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High strung, obsessive type over here! I've had screaming, insanely loud tinnitus for just over seven years now. There is no way it has improved over time. It has demonstrably gotten worse. In saying that, for want of a better analogy, you just have to learn to cope with it. My ears are...

You said it, @coldroses. I might as well have told the few medical practitioners I've spoken to about tinnitus and its profound impact on my life that I'd just landed here from Mars, given their baffled response.

Hi all. My apologies for not checking back on this thread for what appears to have been several months. Unfortunately I've still got raging tinnitus. Seems I'm not the only one!

Yeah, I take it every night. Haven't noticed much (any?) change in my tinnitus. Helps me get to sleep, though.

I just came back from 12-days in Japan. Couldn't have had more fun if I tried. Weirdly enough, the whole time I was over there I barely noticed my tinnitus (and mine is loud).

Now that you've got your tinnitus sorted @Oscram, you should probably get checked out for a Borderline Personality Disorder next.

I suppose the implication is that there's no hope for those who don't believe... But perhaps just as chuckle-worthy is how arbitrary the list of tinnitus causes always seems to be. "I was walking past a babbling brook on a moonless night three days beyond the winter solstice, when an owl in...

If only this were true for everyone. My tinnitus is not louder in volume because of my perception. It's louder in volume because it got louder. As a naturally analytical person, it always surprises me how many tinnitus sufferers wish to deny this possibility. Perhaps it's because, deep down...

G'day Brittany. I'm from Sydney originally. It's definitely difficult to get people to understand this condition. I had to explain my symptoms at length to my GP, who admitted he had no idea about tinnitus. Your tinnitus sounds a lot like mine, in that I can hear mine over everything and often...

But in your subject line you called tinnitus suffering "a phobia" - ie. a fear of something. And aversion (ie. a strong dislike) and irritation (the state of feeling annoyed) are almost synonyms. I think you'd very much like to believe your hypothesis. And you use a lot of rhetoric to try and...

You are wrong. I'm not scared of the ringing in my ears. It's not fear that causes irritation. It's the volume of my tinnitus.

Why do they need to? I'm sure my girlfriend gets period pain every month, but I don't find myself punching my stomach, or giving myself nosebleeds, to prove that I can empathise. What difference would it make? I'm all for raising awareness to help prevent people from getting tinnitus - it...

And people are answering, and you are ignoring them, then the whole cycle starts all over again.

I reckon I could give it a go. I used to suffer from mild tinnitus. I was aware it was there, but since it never bothered me, I never did anything about it. Now I have a more severe form of tinnitus, almost certainly brought about because I didn't heed the warning signs of my much milder...

Hey @jdjd09, instead of asking questions which can't be feasibly answered on here, why don't you go and ask some questions of a therapist? Maybe when you get some of your mental health issues in order, you'll find it much easier to cope with your hearing issues. Just a thought.

Don't think so, but I told my girlfriend we should probably have lots and lots of it... just in case.

Is it, though? As I stated above, I take Mirtazapine before bed and I've never slept better.

I take Mirtazapine to help me sleep. I have, ironically, never slept better in my life.

Right back at ya.

Good point. Just the other day I was thinking David Letterman and his meagre $US400 million net worth would be lucky to even afford a latte at my local Starbucks...

I'm pretty sure the likes of David Letterman, William Shatner and that bloke who was in the Black Eyed Peas already qualify as some of the world's wealthiest citizens.

Yeah, but they suffer it differently. Plenty of people suffer it at a level that doesn't compel them to worry about it.

Condoms work wonders.

Says who?

Vice are running a lot of stories about Tinnitus this month. Here's one from musician Tom Bellamy. http://noisey.vice.com/blog/living-with-tinnitus-an-essay-by-the-lead-singer-of-uk-band-losers

Hey all. Thought some of you might be interested in this article published by The Herald Sun in Australia. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-east/jewellery-designer-jan-logan-designs-earrings-for-tinnitus-research/news-story/8b5e0bcd7a5567fecaacadf3afb2aa5c Below is the website where...

Hard to believe you can say this as an Iceland fan?! It's like... I can almost believe it if you were a fan of a team in the English Premier League. What with your teams being handed their dignity to them on a daily basis, unable to win even the simplest of UEFA Champions League ties. But...

Join the club @2Nine! Your symptoms - and their causes - sound pretty similar to mine. Unfortunately I can't say I have any answers, but at the very least you can know that we're in this together.

I went and saw Iron Chic last Saturday night. Wore earplugs. Didn't make one iota of difference to my tinnitus one way or another.

I would think that me sharing my personal insights was the essence of humanity @Constable85. I understand the frustrations that we all experience... but there's no one universal reaction to these situations.

Just my two cents, but I think there's some fundamental misunderstandings of human psychology going on in this thread. For example, my tinnitus is almost certainly a product of my own lifestyle (ie. stupidity). Why would I - a person with a postgraduate degree - want to broadcast to my friends...

My tinnitus still annoys me every day. I just try and let it annoy me in the background while I'm doing other things!

