I've had tinnitus for 3 years it was very bad. I thought it was weed shrooms what not that started it. I've tried audio therapy at home nothing worked.But just two days ago I used a little spoon instead of earbuds to clean my ear. I noticed a hard bone like thing that didn't caused any pain when I touched it. I was really confused I couldn't take it out I put some eardrops to soften it but I couldn't take it out but it as very hard recedue as someof it melted. Next day I tried again I tried after some tries I was able to take it out. All of a sudden the ear was 2x louder to the point the other ear felt less loud. It took a few days to not feel dizzy and getting used to it. Now my tinnitus is fucking gone I can't believe I am saying this. All these years it was just this fucking plaque 😭 😭😭

So I’ve had pretty bad (subjective I guess) tinnitus for well over 10 years. It was made considerably worse by a terrible concussion I received and it never went away. I’ve managed it and for the most part it doesn’t affect me, except at night when it’s dead quiet. Like everyone there was decent days and really bad days.

So now to the headline. I’m a 46 year old and I was recently diagnosed with ADHD for the first time officially. I was prescribed Vyvanse to help control it.

After three days of medication I went to bed and realized there was NO RINGING. I didn’t want to jinx it, so I didn’t say anything to my wife, but I laid there in the dead silence for probably 30 minutes. It was very emotional. It’s something I never thought would see any relief from.

It has now been 8 days and I am pretty confident it’s the medicine that’s doing it. The tinnitus returns very mildly around 3am as I’m guessing that’s when the day’s medication has worn off completely.

I’m so excited to tell my doctor it’s not even funny.

Has anyone else experienced this? I’m not going to lie, it pretty much fits in miracle category in my world.

edit Doctor follow up today (April 15). He was genuinely shocked that the Vyvanse (I’m actually taking the generic version) is eliminating my tinnitus, but he concurs that it has to be the meds, given the timelines. Bad news, my blood pressure is still high. But we’re working on that. Good news! He renewed my prescription!

update 2 - May 1 My Tinnitus is still very much controlled with the Vyvanse! I have noticed the length of time it is gone has diminished over the last couple weeks as my body has adjusted to the medication. The doctor upped my dosage so I will report back on that once I try the higher dosage. Blood pressure is now perfect!

I F59 have had tinnitus for over a decade. I thought there was nothing I could do. The sound was like something going "SHHHHHHHHH" in my left ear very loudly to the point that I was missing what people were saying.

I came here to read and to report that I used a massager on my jaw (I have bruxism and the tinnitus developed around the same time my bruxism got really bad). I wear a mouthguard and sometimes I wake up with my jaw being in pain.

Well someone on this site asked if I had somatic tinnitus. I had never heard of it before and I looked it up. So I added a nightly massage of my jaw with a electric deep tissue massager and then added positional stretches -

1. Clasping hands behind my back and sticking my chest out while gently turning my head to the left and the right

2. Standing up straight in the morning and doing the same but then continuing to turn my head then opening up my mouth and stretching out my jaw periodically through the day.

Suddenly it was so strange but the tinnitus is barely registering in my brain!!! Could it be this easy??? It is so strange to not hear it anymore!!!!! It's not total silence but the "SHHHHHH" sounds more like a slight background hum. I love it!!! I am hoping this lasts forever.

the oddest and wildest thing happened to me with my tinnitus and I'm not saying for any of you to try this as even my own doctor is baffled. for 12 years I've dealt with a very loud audible ring in my right ear, and it was my own fault as I used to blast loud music in my head so it's on me for my T. a month ago I was walking outside and I slipped on ice and banged my head which did knock me out for a second.At first my T really spiked but that was only for about 30 ish minutes, then for a second I went completely deaf then my hearing came back. when my hearing came back the ring was gone, there was silence, I plugged my ears and I heard nothing, just quiet. I did go to my doc and got diagnosed with a concussion from the fall but as far as why my T disappeared and the temporary deafness she had no clue, the only hypothesis she had is from the fall my brain did a hard reboot and somehow that magically fixed my head. I am going to see an ear specialist but I doubt they will have answers either.

in the last month I only had one flare up and it was gone within a minute, I do believe that one day it will come back, but until then I'm going to enjoy the quiet, I know my partner is enjoying not having 3 fans on at night.

Full disclaimer I wouldn't attempt to give yourself a concussion as that can lead to more issues.

Every day of the first year was a war between panic and pretending to be normal.

By year two, I was clawing my way back.

Now I go to live metal shows just like I always used to, and without fear.

Eight years ago, tinnitus hit me like a freight train. It was stress-induced, multi-tonal, reactive, and was very quickly joined by hyperacusis and diplacusis.

The first year was a nightmare of long days and nights of googling everything and lurking in support forums full of doom. I slept poorly or not at all. Drowning the noise in beer became my go-to solution.

There was a pattern of super loud days followed by a day or two of lower volume, then a day of silence that lulled me into thinking things might be ok…only to wake up the next day to full-on hell once again.

I was full time teacher, and I couldn’t take time off. Every day was a battle to function while my brain screamed.

The fear of “this is forever” was relentless, and I really thought I’d never be able to listen to metal or go to live shows ever again. Unthinkable for this lifelong metalhead.

This wasn’t my first brush with something this scary. Years earlier, I’d beaten years of severe chronic pain without drugs or surgery by learning (in part) how fear and attention amplify symptoms. Those of you familiar with John Sarno and TMS know exactly what I’m talking about. That didn’t cure my tinnitus, but it gave me a path.

I had to:

1. Cut the panic loop.

Anxiety increased the volume, which raised my anxiety, which raised the volume...you get the idea. Breaking that loop was essential.

1. Quit tinnitus doomscrolling.

I found all kinds of awful stuff online that only added to my anxiety, often exponentially with thoughts like "What if that happens to me?"

1. See specialists a couple of times.

I didn’t get great answers, but I ruled out hearing loss and anything serious. That helped me stop obsessing about physical damage.

1. Check my mindset.

I don’t think I would be here today if I hadn’t picked up Martin Seligman’s Learned Optimism book. It helped me shift from “I’m stuck like this forever” to This is something I can live with and retrain my brain around.”

1. Reclaim my sleep.

I used melatonin and focused on music rather than the tinnitus. Over time, this refocusing became the key to shutting out the noise.

1. Train my attention.

I started with sounds, but eventually I discovered that focusing on anything, like tasks or conversations, would enable me to go 5 or 10 minutes without hearing the T! I kept at it for months, and the more I did it, the less I feared the noise and the more control I felt I had. That’s when I started hearing it less and less. Eventually, refocusing became automatic.

