HELP for Tinnitus

PBB You seem to contradict yourself. A doctor can't help and can't tell you what is causing the problem and you are crtitcal of trying something else outside of traditional medicine. Then you say it is the placebo effect when I say I got relief.
I clearly know if I got relief or not. You sound just like a doctor. I recently consulted 2 specialists at MT. Sinai hospital here in New York a suppossedly pretty reputable place. I asked the first doctor why I had such a remarkable positive reaction to a certain drug that lasted for a week and then stopped. The immediate reply was it was the placebo effect. I went to the next specialist and the exact same reply came about the placeb effect. I stared the guy straight in the eye and said "come on" He looked sheepishly at me and said, "we say placebo effect when we don't know what it is"
I'm not the kind of person to be satisfied with a doctor telling nothing can be done about my tinnitus. There are answers for everything....you just have to keep asking questions.

Khaki8...The placebo effect does certainly exist, but this is not to say that it explains every unexpected result.

Pbb...They don't know how to cure it at the moment, but don't despair. The stomach ulcer cure that I cited on 2/29 should give us hope.

There is always hope. In the meantime, accepting the condition is one thing that reduces one's stress level and makes the mind focus on something other than the noise in the head. That is more than half the battle won just there.

Khaki8, no contradiction, reread my post. Anything that does not cause more grief is ok by me: I simply think that having tinnitus should not be compounded by false hopes or side effects.

PBB I don't have false hopes or side effects. I have less noise in my ear!

I don't know whether the bioflavinoids (dietary supplements) will help but just a word of caution, I believe thay can interact with some medications. As far as eardrops probably not. That old ulcer thing, eat bland food and avoid stress blah, blah. blah. How many doctors have recited that over the years? Caused by h-pylori, treatable with antibiotics.