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  1. XiviaN

    Clonazepam (Klonopin, Rivotril)

    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...
  2. XiviaN

    Clonazepam (Klonopin, Rivotril)

    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...
  3. XiviaN

    Suicidal

    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...
  4. XiviaN

    Fleeting Deafness Instead of Fleeting Tinnitus?

    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...
  5. XiviaN

    Suicidal

    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...
  6. XiviaN

    Clonazepam (Klonopin, Rivotril)

    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...
  7. XiviaN

    Weird Tinnitus-Related Habit: Putting Cotton Balls in My Ears for Most of the Day

    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...
  8. XiviaN

    New University of Michigan Tinnitus Discovery — Signal Timing

    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...
  9. XiviaN

    Hey it was a very long time since I last visited as I had completely habituated to the point...

    Hey it was a very long time since I last visited as I had completely habituated to the point where I'd often forget I even had tinnitus. In Feb this year I had SSHL in my left ear which has made things exponentially worse though my right ear seems OK. The noise sounds almost electrical in nature...
  10. XiviaN

    Clonazepam (Klonopin, Rivotril)

    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...
  11. XiviaN

    Clonazepam (Klonopin, Rivotril)

    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...
  12. XiviaN

    New University of Michigan Tinnitus Discovery — Signal Timing

    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...
  13. XiviaN

    New University of Michigan Tinnitus Discovery — Signal Timing

    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...
  14. XiviaN

    I'm Lost with Constant Suicidal Thoughts — My Tinnitus Is All I Can Think About

    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...
  15. XiviaN

    I'm Lost with Constant Suicidal Thoughts — My Tinnitus Is All I Can Think About

    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...
  16. XiviaN

    Random Clicking Noises

    My tinnitus got louder with this clicking sound as well for about a month or so now, so here's hoping within a few months it'll return to a quieter level and be a bit more manageable than it is now. It's just very difficult to distract myself from the sound once I've locked onto it, which is not...
  17. XiviaN

    Random Clicking Noises

    Interesting, because my tinnitus got louder recently, so maybe it's the anxiety that I've been getting from that, that's causing the additional sound. I'm definitely finding it significantly more difficult to habituate to it, now that's it's louder than it was before which creates a kind of...
  18. XiviaN

    Random Clicking Noises

    Hey guys Does anyone here get like random clicking sounds in their ear/s? It's really strange, I have unilateral tinnitus in my left ear (quite a loud hissing/buzzing sort of sound that varies in volume and intensity constantly) but on top of that every now and then I get a weird clicking sound...
  19. XiviaN

    Cicada Tinnitus

    I also have this kind of tinnitus and it jumps around so it doesn't really sound like one specific tone, it's just a hissing kind of jumpy cicada sound also in my left ear only :p it's gotten a bit louder recently than it was before.
  20. XiviaN

    Does Tinnitus Usually Go Away?

    Just to add to this, my father has fairly severe hearing loss in both ears and when I asked whether he hears any noise like hissing or ringing sounds in his ear he says he doesn't hear anything and that's it's just muffled and quiet when he doesn't have his hearing aids in.
  21. XiviaN

    I'm New Here, Just Wanted to Ask Some Questions About My Tinnitus

    If I'm honest, my posture is not great in general, I probably spend way too much time in front of the pc. :p
  22. XiviaN

    I'm New Here, Just Wanted to Ask Some Questions About My Tinnitus

    Thing is I did mention TMJ to one of the ENT's I'd seen before and from what I recall he told me that usually you can hear the joint making a noise or feel where it's grinding against or something to that effect for TMJ to be applicable, he said this when he physically checked my jaw area. Also...
  23. XiviaN

    I'm New Here, Just Wanted to Ask Some Questions About My Tinnitus

    Aaron I did notice that when it started up again I felt my jaw or at least that area of my face on the left hand side hurt a bit if I moved my head or neck in certain ways, but then the pain sort of subsided after a few days and now I just have the T and fullness left over. Thanks for the reply...
  24. XiviaN

    I'm New Here, Just Wanted to Ask Some Questions About My Tinnitus

    Hey guys, I've been browsing and reading the posts in this forum since about mid last year but this is my first time posting. I think I've had my tinnitus for a very long time but it was at barely noticeable levels, till last year when I noticed a fullness in my ear after having a few episodes...