I've been diagnosed with having tinnitus and chronic fatigue syndrome.
In fact, the former may be a possible symptom of the latter. My doctor
says that since it is a viral disease in my ear tissue, there is
really nothing I can do.

Can anyone verify or refute this? Also, are there any studies that have
proven a link between vitamin C and eliminating/alleviating CFS?

Mintu Turakhia

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Mintu Turakhia                            

Neither tinnitus nor CFS are caused by a viral infection of ear tissue,
and at least the CFS is treatable.  Vitamin C has no proven benefit.
You need to see a physician with expertise in diagnosing and treating
CFS.  This is most likely to be an infectious disease expert.

David Nye, MD * Neurology Dept., Midelfort Clinic, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
One out of four American children under the age of six now lives in
poverty.  Nearly 1.5 million of them are malnourished -- Census Bureau

: >
: >Neither tinnitus nor CFS are caused by a viral infection of ear tissue,
: >and at least the CFS is treatable.  Vitamin C has no proven benefit.
:                                                       ^^^^^^

: Please tell us what treatment has *proven* benefit for CFS. Then all
: those folks with CFS who are needlessly suffering can run out and get this
: proven treatment.
:

It's true that there is no cure for CFS.  However, treating the sleep
disorder that goes along with it often brings significant improvement.
Sedating anti-depressants such as amitryptiline and doxepin, along with
non-tricyclics like Trazodone, are usually used for this.  Flexeril
may help muscle pain in those CFS people who fit the fibromyalgia
criteria as well.

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                                                      ^^^^^^

Please tell us what treatment has *proven* benefit for CFS. Then all
those folks with CFS who are needlessly suffering can run out and get this
proven treatment.
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Robert Greenstein           Orthodoxy is the death of intelligence.            

                                                      ^^^^^^

Low-dose amitriptyline or a similar medication to improve the quality of
stage 4 sleep, maintainence of a regular schedule of sufficient sleep,
and daily low impact aerobic exercise.  For further information about
chronic fatigue syndrome and the closely related fibromyalgia:

To join the FIBROM-L list and get the FAQ, send the following message:

    sub fibrom-l [your name]
    get fibrom-l faq fibrom-l

The CFS-L list is similarly available at LIST.NIH.GOV or NIHLIST and is
mirrored on alt.med.cfs.  To get a list of available files on CFS, send
the command GET CFS-FILE FILELIST as an Internet e-mail message to

from cu.nih.gov in directory /cfs.

David Nye, MD * Neurology Dept., Midelfort Clinic, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Men ought to know that from nothing else but the brain come joy,
despondency and lamentation,...wisdom and knowledge -- Hippocrates

Cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril) is nothing more than a sedating tricyclic
antidepressant which was approved and marketed as a "muscle relaxant";
it's a close chemical and pharmacological relative of amitryptiline.
Its primary benefit in treating lower back pain comes from the fact
that it's completely abuse-proof, unlike, say, meprobamate and
Valium--it couldn't be due to any greater efficacy.  It might be useful
in conditions which respond to amitryptiline.

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Steve Dyer