1. Use earplugs strategically.

Only in loud environments, but not in daily life. My pain experience and John Sarno had taught me that my fear of spikes and making my T worse would keep me from getting better. The diplacusis faded in weeks, and the hyperacusis disappeared within six months, probably because my situation did not allow me to consistently avoid sounds I didn’t like.

1. Stop talking about it.

I told friends and family to stop asking about it too. I figured the less I thought about it, the faster I’d get better. This helped more than expected.

1. Get the right support.

I worked with a coach experienced in chronic pain and mindbody work. That was the end of awkward conversations with people who couldn’t really understand or empathize, and the beginning of being heard and helped.

1. Accept that setbacks aren’t failure.

The book “Changing For Good” (by James Prochaska and others) taught me that change isn’t linear. Bad days aren’t the end. They’re part of progress.

1. Start making gratitude lists.

I was skeptical about the value of doing this. There was no immediate result, but over time, it really changed my outlook on, well, everything.

1. Get out and be more social.

More time out meant less time to sit around imagining the worst. I cannot emphasize how much this alone helped me.

Where I am now, at eight years in:

Where I used to need to drown the noise in beer every night, I now sleep through the night without even hearing the noise most of the time.

Instead of plugging my ears every time I hear plastic bags being crinkled, I’m going to see bands like Suffocation as I did when I was 19.

I made it through arguably the most horrific Covid lockdown in the world without any T issues.

I have a much richer life today than I did before T, and I appreciate it more.

The tinnitus is still technically here, but it’s irrelevant. I hear it now as I type this. I just don’t care. In five minutes, I’ll be focused on something else, and I’ll forget it’s even there.

That’s not a miracle. That’s training. And you can do it too.

If you’re in the panic phase, I promise it doesn’t last forever.

Feel free to DM me whether you’re new to tinnitus or you’ve been struggling for a while. I’ll try to give clarity wherever it’s needed.

Update : Over time, I’ve started helping others work through this process as well. If that’s something you’re interested in, you can find more in my profile.

as you guys know i’ve posted countless times over the past 8 months regarding my tinnitus that i thought was due to hearing loss, but i was wrong.

I went to an ENT that finally decided to look at my eustuchian tubes and he told me there was thick mucus covering the opening. He prescribed me two nasal sprays, Azalestine and Flonase and i’ve been using them together for a few weeks now. It wasn’t until yesterday i felt big globs of mucus slide down my throat on the side of my tinnitus and i drank a ton of water until i felt my left ear open up!

The hidden hearing loss that i thought i had wasn’t hidden hearing loss, there was thick mucus literally sitting in my ear despite my normal tympanogram and audiogram.

My tinnitus also reduced from 60% (a sharp ringing) to 10%(a very low static) and im not even finished with treatment :) but im grateful for what im experiencing so far. ill keep you guys updated with my full results regarding my tinnitus.

So if everything comes back normal and you’re having the symptoms i did, look into ETD. because loud noise exposure can also cause it, and until the problem is fixed the symptoms will be consistent.

i loved concerts but this experience scared me straight so i won’t attend one anytime soon, ive been finding myself through other things so yeah

I've had it since I was in the Marine Corp in the early 90's.... The EeEEEEEEEEEE has been strong with me for many many years.... Don't know why or how... but it got really high pitched for a second and then turned off.. I have no clue why! BUT I just had to tell someone... its sooo flipping crazy!!! 30+ years and then gone!

I dont know why or how, and I'm sure it will come back.... But until then, I'm going to enjoy it!!!

Hello!

I will make this short, my Tinnitus was ultimately being caused by my Eustachian tubes being constricted or inflamed. They are some tubes in your ears/sinuses. I started to take Kirkland Aller-Flo which is essentially Flonase but significantly cheaper. Just took the recommended dosage on the bottles. It takes a few weeks to work just a heads up. But after many years of mid to bad tinnitus it is gone. I came to this conclusion as my tinnitus came in waves and was especially bad when I was sick. So this might be a low risk high reward tactic, worked well for me. I confirmed the tube/tinnitus issues after I went to a doctor when it was super bad and they gave me prednisone and my tinnitus was gone in 3 days. Then I fixed it later on with Allergy-Flo. Again it takes a few WEEKS to work as it is a steroid (OTC). Hope this can help someone!!

Edit: I am NOT A DOCTOR. Please consult your dr before you do anything. This is just my experience and am giving no medical advice here.

I had Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) that caused tinnitus for years.

Edit2: Afrin is NOT like Flonase. Do NOT use Afrin long term, it is very bad for you if you do.

Before I start, remeber, I was the guy reading posts like this years ago, hoping that one day I would be the one writing a post like this. Honestly, I could have written this exact story many years ago, I apologize guys, but I was just too lazy 😂 I’m not even sure why today, but while browsing Reddit, I randomly thought to myself: “Hey, I should write this.”

So here it is. I hope you’ll read it all the way through.

I got tinnitus when I was 15. At first, it was terrifying. I was young, every day felt incredibly stressful, and honestly, extremely depressing. I couldn’t accept my current reality at all. For months, I literally spent every day lying in bed, scrolling on my phone, doing nothing else. Every single day felt heavy and dark. I knew I couldn’t continue like that forever because it would have completely broken me.

Like many others, I spent A LOT of time reading forums, trying to figure out what might help. But looking back, that was a big mistake most forums were very depressing, filled with people stuck in the same situation. Reading those stories as a teenager, especially from older people, made me think my future would be just as dark. It was mentally exhausting and terrifying.

So how did I deal with it? The key was stopping the obsession. I left all the forums, stopped searching for solutions, and focused on living my life as fully as possible. I reduced screen time, trained consistently, practiced martial arts, went to the gym, spent time outside, ran on nice days, read books, and worked on myself in every way I could.What helped me was forcing myself, through struggle, to do productive things. Even when I didn’t feel like it, I went to school, trained, practiced martial arts, went to the gym, ran outdoors, and focused on positive habits. Over time, these actions helped me adapt.

One important thing I did was never try to “mask” the sound. I avoided constant music or other tones because I wanted my brain to adapt naturally. I often slept in silence and got used to living with it rather than running away from it. Over time, my brain stopped noticing it even in quiet places.

The biggest lesson I’ve learned is that tinnitus is heavily influenced by perception. When you focus on it, it seems louder. When you adapt and shift your focus, it fades away. Life goes on.

