Scared of it's similarity to MDMA..as taking MDMA for long time isn't safe..don't know how safe that would be...if it becomes "biologically active" when combined with MAOI. Thank you though!

Analog synths have so wide frequency range..I'm scared of them nowadays..sorry to hear it got worse
Do you mean it got worse after some trips? Permanently worse or? I wonder what causes it..
How did you deprive yourself? Earplugs..or sensory deprivation tank?
Thank you for answering

It has been quite hard to tell when it gets better or worse for the most part (apart from after the synth session I spoke about). It can feel as though it becomes worse through merely being anxious about it... and it can feel better just from not thinking about it and becoming more at ease.

As long as I protect them (mainly my left ear now) in certain situations, then it's usually fine. As soon as I become less strict with myself in fairly noisy areas, I may have a few days of adjusting to it once again. For the most part, this fluctuation from better to worse seems to be psychosomatic.

As for the sensory deprivation - I was using a floatation tank at a local spa. It helped me realise that what I thought was a hindrance could be used as a tool to help shut off the old mind-chatter.

I know it's quite cliche to say this, but time is the best healer with tinnitus. You can hopefully get to a point where you start accepting it and then eventually forget about it completely.

Let me know if you have any other questions

Yea just got to be patient Do you mean "tool" because you then concentrate on the ringing? or How does it help you shut off the mind-chatter?

I realised it was something I could use to help with meditation. When I focus on it, I can turn off my mind a bit more easily.

Yea I get what you mean

It's similarity to MDMA is nothing to be afraid of! Phenethylamines and alpha-methyl-phenethylamines are a fascinating class of compounds with a wide and diverse range of pharmocological actions and biological functions...

Phenethylamines are key to our neurological and biological functioning, dopamine is 3,4-dihydroxy-phenethylamine, adrenaline aka Epinephrine is 3,4-dihydroxy-beta-hydroxy-N-methyl-phenethylamine, and norepinephrine is 3,4-dihydroxy-beta-hydroxy-phenethylamine)

Extensive use of phenethylamine itself if fairly benign:


If I were conducting research regarding tinnitus medications, 3,4-methylenedioxy-phenethylamine would be my prime candidate...

tinnitus relief research may actually act as academic justification for research with 3,4-MDPEA as well other related phenethylamines, as such research may be difficult to preform with without such a goal attached to it...

However, it's fairly clear that you are not quite as enthusiastic about this topic as myself, and I don't want to fill your thread with something that's not relevant to the readers, so I'll stop here...

-eg

Thank you though! I'll keep your posts in my mind The other one could consider is a derivative of LSD called BOL-148, I don't know if it would help tinnitus as LSD does..since BOL-148 is inactive.

Hi kreen,

I don´t want to get off topic, as your post is related to "healing tinnitus with entheogens", but beside all the medical (more or less helpfull) treatments there is the posibility to treat this symptom with manual therapy as Osteopathie (in particular cranio-sacral-therapy which is a part of Osteopathie).
Not every kind of tinnitus can be treated that way, but about 30% of the people suffering from that get at least better with it, as there is a strong relation between the inner ear, the cranial bones and the cervical vertebras and this technics are also increasing blood flow in this area, as some medicaments do... but without unwanted sideefects.
I don´t know in which country you live and if there are good Osteopaths around, but if there are, I would give it a try.

Just as an aditional idea.

I hope you find a way to deal with it in a good way... which ever it might be.

Wish you the best!

I have mild tinnitus that stems from leaving earbuds in my ears all night when I was a child (I theorize). In my current apartment in an urban setting I often do not hear it because of other sounds, but when I go to suburban or rural settings I can hear the ringing again.

As I was in a suburban setting when I first began using vaporized freebase DMT, I noticed that it had a significant effect in diminishing my tinnitus during the experience as well as a few days afterward. While it would eventually return, losing it for a short period was rather significant.

Hope this helps, and good luck with your search!

