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OK, that actually makes me even more eager to give it a go. What's weird is I've tried Melatonin before and, although it did make me admittedly quite tired, I just couldn't get to sleep without the Clonazepam (was like my brain refusing to shut off despite the fact that I was exhausted). I'm...

Hi, thanks for the advice. I've heard a lot of people mention Trazodone. My main issue with Clonazepam, as it stands, has been the lack of sleep I get when I don't take it now. The insomnia it gives me, combined with my pretty rough case of tinnitus is nuts. I will definitely ask my doctor...

Hey tomytl! I'm hoping with all my heart that this tinnitus I have currently dies down or fades a little over time as it's an entirely different beast to any tinnitus (the ringing kind) I've experienced in my prior life which usually faded into the background once I'd become distracted enough...

I'm in the same boat as you with the fleeting tinnitus, however, I had an incident in February this year where the usual loud tone, hearing dip and then hearing coming back happened. But the following day I felt absolutely horrific, I woke up, stumbled to the bathroom off balance and then slept...

Got to say, I'm new here but I can relate to the original poster. Never in my life have I ever felt the desire to end things until this year when my tinnitus became unbearable. I have a very loud, very distracting hissing tone in my left ear that drives me absolutely nuts. It never stops or...

I've been on Clonazepam for a while now (2 months at a steady 1 mg a night), purely to help sleep due to how bothersome my tinnitus is. I've tapered down to 0.5 mg which I'm taking daily. The problem with 1 mg for me was it made me feel exceptionally groggy when I woke up which usually lasted a...

Hey guys, so I've been posting on here quite a bit recently purely because my tinnitus has become really bad in my left ear this year following an episode of fleeting tinnitus which may have actually disguised itself as SSHL, as after that event I had an audiogram done and I was told I had mild...

I love your optimism. I still think there's gotta be a way we can target and eliminate the symptoms even if hearing loss is involved. I suspect mine came from a latent virus taking advantage of my compromised immune system (due to lack of sleep) which knocked out some of my hearing and increased...

Yeah, it's a very weird thing this ailment of ours. Right now, as I type this, mine is quite bad but I haven't taken Clonazepam since last night which may explain it. In particular I've had tinnitus all my life (more so the ringing kind, and it was very quiet for most of my life so I never...

My 2 cents. I've been on Clonazepam for 2 months now at 1 mg a day, mostly at night, just to help me sleep and it helps tremendously. Not in the sense that it reduces the presence of my tinnitus but it helps with making me almost less aware or care less about it. Not saying it's for everyone...

I wonder if Dr Shore's device might work in my case. I've seen it mentioned that it could work for noise-induced tinnitus but I got mine from a bout of SSHL (albeit slight in my left ear, though my tinnitus is quite loud). How is somatic tinnitus different to other kinds of tinnitus? Apologies...

In my experience I think many people suffer from tinnitus due to anxiety and hyperfocusing on it. They stop by for a bit and then leave and don't look back when it no longer bothers them. I fell into this category many years ago when I first noticed tinnitus and came here panicked and looking...

Let's hope for the best! I'm always hopeful that something comes out that helps, whether that be Susan Shore's device or XEN1101. I will say that mine is very weird to describe, it almost always intensifies to the point of being in the forefront of anything that I'm listening to regardless of...

I'd just like to throw my 2 cents in the ring here as well and say that I know how you're feeling, @Pistolpete. As of February this year, what I would consider manageable tinnitus that I've had for most of my life, has turned into a nightmarish experience for me. To where I now have a very...