The reports about alcohol and tinnitus are all over the place. Some claim alcohol helps with ringing in the ears. Others say booze makes their tinnitus worse. Can they both be right?
Science hasn’t been much help answering this one. In a 1995 study, researchers found that roughly two thirds of people in a study of alcohol and tinnitus claimed no connection between their consumption of alcohol and tinnitus symptoms. But what about the other third?
The other third were split fairly evenly between alcohol improving their tinnitus and making it worse. So maybe you need to take matters into your own hands. Here’s what you need to do if you are a drinker who wants to see if there is a connection between alcohol and tinnitus for them.
Testing Alcohol and Tinnitus
- Each day, shortly before having anything alcoholic to drink, record in a journal how your tinnitus is affecting you.
- Consume your usual amount of alcohol in your usual manner.
- Repeat this process for at least a couple of weeks.
- Review your journal entries to see if you can notice a pattern of decreased or increased ringing in the ears.
NOTE: Don’t drink more than normal in hopes of seeing better results. Heavy drinking is known to worsen tinnitus for most people. Sometime after you finish drinking but before you go to bed, once again record in the journal how your tinnitus is affecting you.
Once you know whether (and how) alcohol affects your tinnitus, you can adjust your behavior accordingly. Again, even if you do see benefits from moderate alcohol consumption, please don’t increase the amount you drink in hopes of improving your tinnitus. The negative effects of increased alcohol consumption aren’t worth it.
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