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I did try mag. No help. But thanks anyway.

No, not really.

Thanks for the info, @21cbrain. I'm glad that nortriptyline worked for your migraines. It ended up not being the answer for my headaches, unfortunately, and it aggravated the tinnitus. So, I'm still looking for something that will help the daily headaches without hurting the tinnitus.

Whoops. Sorry, meant to quote @Danielle85 and respond: Great that you got some benefit from acupuncture. I've gotten some benefit with low back pain (I tested on and off with treatment and it seemed pretty clear to me that acupuncture was working, but it obviously wasn't a scientific study)...

Yes, @Kaelon, there's a lot of interconnections, especially from the shoulders up. The myofacial pain specialist I saw gave me some exercises to do after the first appointment. They gave me a somewhat greater range of jaw motion, but they pretty clearly made the headaches worse. I didn't...

@Kaelon I had been holding out some hope that my tinnitus was rooted in TMJ, but at this point it doesn't look like it. Just got back earlier today from another appointment at a teaching hospital with a specialist in myofacial pain and TMJ. At this point, her opinion is that the facial/jaw...

Wow, you're lucky. I'd kill for good sleep.

I found Dr. Nagler's post useful when thinking about researching TRT options in my area: "One of the problems with TRT is that the name is not trademarked - so with many clinicians claiming to offer TRT, what you see is not necessarily what you get. And to my way of thinking, that represents an...

Thanks @Martin69. I've certainly been having a tough time finding the right sounds for sleep, that's for sure. I'm OK with pink noise or even white during the day. I'll check around for something like cricket sounds and give it a try. Sound therapy was so much simpler before my (permanent)...

In addition to my post above, take a look at post #18 (with attachment) from Doctor Nagler in response to a TRT question I asked in this thread: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/who-here-has-habituated-to-high-frequency-tonal-tinnitus.9200/#post-108322. I think you'll see there that TRT...

Mine used to be just steady tones - different tones in each ear, but both were generally steady. Since it spiked about 4 months ago, mine shift/move around and that's makes it infinitely more difficult for me to ignore. Plus there's what sounds like a chainsaw running on one side and that goes...

I used to have two somewhat different high-pitched tones when T started about 9 years ago. Things like bedside maskers and driving a car would mask them enough to get relief. Now, after a 4 month old spike with added sounds and volume, something like riding in a car not only does not pleasingly...

Here's a short overview about allergies and tinnitus I found on the ATA website: http://www.ata.org/Allergies-and-tinnitus-an-overview

Understood. Many thanks.

Oh boy! I thought I'd try to do something useful while investigating TRT but I guess it was the wrong thing! Guess I'll turn it up! [ If she's not a TRT fan, then she'd only be good for the hearing aid aspect and/or perhaps tinnitus counseling? What is her real specialty relative to...

Thanks, Doc. When the tinnitus started in '06, I would trying masking for immediate relief, but it doesn't look like that's much of an option now. I tried with headphones and my smartphone before beginning with the hearing aids and I had to turn it up so far that it seemed like an unreasonable...

Dr. Nagler, can you explain in layman's terms how loud the pink or white noise should be set on these aids for purposes of helping those with tinnitus? Thanks.

Investigating TRT, per our previous exchanges. Testing out Phonak Audeo hearing aids with pink noise (and then perhaps Widex with Zen). It has only been a few weeks and so I'm not jumping to any conclusion yet, but I'm guessing this might not turn out well. On the one hand, I need the...

2/14/06, a date which will live in infamy.

I never heard it phrased quite that way, but it certainly makes sense. Prior to things going to hell in a handbasket for me around 4 months ago, I had been "living with" my tinnitus pretty well for several years. During that time, I had plenty of 1, 2, 3 and 4 (on a scale of 10 ... 10 being...

Is that the so-called super bio-curcumin? (I have a very good friend with knee problems who swears this stuff helped him as an anti-inflammatory.)

Hi Dr. Nagler: Just wanted to say thanks for answering my two headache/tinnitus-related Doctor's Corner questions recently. DC threads do not allow authors to reply to your answers (don't know why, precisely) and there's no way to PM you and so I used this mechanism to say "thanks." (What can...

Hi Shay. I stopped using OTC meds for the headaches in the first month or so of my 4 month stretch of having headaches everyday b/c they didn't help at all. I just don't bother any more, even with acetaminophen, which I hear more and more problems about all the time it seems like. (Plus, it's...

Trying to think positive, but its hard sometimes ... like now! Yeah, the New Daily Persistent Headaches are quite similar to bad migraines in many ways and many of the meds prescribed for migraines are the same for NDPH. But part of the problem for me at this point is that all of the drugs...

It's probably unfair to generalize about whether you "should ... expect anything more from an ENT," but I'll do my best.;) From personal experience and after doing reams and reams of reading since starting in with tinnitus in 2006, it wouldn't surprise me to find out that at least a small...

I know some portion of those diagnosed with ADHD have the itching problem you describe, but have you gone to see a dermatologist just to see if your itching problem might be rooted in a skin problem like eczema? I remembered reading something about eczema and ADHD in kids and so I backtracked...

Here's a free T analyzer to help you get an idea of frequency: http://www.tinnitool.com/en/tinnitus_analyse/hoertest.php Good luck.

Sleep has really been a bear for me over the past 4 months or so between the ramped-up tinnitus, headaches and jaw/neck pain. I've followed all of the usual protocols for getting good sleep (get up the same time every morning; don't use the bedroom for anything other than nighttime sleep; no...

I'm a relative newbie here and you can easily find out what's been going on with me with a quickie search and so won't go into the whole deal. The Readers Digest version is that I've had T since February 2006. I habituated over the course of a few years (yeah, years), and up until last...

