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    New Bose SleepBuds: Do They Work with Tinnitus?

    New Bose SleepBuds are shipping in July. https://www.amazon.com/Bose-785593-0010-Noise-Masking-Sleepbuds/dp/B07CMNMLNK/ If they support additional sounds in the future, that would be nice.
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    Giving Up — I Just Can't Live Like This Anymore

    My Tinnitus began in May of 2016 and it's been difficult since then. I take ambien, an antidepressant, and xanax. Right now, at my desk, I'm listening to an iPhone app "Rain Rain" and a mixture of a sound of rain, tstorm, and whistling blizzard. Other times, I'll put on Pandora. I'm an avid...
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    I've Given Up, Tinnitus Has Ruined Everything for Me

    On the masking below the volume of Tinnitus, yes I've been told that. And I'm doing that as I type as I ride home on the subway. Ambien is not something I want to take long term. As I mentioned, I got myself off of it a couple months before my Tinnitus started. I can still remember the first...
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    I've Given Up, Tinnitus Has Ruined Everything for Me

    I'm still new to Tinnitus--constant since May of 2016. Masking and background noise helps a lot. Avoid completely quiet environments!! I've kept my life going, and I'm doing well, but I am not as happy as before T. It's going to take time. I put a lot of focus on exercising since T so I'm in...
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    I Can't Take It Any Longer. Almost a Year of This, I See No Point to Living Anymore.

    I had tinnitus before, but didn't realize it. It was only evident when I put in ear plugs. For whatever reason, it never occurred to me that the noise I heard was anything abnormal. Since May of this year, tinnitus crossed the threshold of being audible all the time, big time, and affects me...
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    What Sleeping Pills Do You Take?

    I have an app on my iPhone called "Sleep Sounds HQ" which has a variety of sounds. The one I like best is Cologne Thunderstorm. I have a fan next to my bed and I play this as well. The only problem is getting the sound to my other ear laying on my pillow, so I contort my pillow to allow both...
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    What Sleeping Pills Do You Take?

    I have Xanax to help me relax and deal with the stress. I take it spaced out evenly over the whole day. I'm in a car right now with the AC blowing and my high pitched tinnitus is louder than all of it. I try to ignore it, tune it out, but it's hard. Other "substances" are not an option as I...
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    Ear Infection Tinnitus

    I had an ear infection in late April of this year. Since then I've had 12KHz Tinnitus which spikes when I yawn, open my mouth wide, or press on the sides of my head. It's audible above normal room level noise. I've seen many doctors and even the University of Maryland Tinnitus program. I may...
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    If I Could Take a Pill

    My T started in April (turned 45 in May) after a very stressful period during which so many potential casuses could have led to this condition. The leading candidates being a virus, sinus infection and fever, and antibiotic. I had anxiety, still feel it, but I have a couple things I'm doing...
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    Hello...

    The engineer part of me wants to identify and resolve the root cause. Part of me wants to make this something I can live with. Part of me wants to forget it exists. Right now, the Xanax and some good movies are getting that last bit done. I'll share what I learn. It's a shame that this is...
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    Hello...

    I started experiencing Tinnitus in April of 2016, which, at the time, was something I never knew could happen to a person. In January I had smacked my head in a fall on the DC subway and suffered a mild concussion. I went to a neurologist the next month because I experienced concentration and...