It'd be great to sleep through the night or to not hear anything for a short while sometimes

I've had mild tinnitus since I was young (mag dumped an AK, and did quite a bit of damage).  Since then, I've been extremely careful and religiously wear ear pro.

Then I had an MRI a year ago.  For those with damaged hearing, they can be very dangerous.  They're not just loud, they're loud for a really long time.  I ended up with hyperacusis and dramatically worse tinnitus.  

Thankfully the hyperacusis subsided after about 2 months.  That was probably worse than tinnitus.  

I've noticed this too.  I think blood pressure can be a big factor in how severe the tinnitus sounds.

I feel like I can reduce the noise somewhat.  If you can turn it down 25-50%, it's not so bad.  Sometimes it's so damn loud...well, I can understand OP's level of frustration.

Magnesium is one thing I'm using lately that I feel has a noticeable effect.  (I use magnesium glycinate...Mg oxide gives stomach/bowel evac issues, in my experience)

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/supplements-lower-blood-pressure

ETA: Someone mentioned avoiding sodium as well.  That would coincide with this theory, since sodium contributes to higher blood pressure.

Damn! Glad you lived to tell the tale!

For me the video was bittersweet:  Some super smart people are working on this and they are figuring it out. The ringing is in our brains, not our ears, and for most of us here in this thread there won't be a cure in our lifetime.  

Yup. Thanks GD.

You did it again!

@Rustler

Well, I removed what I said, but his comment remains. So...it's on him if he can't connect the dots. Guess he never came back to check on the thread.

Edit: Well, I sent him an IM urging discretion. It's dumb that we have to be so guarded that even jokes are a threat now.

Same here.

Mine comes and goes.

Let me know when there is a treatment that works. Its terrible.

I came down with gout, nearly eliminated my alcohol consumption (a whisky or wine now and then instead of 6-12 beers a week) and reduced my caffeine intake (just coffee instead of coffee + energy drinks).

My tinnitus almost disappeared.  I googled it, and, apparently, both are a factor.

Mine started 30 years ago after a black powder rifle blew up in my face. Was deaf for a month.  Hearing came back and the ringing stayed.  Now, I'm almost death in my right ear.  Can't hardly hear the people talking on the phone on my left.  I use one of those trucker type head sets for my phone.  Only way I can hear it well.  Looks stupid as fuck, but it works.  lol.


But as others have said, if it went away all of the sudden, what the fuck would we do???  

Edit to say, everyone thinks I'm yelling at them, lol.   I'm going to start handing cards out or get a t shirt printed....  I'm almost deaf, I have tinnitus, and when I cuss you out, I'm going to blame it on my make believe Tourette's

Some sort of physical therapy (?) I'd ran across had me applying pressure on my temples, fingers reaching around to the back of my head, and with index fingers dropping off the middle fingers under pressure causing them to thump the base of my skull 40 or 50 times. This was late one night, the momentary relief of the ringing surprised me enough that I burst out laughing.
  It only lasted a few seconds, too much trouble for a repeat performance, but it was like a glimpse of heaven.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Yes, a small percentage (the lucky few) can subconsciously activate the stapedius reflex in anticipation of loud noises.

For most folks, the stapedius reflex occurs in response to loud noises. When it occurs as a response, it doesn't protect against sudden loud sounds (bangs and booms).

In a nutshell, the stapedius reflex is when the stapedius and tensor tympani muscles in the ear contract, and pull the 3 tiny bones out of alignment, that conduct vibrations from the eardrum to the cochlea. When they're pulled out of alignment the intensity of the vibrations conducted is far less than normal.

Most folks who've been around loud noises have heard the 'muffled, underwater hearing' afterwards. It can take a while for that muffled hearing to go away (anywhere from an hour to a few days, depending on the individual and the noise exposure). The muffled hearing is from the bones being out of alignment and not conducting the vibrations effectively. As the muscles gradually relax, the bones return to their proper alignment, and your hearing recovers.

I've had tinnitus ever since I shot a snubby .357 without ear pro when I was 12-13. Couldn't understand what anyone was saying for 2-3 days, then my hearing slowly recovered, but I was left with the eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

As if the ringing of tinnitus wasn't enough. I am one of the lucky ones that has Middle Ear Myoclonus.
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Lovely thump, thump!!
Been going off the last couple of days.  I comes and goes, generally with long periods (months and month) of quite.  I hope it is not getting worse.

PSA for folks who use white noise generators/sources

This little thing is AWESOME



I've always liked sleeping during heavy rain. This thing is so realistic, I've woken up and turned it off, only to realize that there actually was a real thunderstorm going on. Likewise, I've fallen asleep during an actual thunderstorm and forgotten to turn it on, only to wake up later because the thunderstorm had passed and the quiet woke me up.

There's a little button that can be pressed to increase the randomness of the sounds, from just constant rainfall, to changing wind levels, and thunder rumbling (no cracks, just distant rumbling), which helps train the brain to ignore small noises like someone heading to the kitchen for a drink of water/food, that would wake me up.

Best of all, it's portable. Can be run on batteries (although it eats batteries fast, as in one set of alkalines per night), but runs off a micro-USB port, so it can run for many days off a USB battery pack.

***P.S. DO NOT GET THE BIGGER SE MODEL.
Folks have had issues with those failing in under 12 months. I've had the Mini for 7+ years, using it every night, and it's still working great. I got the SE 2 years ago when there was a huge discount. It failed in about 7 months, and even worse, when it started to fail, it would randomly emit a really loud electronic 'fart' then shut off (for lack of a better term. A really loud BRRRRRAAAAAAPPP that woke me up with heart pounding).

At first, I thought there might have been some kind of power surge/brownout that caused it. Nope did it again a couple nights later, despite plugging it into a surge protector. No clocks were reset, so it wasn't some kind of power interruption. THEN I checked the reviews.

I am still in the thread. Had tinnitus for almost 60 years. As my hearing goes away, the tinnitus increases. Depending on the day, I have between 5-7 different tones happening. It has been slowly taking over my life the past 10 years or so.
Hearing aids do help somewhat, they amplify the ambient noise to help overcome the ringing. Some new technology has aids that produce white noise that will cancel out the ringing if you are lucky enough to have only one tone.
I have spent thousands over the years not covered by insurance to try and find a way to alleviate the noise. I would gladly let that guy drill holes in my head and attach electrodes to my brain if it would make it stop.
I hate going anywhere since covid, because Even with hearing aids I cannot understand people talking. The masks muffle their speech, and I cannot read their lips.
Removing caffeine, salt, and alcohol from your diet can help somewhat, and paying close attention to your diet will give you clues as to what other foods can increase it.

It would be like losing an old friend.  

Except it's not really a friend.  More like a nagging ex-wife.  And somehow we would adjust.

Pretty sure mine started on the flight line too, listening to F-15s play the sound of Freedom.  Then being entirely too close to the test firing of an m-61 20mm Gatling gun cannon. My civilian job exposed me to lots more flightline noise, F-4s, A-6s, KC-135s, B-52s, I’ve even been serenaded by Air Force One.  My lifelong hobbies of shooting and riding motorcycles hasn’t helped any either.

BP is normal at 110 systolic.

The wierd thing is that it is positional,  I can move my neck and it goes away.   I suspect It might be linked to TMJ.

Caffeine makes it worse