Complaining Because I am PO'd

You have certainly been through the wringer! I have MCTD, and my best advice is to get PT from a manual style person. Yoga/isometrics/pilates have done wonders to relax, loosen and strengthen muscles around degenerating joints, some of which slip out of place. I've tried the shots, but in comparison to the movements I've learned, the movement wins. Meds and the shots work in combination with activity, but alone never do the job. Like you, I have ice/heat packs, lidocaine patches, KT tape (you tube directions) to rest areas, CBD ointment, biofreeze, magnesium spray and it gets even more peculiar from there. The best bed for me is a spring type, with a 3lb density, 3" thick. You might check into MRI side effects; the only one I had really was trying to adjust my breathing to the drum beats of the machine, and they can give you valium. I was there after concussion.

Tinnitus is at epidemic levels -- and so is electromagnetic -- oh, damn, I'm going to have to get off. So quickly -- please, please consider the effects of wifi overload.

It took me two years to find out and heal from tinnitus so terrible I considered checking out. But as soon as I put my cell phone far away and turned off all electricity before bed, computer off as well, the tinnitus began to recede and my 50 years of insomnia turned into deep sleep of many hours.

The communications industry really doesn't want you to know about the godawful effects of
electromagnetic overload. But there are many studies. Please, folks, consider this and experiment with it!

@mayonina82 -- I have heard all electronics should be at least 6 feet away while sleeping. I'm curious about how your tinnitus first started or was it a mystery from the start? Mine started instantly from a shattered eardrum, but why it has become louder in the past 10 years is a mystery. My neurologist told me it tends to get louder over time.

Sadly, all that is not uncommon, especially for a female patient.

@krisjb1 I’m so sorry. My life story is similar. I think part of the problem is that we were born at a time when medical care was not what it is now. (1940’s)
I started out in an incubator for 10 days because I was drowning in my mother’s blood. She was hemorrhaging. Then it was ricketts because my stomach rejected the milk they fed me. On to many colds, tonsils were removed using ether for the anesthetic. I had every single childhood disease that was around. I had an ear drum burst from an infection. At 19 I had the dreaded mononucleosis that lasted 6 weeks.
I could go on, but I am trying to get my mind off my problems. My life now is rather quiet, I go out when I can, have my small family over once in a while.
I have a few new hobbies. I do this while struggling with fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, and peripheral neuropathy.

We are blessed to be alive!

It's more likely the tinnitus decreased because you were sleeping better and eliminating postural stress.

Electro magnetic fields are dangerous to health but it is almost impossible to remove those fields unless one has relocated to a place that has no electricity and internet. There are some studies that attempt to refute this but considering that the funds to do the studies are from power companies and the rest of the profiteers I don't give them any attention. At one point I turned off my internet at night as it was just underneath my bed one floor below. I think I should go back to doing that but of course the issue is that all my internet based alarm system also goes down. As far as my tinnitus, I think it started because I went to dances as a teenager where the music was cranked up . It got worse this past year when I started to use an electric leaf blower without hearing protection. For some reason I wasn't aware of how loud it was. I also think that using a vacuum cleaner daily contributed to the issue. I have always had some balance and dizziness issues, (cannot do amusement park rides, etc.) so I think this is all connected to some genetic defect. If your neurologist told you that "time" is the factor that causes it to increase I would also guess that as age advances the circulatory system is not efficient so if there is repair for the problem dependent upon blood supply, maybe that is the root cause. I can't do anything now in any kind of noisy environment without ear plugs and muffs. The other day I was at a gas station and the delivery truck was backing up repeatedly to get into the right position. The beep, beep, beep, beep was loud. I couldn't get out to pump until I had put on my double layer of protection.

I agree 100%. Too much money has been invested to turn back for something so trivial as public health!
Isn't it interesting that we are now forced to accept these fields. I told the power company I didn't want their smart meter but they installed it anyway. I would prefer to hard wire my computer but there are no receptacles in my office space. Even supposed landline phones are not landline, so what's the point of adding one. We are already using mobile phones close to our heads and strapped to our bodies so why add another radiation source? Is there a point to all this electro magnetic carcinogenic stuff that we favor because it supposedly has improved our lives? Like those girls who painted the radium dials of clocks and watches who had no idea they were killing themselves we are also unaware of how much danger we are in.

Yup, I remember those childhood diseases. I had every one including mumps twice. As far as the ether anesthesia, that was a horror trip I remember to this day. As far as medical science is concerned-I am happy I did not get polio because as you know we were the first to be introduced to the vaccine. My uncle who preceded our generation was not so lucky and polio caused him to be permanently crippled. My aunt died as a teenager from a burst appendix. So, one thing is for sure, many advances in care have produced better outcomes. I wish I could say the same for issues like fibro and osteo, and peripheral neuropathy. They are descriptions of your problem but have no actual basis in causation-yet to be discovered before effective treatments are available. Have you tried pentoxyfillene for peripheral neuropathy? I used it for a while for kidney disease and for the neuropathy. I think it worked.

In a way it is is almost amusing to note how many "pain relief" items we have to keep in our armament! I also have the lidocaine, and CBD drops. I made the mag spray and also highly recommend DMSO. Some people can't get over the taste that they get when DMSO enters the bloodstream. Lately I haven't tasted it and I don't know why. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. I have an adjustable foam bed which is good . I don't know what a manual style person is. I did try PT once but it did nothing for me that I wasn't able to do on my own. He had me pedaling a bike for far too long and I came out of that session worse than I was when I went in and had to recover for days. Nope. I guess I would have to find the right person but don't know how. I am OK with MRI's. Just can't endure the noise and the possibility of making tinnitus worse.