Having taken Ginkgo for over 6 months, and having planned relief from Tinnitus by doing so, I may have experienced a side effect. Recent bouts of nervous anxiety. This is not the kind of anxiety you might experience in a dentist waiting room. No, this is clinical, if I can use that word to describe it. No obvious cause. Comes from nowhere.
My Tinnitus seems to be on the improve. So much so, that instead of taking 3 x 30mg on one day, and then no more until 3 days have cleared, and 3 x 30mg again the next, I left it a full week before the next dose. My suspicion is that I have had a withdrawal symptom. If that is so, I still had the nervous anxiety after taking the next dose.
I would be grateful to hear from anyone who associates Gingko with no reason nervous anxiety. Also, from anyone who takes it who believes their (natural) nervous anxiety has actually improved with Ginkgo. My research on line has found the latter more likely rather than a negative effect.
Thank you all for reading this.
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I took one ginkgo tablet daily for years with no problems at all. The noise did reduce to almost nothing( takes years) .I would take it now but already on blood thinners. Maybe 3 is too many ? try one?
As Ginkgo is having a positive effect on my tinnitus, when 'officially' the studies undertaken say there should be none, I'm loathe to change my dose regime. But its reassuring to know that you haven't encountered any problems, especially out of the blue nervous anxiety. Thankfully, it hasn't happened again. But then, I'm not going to leave it too long between doses to bring it on a second time!
I guess a lots of times its trial and error. What works for one , may work differently for someone else. I'm very tempted to start taking them again , maybe chop a corner off the blood thinner . Just won't tell anyone :). ps what made you decide to take 3 ?
So pleased you found something that helps. One of the things that kept me going all those years ago , was researching and looking for the "cure". Not much out there 20 odd years ago. acupuncture which didnt work and Gingko. I seems strange to me that I'm not too bothered by it this time . its annoying but a lot of the time I don't notice it when I'm busy.
That's it, Kelly. Be otherwise engaged on things and there's not much time for tinnitus.
I remain convinced Ginkgo is the key for non complicated tinnitus (at least). I search the internet for research but all of it so far is pitiful when it should be encouraging in approach. I can't understand that - the compounds found in that tree's leaf are unique and I'm proof that Ginkgo works, albeit in a limited way which has to be expected from raw unprocessed extract.
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