Anyone Here Sleep with a Box Fan Year Around?

[Raiz3R]

I've been sleeping with one for over 20 yrs. And can't sleep without it. It also works great for the mighty T.

 

[Markku]

My fan is on 24/7.

 

[Genevieve]

@Markku, why sleep with a real fan when you can have the same sound through your mp3? Just asking!

 

[linearb]

I slept with one for the first 25+ years of my life. I stopped using it a couple years ago, and now vastly prefer sleeping in an otherwise silent room. Sometimes I use it if my wife is snoring, but mostly I use earplugs.

 

[Raiz3R]

@Markku, why sleep with a real fan when you can have the same sound through your mp3? Just asking!

I tried it . It doesnt work as good since Im a side sleeper. And a restless one at that. My luck I'd end up choking myself with the headphone cord some how.

 

[Pumpkinate]

I've been using a fan next to the bed and a speaker (beach noise) under the pillow. That way I've got both ears entertained no matter which side I sleep on

 

[Poyraz]

Well. I sleep with a white noise machine app in my phone and I stopped sharing same bed with my partner not to bother him. How do you guys manage it? I can't think myself living like that for the rest of my life. When will death come to me...

 

[Cillian]

@Poyraz how bad is your T?

 

[Sailboardman]

The day I got T, I went out an bought a Hometics 6 channel, nature sound machine, with battery backup. $20 USD. I set it on my bed and use the "Summer night" setting. I never turn it off. I couldn't sleep in a silent room. I'd go bonkers in 5 seconds.

A fan wouldn't come close to masking my T. Unless it was a turbofan engine from an aircraft!

 

[Alue]

Sadly fan noises do nothing for my ultra high pitched T. White noises running through speakers don't seem to do much either. The shower still masks it.

 

[TinThom]

Same. Been sleeping with the fan for about twenty years. I tried to stop but couldn't. I quit drinking but couldn't do that.

 

[Michael B]

I also use a fan but have been doing so long before T. I've gotten so used to it, it's difficult to sleep without it! As far as T is concerned, as mentioned by another, the fan does little to nothing to mask my high pitched T. That's why I also use a sound machine. Crickets seem to do the trick.

 

[Poyraz]

@Poyraz how bad is your T?

It used to be mild but I think it is severe right now. It is more like in my brain..

 

[Alue]

I also use a fan but have been doing so long before T. I've gotten so used to it, it's difficult to sleep without it! As far as T is concerned, as mentioned by another, the fan does little to nothing to mask my high pitched T. That's why I also use a sound machine. Crickets seem to do the trick.

I used to sleep with earplugs in complete silence! Now every day and every night is a struggle.

 

[Pumpkinate]

I got admit that with my fan plus under-pillow speaker it's still a struggle to sleep. I just ordered one of these bluetooth headband speakers:

http://www.sleepsolutions.com.au/breeze-sleepphones-headband-sleep-headphones-with-bluetooth

 

[daniel1111]

I used to sleep with a fan for most of my life, after a while you get used to it and it makes it very difficult to sleep without one. I only stopped when I moved country and didn't buy a new one, I've got used to that and it's much better than needing one!

When my T was bad, it could even creep above a loud fan sound and that made it even more annoying. I had to try sleeping right next to the fan to drown it out as well as masking it, on a few days that still wasn't enough.

 

[anusha]

I love box fan. I have tinnitus since six months and have it on all the time in my bedroom. I hear my tinnitus on top of fan my yet gives me something to focus on other than tinnitus.

 

[lena_]

am I the only one who found out that sleeping with a fan is even a thing since I got tinnitus and read about it on forums/...?

i really didn't know people do sleep/study/...with these white noises, either real or from youtube etc...
since i have tinnitus i checked them out on youtube and some are pleasant but somehow not my thing, i open a window or use radio for sound enrichment, but i don't do it that often.

i sleep as i always did - more or less in silence and am asleep within 10 min (in summer with windows open because it is so warm). i needed a month, maybe a bit longer to get used to it but i know i am lucky that my tinnitus is getting milder from the onset.

 

[Luman]

I use a sound machine, which runs on A/C or USB, called 'LectroFan, which replicates the sounds of 10 different types of fans, including a box fan. It also has 10 different low-high pitched white noise sounds.