I'll try it! Thank you

Wooow!
What about other psychedelics, for example LSD? Did you have the diminishing effect for days afterward with them? Your post gives me a lot of hope, it's just what I wanted to hear!

Month later I still haven't started the experiment Thank you and good luck to you too!

I've read anecdotes regarding LSD and tinnitus, but can't find any concrete research.

You're in the perfect position to experiment with this claim, as you already have tinnitus, all you need is some LSD.

I still feel phenethylamines have more potential than lysergamides in this area...

I've read some anecdotes regarding mescaline and tinnitus, but as nothing said could be confirmed I must take them with a grain of salt.

-eg

Yeah

Planning an experiment?

If you do consume any of these compounds be sure to report the results.

-eg

Yeah still planning, and I'll report ofc! Going to be a medical breakthrough

I was being serious...(Also, I'm fairly old, so I can't keep up with these internet/texting acronyms, I don't know what "ofc" is supposed to mean)

Do you know the story behind Casey hardison's 2C-T-7 research? Regardless, this story caught the attention of and was published by MAPS, it also caught the attention of Darrell Lemaire, which is another amazing story, any way:


This type of research is important.

For example, in the DMMDA entry of PIHKAL shulgin writes:


Comments like this are made frequently throughout PIHKAL/TIHKAL...I actually think that when Darrell Lemaire (a friend of shulgins) saw Casey hardison's 2C-T-7 research published through MAPS that he decided to reach out to Casey because he felt Casey would continue this type of research, casey had obviously shown he was capable of conducting such research, and his 2C-T-7 research was reminiscent of the research that Lemaire and his "lazy lizard school of hedonism" had preformed, as well as the research which was being conducted by shulgin...all of it in the genuine spirit of Arthur heffter...I think that Lemaire knew we needed skilled and intellegent individuals out there preparing these compounds and researching them, and Casey's education, attitude, and philosophy made him the perfect candidate...I honestly wish Casey would have done more research of this type before his troubles in the UK.

I am actually going to be conducting research with 3,4-methylenedioxy-phenethylamine regarding tinnitus, not anytime soon, it's low priority, but it's legitimate research and a legitimate gate way into work with phenethylamine molecules related to psychedelics, it's too appealing of a compound to pass up, and it fits the profile for a potentially viable and marketable pharmaceutical .

I've read anecdotes of many phenethylamines and alpha-methyl-phenethylamines relieving the symptoms of tinnitus, however, most of these compounds are psychoactive, making their potential as a medication become vastly reduced, 3,4-methylenedioxy-phenethylamine appears perfect in this respect, as it relieved tinnitus without our doing anything else:

Also, there appears to be more available research out there that shulgin hinted towards:


Any way, I'm not sure why I'm posting any of this here...

If you can anecdotally confirm that LSD relieved your tinnitus symptoms, then you should record and report the information, this goes for any lysergamide or phenethylamine or even tryptamine that you decide to experiment with, if you take a compound for other reasons and it relieves your tinnitus, record and report it.

RAM's post was very helpful.

-eg

I was serious too! Sorry, ofc = of course

Wow, just reading about Casey, quite a story!

Will you publish papers etc on the research you are going to do? Will you have a research group etc?

What do you think of the BOL-148 I mentioned earlier?

What do you mean "record and report"? Do you mean just post about it here on dmt-nexus or do you mean email some researchers?

Yea RAM's post was helpful! Would be nice to know if psychedelics other than DMT give him a relief days afterwards too

I have tinnitus in both ears and quite bad in my right ear with some major hearing loss that started the other week. I'm having an MRI tomorrow to see if there is something there.
The way I have coped over the years is to attach no emotion to it and to see it as part me like a heart beat or a breath. Easier said than done I know. The sound of crickets sometimes masks it completely and what a beautiful sound they make anyway.

New research treatment has come out. Claim is that special noise signals can help as I currently understand it.

Press release

Paper
Science Translational Medicine 03 Jan 2018:
Vol. 10, Issue 422, eaal3175
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aal3175