Do You Have Fatigue AND Tinnitus or Just Tinnitus?

[janet353]

Hi, I'm new here. I've had fatigue and tinnitus since 2011. I'm curious is most of you have fatigue also or just the tinnitus noise? I realize that the noise can cause fatigue, but with me I see that I have 2 issues. If I have no fatigue (headaches, tiredness, weakness) and have energy and feel well the noise doesn't bother me as much even if it's loud. But if I have fatigue I feel horrible and the noise is unbearable.

Please share your thoughts on this. It's almost like the chicken or the egg, which came first the tinnitus or the fatigue? I got fatigue first, then tinnitus about two months later and neither of them have gone away in 7 years.

Janet

 

[glynis]

Welome to Tinnitus Talk
@janet353 .
Tinnitus can cause tiredness but also have your blood checked also.
The last 18 months I have been sleepy 24/7 but since I came off a AD med and taking a multi vitamin I'm full life again.
love glynis

 

[Jon Rhynard]

Lately, I've come to realize that quality-of-sleep is more important than length-of-sleep. If the noise is loud, and I sleep for 8+ hours, I apparently didn't get enough REM. I wake up with the loud noise, and I feel tired and horrible, and the loudness continues. Two nights ago I only got 2 hours of sleep. Needless to say, yesterday sucked. Last night, from sleep deprivation, Klonopin and Diphenhydramine, I slept so soundly, that it felt like mere minutes before I had to get up. It was a full 8 hours of sleep, and so far, today, the volume has been a 3 (for me, that is a rare and amazing treat).

This condition is like having a brain that's decided that it needs to go to war...with itself.