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    Exposure to Burglar Alarm — Advice Please

    Slept for 8 hours last night - finally - with 2 interruptions but managed to get back to sleep both times. Took actifed before bed and had air humidifier on all night. Hoping I can replicate this. T can be quite noisy during the day so need to stay busy.
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    Exposure to Burglar Alarm — Advice Please

    Thanks @jjflyman am going to use masking noise and take a sleeping pill tonight. Am pretty sure I can control this as soon as I get more sleep again. I filled out a THI and have 34 out of 100 which is classified as mild.
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    Exposure to Burglar Alarm — Advice Please

    Thanks. Yes the lack of sleep feeds into the anxiety and then it's a vicious circle. I need to stay in a positive mindset and I know if I can have a good night's sleep I will be able to cope fine after that. Actually I was asking how long before I sleep through the night? Hoping it's days not...
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    Exposure to Burglar Alarm — Advice Please

    Have had 3 nights in a row of circa 4 hours sleep and am now very tired. Does the body's need for sleep become more important in the brain than the tinnitus? How long will this take? Days? Weeks? Any feedback welcome. I just want to sleep all the way through the night as it's not being able to...
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    Exposure to Burglar Alarm — Advice Please

    Ok thank you for this info. I'm just so glad to be able to talk to someone who knows what it's like. I get the feeling that my tinnitus is mild compared to others so am focussing on getting the mind to ignore it. I have a very active brain and am obviously worried about it and I gather from...
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    Exposure to Burglar Alarm — Advice Please

    The burglar alarm was loud enough to be annoying but not loud enough to hurt the ears. It was the opposite side of the road and about 3 doors down. I slept at the back of my house for all but one night and could hardly hear it there. Am thinking it could have been the one night where I slept at...
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    Exposure to Burglar Alarm — Advice Please

    Thanks. Hope so too. Do you think it's something else which triggered it if the ringing doesn't sound like the alarm? I think I may have had a lighter ringing before (maybe due to exposure over the years to concerts etc) but never noticed it but then the alarm exasperated it. My real question is...
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    Exposure to Burglar Alarm — Advice Please

    No, it's a constant quite high pitched ringing. Barely noticeable during the day unless it's quiet or if I think about it.
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    Exposure to Burglar Alarm — Advice Please

    I currently have tinnitus in both ears. It's a constant higher pitched sound and is less noticeable when there is background noise e.g. daytime, work life etc. I've had it for the past few weeks and it's got worse because it's now impacting my sleep. Cause While I have attended concerts over...