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Sleeping with sleep headband playing rain sounds when my tinnitus started. In my case, I kept developing new tones and felt it was because my ears were receiving constant flow of sound at night. I stopped this after 3 months and slowly the tones reduced to two or three. This was advised to me to...

Hi @FlatDarkEarth. I'm sorry to hear your tinnitus got louder. In my case the loud reactive tinnitus settled after a couple of months. I still live with it but it's just a low buzz and no reactivity/hyperacusis anymore, thank goodness. In my case the appearance of tinnitus made me very...

@Hotspur2931, it sounds like we went through a similar experience! @IntotheBlue03, when I reached my lowest point, I went to a psychiatrist who put me on Sertraline, Pregabalin and Klonopin (all small doses). I know that there are a lot of horror stories about taking benzos but in my case it...

@IntotheBlue03, it is not anymore. It became reactive along with hyperacusis 3 months after first onset. I believe it happened as I was experiencing high anxiety and sleep deprivation in those first 3 months. I ended up going on meds when things were bad and I was forcing myself to listen to...

Thanks so much Lizzy! I have 2 kids so going to bed was my best part of the day, all snuggled reading... etc. Tinnitus made it rather unpleasant. I also try to find positives during a day after a sleepless night and carry on as normal. I take a small dose of anti-anxiety meds before sleeping but...

Thanks so much for this Lizzy. I'm 1 year 4 months in and life is so much better. During the day even if I hear it (I don't most of the time) I don't care but I still have a few nights per month when I can't sleep, because after a day of not hearing it, suddenly it is there and I can go for a...

Thanks for getting back to me. I'm back to my old level of mild/moderate loudness, habituating gradually ;)

@SashaC, I experienced something similar. I had mild tinnitus for three months (audible in quiet room and no reactiveness) until a loud drilling went on for a couple of weeks next door. It was non stop. As I was working from home it was impossible to go somewhere else. My tinnitus went crazy...

@sophielynch, not sure how you re doing these days but just to say that I've gone through a phase of reactivity to the point that I was scared to get out of the house. Everything sounded so loud and different. I was avoiding my own fridge! I still have a tiny bit of it but it doesn't bother me...

Not much, trying to limit it to only at night. At the beginning I was also taking it during the day. It's helped a lot. I don't hear it often during the day. Before it was unbearable. I think its working because mine is driven by anxiety and the meds calm the nerves down. I had MRI yesterday...

Yes every case is different but it is good to try different options. For example I can completely shut my tinnitus down by putting ear plugs in. Something that doctors told me not to do because my tinnitus would sound louder this way and I bet that's the case for majority of tinnitus sufferers...

I'm having a similar experience with Clonazepam. Within 3 weeks of taking it my tinnitus went down a lot. Mine started due to stress/anxiety and it was just getting worse until I was recommended a psychiatrist who put me on Clonazepam. I try to keep the dose to minimum. She told me to continue...

I'm in Mexico right now but have lived in the UK for many years. Am going back in 3 weeks. It should be less than £1000. I've looked it up for London and it was around £700. Here I'll pay less than that so want to do it before I go back. Good luck with yours.

None of the doctors think I need an MRI. They say my tinnitus is from stress/anxiety. So I'm doing it from my own pocket to see if my brain is actually ok.

Hehe you made me laugh. These are all positive signs. Worrying about a yoghurt is much better than focusing on horrible noises. I hope the MRI comes clean. I've got mine next Tuesday. Decided to do it to hopefully feel more relaxed. Hope you got that yoghurt ;)

@Vicki3116, I'm not a big fan of medications but I agreed to take a low dose of Klonopin when things got bad for me. I swear that after 2 weeks of taking it my tinnitus reduced by like 50%. And what's most important is the reactivity has gone down and the outside world doesn't sound so loud...

It won't be the same... your brain will adapt. It takes time. In my 20s I had a chronic headache, it went away after 2 years and got to a mild headache stage after like 6 months. In my early 30s I had some sort of face pain, it got better after a year to just a mild thing. This was all due...

Thanks Vicki. My family are fed up with me. I need to pull myself together. I'm spoiling their time here. I've got 4 year old twins and my mum and husband are here with me. I'm grieving my old life and how great it was even though I used to complain. I need to be hopeful that this will settle...

Vicki, how do you sleep? I've had mild tinnitus for 3 months and it then turned into something torturous that is coming from my brain. I think I caused it to myself by feeling anxious about my mild tinnitus. It's been quite bad for 3 weeks now and I'm not quite sure how to reverse it as I...

I have this too. It reacts to other sounds. It started over 3 weeks ago and it comes from my head and it can be quite loud but I can mask it completely with ear plugs. I hope it will pass!

Interesting you mentioned Prednisone. I have just come back from an ENT who prescribed me exactly this medicine. Fingers crossed it helps to bring the volume down a bit.

Thank you for your positive story and well done! When did you start noticing improvements? I'm 3.5 months in and whilst my tinnitus was mild/moderate for the first 3 months, 10 days ago I developed an awful reactive tone that I can barely mask :( I thought I was improving and now got this...

Thank you for sharing the positive story. Did you experience worsening of your symptoms in the first 4 months at any point? My tinnitus was mild/moderate for the first 3 months, but in the last 10 days I've had a new tone that is simply crushing me. I had been starting to do well before it...

Thank you. It feels like I've become sensitive to sounds. And Pregabalin really helps me sleep so hopefully it didn't cause the new symptoms. And it is a low dose anyway. Thanks again.

Thanks for your reply Billie. I don't have hearing loss. I think what I'm experiencing is a form of mild hyperacusis. I have an ENT appointment tomorrow so will ask about it. Although they will likely say nothing new. Hehehe.

Hi Glynis. A day or two after the new tone started, I started taking a low dose of Pregabalin to calm down. It's only 25mg and it's been helping me with panic attacks. So not sure if this is linked in any way. What do you think? Before that I took Clindamycin for two days for an infection...

Hi Kriszti, yes, I can make it less noticeable when putting earplugs in or music on. It's really weird as my old tinnitus was heard most with earplugs in...

Yes I think that the new tone is reactive. I can't stand being around a fridge or microwave. It's definitely better when I'm in a quieter setting.

Hi everyone, I really need some help. I've had tinnitus for over 3 months. It started very mild. But I kept getting new tones. It's been mild/moderate and totally maskable. Over a week ago most of the tones disappeared and some went down in volume. However, they were replaced with an awful...

Thanks! I take an antidepressant, which helps in some ways. I definitely read too much on tinnitus so maybe I will try to do that less. The Success Stories of course are very helpful.

Hi and well done to reach this stage in such short time. My tinnitus also started in October, today marks 3 months with actually. I'm still not great to be honest. Mine is on mild/moderate side, can hear it in quiet rooms but I can't get over it and it freaks me out when I hear it. I got it from...

I so much needed to hear this today Emma. 6 weeks into a stress induced new tinnitus. Sleepless nights, shock and fear. Doing craniosacral therapy with a therapist and following Julian's videos is helping me to cope. Do you sleep ok now? And did your tinnitus fade gradually to the level it...

Hi Ultraviolet87, I'm sorry you re feeling this way. I'm only 5 weeks into tinnitus which have been quite dark for me too especially as I'm in UK and we re in the lockdown. It's doom and gloom. However, have you considered taking any medications for your depression or seeing a psychologist...

Fantastic news and enjoy the silence! Thanks for sharing. I've had mine for 4 weeks now. Not much change yet but I'm keeping positive and your story helps. Mags

Hoping to be able to sleep