I have learned that drinking bottled de-ionized water doesn't help but tastes better, NSAIDS (Naproxen) are your best friends after 3-4 months of pain, Soy (literally all soy products) and grapefruit juice trigger mini-cycles and hinder recovery, and organic food seems to have no effect either way (could be a regional thing, though). The combination of Vitamin C and Selenium does something to help. Melatonin works, absolutely. Benzodiazepines (Restoril for me) can help over the short-term with complete insomnia. B-Complexes seem to lower the severity of tinnitus.