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I am surprised by the low response to your post. My tinnitus usually calms down at night as well. If it is very quiet during the day, the tinnitus tends to remain moderate. However, in an environment with constant noise, even something as normal as driving a car, it often becomes unbearable by...

May I ask you a few questions? Is your tinnitus caused by noise? Is your tinnitus bilateral (in both ears)? Can you influence your tinnitus somatically? If so, in what way?

In my opinion, Mirtazapine is a good sleep aid even at very low doses (3.75 mg). However, it has one common side effect: weight gain. In my opinion, it is therefore unsuitable for people with a BMI of over 28.

9 : 36 (2017) Maybe there are new voters five years later.

Only 6 votes?

I have unilateral tinnitus on the left, which can be strongly affected by moving structures of the face (somatic tinnitus). A lateral shift of the lower jaw to the right with the hand strongly intensifies the tinnitus. A lateral shift of the lower jaw to the left also produces a - clearly...

Sorry, I did not read the big red font and immediately voted for the left ear. But am only affected on one side.

I doubt that earplugs are useful at all in normal ambient noise, such as driving a car.

Bump.

Daily intensity fluctuations, from 1/9 to 9/10. There must be reasons for this. I have been watching my (unilateral) tinnitus for years now - I am severely limited by it and have taken early retirement. Often the night and sleep make the difference. From bad to good, - but also from good to...

A high number of tinnitus sufferers report significant fluctuations in tinnitus intensity, often with daily changes. This too would actually be an argument against the fact that hair cell damage is a common cause of tinnitus. Because the hair cell damage does not fluctuate daily.

Benzodiazepines enhance the effect of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA).

A few months after my tinnitus started I was in a highly renowned tinnitus clinic in Germany. All the experts there did not know that somatic tinnitus existed, and all my explanations were smiled at and not taken seriously. I am sure that my tinnitus is only a subset of the sound I can produce...

Noise-induced. What noise? Can you influence your tinnitus somatically?

My "problem" seems to be very rare.

ENTs have no knowledge of tinnitus. They are the completely wrong contact persons.

My tinnitus is exactly the same hissing sound that I can also produce by shifting my jaw sideways.

I have unilateral tinnitus (left ear) with variable intensity. When the lower jaw is shifted (by hand) sideways to the right, the tinnitus becomes significantly louder. I do not have tinnitus in my right ear. However, when I move my lower jaw with my hand to the left, I have a similar beeping...

Do you have large intensity-variations from day to day?

Do you have tinnitus in both ears?

I have the impression that the daily tinnitus intensity fluctuations have a somatic background. I suspect that the fluctuations have to do with the position in which the jaw or neck was in the deep sleep phase. But it could also be an imagination.:dunno:

So the tinnitus is unilateral and it's not pulsating, okay? I ask this because chiropractic maneuvres can sometimes cause a vascular dissection, which generates pulsatile flow noise. One difficulty with the term somatosensory tinnitus begins with its definition: Is the somatosensory system...

My tinnitus is very, very somatic, too. I tried to start a thread here: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/somatic-tinnitus-lets-talk-about-the-symptoms.29626/

This survey showed that the vast majority of tinnitus sufferers with daily intensity fluctuations found no cause or correlation for the changing intensity. Perhaps someone here would like to discuss the causes of spikes further...

I have modern Phonaks, too. But I have only white noise built in. And the possibility of Bluetooth... What can I do?

Maybe some new member could make a vote...

A review of somatosensory tinnitus: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5408030/pdf/fnins-11-00207.pdf

Publications say: 60-80% of all tinnitus sufferers are able to modulate the intensity of their complaints by "somatic influence". By shifting the jaw sideways, clenching the teeth together, pressing trigger points on the head, etc. etc. How was it with you?

Blood type distribution in the world population A+ 31,2% A- 2,8% B+ 15,4% B- 0,8% AB+ 4,7% AB- 0.3% 0+ 41,8% 0- 3,0% Probably blood group B is much rarer (9%) in the western world, where most members of Tinnitus Talk come from.

Now 51:23 for considerable fluctuations! Most tinnitus sufferer know "good days" and "bad days". I wonder why this phenomenon is not studied in more detail by science. If one only had the "good days" left, the tinnitus problem would be largely solved.

At first I enthusiastically agreed, I am a supporter of the idea of tinnitus subtyping. But..., - let's take somatosensory tinnitus. Publications say that 60-80% of all tinnitus patients can modulate their tinnitus somatically, even if it is clearly caused by noise damage. Has it been proven at...

Sorry if I didn't notice. Has anyone already had an appointment in Hannover, Germany?

A short one (e.g. explosion, gunshot) or a longer lasting one (e.g. music, concert)?

It is actually an absolute catastrophe for a "tinnitus expert" not to know which people are affected by "somatic" tinnitus. I belong to the group of "tinnitus sufferers" in whom any pressure on structures of the left half of the head supplied with N. trigeminalis generates a much louder...