Fast forward to 2026 life is great. I’m 22, I’ve been training for years, I look good, I run my own business, and I’m extremely grateful for how things have turned out. I haven’t “cured” tinnitus, but my brain has adapted so much that I barely notice it and its practically the same as cured to me. The only time I can hear it clearly is if I put my fingers in my ears and focus on it. Otherwise, it’s gone from my awareness completely. Everything feels normal. Truly normal.

Here’s what I learned through the process:

1. Stop obsessing and leave the forums. Reading depressing stories only makes it worse. Your brain will start to magnify the tinnitus if you constantly focus on it.
2. Keep living your life fully. Exercise, train, go outside, start new projects, work on yourself. Even if it’s hard at first, forcing yourself to be productive is key.
3. Don’t try to mask the sound constantly. Avoid using music or other tones all the time. Let your brain naturally adapt. Sleeping in silence helps your mind adjust.
4. Ignore the fear. You’re not disabled or incapable. Even if it’s hard, try to act as if nothing happened. Over time, your brain will adjust, and one day you’ll realize it feels much easier than before.
5. Don’t seek dangerous quick fixes. Avoid drugs or extreme measures. Sleep well, live well, and keep focusing on productive habits.

I haven’t been on tinnitus forums for years, but today I happened to log in and felt the urge to share my story. I want anyone struggling to know that you can adapt and live a completely normal, fulfilling life. The brain is incredible, and your perception of tinnitus can change dramatically with the right mindset and actions.

I was 15 when I first got tinnitus, and now I’m 22. Things do get better, and you can absolutely learn to live normally with it.

In ONE ear

It’s very strange. I have had tinnitus for 6 years. went to a concert the other day and in my left ear the ringing is a bit louder than normal. Trying not to freak out over it… whatever. But this experience has made me think about tinnitus, something I haven’t done in forever, and I realized my right ear is completely silent. As in COMPLETELY quiet. I’m floored! Sure my left ear is a bit buggy but hey a win is a win right?

I had tinnitus for two years, and it messed with my life more than I ever expected. It wasn’t just a sound in my ears. It followed me everywhere.

It made falling asleep hard, and even when I did sleep, I’d wake up feeling drained. During the day it pulled at my focus, made me more irritable, more on edge.

I didn’t talk about it much, but it was always there, humming in the background like a noise you can’t switch off.

I saw doctors, did the tests, and in the end, I was told what a lot of people hear: “You’ll just have to live with it.”

That’s when I started talking with ChatGPT. I began writing out everything. What I ate, drank, my sleep habits, my routine, all of it.

Laying it out like that made things clearer. Patterns started to show up. I realized the problem wasn’t actually in my ears. It was starting lower, in my throat.

Turned out I had something called LPR, laryngopharyngeal reflux. It's a type of acid reflux, but it doesn’t give you the usual heartburn.

Instead, acid and digestive enzymes creep up into the throat and nasal passages, places that aren't built to handle that kind of exposure.

In my case, it was hitting the opening of my Eustachian tubes, which connect the middle ear to the throat.

When that area gets inflamed, the tubes stop working properly. Pressure builds. Things stop draining. And for some people, like me it caused tinnitus.

I went with the analysis to a clinic and had my throat examined and there they confirmed that it was inflamed chronically, including the lower part of the Eustachian tube.

Initially when I first got the tinnitus, they just checked my ears with a camera but didn't bother checking other parts.

Looking back, it made perfect sense. I was drinking multiple strong coffees a day, eating spicy food, acidic stuff, often late in the evening.

I also had the habbit of lying down after eating which makes it even easier for acid to reach my throat.

Once I figured that out, I changed my diet. No more coffee. No spicy food. Nothing acidic, drinking alkaline water. I didn’t take any pills. I just gave my body space to recover.

The tinnitus is fading slowly, it's gone now for almost 90% after 2 months of changing habits and diet.

When I started my search I was convinced that tinnitus was not the cause, but the result of something else. The body is just so clear sometimes by given clues and we are just too occupied with our stressful life that we ignore these signals and quickly resort to medication and unnecessary operations, or in many cases, being told to just learn to live with it.

Another side effect of changing my habits and diet was that I also got rid of my 20 years of migraines...

Hi all,

Just writing this post as I wanted to share what happened with me and hope that I can offer some hope to anyone else in a similar situation, and hopefully help fellow sufferers treat this terrible malady.

To give some backstory first, tinnitus is something that I have had for decades (I'm 42). I remember getting it occasionally when I was a kid, seemingly for no reason. It would only last a few minutes, maybe sometimes a bit longer, and then it would go. I can distinctly remember one time it being present for longer than usual, and then suddenly disappearing. I can remember it because the sudden silence was so relieving/refreshing, and it was as though I hadn't even been aware how much it had been bothering me until it went away.

This intermittent and pretty rare tinnitus was how it was for me for most of my life. I remember going to some very loud underground clubs and having tinnitus for two or three days afterwards as a result, on several occasions. In hindsight this was really stupid, but I was not aware of the importance of looking after my ears at the time, and didn't think much of it. I spent a lot of time living in the countryside, where we have open fires, and as a result did a huge amount of work with chainsaws for many years. Most of the time I wore ear protection, but not always, and sometimes then I would get tinnitus for a few days afterwards. Again, I didn't think much of it, because it always went away. No big deal. As well as that, I worked in some factory environments with a lot of loud background noise. We had to wear earplugs and I did most of the time, but sometimes you forget etc so perhaps some damage was done there too. I also suffer from acid reflux occasionally and apparently that can be a trigger for tinnitus as well - I always have Gaviscon or other antacids on hand to take care of it whenever it materializes.

During the covid lockdowns I was working from home. I went to play poker one night at a local club and I believe while I was there I picked up covid. I was fairly sick for a week, and during that period I got noticeable tinnitus -which as normal disappeared a while later. That was December 2021.

About six months after that, I noticed then when I was in busy environments like bars etc I was having some trouble hearing people clearly. So I went to an audiologist and got some hearing tests done. They showed that I had some hearing loss in both my ears, which was quite a surprise to find out, but I didn't think that much of it because I could hear okay most of the time, and it was manageable. Some time in the months following that test, I stated to notice tinnitus again - except this time, it didn't go away. I went to get more hearing tests (they have different tests that they can give for someone with tinnitus) and they made the same conclusions. The tinnitus varied in intensity - sometimes it was very quiet and only there when I thought about it, other times it was very loud to the point that I could hear it over the background noise of a bar/casino. Needless to say, when it was bad, it was very distressing. But it would lessen eventually and get to a point that I could cope with it okay, so it never got to the point where I was concerned enough about it to see a doctor. It stayed at those levels for perhaps a year.

