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    Do Daytime Naps Make Your Tinnitus Louder Too?

    Been looking at this thread, I never catnap, already had tinnitus 9 years, spikes a lot, but after a catnap it's vicious, even barely falling asleep, if I sleep for example 6 hours wake with the usual racket, two hours the same, not sure what period of time a catnap stretches to, to cause the...
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    Just Saying Hello for the First Time

    Hi, good of you too reply, unfortunately I have arthritis in many places including my neck, the worse that gets the worse the tinnitus gets, every day is pain with a raging blizzard in my head, but it's what you get used to, I can still get out and about, I can distract temporarily, what I miss...
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    Just Saying Hello for the First Time

    Hi, I'm a tinnitus experiencer of some 9 years, for me it's been one long battle of wits with this thing, however in the last 18 months approx it has just gone into hyper sound, just joining this forum is good, initially for the company, I am used to repeated spikes, hours of relentless noise, I...
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    What Is Tinnitus Habituation Really?

    Hi Caralyn, Please understand i'm not in mourning for my body, its basically a situation report, theres far worse out there than me, but when i put the screaming loud tinnitus into perspective with everything else, it comes someway down the list, so i actually notice it less, my sort of...
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    What Is Tinnitus Habituation Really?

    Hi, I suppose it was about three years ago that i felt the tinnitus was settling, i had an acceptance, i was coping, life was ok, but then my health started failing, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, bi-lateral head pains, stomache ulcers, hiatus hernia, peripheral nuropathy apparently stemming from...
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    Sound Generators/Pillows, Do You Use?

    Hi, I prefer near silence, just me and the tinnitus, maybe a radio programme of some interest in the background as i drift off, and i never retire unless i'm ready to sleep. I do use a white noise generator during the daytime, occasionally, but at night i don't like to mask this thing, i...
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    Why Me

    Hi, i to am new to this forum, been with loud intrusive tinnitus for nearly 4 years now, feel most of the time like its not real, or maybe like its been this way all along. My tinnitus i can desribe as sounding like the sound of silence turned up to near full blast. I don't consider...