Tinnitus driving me crazy

[KoedoePoesPienk]

Those of you who are also afflicted, anything you have found helpful to tame it?
Been really bad this last week and driving me crazy.

 

[farmer_john]

Nope just live with it. About all you can do

 

[Wyatt Smith]

To me it’s like looking through a dirty windshield, you have to learn to look around the dirt specks, if look at them you’ll go crazy.
Basically you’ll get used to it, just listen to other stuff.

 

[R eight]

I’ve had it permanently since I was 13 years old. Courtesy of shooting without hearing protection. Well over half a century of cicada music. It’s my normal.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Hearing aids can help.

I called the tinnitus help line. No one answered. Just kept ringing.

 

[Sabre]

Most of us here probably have it from shooting and/or explosions.

But one issue is that it can be caused by multiple other underlying conditions as well.

 

[GuttormG]

Talk with your doctor, there are hearing aids that helps. For some therapy helps, learning to move focus.
For me stress makes my tinnitus worse (same with some medicines).
A life of shooting, hunting and large ship engines..

 

[grand veneur]

Those of you who are also afflicted, anything you have found helpful to tame it?
Been really bad this last week and driving me crazy.

Unfortunately not, you just have to live with it.

I have a Tinnitus in my right ear since 1977, it came from diving. I got used to it quickly and actually I get rather a bit anxious when it is fewer audible for a while. All joking aside, I know that Tinnitus is a heavy burden for some people in their daily lives.

 

[Pondoro]

Playing music helps me...kind of forgetting it..

 

[Betterinthebush]

Thanks for reminding me I have tinnitus.

That was a really cruel trick.

 

[Nicaburns]

Nothing to do but learn to tune it out… for some folks it can be high blood pressure related but for most of us, it is just a constant nuisance.

 

[RLD]

Those of you who are also afflicted, anything you have found helpful to tame it?
Been really bad this last week and driving me crazy.

I see you are in Canada. If you are in Ontario, get a referral to Dr. John Rutka, he is the top guy in the province to help you with these kind of issues.

 

[Adam Stevens]

Had since 18 bad in left ear due to short barrel shotgun no ear protection. Learn to live with it.

For myself found alcohol makes it louder. Sometimes coffee.

One surprising thing. When I got into the bush in Zambezi valley one September. it was less or almost not noticeable. Maybe first time in my life. I hope to go back and see.

That's what sucks. Sitting trying to enjoy the quiet places.

 

[Mike Van Horn]

For me watching my Diet helps. Some foods, and high caffeine drinks make it much worse

 

[Russ16]

No relief here. Really bothers me trying to go to sleep so I use meditation apps on my phone to mask it.

I’m at the verge of getting hearing aids and I hear some of them can give a little bit of help.

I really feel like the medical community is missing a big business opportunity. An effective treatment would be sold to a lot of people.

 

[Berettaco]

White noise - fan or noise machine helps a bit when working or trying to sleep.

Don’t know of anything that reduces it - struggled with it for 20+ years.

 

[Tex .416]

Soft classical music in the background, especially when trying to go to sleep, helps the brain focus on something rather than the ringing. Having said that, check for high blood pressure which can cause it and is correctable.

 

[wvfred]

As said above hearing aids helped mine as I can tell a big difference when wearing them.

 

[DG870]

What did he say?

 

[Russ16]

As said above hearing aids helped mine as I can tell a big difference when wearing them.

Why type of hearing aids do you have, and have you tried more than one brand?