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My ENT sent me for an MRI to check for a tumor and when that came back negative he said you have some high frequency hearing loss and you have tinnitus and there is nothing we can do. You just have to learn to live with it. At that point I felt so alone and a feeling of abandonment and afraid. I...

I have had T for three years and as long as my brain is active in a project or am very interested in something I can go for hours and not hear my T. When im alone watching something boring on TV or listening to music it is present loud and clear. I am not afraid of it and it sometimes can be...

I had 6 beers last night which is much more than I usually drink and my tinnitus is really loud today.....

You really have to except T no matter what the tone is for there is only one thing that works to get relief is habituation. Go on with your life with some small modifications and after a period of time it wont seem so dam invasive. I can now go for hours and my brain focuses on other things and...

mine sounds like a high pitched electrical sound crossed with air leaking from a tire and can hear over the TV almost everything but the shower. Thank God I am pretty much habituated but when bored its always playing its tune...

Just cut the lamp cord and stripped back the wire then attached the positive to right and negative to left ear with clothes pins. Getting ready to plug this baby in so wish me luck.. LOL In all sincerity hope these guys are on to something with electrical stimulation to the brain....

I have T I can here over the TV, driving my car most everything but the shower. I have habituated and really dont hear it mostly all day. In the evening when im trying to relax I hear it but dont let it bother me anymore...I guess after awhile you just say F---k it !!!!!

I took 1/2 ambien and in 4 hours took the other half and slept 8 hours. Also played nature sounds from utube at night...

When I had trouble sleeping I took 1/2 ambien 20 minutes befor bed and took the other 1/2 at my bedside when I woke in about 4 hours and got a good 8 hours sleep.

Had both back bottom impacted wisdom teeth extracted and made no difference in the volume of my T....

Nothing worst than severe back pain. My rhuemotology pain management doctor give me injections of Depomedral with an xray and it did wonders for me..

Great question that I wondered about myself. My right ear has more high frequency damage than my left but the T is mostly perceived in my better ear the left side. I have always slept on my right side like many others have stated.

The gym and the shower I dont hear my T. If I dont focus on my T I dont hear it but its so high pitched it is hard to ignore. Real annoying condition.. Now Im on doxycycline for lymes disease and it seems extra loud. I have 10 more days of meds and then I hope I go back to my baseline....

Dwell on T and it will consume you... Live your life the way you always have and T will move into the background. I have ringing in my ears which is not pleasant at times but im not blind and still can move around and hear most things. Dont have cancer or life threatening disease so im still...

The higher the pitch or frequency the harder to mask.

When I first got T it definitely changed my personality for I wasnt happy and went through a short period of depression. Now that I have semi habituated my old personality is pretty much back but with a few modifications. I sleep with nature sounds and try to keep my brain attentive to other...

I stopped taking creatine and powdered types protein for my blood work came back showing stage one kidney failure. First thing my GP ask if I was on creatine or protein suppliments which I was. Stopped taking all suppliments and my levels all came back to normal. I am 70 years young with 17 inch...

I have taken xanax and valium and have not noticed any reduction in volumn of my T. What I have noticed is my reaction is less so That is a form of relief. The most relief I have achieved is to keep a busy lifestyle, exercise and nature sounds to sleep with. If I can keep my brain busy the T...

Hello Daffodil, hope you feel better soon. As time goes by you will improve if you try to live your life like you did befor you got T. Do all the things you did befor and you will find small windows of time when your brain focuses on other things besides your T and you move out of that fight or...

personally I think the pitch is as important in perception as the volume.

I was prescribed one .5 valium at night for neck pain and been on it 1 1/2 years and have no urge to up the dosage. It relaxes all your muscles and sleep much better than without it. I have high pitched T from hearing loss, neck problems and God knows what else my jaw cracks when I chew. If im...

Looks like you have had tinnitus for along time. I agree with you that sometimes it can be very irritable but most of the time I am busy socially and with projects the T fades into the background for your brain is focused on other things. I believe that I am habituated for it doesn't scare me...

I can handle T as annoying as it can be but being blind or paralyzed that would be another story....

I have had high pitched T for 1 1/2 years and can hear it above the TV, driving in car, just about everything but the shower. What has helped me most is continuing life like befor I got T. When I am out socially, working on a project and keep my brain occupied the T fades away into the...

Stress and worry can bring on T and even make it worse. I know it is difficult but the less you think about it the better chances it will go away on its own. Stay away from loud music and loud sounds which damage your ears and can make T permanent. When the T is present play sounds of nature or...

I also play sounds of nature but to blend with my T not necessarily cover it completely. What I do is focus on the nature sounds and not the T and drift off to sleep. Everyone is different and come up with their own techniques to deal with our condition....

TuneOut that is a good question and I should try the tapering and get off of it all together. I do not have an addictive personality and never wanted to take more or take it through the day.. I have fallen to sleep without it but seem to wake after a couple hours. Very good question and will...

I take one valium per day .5 mg before bed and listen to cricket and nature sounds and generally sleep 6 hours straight and then cat nap till I get up.. Works for me and have been on this schedule for over a year ....

My T seemed extra loud today for no reason so went to a noisy restaurant had a couple of Manhattens and T backed off so go figure... I dont even try to figure out my T anymore but do wear ear protection when mowing grass, shooting guns, or loud cars or motorcycles,,,I am at a point in my life I...

I certainly believe that your attitude does have an effect on your T. Reading some of the comments above there is anger and doom and gloom in some of these post. My T has backed off because I keep my brain occupied with other material not just listening to my T. A friend of mine was a navy seal...

Hope it works out for you Ernie but in 10 years you will be habituated and wont care about your t . !!!!!!!