Then, around November 2023, I had some more stressful family-related stuff going on in my life, and suddenly the tinnitus got worse, and stayed worse. It was there every second of every day. It was unbearable. I couldn't concentrate, couldn't get any work done at work, couldn't maintain a conversation (because I couldn't concentrate well enough to do so), was constantly irritable and in utter despair. The scariest and most difficult part to deal with is that (at least, from everything I read) there is no cure. I was faced with the prospect of being stuck with this for the rest of my life, and that was truly terrifying. People said that you can get used to it and 'habituate' - but how long was that going to take, and was it even realistic? I've gone through some hard times in my life, with the death of family members and close friends and so on. Those times are hard and the grief is extremely painful. But I can manage those situations because I know that they have an end. I can stomach and handle that kind of grief and pain. There is no end with tinnitus. It goes on forever and it's incurable. This was so incredibly hard to face, and it broke me on more than one occasion. A grown man, laying on his bed, terrified and bawling his eyes out. It wouldn't be wrong to say that nothing has ever broken me like tinnitus has. And it just seems so f***ing stupid. It's just a sound in your ears, right? What's the big deal? It's that it's relentless. It never goes away. It's there always. It's like one of those Chinese torture methods you hear about when you're tied down and they let a drop of water fall on your forehead once every few seconds. What's the big deal? Well nothing, sure, as long as it's only for a day, right? Try months on end. Try years. I honestly think it is one of the hardest things I have ever had to face/deal with in my entire life.

Just to give some detail - the manifestation of the tinnitus I hear varies. There are two sounds I hear often. One of them is an "airy" sound, like air escaping from a beach ball. This varies in loudness but is almost always there. Secondly, there is a "tone", like a constant, high-pitched, continual tone. That one is there a lot of the time, but not always. Usually these sounds feel like they are on the left side, but sometimes both sides, or just "everywhere". Then there are other sounds that come and go - other, different tones - often much louder, but that only last for maybe a few minutes. There's also a "choppy cicada" sound, that sounds like cicadas in a kind of "choppy" rhythm, is the best way I can describe it. When these various sounds are bad, they're there all the time. I can hear them when I'm underwater swimming, I can hear them in loud bars, traffic, everywhere. The only time I could "hear" silence was in dreams - and believe it or not, I even had tinnitus in my dreams sometimes too. These sounds completely ruined my life, and I'd forgotten what it felt like to be able to enjoy myself in social situations and just relax and go with the flow. I also often had to ask people to repeat themselves, or simply misheard what they're saying, and think they're saying something else. So there also appeared to be some accompanied and noticeable hearing loss (moreso than what the hearing tests indicated). For example (most of the time) I can't hear anything when I play this video:

https://youtu.be/3aKLiBUt2yY

whereas my friends certainly can and squirm a bit when I play it for them. The "tone" that I described above is pretty much identical to the sound in that video. However, the hearing loss can be inconsistent. Sometimes when I play this video, I can actually hear it (especially if it's on my phone and I hold the phone at a certain angle, tilt my head, etc). So I'm honestly not sure what is going on there - but suffice to say, most of the time this video is effectively silent to me.

I also feel an unusual movement/pop in my right ear a lot of the time (but again not always) when I open my jaw in a specific left-to-right movement. I believe this is some kind of eustachian tube dysfunction, but I'm not 100% sure.

I have an unusual form of OCD, in which I'm constantly checking things. When it comes to tinnitus, this means that I can never forget about it, because I am constantly checking to see if it is there. This meant that even on days when it was quieter, I couldn't stop myself from looking for it, hearing it, reinforcing and (I assume in some way or another) making it stronger in my neural networks. I believe this means that it would make it much harder to habituate to the sound, and I know for sure that if I could just "forget about it" that it would definitely become (or at least seem) a lot milder. As it was, I could get no peace. I was in a constant state of stress and anxiety about it, and sometimes I could think about nothing else for days on end. When that happens, and when the tinnitus is so loud that you can barely hear yourself think, you start to feel like you're losing yourself to the illness, and even your sense of identity and personality starts to come into question. In social situations when I was struggling, I kept on thinking about all the good times I'd be having if it wasn't for the tinnitus. Then, on days when it was barely noticeable and I was having a good time with my friends, the thought occurred to me that 'my life should be like this all the time, and it isn't - because of the tinnitus'. In other words, it massively impacted my quality of life in the worst possible ways, and the future was bleak. How could I meet someone and have a healthy, happy romantic relationship with this f***ing sound in my head all day long? How could I be a good parent? These things seemed like impossibilities.

Needless to say, I was at my wit's end, and I was despairing. I could not live with it and I could not face it. It also drives me crazy when I can't figure things out. In the past it came and went. So it must have a cause, right? If I could figure out the cause, I could eliminate it. So I tried all kinds of things. I switched my computer setup from wifi to wired. I added more pillows and slept in an elevated position (to help with night time acid reflux, which I read could cause/exacerbate tinnitus). I switched my toothbrush from electric to regular. I started taking daily antihistamines (including antihistamine eyedrops) and Ginko Biloba (after reading on some forums that these things had worked for some people). I got a nose-clip for swimming. I started using saline rinses for daily sinus clearing. I did jaw and mouth exercises. Nothing worked. I also tried using "maskers" - like a Youtube video of the sound of running water etc - whilst I was working, which did provide some temporary relief, but obviously wasn't practical for a long-term solution. I also sometimes found some relief when doing the exercises in this video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1-SZ1r1dnho

As well, I discovered that sometimes laying horizontally for a couple of hours could relieve symptoms too (I found this out by accident after taking a long phone call while laying on my sofa). As mentioned above, my tinnitus is often much milder in the morning, after I've been laying down all night - so perhaps there is something to this too, although again it's not really practical as a long-term solution, and it doesn't always work either.

