I have heard B vitamins may help tinnitus. I think beers has B vitamins which maybe why it helps not sure.
jobo8080
jobo8080
It helps to bring it down when I'm at my worst. It seems to stay at the level it was brought down to but that is it. I just bought the non-alcoholic Coors brand. I think any will do.
JohnK
JohnK
True confession...I drink more real beer than I should and feel somewhat justified for this because of this horrific condition of severe T. I'm not on prescription meds, I'm not a sex addict, I never buy a lottery tickets or gamble, and I attend church weekly, but a few beers give me a temporary relief.

Too many beers give too much trouble the next day. Tinnitus gives too much trouble everyday. There is a thorn in my ear that effects the kindness of my conversation. I'm tripping over this hurdle.
jobo8080
jobo8080
Well John I kinda wondered about drinking real beer. I too like beer not the non-beer. I have have a couple real beers some nights and it didn't effect my T either way. The non for some reason brought it down when I had just one. Don't know can't explain it either. I wonder if I drank real beer and then the non b4 bed if it would still work??? Maybe I'll try this holiday weekend. I'll let you know.:)
deleted_user
deleted_user
I agree with JohnK!
I tried the n/a beer and it didnt make any difference... but real beer helps me to relax and escape the T for a while at least...
jobo8080
jobo8080
Barbara I tried the non beer and the first night it didn't make a difference either but I did have at dinner a glass of wine whereas you are not to have any alcohol in your system. I didn't know that so I tried it again the next night and it worked for me.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Jobo
I read your entire description about the wine and the n/a beer.I tried the n/a beer when there was no alcohol in my system...it didnt work for me.
jobo8080
jobo8080
Sorry it didn't work for you but I would try it again tonight. It certainly won't hurt. Let me know.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Jobo

Is the n/a beer still working for you. I have tried it several times and a few times it seemed to reduce the noise and other times nothing at all. I wondering how it was doing for you. Hope it is helping
deleted_user
deleted_user
Hmm, I don't like like beer (an occasional ice cold Corona with a twist of lime on a really hot day is good....) but I would try just about anything to help T.

I don't need extra calories though.....maybe I will try increasing B Vits first. Although I am pretty sure I've tried that in that past.
deleted_user
deleted_user
The unusual point to me is how beer DOES in fact soften my tinnitus while wine (of any kind) sends it soaring.
deleted_user
deleted_user
non alcoholic beer and lowering "T" sounds interesting.......... any new progress to report? what kind of beer did you drink? this would be great if it really does work............i really dont like beer but if it brought relief i would definetly be drinking it.........
deleted_user
deleted_user
Funny that I found this discussion, just after I told a friend this morning that my T seems to lesson when I drink a few beers. I'm German, so my tolerance for beer is pretty high, so a few beers to me is like one for many others. But since I've had this ringing for the past four months, I have noticed that beer does the trick. Not wine! Wine made it worse! I don't know what is in beer, other than the obvious, but it really does help me. It helps me relax, and therefore, my T relaxes as well. And who knows? Maybe there is some other property in beer that the scientists have over looked.