It's a nasty thing to have and very underated as a serious and debilitating condition. I'm afraid I don't know much about this condition but I had a friend who suffered with it and he had terrible problems at night while he was in bed. I suggested he listened to some ambient music on his headphones and he did say it worked.
Sorry, it's not much but worth a try hunni. There are loads of ambient tracks you could download such as the stuff therapists use ( nature sounds etc )
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Hi
Thankfully I haven't suffered from this but I hope you find a way of dealing with it or curing it soon.
Take care x
I had the dreaded T after a tour as a drummer! Needless to say I invested in some bespoke ear plugs and have never subjected my ears to that level of noise again.
The time I most found difficult was when I was trying to get to sleep, what did help (apart from having too much to drink) was wearing in-ear headphones and listening to music at a very low volume, just enough to drown out the Tinnituss.
It has been suggested that distraction techniques are the best way forward, as you know what it's like, the more you pay attention to it the louder it seems to get and then the more you pay attention to it!
I hope you find some peace very soon.
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Tinnitus is sometimes a side effect of medicines you are taking - . Check the PILs (prescription information leaflets) carefully to see if tinnitus is listed as a side effect, then if you spot the one, ask your GP to alter the medication.
I suffer from it as well.....
Years of working in noisy workshops and damage was done before we got heavily into health and safety(not that its that prevolant in the motor trade anyway)..
Cant affer any suggestions really as I have learned to live with it and it rarely causes me to lose sleep....
as everyone else has put a silly thing first i'd say move away from the church next however i get it at times,can be bloody suicidal if you get it bad, listening to music with earphones helps if you wanna sleep but other than that i try to tell my mind to ignore it , bit like mind over matter. the mind is a powerful tool like some use it to have operations without anesthetic etc i use mine to ignore the whistling noises etc,
nope but slap, bluetooth,fiat, lack of shaggin etc is that not injecting humour into the thread?
Hi Martin/Steve
I work as a communicator for the Deaf so I come across a lot of people that suffer with Tinnitus in my every day working life.
I have been looking up some of the web sites that I use becasue I came across some equipment that can help suffers.
I hope this can help the both of you as I know how bloody annoying tinnitus can be.
If you want anymore information let me know and Ill see what I can find out for you guys
I remember a pal of mine a few years ago had suffered for years... same sort of thing, he had kind of got used to it then I took him on a deep dive in a wreck of the coast of Scotland... The point is that after the dive his hearing had sorted itself out, he kept asking us to repeat things as he thought it strange everything was so quiet... truth is he just lost the tinnitus and wasn't used to things being so silent..
remember every 10 metres down is the same as 1000 metres up.. big pressure difference. Maybe worth (a well organised) try?
Mike
Suffered with tinitus for summint like 15 years or more now, trust me you get used to it, just occasinally it gets into your head like a bad tune and it drives you batty, but for the most part you just get used to it.
No experience of it here but I read somewhere that a good hypnotherapist can help you block it out.
Hope it turns out all right for you.
I have had tinnitus for as long as I can remember. I was really surprised as a kid that everyone didn't have noises in their heads all the time. I'm in my 40's now, and seems to have got worse recently. I can't really understand people if there is other noise going on, so when i go to noisy pubs or clubs, I just sit and smile at people because I haven't got a clue what they are saying.
Most of the time it is just like high-pitched white noise, which varies in intensity, then there is the high note that joins in too sometimes.
I have learned to live with it, but it does get annoying occasionally.
This hasn't really helped has it, sorry.......
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I remember seeing someithing in TV about tinnitus a couple of years ago. Badically it went like this. There are many causes of tinnitus, including partial deafness, damage and drugs. But one common cause is the brain starts to notice the noise that all of us are exposed to - the blood flowing, the heart beating and our breathing. For most people the brain filters it out.
One treatment they suggested was for a qualified person to play different sounds into your ears until you found one that was the same as you tinitius. Becasue it was from outside you gradually tune it out. As the tinnitus sounds the same that is tuned out at the same time.
This doesn't work if it is caused by damage though.
((((hugs))))
Yep.......I have it and have had for 4 years. It does get easier to live with as you get used to it - depending on the volume it is that day.
What I was told, and it does help, is to listen to something constantly, like having a radio on low in the background when going to bed, having the tv in the background when sitting about.
It is a real pain at times though and can drive you crazy.
I would give a Jags slap a try..... 
I hope one day they are able to do something to put you out of your misery 