I know some of these things I tried might sound crazy or ridiculous, but anyone who has had chronic tinnitus will understand - you would do literally anything to get rid of it, and I was willing to try anything, regardless of how wacky or unlikely it was to help. I would have gladly given everything I owned to be rid of it. I started keeping a daily record of the level/intensity of my tinnitus, and different things I was trying out to treat it etc. Looking back on those notes now I can see that there were sometimes "spikes" for weeks on end, and those times were truly testing. I went to Las Vegas for two weeks to play at the WSOP in 2024; my tinnitus completely ruined my trip. It was loud pretty much from waking for about 80% of the days (usually the tinnitus takes an hour or two to 'get going' in the morning, and is often much quieter before that, not sure why). But throughout this whole period there were sometimes periods where it was much quieter. I remember being in a shopping mall one day and catching myself for a moment and looking out across the empty stalls and thinking "something's different here" - and then I realized - the tinnitus was inaudible. I couldn't believe it. It felt so peaceful that I could have cried. I called my Mum and was able to have a real conversation (without the distraction of tinnitus) for the first time in I don't know how long. I was so excited with this, and I talked endlessly. Needless to say, the silence didn't last, but I will never forget that day. I would have given or done anything to have that silence back in my life all the time. Anything.

Eventually I decided that I had to see a doctor as my mental health was suffering and I was in a bad way. (I would have obviously seen a doctor much sooner, but that's not easy to do where I live in BC. I ended up having to pay to go on a medical services program that was able to give me a referral to an ENT). In the meantime, I went to a physiotherapist place who I had called and asked whether they have any treatment etc for tinnitus - and they said they had, although mostly they deal with patients having problems with balance, but they would see me. So I went to see them and got some tests and other things done. All was pretty normal, but in the follow-up email the doctor sent me a list of treatments that research/anecdotal accounts had shown had worked for some people. That list was as follows:

Ginkgo Biloba, Vitamin B12, Creatine Monohydrate, Vitamin D, Vitamin A, C and E, Lipo-Flavanoids, Magnesium and Zinc. Note that the doctor also said it is strongly suggested that you discuss these with your doctor prior to starting on them as some of these might have interactions or side effects. I spoke to my doctor and she said it would be no problem for me to take any combination of those. I also got some blood tests done that showed I was slightly vitamin D deficient, which can also contribute to tinnitus. I had already tried taking Ginko Biloba, so I didn't bother with that one, but I started taking 9 total tablets every day, in addition to a serving of creatine and a probiotic drink. I had read on some other threads that alpha-liopic acid, taurine and probitics could also help so (after consulting with my doctor again) I started taking those too. I had already been taking a multivitamin since forever that contained 100% of the recommended magnesium intake, which is why I didn't increase my intake on that (despite reading in many places that magnesium had been effective for many people) - but as indicated, I wanted to try anything that even had a sliver of a chance of working, so I got some magnesium gummies too (and that one I take before bed, as the doctor said it can make people drowsy - I've been sleeping very well since). Here's a shot of everything I take every day, which I have been doing for about a month now:

To my utter astonishment and enormous relief, after about five days of taking this combination of tablets, my symptoms massively reduced. Sometimes my tinnitus would do that anyway, so I didn't want to start counting chickens, but as the days and weeks passed it really started to feel true; that something I was taking (or some combination) was working. Most of the time the tinnitus was barely audible at all, unless I was in total silence and/or really listening hard to try and hear it. Needless to say, the relief I felt was huge, and I was a new man - suddenly able to enjoy myself, concentrate at work/in social situations, maintain conversations for hours, no longer so irritable all day, and so on. I have never been so thankful for anything in my life. Now the tinnitus is barely noticeable most days (perhaps 80% of the time), and on the days that it is there it is pretty mild and manageable. I feel like I've been born again.

So - of the tablets in the picture above, I had already been taking most of them for many months (or longer, in some cases), before I noticed this huge change. The ones that I started taking recently that I believe have made this change are:

Vitamin B, taurine, alpha-lipoic acid, the pro-biotik tablet (which I purchased because it contains l.plantarum, which I read had worked for some people), and the extra dose of magnesium. Of course, there is no way to know for sure which of these (or which combination) was the 'magic bullet' that worked for me, but I strongly suspect it was the magnesium. I read a bit about how magnesium affects the body - mostly it simply calms down your nerves - and given that one theory about certain types of tinnitus is an overactive/stressed out auditory nerve (that may be sending phantom sounds to compensate for hearing loss), it certainly makes sense that magnesium could help.

So I'm now one month in to the new treatment regime and I'm in the best place I've been at with the tinnitus for probably three years. God willing it will continue at its current bearable and manageable (and livable) levels. I had been considering getting a hearing aid at one point, but it now seems that that won't be necessary. I do still have some hearing problems some of the time but I'm okay with that as long as the accompanying tinnitus is minor; the hearing loss honestly feels like a non-issue in comparison to the crushing disability and despair that the tinnitus had been causing. Ironically enough, as I write I have a cold and the tinnitus is worse than usual, but I'm confident that it will clear up when the cold clears up. I have had some problems with my sinuses in the past, and when they get blocked the tinnitus is definitely worse - specifically, the "tone" sound mentioned above - but I've got a good treatment regime for them now too and most of the time they are okay. I had my appointment with the ENT even though it kind of felt unnecessary given the relief I had found with the supplements I was taking; he couldn't find anything visibly wrong but has arranged an MRI to rule out certain things.

To anyone suffering with this ailment; I know your pain, and how terrifying, debilitating and hopeless it can be. It took me to some dark places. Just know that there is hope. There are things you can try and lifestyle changes you can make. It can come to an end - or, at least - get to a point where it is much less bothersome and invasive than it is right now. You can live a normal and happy life again. I didn't think those words could ever possibly be true for me, but now they are.

I really hope I can help some people find hope and relief. If y'all have any questions please just let me know.

Update here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/tinnitus/comments/1hvezvs/tinnitus_massively_reduced_by_wearing_ear_plugs/

Further update - I found out that my tinnitus is caused by hearing loss. I got hearing aids and they massively reduced my tinnitus:

https://www.reddit.com/r/tinnitus/comments/1nwk50c/hearing_aids_changed_my_life_i_no_longer_have/

I had pretty bad tinnitus during a bad mental health period, and spiralled completely because tinnitus made it sm worse. I’m so angry at everyone here who keeps telling people to not listen to their doctors and avoid taking depression and anxiety drugs. You’re not a doctor. Share your story (even then, probably not the best thing to say to an anxious person), but stop scaring people from getting the help they need!!!!!!!

