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Default Feb 05, 2011 at 10:10 AM
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I have suffered from tinnitus for some time. It is usually at quite a low level and doesn't bother me too much. Today it is particularly bad. I am not sure why it varies? I read somewhere that it might be stress related. Does anyone know if there is any treatment? I found a sound machine and that helps me to fall asleep easier.

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Default Feb 05, 2011 at 01:56 PM
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I don't know why it fluctuates either. I've had it forever, as long as I can remember. Mostly it's just there, but sometimes it is really annoying. And the sound and pitch can change. I've had a few times lately that the sound is like a constant drone, as if a low flying small airplane is hovering overhead. Otherwise, it is mostly a high pitched sound.

I wear hearing aids, and when I take them off, the tinnitis is much more noticable and can keep me awake. Yet any noise, like music, doesn't work for me because it needs to be turned low, and that's just aggravating - I can hear only small bits of it, so it isn't soothing, just very annoying.

What is the machine like that you found to help you?
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Default Feb 05, 2011 at 02:00 PM
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do you take A.D s, if so its a side effect thats common.
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Default Feb 06, 2011 at 12:56 AM
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Hi sewerrats, echoes,

No I haven't taken AD's very often and not in several years. It possible that other meds contribute to it.

Echoes, The machine is called a Sound Therapy System from Sound Oasis (in UK). It generates a variety of sounds. I use a summer nights sound. It can be used like an alarm clock but I use at bed time on a one hour snooze setting. It masks the tinnitus while you fall asleep and it has certainly helped me. The snooze time is variable.

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Default Feb 06, 2011 at 02:22 AM
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My tinnitus fairly loud, and sometimes when there's no sound it'll get absolutely deafening, though it does recede when I hear a noise. This goes no all day every day since as pong as I can remember...

There are two kinds of tinnitus. The one I have is a constant metallic ringing noise, which is indicative of nerve damage. The other kind produces a kind of swooshing noise, which is caused by the blood flow in your ears (you hear your pulse).
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Hi sewerrats, echoes,

No I haven't taken AD's very often and not in several years. It possible that other meds contribute to it.

Echoes, The machine is called a Sound Therapy System from Sound Oasis (in UK). It generates a variety of sounds. I use a summer nights sound. It can be used like an alarm clock but I use at bed time on a one hour snooze setting. It masks the tinnitus while you fall asleep and it has certainly helped me. The snooze time is variable.

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Default Feb 06, 2011 at 05:02 AM
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yeah the nerve damage tinnitus is so annoying at times...it is always there and I too wonder why it changes and is louder than at other times...

like right now it isn't too bad, but it seems to get louder during the day and quieter at night...perhaps adjusting to the time of day...but I do find if I have something on in the background..some kind of music...that I do much better than if I don't listen to something...

I hope you find the things you need to deal with your problem...mine runs in the background all day 24/7...I don't know what they use these days to help with it...but I do notice that putting music on helps tremendously...

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Default Feb 07, 2011 at 07:10 AM
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I have VERY mild tinnitus that is always there. Every now and again, it almost feels like I'm going deaf, I get sever noises that last about 2 minutes. I cannot focus or listen to anything. It is frustrating and I have no idea what brings it on

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Default Feb 07, 2011 at 09:22 AM
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yeah, i have tinnitus. it's mild and i hear it more at night when it is quiet in the house. sometimes it picks up and gets really loud for a few seconds, but then it goes away again. i've been going to doctors about that and dizziness with no help. if i do get some i will try and remember to post what they did.

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Default Feb 07, 2011 at 09:41 AM
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Mine seems to fluctuate with my health and how much water/fluid I drink (more is better) and how congested my sinuses are, etc. Mine use to be much worse I think, I could lay on my good ear at night and the tinnitus was like a nice "white noise" to cover my husband's snoring Doesn't seem to work that way anymore.

Have you had your ears professionally looked at by an ENT recently? My good ear got impacted wax so I had to go and he fixed that problem and checked both ears and found everything good and everything has been better since then.

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Default Feb 07, 2011 at 08:37 PM
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I recently noticed ringing in my ears and now have dizziness. I don't take any meds and have no idea what this is. Sorry I can't offer an help.
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Default Feb 07, 2011 at 08:54 PM
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i have had tinnitus since i was six always been loud always a ringing nothing makes it better i can even spot it out when i listen to music although i pretend to ignore it and just think of it as part of the song.

the wooshing i started just recently but usually when i'm laying down or head is tilted wich makes me think somethin is goin on.......

haven't done anything for it since until 7 months ago i didn't even know what tinnitus was! just delt with it (way i grew up not to gripe)
partly deaf in my left ear as well
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Default Feb 07, 2011 at 10:06 PM
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I have it as well but its mild..it also seems that when I am anxious that it is louder as well.

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Default Feb 08, 2011 at 03:34 AM
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My tinnitus is from head trauma... in my one ear I have hearing loss just because of the tinnitus. Maskers can help (giving specific white noise, like that machine, but only on the frequencies of your tinnitus.)

Do you also have vertigo and hearing loss etc? I have Menierre's from the head trauma, and the tinnitus is part of it too.


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Default Feb 08, 2011 at 04:22 AM
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You gotta feel for the rock star .They near on all have tinnitus WAY WAY more than we will ever get. Ask PETE TOWNSEND from the who .
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Default Feb 08, 2011 at 11:10 AM
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Thanks for all the great replies. I didn't know it was so common. Mine is like a high pitched whine. I don't know how much it varies. It always seems to be there but at times I am not aware of it or it doesn't bother me. Sitting here by the computer with printer going and no other noise, it is quite obvious. It bothers me more at bed time in a quiet room. That's where the sound machine has definitely helped. There are times when I am not aware of it. I read somewhere that it might be stress related. It doesn't affect my enjoyment of music.

I will mention it to the doctor when I see them next time.

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Default Feb 09, 2011 at 10:18 PM
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My husband has tinnitus. Several years ago he was treated with accupuncture which helped to alleviate it for a long period of time.
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Default Feb 12, 2011 at 02:00 AM
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I've had tinittutis (SP) for years. It varies for me depending on what I eat. If I stay strictly on my gluten free diet it is not bad at all. If I accidently eat something that my body dosen't like then it flares up. That doesn't happen often as I am pretty darn careful about my diet because I don't like the pain that I get otherwise (celiac disease). Tinittus is a problem that some celiacs get. The theory is that it is caused by nerve damage due to mal-absorption of nutrients like B-12 etc.

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Default Feb 26, 2011 at 08:52 PM
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I've been reading up on the sound machines for quite awhile. But after being sent to a ENT yesterday, may seriously consider one. They said I have mild to moderate hearing loss in the right ear. I just want to find something that will help me get to sleep more easily with the constant high pitched ringing driving me nutty

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Default Feb 27, 2011 at 03:01 PM
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I have tinnitus due to a brain disorder called Idiopathic intracranial hypertension/pseudotumour cerebri

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