Please keep these sorts of threads coming, my friends! Unfortunately, I'm not now at the point where such threads can really do me much good; too stuck in trying to figure out how best to move forward after my latest setback 4 months ago (after having dealt successfully with T since '06). But...

No worries. Good luck. (Ask for moxibustion ... smells like pot but isn't ... might ease the needle pain for you haha.)

Wow ... he must not want to practice anymore. In the States, that would turn into a lawsuit!

It's way less invasive than a blood test needle, Danny Boy. The acu needles are just barely inserted compared to that. You can always try it once to see for yourself; if it's too much for you then cross it off your list.

I meant to add (before mistakenly posting my previous input) that even once you habituate to tinnitus, that's no guaranty that your tinnitus might not later change, get louder, add new noises and so on. That has happened to many folks here and it's happening to me now after first onset back in...

I don't think there's an absolute one-size-fits-all when it comes to tinnitus or habituation, but I think that with the right mindset (and perhaps with the many approaches that you can read about on this forum) tinnitus - as you say - can get less obtrusive/annoying over time. It's called...

Depends on the practitioner, the type of needles and the place where the needles are placed. In my experience, Japanese-style needles are much finer, almost hair-like. The Chinese-style needles I've been poked with are much larger. Not surprisingly, all else equal the Japanese-style needles...

My guess would be no. I've been treated with acupuncture on and off for the past 10+ years for low back pain, and for that it has been a useful way to get some relief without taking meds. (It's my understanding that acupuncture also has been shown to have some level of efficacy for myofascial...

I got a headache back in December ... and it never went away. It changes in intensity - it's been as low as a 3 out of 10 and as bad as a 8/10, but it's been there ever since. At about the same time, my tinnitus took a horrific turn for the worse and spiked with more volume, more sounds and...

I thought about hypnosis when I first read Kevin Hogan's book after I got tinnitus back in 2006 b/c he was/is a big proponent, but I never went through with it. He started selling his own CDs for self-hypnosis work and I -like many others - started to think he was in it only for the money and...

Good question. Let's put it this way, to say that it cannot be a disability (in the everyday sense of the word) is to be completely ignorant of the manner in which it impacts some people - like folks who spend a significant amount of time here.

I hear you and sympathize. Hope tomorrow's a better day for u!

Yes, for certain, there are people from all walks of life, jobs, countries, economic backgrounds, etc, who have tinnitus. Some of them, like the music industry folks in your link are doing well. Some after a hard "introductory period," and others who never really had a problem with the...

When my T started in 2006, it came all at once. Lately, though, it has increased significantly ... new tones/sounds, increased volume of old tones/sounds, and new sound movements (the latter of which are the worst for me). Hopefully, this won't be the case for u. I hate to say it, but when I...

Hi Dr. Nagler: I wrote to you back on 3/29/15 (https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/doctor-prescribes-headache-medicine-that-may-impact-tinnitus.8901/) with a few questions. Since you have not replied, I'm guessing that my post (1) must have been too personal to my circumstances in...

As Kaelon notes, it depends on how you are using the maskers. If used appropriately, they should help. Take a peek at this article from the ATA (written by Dr. Nagler, one of the leading lights on our little site here)...

I can only restate what the website says: "About this FactMed analysis covering adverse side effect reports of malarone patients who developed TINNITUS. FactMed provides MD-approved analysis to help both patients, researchers, and physicians accurately assess the risk profile for more than...

I know, believe me. It's just the unlikely few for each one. I tend not to be so lucky, though, which makes taking a new medication a difficult proposition. I understand that the more (per dose and number of doses) you take the better your chances are for having a bad T-related end result...

Hi geg1992. I hope you get by without any side effects from the Malarone. I don't have any experience with that one.

I've used a lot of acetaminophen in my time and I don't doubt in the least that it's responsible for at least some of my hearing loss and thus secondarily for at least some of my T. Today, I'd skip it for that reason alone, but add in the fact that it didn't touch the headaches a bit when I...

I hear you, Geo. That's why I'm hoping the more experienced folks on this forum will let us know the best resource(s) - whether books or online or wherever - for determining which meds to stay away from. Part of me says, "Just stay away from the biggies that everybody knows are ototoxic,"...

Hey linearb: Yes, I agree that the list of biggies is usually reported as relatively short, something akin to this list here: http://www.tinnitus.org.uk/drugs-food-and-drink. The reason for my original post, though, is rooted in the fact that I have some other issues going on now that just...

In an effort to be forewarned and forearmed when I hit the OTC aisles or when the good doctors whip out their prescription pads, I've been checking out resources listing drugs that cause or aggravate tinnitus. I know that the list of biggies seems to be pretty short, but then sources like...

Trying to grin and bear it

It's just one of those problems that's really hard to describe adequately in words, that's for sure. I wouldn't wish permanent T on my worst enemy, but it wouldn't hurt for us to be able to tap someone on the shoulder (a doctor, family member, friend or what have you) and give them a duplicate...

Yeah, right!? That prescription pad would be getting a real workout!

I wish I could pinpoint the problem for you (or me!), but alas ... no. While I've had tinnitus since '06, the jaw pain has only kicked in over the past 3 or so months when at the same time the tinnitus has blown me right off the charts. I started to see a specialist just recently and he has...

Hi Barri: I don't really have any sort of precise answer for your questions (especially with regard to MS, but I do know how it feels to be alone with something like tinnitus and so I'll do my best to say something, at least.) I've never been on Xanax and so I can't help you there, except to...

I beat it once; praying I can beat it again.

Well, I can't say I'm surprised, but I totaled 26. As a tinnitus target since 2006, the worst part for me is the recent change of events. If I had answered this poll back around Thanksgiving 2014 - before the sh*t hit the fan in a big way - I probably would have answered at a total of 8...