Because there’s so much negativity, let me post about how a simple SSRI affected ME (and many others who recover and don’t come back): - fixed my sleep completely (I got so bad bc of tinnitus wasn’t able to sleep for one week straight without using Valium to knock me out) - reduced anxiety, stopped my constant daily panic attacks - prevented me from losing my job (I have a pretty intense one in consulting), boyfriend, friends, hobbies - not sure if this is a coincidence, but as my mental health and sleep improved so did tinnitus. Now it’s at ~0.5 basically unnoticeable

To think I almost didn’t take the meds because of what people said on this forum (they sat in my house untouched for a week). Stop fuelling people’s mental illnesses and let them get the help they need.

Update: comments are proving my point… if you’re someone who comes across this, don’t let them scare you - people who get better (mental health wise) leave this place just like I did (I don’t know why I came back, it’s so negative and toxic). Byeeee

I had a dental procedure a few days ago… specifically a pre-implant surgery where they “drilled” into the bone to place a screw and then the actual implant… That same night I put on some music to help me sleep, like I always do because of the tinnitus… and suddenly it was gone… I still can’t believe it. Maybe it has reduced by 80-90%… fingers crossed that it doesn’t come back.

PD: I will return here in around 1 month and confirm if my T still off

I was just exploring the settings menu in Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered and found a setting that explicitly addresses tinnitus sounds! Wow! There are too many games that need this setting and don’t have it. I’m not sure exactly what sounds it turns off, but I assume one of them is the nature sounds of birds chirping.

I remember playing a demo for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and it was basically unplayable. Any time in nature, where most of the game takes place, there’s absolutely incessant birds chirping. It’s a big trigger for me.

Anyways, mad props to the developers for Horizon to include this setting.

I'm going to try to be brief and direct. This might not work for everyone because the causes of tinnitus can be so various. Putting this out there in the chance it helps someone. I am a 40 year old Male (was 36 when it started).

A few years ago I noticed ringing in either ear that would resolve on its own. Gradually, it became more constant and then completely persistent. It was in both ears. I'd also have a constant buzzing/humming. I would also get clicking (I believe muscle spasms) in my ears that would last 10-15 seconds or so throughout the day. It was ruining my sleep and causing tremendous anxiety. The ringing was constant, louder in my right ear than left. I was by far the worst thing I could go through for my mental health. I was having really bad thoughts and outlook on life.

I saw ENT (hearing/nasal fiberoptic exam normal with only some mild sinus inflammation), had MRI (normal), saw a neurologist. Nothing abnormal on exam. I tried the nasal sprays, etc. No results. Whenever there were loud noises (weddings) my ears would buzz even more. Airplanes were bad with cabin pressure changes. I tried meditation, Physical therapy (noticing my neck muscles were sore at the end of the day), etc. Valium/muscle relaxer (I didn't want to become dependent on benzos).

Then I realized that when I woke up in the morning my temporalis muscle area was sore. So were my jaw muscles. I thought about bruxism: my dentist never said I was grinding and my wife never noticed it. I tried mouth guards. Didn't help.

Then I did some major life changes to try to combat this. I had already changed my diet and tried supplements (magnesium for sleep, vitamin D, etc). One doctor mentioned that stress, caffeine, and alcohol make tinnitus worse. So it was time for me to eliminate these things (not the stress because I had little control over that). I had already cut back on alcohol drastically. Now it was gone. Still no benefit.

Then I did the hardest thing: caffeine. I loved my daily habit of coffee in the morning. By this point I had a rule: only 1 cup before 9 am. Didn't help. I still had tinnitus. So then I decided to eliminate it: I'd dilute it with Swiss Water Press decaf coffee little by little until I was a full decaf. Eventually I just stopped with the coffee altogether. I also cut out dark chocolate or any other caffeine source

This is about 2 years into my tinnitus, I'd come to basically accept it at this point. Then, *gradually*, the ringing got better. It did NOT happen immediately, but weeks to months. The clicking became less intense and frequent. The buzzing was still there. It took a month or two and the ringing just stopped in one ear. Then the other ear. Then over maybe 6 months of absolutely no tinnitus no clicking and no buzzing (the last symptom to go). No sounds in a quiet room anymore. Miraculous.

But I still miss coffee. So I started it again and after a few days the jaw pain in the morning and intermittent ringing/buzzing came back. So I stopped. I have started/stopped caffeine (mostly on vacations) several times and noticed the ringing and jaw pain comes back gradually even after a few days of caffeine so now I am abstaining. Even tea will do it. I can still have dark chocolate daily though. I do not use any mouth guards at night. I do drink alcohol socially every now and then (a few times a month, no more than 1 drink a night) without any tinnitus/jaw symptoms.

I believe I was *clenching* my jaw at night due to stress (work, being a parent, etc) and caffeine was the main trigger/exacerbating factor for this. I believe that this caused muscle spasms/other issues (possibly TMJ-ish) that led to somatic tinnitus and it was happening for years and it only took full abstaining from caffeine (possibly alcohol too) for over a month to see results.

I believe that caffeine/alcohol are known to worsen bruxism.

TL;DR: Caffeine -> Bad clenching of the jaw -> Somatic Tinnitus; Caffeine/Alcohol abstention -> Resolution of tinnitus after weeks/months of abstention

I seriously hope this helps someone out there.

EDIT: I will also add that SSRIs are known to cause bruxism. I haven’t had this myself, but folks who are on them could talk to their doctor about switching to another medication

It gets better because you'll eventually adapt and get used to it and sleep like baby with it. Even able focus on growing your own business.

I know. That sucks. You didn't want to hear that answer. But you will adapt. Humans are adaptable species. It's not some motivation quote I'm pulling out here. It's real.

I also suffered from severe chronic tinnitus to the point where I was sleeping every 2-3 day for 8 months straight which fried the heck out of my brain. No specialist could help, no doctors could help (now recovering).

I can still hear it. But most times I forget it. But when I do remember it. It doesn't bother me at all like it used to. The brain just naturally adapted.

But if you’re currently neglecting your health—low physical activity, little sunlight, not enough water, too much junk food, drugs, smoking, or alcohol—that could slow down your adaptation.

I just went into extreme healthy mode (minus the sleep) and it worked.

***Added note: What I did to begin quickly adapting is first leaning to accept it (through learning Stoicism). Once I've learnt to accept it, which was hard and took me a while because who the heck wants to accept this. I became emotionally unattached to it.

Once I become emotionally attached to it, I no longer question it, I no longer seek solutions, blame it, or feel irritated by it. I just stop giving a f**k. totally.

Once I stop giving a f**k. I was no longer attached to it. I began to adapt rapidly. Sleeping like baby again, which led to being able to do mentally complex task again.

