At first, I took 2,000 in the morning, on an empty stomach, with a full glass of water, and another 1,000 later in the day, also on an empty stomach with water.

I read somewhere that it's better to take amino acids without food. The reasoning was they get absorbed better that way. True or false? I don't know, but it doesn't hurt to take them solo.

I read tests on https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ that they gave people 3,000 for 6 months with no problem, and then the test ended.

So after 6 months, not knowing if there could be a long term problem, I cut back to 2,000 in the morning. I read elsewhere that 2K per day is GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe).

It works gradually. After a number of months (I forget how many) I stopped taking it, figuring, it wasn't working, and in a few days, my tinnitus came back big time.

I had forgotten what a PITA it was until it returned. Discontinuing reminded me.

It's probably been years now, and I still take 2,000 first thing in the morning. It's gotten to the point, where over 90% of the time, I don't even know I have tinnitus.

Right now it's so low, that I have to stop moving, and shut my eyes to hear the slightest hiss in my right ear. For all practical purposes, my ears have been quiet for a few days now, except if I need to get up in the middle of the night. I wonder if reclining has anything to do with that.

Bob