Controlling Tinnitus: What works for you?

At this time I do not know of a cure. Wearing the hearing aids helps a bit. Stay away from loud noises and less stress are both helpful. A little noise helps to muffle it. Complete silence is hard if you are trying to muffle it. It’s all right there in front of you then.

@sites Hi Welcome to our group of caring people who give suggestion on what helps them . I have had tinnitus most of my life It is a terrible problem Mine is quieter when I don't do dairy products but hard aged cheese is alright . Skim milk seems to be o.k. but not lo fat. I have tried Lipo Flavanoid in the past that helped while on it but its expensive . For me also I found when I keep active I am not bothered with it as much. Sorry this is all I can tell you . Hopefully others will chime in .

Try European cheeses. Many people have a sensitivity to A1 milk (USA) and not A2 milk (Europe, Africa, Australia). It seems there is a mutation in one of the amino acids in A1 milk that make it a histidine instead of proline. Histidine turns into histimine which is what some take antihistamines to alleviate. I don't know if it works for tinnitus, but it might be worth a try for you.

@sites Hi Welcome to our group of caring people who give suggestion on what helps them . I have had tinnitus most of my life It is a terrible problem Mine is quieter when I don't do dairy products but hard aged cheese is alright . Skim milk seems to be o.k. but not lo fat. I have tried Lipo Flavanoid in the past that helped while on it but its expensive . For me also I found when I keep active I am not bothered with it as much. Sorry this is all I can tell you . Hopefully others will chime in .

At this time I do not know of a cure. Wearing the hearing aids helps a bit. Stay away from loud noises and less stress are both helpful. A little noise helps to muffle it. Complete silence is hard if you are trying to muffle it. It’s all right there in front of you then.

Hi @stites I'd like to join @lioness in welcoming you to Connect. You may have noticed I moved your post to this existing discussion on controlling tinnitus symptoms so that you can Connect with others who have similar experiences. Simply click VIEW & REPLY in your email notification to get to you post.

That must be so frustrating to have to retire from a job you love due to this condition.

I'd like to introduce you to fellow Connect members @bobbyboomer @nurseheadakes and @scottk as they have experience with tinnitus and may be able to offer you support.

Back to you @stites what have been some of the suggestions give to you by doctors?

Try keeping a diary or calendar with each day colored to show the kind of day you've had (good, so-so, bad, awful). Note ANYTHING you did out of the ordinary--diet, stress, meds, weather, lack of sleep, allergens (esp. inhaled), exercise--again, ANYTHING unusual for you. You may see a pattern over time. Each of us has a trigger or triggers that make all our symptoms worse. Once we've learned what triggers bad days, we can work to eliminate or avoid the trigger(s). I have Meniere's (diagnosed for certain by Dr. F. Owen Black over 40 years ago) and all my symptoms including tinnitus are lessened if I increase the amount or frequency of hormone replacement meds (estrogen and progesterone). As I got older, I was able to reduce meds to a quarter of what I took almost 40 years ago every third day instead of every day. However, every time the Meniere's monster beats his way out of the closet, I need to temporarily increase meds. The first symptom is a big increase in tinnitus, from the usual background whooshing in concert with my pulse to noise so loud I can't sleep. The T usually begins to lessen within a couple of hours of taking hormones. For me, the only trigger is abnormally low hormone levels. And, yes, I have had breast cancer--which is a walk in the park compared to the hell of Meniere's. The other certainty is that, over time, you actually will become pretty accustomed to T. I know you don't want to hear that because it doesn't sound like a solution, but it is part of the solution, just as, with daily vestibular rehab (VRT) you will learn to function pretty normally with a compromised balance system.