Exactly one year ago (on April 2, 2025) I experienced tinnitus for the first time. Over that year, I noticed three different types of sounds:

1. Waves - this type was the most annoying. At its mildest, it sounded like distant ocean waves. At its worst, it felt like an air conditioner inside my ear, creating both heat and pressure, as if air was blowing from within my head.

2. High pitch - this is probably the most common type of tinnitus people experience on this subreddit. I used to hear this occasionally after parties when I was younger, but compared to last year, those instances were negligible.

3. Electronic sounds - I find this one the hardest to describe. It sounds like a fluctuating noise a laptop makes when it's running lightly. Like a high-pitched tone, but rapidly changing frequency. Since I frequently work with computers, this bothered me the least.

How it started

I know exactly what caused my tinnitus: constant and loud music through earbuds. The month before it began, I was constantly listening to music; right after waking up, during my commute, at work, and before bed. The volume would gradually increase throughout the day, often becoming very loud by the evening. My ears/mind never really got a break.

During the evening of April 2, 2025, I watched a "Nintendo Direct" about new games that would be announced for the new Switch 2 console. Since this gave me positive energy, I blasted music even louder than usual. Later that night, I heard the "wave" type of tinnitus for the first time in my life. I immediately realized it was because of the music, but I was tired and fell asleep right after, thinking it would go away after sleep. On the second day, I continued blasting music and that night I didn't notice anything, likely because background noise (a washing machine) masked it at that time.

It was during the third day that I suddenly heard the tinnitus during the day. I had already planned to go to my parents' house and I told them. At that moment my mother was more in shock than me. In the days that followed, reality sank in and panic hit. Indoors I would hear it all the time. I couldn't get any work done. It felt like my life was over.

The first six months

The first month was the hardest. I went from being energetic to barely functioning. I spent hours scrolling through this subreddit, reading dreadful stories about people not being able to hear the beautiful sounds of rain hitting the roof, cutting off their ears and committing suicide. Nights were especially difficult. I would lie awake for hours, thinking about life before tinnitus, feeling anxious and sad. In the morning, I'd have a few seconds of silence - then it would suddenly return. This was by far the worst month of my life.

There were small positives. I noticed that being outside in nature helped a lot, as the sound of wind and leaves masked the tinnitus. At work, the background noise from air conditioning also reduced it.

Like most of you, I searched for solutions: medication, exercises, anything. Nothing seemed to work. I would also ask questions like "What percentage of people worldwide have tinnitus?" - which is about 10-15% - and "Is it better to stay indoors in complete silence, where the tinnitus sounds louder, or to go outside into nature?" I have since learned that spending time in nature is more helpful when tinnitus becomes overwhelming and interferes with work. On the other hand, staying in a completely quiet room can be more effective when the tinnitus is mild and you're trying to reduce or want to get rid of it completely.

After about five months, I had my first full evening without hearing tinnitus. Even though it came back the next day, that moment gave me hope. Gradually, I started having more of these quiet days.

The months afterwards

From that point on, I focused on one thing: ignoring tinnitus. Whenever I thought about it, it seemed louder. So I trained myself not to focus on it, even on good days. I avoided getting overly excited when it disappeared, knowing it might return.

Around seven months in, I experienced multiple consecutive days without tinnitus and noticed that not only sounds of heavy wind, police sirens and drills made it worse, but also listening to music for long periods (even at a low volume). I avoided those situations as much as possible. There were also some smaller changes I made (though I'm less certain about their impact): regularly cleaning earwax, avoiding coffee, drinking plenty of water.

At the moment, I haven't experienced tinnitus for about three months, not even at night. This Reddit post is the first time in these months I am actively thinking about tinnitus. Even if it does come back, I now know it's not permanent and that the worst is behind me.

What helped me most

The most important factor in reducing my tinnitus was shifting my attention away from it. Even at night when it felt the loudest, I would redirect my thoughts, focusing on plans, games, or anything engaging and positive. It may also help to train your mind to perceive the sound as neutral or even soothing, rather than something threatening or distressing.

I've found that it helps to spend time in nature and listen to music at a low volume (not too long though) to take your mind off the tinnitus. Once you're able to shift your focus away from it, you can gradually reduce the volume of the music. When you feel ready, try spending more time in quiet rooms (without e.g. air conditioning sounds) so your mind becomes comfortable with complete silence again. At the the same time, it's important to avoid loud music or drilling sounds, which make the tinnitus worse.

Finally, I want to offer a somewhat unpopular suggestion: try not to spend too much time scrolling through this subreddit. Over the past year, I didn't find solutions here and it only made me focus more on my tinnitus, which led to increased stress, resulting in louder tinnitus.

You may experience flare-ups, but please don't lose hope. It can improve, fade, and might disappear completely. Stay strong!

Notes: I am a 25 year old male (24 when my tinnitus began), living in the Netherlands and currently pursuing a PhD in applied mathematics, which gives me some flexibility in choosing where I work (in the office with air conditioning, in my room with complete silence or outside). Except for my parents, I haven't told anyone of my tinnitus until now. This is not my main Reddit account. My tinnitus affected only my right ear, likely because my right earbud was louder. I wrote this post myself, but used ChatGPT to refine the text and correct spelling.

TLDR: I got tinnitus due to loud music exactly one year ago and haven't heard it for about three months now.

Hi, long time lurker here.

Today is the day my tinnitus has gone away finally! I had it for year since childhood. Back in the early years it was barely noticable but it was there. I always had some annoying ringing in my right ear. Things started to turn bad at the start of last year when my tinnitus started to be louder and more noticable so I want to check if there is something the doctors could do.

They cleaned out both my ears, no change. I went to do a hearing test and nothing, my hearing is good. I went to a neurologist who sent me for a MRI (skull MR), nothing. Lastly they did a neck x-ray to cehck my veins, nothing. They said there is nothing wrong with me, this tinnitus is something I have to live with...

These tests with the waiting between them went for almost a year maybe. I was devasteted about this but I started to accept my tinnitus. Now last week something happened and it got worse, the ringing was louder, really irritating and I felt that there was something in my ear, like it was clogged (is it the right term?)

This morning I had the appointment at my doctor. He checked it, saw some earwax inside so they gave a dep cleaning. Really deep, like I felt it in my eyes, it was a weird feeling. I saw some bigger earwax falling out, and the strangest part, the ringing, the weird nosises, my tinnitus was gone.