Which vessel was embolized and why? It is extremely unlikely that someone has an acoustic neuroma in addition to an intracranial vascular disease. That would be like having lice after treating fleas. If an MRI was performed before the vascular treatment, an acoustic neuroma should be hard to...

It reminds me of these threads where a hot bath is helpful: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/hot-bath.17821/ https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/hot-bath-—-tinnitus-reduction.16831/

One can often read from tinnitus sufferers that every form of "noise pollution" increases their complaints. Even driving in a car would only be bearable for a few minutes, because otherwise a "spike" would have to be expected. Can everyday noise harm a tinnitus sufferer? Should tinnitus...

What do you think about the fact that many tinnitus clinics sell hearing aids to almost every patient if there is even the slightest sign of (age-appropriate?) hearing loss?

I'd like to revive this thread. Perhaps other affected persons may describe their symptoms in more detail. I only have tinnitus on my left side. I can make a noise in my left ear much louder than the continuous tinnitus by various methods (pressure on the scalp, on the root of the nose, on the...

I only have tinnitus on my left side. I can make a noise in my left ear much louder than the continuous tinnitus by various methods (pressure on the scalp, on the root of the nose, on the cheek, by moving the jaw, by negative pressure in the mouth...). My persistent tinnitus seems to be only a...

Since I suspect a somatosensory explanation for my tinnitus flcutuations, I also think about the head and cervical spine position during the night. And one possible explanation for the beginning of a bad day was the nocturnal cervical spine posture.

Many tinnitus sufferers report considerable daily fluctuations in their tinnitus intensity. Me, too. What explanation do you have for this?

The answer is missing: My "spikes" are most likely not caused by noise.

Do you use a noiser?

I have the certain impression that the daily tinnitus intensity fluctuations (at least with me) have a somatic origin.

I consider an inflamed upper wisdom tooth to be a much more obvious cause of tinnitus than GERD or vitamin B12 or folic acid deficiency due to its proximity to anatomical structures of the hearing system.

1. Does it make sense to distinguish between noise-induced tinnitus and non-noise-induced tinnitus? 2. Does it make sense to distinguish between unilateral and bilateral tinnitus? 3. What do you think about the somatosensory approach of explaining tinnitus? 4. Does tinnitus usually have a...

It is actually outrageous that scientific literature does not write anything about "good and bad" days. The majority of tinnitus sufferers know the phenomenon. Even waking up in the morning with the impression that the tinnitus is gone. And one then lies there quite happily in bed and listens...

I am convinced that (besides pulsatile tinnitus) there are at least two types of tinnitus that have nothing to do with each other. And one of them has nothing at all to do with hearing loss or hidden hearing loss, but possibly with the anatomical irritation of nerves perceived as noise. As long...

At the moment a former female porn star (Dolly Buster) is making tinnitus headlines in Germany... https://www.n-tv.de/mediathek/bilde...ly-Busters-50-Geburtstag-article21336654.html IMHO this finally is welcome for the public perception of tinnitus...

At the moment a former female porn star (Dolly Buster) is making tinnitus headlines in Germany... https://www.n-tv.de/mediathek/bilderserien/unterhaltung/Tinnitus-ruiniert-Dolly-Busters-50-Geburtstag-article21336654.html IMHO this finally is welcome for the public perception of tinnitus...

This statement does not explain why the tinnitus intensity varies between 1 and 9 in a large number of patients.

You're asking questions that imho no human can answer. It is even unclear whether tinnitus, which is not caused by noise, can worsen at all by noise.

Yes, if you believe in its effectiveness. ;)

In my opinion it does not make sense to talk about salt intake without knowing the sodium blood level. The same applies to potassium and magnesium. :)

Today 8/10 tinnitus-horror all the time, - hot bath 40 minutes, slept 5 minutes, tinnitus now 2/10 !! This can no longer be a coincidence, as I have experienced it several times (but there were exceptions). It should be examined scientifically.

Another symptom: Pressing on my nasal root with my index finger and thumb produces a loud "beep" in the tinnitus ear (left).

I'd be skeptical. In my experience, the search for causality for the ups and downs of tinnitus intensity fluctuations is usually misleading. Since your original tinnitus was not caused by noise, noise is not a plausible cause of deterioration.

Here again the whole misery of the tinnitus discussion shows up. A thread maker writes that he has tinnitus, - and immediately therapies are proposed. We know nothing except that the cause of his tinnitus should be unknown. We don't know whether it's one-sided, double-sided, or in the middle...

The current "doctrine" is that although Aspirin is clearly ototoxic in principle, small doses such as 100m/day should not be a problem. Moreover, it is of course unclear whether there is a clear connection between ototoxicity and tinnitus... It is also unclear whether a tinnitus acquired...