Thanks. I've done a lot of these things but started drinking water again. I stopped drinking Diet Coke and didn't replace it with anything. I use collinsonia which helps with sinuses but the ears still ring, fill with water, and cause serious vertigo. There is little pain which means that the infections sneak up on me. The problem is longstanding--7 years of better or worse, but constant, feelings of "things are not right here." I've started eating dairy regularly after years of macrobiotic eating, sometimes rigid and sometimes relaxed. I stopped when the weight gain became uncontrollable. But I don't feel good eating too much meat so the low carb diet is difficult. Have done 30 mg for a year at a time. I've done it. No more.