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My mouth guard is custom fitted by my dentist. It was quite expensive but worth it. I don’t think I clench as much now and if I’ve had a particularly “clenchy” night I can tell because my jaw aches slightly like it’s had a workout. I can’t say I’ve noticed a coronation between my jaw aching...

I don’t know a whole lot about TMJ but perhaps you’re right. I’ll certainly check it out - thanks! I think your point on stories of people getting better is very important. I still don’t think it’s said enough and that can be really helpful for people new to tinnitus. Its why I came back to...

Yeah so I’d slowly build up to listening to it. I just told myself that if I was going to have it I’d need to become okay with listening to it. Meditation and reducing the music volume over sessions would help me do that. My outlook was it would either get better and that would be amazing or I’d...

When it was really bad I used to have an app called relax melodies which I’d play the sound of rain hitting a roof on to mask the tinnitus as best I could. Now I don’t need to because it’s so quiet. It can still annoy me occasionally even at this quiet level but I just need to distract myself...

I’ve had the bruxism since before the tinnitus and only used to wear the night guard when I was stressed but now I wear it all the time. Not sure if it’s related or not. It’s been over 8 and almost 9 months since onset now. I’d say it was around the 5/6 month mark I noticed some difference and...

No it's not somatic but you've reminded me of something I should have mentioned in my post. I have bruxism and clench my jaw in my sleep. I'm not sure if it's related because I've had it since before the tinnitus started but you never know. I'd say my tinnitus is now at a 0.5-1 most of the...

She didn't know. She had no hearing loss or other easily identifiable underlying cause. She assumed it was either noise trauma she wasn't aware of or stress related. All that really mattered to me was that she said it went away over time - gave me hope. Stay hopeful, 3 months isn't that long...

I woke up one morning in mid-January with a loud high-pitched ringing and feeling of fullness in my left ear. My immediate reaction was “oh no, another ear infection” because I’d had a very nasty one about 18 months prior. I quickly booked an appointment with my GP but when I saw him, he said...

Not sure how many people monitor/ look at this thread but I wanted to share a positive experience I had last night. I went to a British Tinnitus Support Group meeting and it was amazing. I may have been lucky that everyone who was there was positive but meeting other people who are going through...

Thanks for the advice and link @emmalee. I’ve realised that anxiety and stress go hand in hand with the intensity of my T so this is very helpful. It’s difficult to avoid stress in daily life so anything to manage that and then control the anxiety will hopefully make a difference. I’ll give...

Thanks for the welcome @emmalee. I've taken a quick look at your profile and I just want to say you are an inspiration. The amount of people you've taken the time to reply to is something else. Being so helpful and positive even in the face of your own T is a real credit to yourself. I hope...

This is my first post on tinnitustalk and it could only be to this thread because I truely believe the only way to make a change is through positivity like this!! We all need positive support to get through this. I’ve had constant T since the beginning of this year so I’m still fairly new to...