Constant tinnitus: Are there any solutions?

Amazon will sell you 2. Keep 1 for backup.

I boycotted them. 🫤

I get some relief from Melatonin.
3 mg 30 minutes before bedtime.
If no relief after 1 hour, another 1.5
After another hour, 3 mg.
If I’m up at 2:30, a sleeping pill.

Really I think that medical research is the answer that we are all hoping will provide a solution if not a cure.

I use Bernafon and was able to get one as I only needed for my right ear. I understand your frustration as when you get it very loud it’s hard for others to understand why it’s hard to train your brain to ignore. I live with it but definitely socialise less as it’s too much work.

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I laughed at the "impressive" remark because that just happened to me at a hand surgeon appt. I need to have a stabilization of my thumb joint because it looks like my tendon has given out. The PA kept saying, impressive when she saw how loose my thumb joint is. The thing is we didn't try to be impressive! We just wanted to stay young with good tendons and not grind our teeth!

I wanted to add my experience 2 years ago getting hearing aids. I thought my right ear was the only one I'd lost hearing in because I had radiation treatments for head and neck cancer. They laughed when I said I only wanted one hearing aid. That's why I thought to share this with you. I was able to get really great hearing aids online and pay by the month. It was really worth it. Tinnitus has almost gone away. I have bluetooth thru my phone for calls and music/videos etc. I didn't realize I was stressed by not hearing well.

The hearing aids on TV don't require a hearing test because they aren't adjustable. That would be something to try until you have Medicare and a free hearing test once a year. That's how I got my hearing tested.

I found a lot of information, sound videos, even audiologists on youtube when I was searching for answers. I'm telling this because I had every doctor I see tell me there wasn't a cure for tinnitis. BUT, I ignored them and learned how to cope because of this support on youtube.

Also, for me, I had a hearing test and got hearing aids. It was the single most important reason I was able to reduce the tinnitus I had.

I believe I have cervical tinnitus which is caused by degeneration of discs in the neck. Some of the nerves in that area extend to the ear. Saw this in a study in the Netherlands. Recommendation is a neck collar a few hours a day to improve the tinnitus. I told my audiologist, and he had never heard of it.

Yes, that's an interesting coincidence: I also have cervical disc degeneration. Plus radiation treatments to head and neck that my neurologist explained has damaged nerves in my neck and upper back. It seems to me our physicians might take time to consider new studies they are not familiar with ("never heard of it") But medicine has changed. There is no time.

Thanks for the information though! I "never heard of" cervical tinnitus. Disc degeneration also affects the nerves. At times I have used a lidocaine patch on my neck and upper back before I go to bed. It does calm tinnitus.

It is just so high maintenance with anything chronic!

I am fortunate that my tinnitus is kind of background noise to me, and I can usually ignore it. But I do plan to investigate further. I tried to get appointment with spine doctor where I go with bad knees. Of course they said I need an ENT. Although the treatment is not complicated, I know an ENT would not know anything about it.