Tinnitus
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I think most of us have tinnitus in some form. I certainly do. I try to keep sodium levels down, and since I am not completely deaf, I use white noise to help me sleep.
Here is a good site for researching: Home Page | American Tinnitus Association
Here is a good site for researching: Home Page | American Tinnitus Association
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I suffer from very loud tinnitus.
Like you I found that it's not clear where to put a tinnitus thread. I ended up posting my tinnitus thread in the Miscellaneous section:
Miscellaneous > Lifestyle, Health, Fitness & Food > How do you cope with LOUD tinnitus at night?
There are a number of other threads that I've come across which mention tinnitus. Often I find tinnitus is talked about within a larger thread discussing a different topic. The best way to find these is to use the 'Search' facility, but you may want to expand on just "tinnitus" as that will throw up hundred of results!
In terms of how I deal with tinnitus, my main strategy is to distract my brain. I drown the annoying noises by listening to music or do something I find fascinating, such as watching a good film. It's not enough to not pay attention to the tinnitus (a NEGATIVE instruction), I have to substitute it with a POSITIVE action/thought.
Like you I found that it's not clear where to put a tinnitus thread. I ended up posting my tinnitus thread in the Miscellaneous section:
Miscellaneous > Lifestyle, Health, Fitness & Food > How do you cope with LOUD tinnitus at night?
There are a number of other threads that I've come across which mention tinnitus. Often I find tinnitus is talked about within a larger thread discussing a different topic. The best way to find these is to use the 'Search' facility, but you may want to expand on just "tinnitus" as that will throw up hundred of results!
In terms of how I deal with tinnitus, my main strategy is to distract my brain. I drown the annoying noises by listening to music or do something I find fascinating, such as watching a good film. It's not enough to not pay attention to the tinnitus (a NEGATIVE instruction), I have to substitute it with a POSITIVE action/thought.
ladysolitary85
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I have it, but could never figure out why I have it. I get a ringing sound in my ear every waking moment of my day and like AJ said distractions helps sometimes. Mine can go from a low to a high pitch tone from time to time. Very annoying to go through.
The 13-year cicadas are out in force now around here. I understand their chirpings are LOUD and my hearing friends constantly complain about them. One told me that she can hear them now and I teased her about having a permanent case of tinnitus. 