Hi @Tamika. You're right about it being a beautiful day! I'm in Brisbane and the weather is glorious outside today. Everyone is (obviously) different when it comes to dealing with tinnitus, but as for mine... I kind of just shrug my shoulders and bear it. It sucks - I can hear mine over...

Strange name, although I guess you could argue that tinnitus is a form of an "extreme sound". It's not like Pitchfork aren't aware of what it is, either. http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/215-earplugs-at-concerts/

Could have been worse mate. He could have said "I'm going to f*** your wife!"

The ABC covers the topic of tinnitus quite regularly. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bodysphere/the-ringing-that-has-no-answer/5733350 http://blogs.abc.net.au/sa/2013/09/ive-got-what-tinnitus.html...

I used to work as a journalist for the ABC here in Australia, so I'm well aware of the tenets such outlets supposedly pride themselves on. My point is; The Telegraph doesn't have to do any of the things you've suggested. Indeed, as we can see, they haven't. What they've done is is run an...

I used to live in and work in Japan... a country that has, for better or worse, true universal health care. When I explained to my dentist the reason I was getting my wisdom teeth removed over there was because it would cost me thousands of dollars to do the same thing in Australia, he was...

I've got tickets to see Gorilla Biscuits, Pennywise, Iron Chic and Sick Of It All over the next few weeks... so I certainly hope it's not a crazy idea! I hadn't been to a show for almost 18 months but I went and saw Good Riddance the other day (wearing earplugs, of course) and was staggered by...

And yet a quick Google search reveals that the author appears to be in her 70s and has written for The Telegraph for years. But why? The Telegraph has already achieved its objective by getting you to click on the article in the first place. And as @linearb has already stated, it's an...

But it is a business. The only reason The Telegraph exists is to sell newspapers. And journalists, like any other professionals, need to be paid. It's a lofty ideal to believe anything else, but unfortunately it doesn't quite match the reality.

Indeed. But you read that article on the internet for free, right? You didn't contribute any funds to The Telegraph so that they may produce better journalism? That's not your fault; it's the business model the media propagates.

Conner, I hope you're doing okay with your living circumstances. My tinnitus is pretty loud - I can hear it over everything except the shower - but I wanted to let you know that I sleep fairly well every night courtesy of a daily Mirtazapine tablet. I know an SSRI is not for everyone, but you...

I was thinking of splashing out on a pair of the Phonaks. Maybe I should go down this route instead.

I don't listen to music through headphones like I used to. My record collection is worth thousands of dollars though, so...

Sad but true, Paul!

No, I'm not a shooter at all. Hence my surprise!

Heja Alek. I'm sorry to hear you're feeling so lethargic. Perhaps there are other potential medical issues worth discussing with your doctor? I've been suffering with really noticeable tinnitus for about nine months myself. I do all the same things I used to do... I just do it with loud...

G'day Simon. Haven't come across too many shooters in Australia, although they obviously exist! Unfortunately I can't add too much to your own experiences, though I certainly hope things get better for you. I have tonnes of nasal issues too, so I'll be interested to see whether your surgery...

Indeed, that may well be what it is. It just seemed to me to be strange logic for denying someone a place in the trial. The clinical researcher said they were having trouble finding candidates, because the other condition that was ruling people out was chronic sinusitis and most of the...

Hi all. Just thought I'd share an interesting experience I recently had here in Australia. So a couple of months back I applied for a university study on Eustachian Tube Dysfunction. The study called for applicants with a history of hayfever and "difficulty popping ears" and the treatment was...

I experience a steady stream of constant noise which is substantially louder than the mild tinnitus I used to experience.

You should talk to your doctor about what the difference is. That would be the first step I would take if I was in your shoes.

Xanax is different, as it's a benzodiazepine. I take Valium from time to time when the ringing in my ears is particularly loud, but I don't take it regularly and it's not an SSRI like Mirtazapine.

My GP prescribed me Mirtazapine. An SSRI is obviously not for everyone, but I've never slept better in my life.

I do the same job (I'm a copywriter) that I did before I got tinnitus. I realise that it's a very different situation for a musician, but for me, I don't see why I would change jobs because of a ringing in my ears.

This kind of catastrophic thinking isn't overly helpful. It's been two days. For me, it's been over nine months since I developed a noticeable ringing in my ears. During that time I've done everything the same as I had done before; I've gone to my job, I've travelled overseas and interstate...

A lot of very salient points in this thread. I'd like to thank Dr Ancill for bringing it up. I remember when I went and saw an audiologist after my tinnitus went through the roof, I was sitting on a chair in her office as she was talking about hearing aids, and I simply burst into tears and...

My doctor prescribed me Mirtazapine and now I sleep like a rock. I also drop a .5mg Valium from time to time whenever it's all getting too much. The latter is, of course, addictive... so I simply don't take them too often. Neither have lowered the volume, so to speak, but both have helped in...

Tick, tick, tick, tick. At least we know we're not the only ones! My hearing is actually rubbish (a lifetime of obliterating it listening to punk music through headphones) but I can sure hear that insanely high-pitched dog whistle! Oddly enough, I'm slightly relieved to hear you say that you...