Clonazepam helps keep my volume down to a more reasonable level. My doctor prescribed it after I had 2 months of hell unrelated to tinnitus. Finding that it helped my tinnitus was an added bonus. It also fixed the many physical symptoms I had been experiencing. It was a miracle drug!
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Yep, always wear foam earplugs and make sure you are inserting them properly. It actually makes riding more enjoyable to me. I wore them for probably 20 years before I quit riding.
Bose Sleepbuds II are a wonderful noise distraction at night. They have white, pink, and brown noise along with other nature and/or distracting sounds and stay in your ear all night without falling out. I like mine a lot.
Smoking 3-4 hits is what started my tinnitus! I'm 65 and used to smoke all the time up until maybe 30 years ago. I wanted to try it again for pain relief for my neck pain caused by stenosis. Got some and had 3-4 hits the first night and it was great. Felt good. Very good pain relief. 2nd...
I can't really take it 'as needed'. It does not have an immediate effect for me. I take it at bedtime and the next day is usually better. Typically I take 1 mg, but if my tinnitus gets loud, I'll take 2 mg. Then I take 1/2 mg in the morning. If I don't take my nighttime pill, the next day...