@Dizzyleigh you mentioned in another post about your tinnitus coming and going, and I wanted to let you know, that mine never goes away. I have it during all my waking hours. I probably have it through my sleep too, but I have no way to know that for certain. Most of the time my brain filters it out. It’s there, but I don’t notice it unless I read about tinnitus or hear it mentioned in a conversation or on the TV. then it ramps up to its worst. Right now it sounds like ten old B&W Television sets.
If you find something that works to neutralize the tinnitus, be sure to let me know. I’ll try anything that doesn’t put my remaining hearing at risk
I recently read this article in AARP about a treatment for tinnitus. Its not a cure. Its not medication. The article says that people with hearing loss can safely use it. I haven’t tried it myself because I do like you do and just try to tell my brain to ignore the noise. Mine sounds exactly like your description. Here’s the link to the article:
I’ve heard of the Lenire device before, but the last I had heard, it was still in the certification process with the FDA. Now that it’s been approved, maybe Medicare will cover it soon.
At the moment though, “The $4,000 device is covered by the Veterans Administration but not by private health insurance or Medicare, says O’Neill.”
I don’t know about you, but $4,000 is a deal breaker for me.
Since retirement, stress is a distant memory, I don’t drink, and I sleep as long as I want and I’ve already cut the caffeine due to my heart doctor’s demands but I draw the line at no dessert. Life is no fun without desert, I’ve compromised by cutting out the chocolate deserts (no caffeine).
My tinnitus doesn’t seem to care what I do. For three years, I was on a strict diet that dictated everything I ate. No caffeine, no chocolate, no sugar. Lots of vegetables, protein and a modest amount of grain. I lost 100 pounds in 12 months, but my tinnitus wavered nary a bit. I was getting good sleep, and my stress was low.
The doctors cannot tell me why I lost my hearing, or why I now have tinnitus, only that the two seem to be connected since they happened at the same time. My hearing turned off one day at lunchtime as if someone flipped a switch, and the tinnitus turned on in its place, along with a wave of nausea that prevented me from eating lunch.
The mysterious roots of the whole thing makes me wonder if my tinnitus is even treatable by any means.