Almost all of us, at one time or another, hear noises inside our heads. It could be a ping, a click or a buzz. However, for most of us, it soon goes away too. People who suffer from permanent tinnitus, however, suffer a lot of distress, are unable to sleep and keep wondering if the tinnitus is the precursor to something far more serious, like a tumour in the brain. Insomnia, depression, panic attacks…tinnitus sufferers become vulnerable to such afflictions at some point. The noises of the day usually mask tinnitus but it becomes more pronounced at night time.
Patients also report an increase in tinnitus when they suffer from headaches or are otherwise stressed. It doesn’t take too much of effort to figure out, that tinnitus sufferers have had some degree of hearing loss. Often, if that problem is attended to, the tinnitus may decrease or just vanish. However, for those who have to live with the sounds, the first thing is to come to terms that tinnitus need not be dangerous. It is a condition, nothing more nothing less.