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I tried all sorts of sounds when I first got tinnitus but I do not think they worked for me - after many months I did start to sleep again normally but it took a good 6 months at least - I'm not sure there are really any 'short cuts' unfortunately.

I was a bit sceptical about 'habituation' when I first got tinnitus 2 years ago and thought I would just be stuck in a hell like situation for life - I think it was a good 6 months before I was starting to adapt to having tinnitus, and it's still almost certainly as loud now as it was originally...

My tinnitus was super reactive for the first few months and it was hell in places with certain high pitched noises like supermarkets, coffee shops etc - I'm almost coming up to 2 year mark now and it's really just 'regular' tinnitus now rather than reactive.

i much prefer quiet environments since I got tinnitus - noise almost always seems to make my tinnitus louder.

I found that the first 5 months the tinnitus was having a bad effect on my sleep (some nights having zero sleep) but the last 3 months it has not really had any effect on sleep (I hear it when lying in bed waiting to go to sleep but there is no negative effect from hearing it) yet some days can...

My doctor prescribed Mirtazapine as I was having a lot of sleep related issues in September. It got me to sleep fine but the next day I had this awful 'drugged up' feeling so decided not to take any more.

Just noticed I'm almost at 8 months since it all started, and I would say that the overall 'trend' is gradual improvement but with some days when it's still annoyingly loud. Looking back I have been through some of the toughest months of my life, but the 'turning point' was probably at the end...

The thing I have learnt with tinnitus is that the early days are very stressful - I'm now 8 months in and only really in the last couple of months would I say that the stress is startling to subside a bit so my life is not 'dominated' by tinnitus related stress - I still have tinnitus, it's just...

This book really seems to have helped me https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31577137-the-sleep-solution - the book highlights the fact that people still sleep even if they think they are not sleeping - if I find myself awake in the middle of the night I now just lie there rather than worrying...

Normal everyday sounds should be safe, just avoid anything too loud like noisy bars, clubs, power tools etc.

She did talk about types of therapy but I said I'd wait for the time being to see if it got better on its own - she was very helpful and said don't hesitate to book up another appointment if I need more help.

i have got Sennheiser HD590 - had them a good 20 years and work well, I think they have been replaced with a new model now though.

Had my audiology appointment today and luckily no tests! I thought it would be a short appointment but it actually lasted 90 minutes - she seemed pretty knowledgeable and had tinnitus herself for the last 20 years. I think a lot of what she talked about I sort of knew through having read so...

I work in an office and when it gets noisy I put on my earmuffs - the thing I like about this is that if someone needs to speak to me I can quickly take them off then put them on again - it was actually my boss that suggested earmuffs (he has had tinnitus for years so knows how annoying it can...

I seem to have 'tonal' pitches of about 440 Hz in right ear and 880 Hz in left ear as well as a high pitched 'hiss' in each ear - the odd thing is that I notice the 'hiss' more in the day and the 'tones' more at night - I think I have had the 'tones' for years, but the high pitched tinnitus for...