Thank you for sharing your experiences with tinnitus. This condition does remain quite a mystery. It helps to know that research is being done to find ways to eliminate it. Still, nothing that seems to work for everyone. Many say that eliminating caffeine, sodium, nicotine, etc. from their diet helps. Others say it doesn't. Many say that excess noise triggers it. Stress is also blamed as a trigger.

Tinnitus and hearing loss are the two most common disabling conditions diagnosed in veterans returning from combat zones.

Tinnitus often accompanies progressive hearing loss, so hearing aids can be helpful. Some hearing aids can mask the sounds tinnitus brings. Be sure to seek help from a skilled audiologist.

The Hearing Health Foundation is doing research on tinnitus. It pays to keep up with what they are learning. http://www.hhf.org

Are you able to mask the tinnitus sounds by listening to something you enjoy listening to?