Any advice on how to cope with Tinnitus?
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at
12:56 am
I have had Tinnitus for years but just lately it has become very loud & very stressful. I would love any tips on how to cope with it. Thanks.
Thanks to all who have answered so far.
I am not alone then with this cursed thing.
I have had Tinnitus since my early 20s after I burst my ear drum. But this year the Tinnitus has become a lot worse & hard to mask out. I all so have it in my other ear but not as bad. This year it gets higher levels of noise through out the day where as before it was high pitched but at one level.
I forgot to say I am 57 now. Good to fellow suffers.
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Depends on how bad it is, I guess. I have had it for 20 years or more. The doctor told me that mine was due to damage from listening to all that good rock with heavy bass at high volume with headphones. Yeah, baby! Rock on! Hearing aides would take mine away, but I don’t have the $1200 to fork out.
Also, the intensity for me varies from day to day. I will be interested in all the answers you get.
I have had ringing in my ears for years. I just had my adenoids removed last week, and it stopped immediately! See your ENT!
it can be caused by many reasons, it is better to see a doctor instead of asking for tips
and no one can diagnose what you have on the internet, either
their methods may not suit you at all
Same as you, have had it at a low level for years. Is your problem getting to sleep? If so, headphones and white noise/quiet music work, but you will need somebody to remove them when you are asleep.
Horrible, is’t it? Best of luck.
You can take this medication called betahistine – it helps with Meniere’s Disease which causes tinnitus. It’s a prescription drug – get it from your doctor.
Alternatively – gingko bibloba may help in increasing blood flow to the brain and less tinnitus? It doesn’t hurt to try.
My mother had tinnitus for over a year and the chiropractor sorted it out easy, it was a vertebrae irritating a nerve in her neck that was then causing the tinnitus.
Try taking Ginko Biloba for a while. It helps me a lot.
There is much good advice on here. However, if you have problems getting to sleep at night, get yourself a noisy clock (the tick tick type) which will provide a distrction that you’ll soon get used to, that will completely distract your mind from the whistling.
Mine’s from working in live music venues, but its a dull hum that is tolerable. I also have heard of meds or herbals that help.
Hydrate urself. This is how to do it. Add 1/4 tsp sea salt to 1 quart of water. Take 24 ounces upon waking up in the morning, 16 ounces half hr nefore meals, 16 ounces 2 and a half hr after meals and 24 ounces at bedtime. Hydration will rejuvenate ur nerves and correct ur tinnitus.
Avoid coffee, tea, soda, alcoholic beverages and chocolates. They will dehydrate U very much.
Take high dose Vit B complex daily until tinnitus resolves.