As time has passed I go for longer periods of time with out hearing my T and when I do hear it I have excepted that it is part of my life and have no control over. If you are a control type person adjusting to T I believe is more difficult. I try to avoid real quiet invironments and noisy {over...

I only wear ear protection when running loud equipment such as a lawn mower, circular saws, shooting guns which we no can cause damage to the ear. Driving a car and everyday noise no I do not wear ear protection and think that we can get obsessed with our T ....

I have had T for 1 1/2 years and it stays pretty constant as a high pitched electrical sound I hear everywhere except the shower. Lately by chance we have been buying fresh pineapple for it is so sweet and love the flavor. I have noticed after all this time that my T although I still hear it...

I was a wreck when I got T but over time you get back to doing things you enjoy and quit dwelling on it. Thats when you will improve and You wont even notice it for the most part. Keep sounds of nature like frogs and cricketts when you go to bed and stay out of quiet areas as much as possible...

Marie habituation is a distraction where you think of something else or get involved with others and dont pay attention to your T. The less you pay attention to your T the more you are habituating. I sometimes go all day without hearing it and then sit down to watch TV and bam there it is loud...

I have high pitched T and can be annoying as hell if I let it. At night I play nature sounds from youtube like crickets, frogs chirping and running water and it blends very nicely with my T and very pleasant and relaxing. Also take one .5 valium befor bed prescribed by my orthopedic dr. from...

I had an impacted wisdom tooth removed from my lower left side which was down deep to the jaw bone. I noticed no difference in my T after the operation but was very sore an uncomfortable for a couple weeks after the extraction.

I have it done every 4 monthes and so far havent had a problem. My ears develope wax quickly and hear much better when they are clean and seems to lower my T for I can hear more natural sound around me.

It seems as though everyone has a different take on ear plugs and T volume. Personally the only time I wear ear plugs or head phones is when im in a loud invironment 75 dbs or more. Cutting grass, running anykind of loud equipment or shooting fire arms. My T stays fairly constant where I here...

For the most part I stay busy and my T fades into the background. When not busy try to keep music or nature sounds to blend with it so its not so annoying. As time goes by you make small changes and adjustments to protect your ears and go back to life pretty close to what it was. I have friends...

I listen to Healing sounds of nature on Pandora one hour befor bed time. Also exercise one hour per day weight training and cardio. One half hour befor bed take .5 valium that puts me out for the night in about 15 to 20 minutes. I play cricket and frog sounds that kind of blends with my T from...

Fleeting T does certainly get your attention for it is much more loud than your base T and your hoping it does not stay...Generally it last for maybe 30 seconds or so but I dont get it often...

You have to go on with your life just like befor you got Tinnitus. My T came 7 days after a leg surgery, but since then I was knocked out for wisdom tooth surgery and there was no difference in my T... I do have high freq hearing loss and think that is the reason for the T setting in.

My pitch gets higher and seems louder when I stick my lower jaw forward and sometimes when I open my mouth real wide. Definitely have some neck issues but also have high frequency hearing loss. After time you dont pay as much attention to it and it backs off some. if I pay attention to it witch...

I have high frequency hearing loss from years of hunting, Harleys and running loud printing equipment. I can hear my High pitched T over everything but the shower. Went and had an audiogram done from ENT and was told I dont need hearing aids yet but noticed I could not hear crickets at night...

The Tinnitus Terminator did nothing for me or any one else on this forum that I no of...Only thing that ever helped me was valium or xanax but taken sparingly...Tried every vitamin, herb even Neuromonics and didnt help my T..The Neuromonics im still experimenting with but definitely gave me...

Cipro is a powerful antibiotic and is prescribe alot for UTI infections. I have even heard of people having hallucinations taking that for longer periods of time. Definitely have a talk with your Doc and see if he can give you some other effective drug and hopefully your T will settle down.

Personally I would not give up what I enjoy but would alter strikes to the head. A couple good shots to the ear could cause damage and make your hearing and T worst. Perhaps study other martial arts where there wouldnt involve full contact...

Perception varies with different intellect.....

Big adjustment

I agree with Ed 100% that his suggestions will help you overcome this fight or flight mode that your brain is engaged in right now. When my T started I lost 30 lbs, could not sleep but a couple hours at a time and heard my T all of the time. Tried all the natural supplements with no appreciable...

Finish getting all the wax removed from your ears for if you have T it seems louder because the wax is cutting the volume of outside sounds that you hear. Then he can check for an ear infection and see what else is going on. Just take it one step at a time and try to not get your self in a...

Amost all my friends after shooting shotguns and rifles, riding Harleys with loud pipes, and running noisey equipment for years almost all of them have T and have to sleep with fans running, TV on or sounds off of youtube..I have pretty much habituated to it and as I wake it is silent and a...

I tried hearing aids and actually got some relief from my real high pitched T. Cheapest way to get hearing aids is go to your ENT and have a hearing test done and tell them you would like a copy of your audiogram. If you go to a hearing aid store and get free audiogram they will not give you a...

Like you ran loud equipment for many years and no ear protection and woke up one morning with high pitched ringing in my left ear that I can hear over everything but the shower. What helped me most to sleep was ambien. I would take a half a pill and sleep 4 hours and then take the other half and...

My luck I would wake up with a womans body !!!!!!!

No doubt about it that T is going to reach epidemic proportions. I sometimes talk to young people in the gym when I can hear their earbuds blasting and ask them if they have ever had ringing in their ears and most say yes but it goes away. Then I tell them that I have T and the ringing is from...

Loss is in the 7 to 8 K range in the right ear and better hearing in the left but hear the ringing in the left ear...

Paul 10 my routine is as follows. I have illiminated most sugar and salt from my diet. Actually I havent noticed any difference in my T far as my diet goes otherwise. Tried every suppliment known to man with no appreciable difference. What helps most is going to the gym doing weight training and...