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@Redd09 : I am so sorry. I know how awful this is, or at least how awful it was for me. First thing's first: get checked by a doctor. There are medical conditions which can cause this weird, sudden onset. If you have one, you might find that treatment alleviates the noise. There's no need to...

In my view, tinnitus loudness is principally a function of attention. If there's no new, sudden hearing loss, you have probably just started paying more attention to the sound.

I'm sorry for your condition; it is no fun at all. I would emphasise that the prognosis is good; even if the sound never goes away completely, it will very likely get more manageable and quieter, and you will learn not to hear it all the time. And you might be lucky; a lot of people I've spoken...

There are really only two things you'll find in an MRI, which might change the way you're treated. The first is an 'acoustic neuroma'; essentially a benign growth which presses into your auditory nerve. If you have this, they will monitor it, but they likely won't take it out unless you're...

Take drugs to sleep; don't endure the insomnia. Low dose amitryptaline worked wonders for me. Lots of people also get day-time relief from hearing aids, which boost high frequency background noise. These are expensive, but you can usually return them after 30-60 days if they're not helping.

@Nick M With the benefit of hindsight, I feel a little less annoyed about this than I did at the beginning. Tinnitus hasn't been the focus of a huge research effort simply because most people who have the condition don't struggle to lead normal lives. I'm not sure the same is true of...

@Bam I take 25mg in the evening; I was put straight onto it by my doctor, so don't know if 10mg would have done the job. I had been prescribed zopiclone (7.5mg) for a couple of weeks before it, and that also worked fine for me, though it only knocked me out for about 6 hours. I tend to think...

So I thought I'd post an update. Nearly 4 months in, and things are a lot better. I can still hear a hissing whenever I listen for it, but I now go for hours at a time, most days, without listening for it. I don't 'try not to think about it', so much as just trying not to dwell on it. And it...

Old thread I know, but I thought I'd add that I've been on 25mg for about a week and have had both spikes and quiet days so far. Going to give it a few weeks and see. I found 10mg had basically no effect on me.

Any updates on this? I'm taking 25mg for sleep, and it worked great for two days, then hardly at all last night and I have a spike now. Probably going to stick with it at least for 2 weeks, but not sure.

Just saw this old thread as I'm now in a similar position: T for 6 weeks and seriously down. To be fair, it has backed off a lot in the last few weeks, and I'm now only suffering occasional anxiety rather than the constant stuff I had before. But I can't sleep at all without pills, which is a...

Thanks!

Thanks for these: will try them all!

@Jill Ridge 28 days, eh? I'm on day 9, I think, so will have to go back to my GP. The problem is it's not like this T will be gone in another couple of weeks. At a month now myself, and hope it will go at all is fading, but habituation takes months as I understand it, at least. The problem...

I do feel better on sleeping pills. It's only the 'Z' drugs that seem to do the job for me though: I have discovered that my weird super-power is a near total tolerance of benzos. As far as I know I've never tried these even once before, but neither a small nor a large dose (on consecutive...

Hello all, At present, it appears I can only sleep with hardcore sleeping pills. This is not a long term solution, I know. Last night, I tried to replace them with a herbal supplement called 5-HTP. Everyone is raving about it on the net, so I thought I'd try it. What I got was absolutely zero...

@SugarMagnolia , Probably not, unfortunately. And having my own office isn't possible, either.

@Tinniger My T started in the left ear but seems now to be in both. It's about static hissing and ringing - very loud. It has no pulsatile pattern that I can detect, and although it changes a lot during the day I can't seem to change it with movement. I don't know about hyperacusis - things...

@Vertti, I've tried propranolol for anxiety, and while it did work a bit for anxiety it made sleep impossible. I'm on zopiclone now, for the last 5 days, which works but doesn't make me feel great. I tried 5-htp last night as a replacement, but got no sleep at all! It seems to have a...

The problem with sound is that I find I can't get comfortable with sounds that are related to my T. Playing them makes me anxious. I can listen to water but it doesn't mask my T at all. I tried a night off the zopiclone last night and got no sleep at all. Not even a few minutes. I took the...

Dear Vertti, I am still new to tinnitus, but I also have sleep problems. I am a research scientist by profession and I've looked at sleep medication evidence in some detail, because I too was extremely paranoid about sleeping pills. If you Google them you get horror stories, and they...

One day at a time.

Hello all, Three weeks into this rather difficult journey, and I find the biggest problem is sleep. I know - or hope - that this will get easier with time and habituation, but I have an acute problem now. I have a young family and a stimulating job, and I can't do either justice if I can't...

Hmm: I can see it's not going to work. Those Bose things aren't going to cut, I suspect. Headphones are really a must in a shared office - that or nothing at all. I'm going to tough it out until I've seen an ENT, and then maybe tough it out some more while I wait and hope that my tinnitus will...

@kelpiemsp : Yes, I read those threads last week, while lurking. I suppose I'm just looking for a way to have my cake and eat it - not taking the risk, however small, but still getting some relief in the form of distraction. Within reason, I'm prepared to pay a lot of money for a solution. Since...

Dear Glynis, This sounds like exactly what I'm after, but I can't find any concrete products online to buy: can you direct me? Many thanks, Tom

Dear all, I am 3 weeks into this nightmare, but still just about coping. Before my tinnitus started, I regularly used over ear Bluetooth headphones at work - nothing particularly loud, just something to distract me from the noise of an open plan office. I mainly listened to the radio, just talk...

Hello all, I've had this rather distressing condition for nearly 3 weeks now. Mostly left ear, a sort of hissing which occasionally breaks into a high tone. I'm still hoping it goes away of course, but starting to lose that hope. Not really sure what caused it. I have listened to the radio for...