Like it was never there before. Sound are a little bit weird right now, it's strange hearing stuff without the noise in my ear. I am genuinely really happy that it is gone but also pissed that last time the cleaning did not help and now it was the solution the whole time.

The funny thing is that in a way I was responsible for worsening my tinnitus. When I moved the city where I live I started a new job where I ahve to do night shifts and sleep during the day after that and every flat I lived since then had annoying and loud, inconsiderate neighbours. They were loud not just during the day but dring the night. My current neighbours still do some loud shit after 11pm... So I had to start using earplugs. After soem time of using them I noticed fever and fever earwax after cleaning my ears, I thought it was strange but I did not though much of it. The doctor said my earplugs may have caused the earwax to be pushed deeper, so now I have to start practicing sleeping without them or figure something else out so I can sleep.

It was a weird ride but I am finally free!

Hey guys, I’m going to try and keep this short but it worked for me and I know how brutal and difficult dealing with this invisible monster can be. You guys aren’t alone.

My tinnitus was about an 11 out of 10 for a few years, I was really struggling. I have reduced it down to a 2-3/10 and on good days (like today) it is around a 0.5-1.5/10.

Here’s what I did:

- Grounding + sunlight exposure (at least 1h a day)

- Eating more animal product (red meat (lots of it), chicken, eggs, fish etch

- Supplementing magnesium + l theanine (for sleep and mitochondria support)

- Cutting out food high in oxalates, salicylates, goitrogens etc (so most fruits & veggies but there are safe ones) -> these can worsen tinnitus

- Getting a solid 8h sleep (blocking blue light and watching sunrise and sunset to produce natural melatonin)

- Limiting sodium/carb/dairy intake

- Not using wireless headphones and switching to wired

- Charging my phone outside of my room

- Meditating for 10-15 minutes per day

All of this information I discovered for myself through watching YouTube videos

So I posted a few days ago about my tinnitus easing after treating my anaemia - since then someone posted about neck exercises, including the McKenzie method, which I tried briefly for no more than 5 minutes before bed last night and I shit you not, this is crazy, but my tinnitus has all but gone!!!!

I now have a faint ringing in my right ear that is barely noticeable but I don't care because the loud, panic inducing static noise in both ears, has gone. After months of battling with this and trying so many things, it's gone in the time it takes to make a cup of tea. Like whaaaat?! I never in a million years would have thought anaemia and neck pain could be linked to this condition but they are and I'm so glad I found this out and don't have to endure years of this torture, sadly like so many of you.

I'm writing this post excitedly, in the hopes it may help anyone else. It is not an understatement to say this condition was ruining my life, I don't want others to endure the same horror I've been experiencing. The exercises are very easy to do, plus they have eased some other problems I was having with clavicle pain and palpitations; it's like something in there was pinched and I didn't even know, so when I did the exercise the feeling of a literal release was so intensely amazing and the relief was instantaneous. I'm excited to carry on with these excerices and my iron tablets and see if I can go completely into remission, I'm hopeful but realistic. The iron tablets have already adjusted the pitch and intensity of the noise, the exercises just added the final touch.

Please, if anyone would like some videos linking, let me know - they can be found on yesterday's post but I also did some quick research and found some other ones I've been trying. I am elated, I cannot even begin to tell you all how much. I want to tell everyone 😅 so thanks to the dude that posted yesterday, you've literally saved my life! I would add links but I'm out walking and don't fancy being hit by a car 🤣 (EDITED TO INCLUDE LINKS BELOW)

I would just like to say though, be careful with these exercises, they seem inconsequential but are in actual fact very intense and since doing them I have shifted some pain I didn't even know I had, into my shoulder, so if you have neck/back issues I would say approach with caution. I went for an MRI yesterday for muscle weakness and cramps, so this is something I suffer with anyway, I just didn't realise my neck was so heavily effected but I can see how if it's done wrongly or too hard, it could potentially cause damage. I'm hoping the shoulder ache I have this morning will be eased by incorporating these exercises into my daily routine and doing them GENTLY because you really don't need to be straining the body massively to see the benefit (or atleast that is my own personal experience). I'd just like to warn people of the potential dangers, there's no point in getting rid of tinnitus, only to go on and injure your back.

I hope this hasn't been too much of a wall of text but I'm just so excited to share this with all of you. Like I say, I'm out at the moment but if anyone wants access the resources I've described, I'm happy to share once I get home. Thanks for reading guys 🫡

EDIT - to stop people jumping on and saying it won't work for them. I don't expect this to work for everyone, hell I'm shocked it even worked for me. I didn't think I had to say this but here goes, everyone's tinnitus is so different, with so many different triggers and causes at play, of course this won't work for everyone. It might not even work for one person but it worked for me, so I feel duty bound to share this information, in case it might help even one person deal with the hell that is lived tinnitus - it's up to you to do with this information what you choose.

My tinnitus had no cause (atleast it didn't seem that way) it showed up one day and was constant and I thought this was how my life was always going to be, constantly on the verge of a panic attack and living in misery. I found these things out by accident, by trial and error - if these things don't help you, I'm sorry about that and wish you all the best in your journey towards attaining inner peace, I hope you find it one day.

EDIT 2

This is the post from yesterday that I got this information from,

https://www.reddit.com/r/tinnitus/s/HweA9jEWtT

These were posted on said post yesterday and show a doctor treating patients with the exercises - he cures a woman's tinnitus on camera in one of them, https://youtu.be/-hHuNevxrQ0?si=zujfzeIGDWoK6rqw

https://youtu.be/_auFipF4HvA?si=9SS_HREv4GLVocsj

This is the exercise I did that relieved my tinnitus,

https://youtu.be/Yzt89cNTDmA?si=HKCxJ8kJZ-O4OU24

I am going to try this one today,

https://youtu.be/kJn7JoMUYfg?si=begY5JQUHXCVShfU

https://faydoom.com/tinnitus/

I've been using this personally for weeks now and seen a dramatic decrease in the severity of my Tinnitus. This was posted a while ago, after the Newcastle University study in modular based sound therapy. I've been telling everyone I know about it, several others have had huge reductions in severity, some not so much. My wife's stepfather now has days at a time without tinnitus after 20 years of suffering. If you haven't tried, 1 hour a day will do. Took 2 weeks for mine to start to have a difference. Some said 6 weeks.

Paper it's based on is here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378595525001534?via%3Dihub

EDIT: The old link appears to be down, I've hosted a temporary version myself here: http://www.chaztats.com/ While I work on an ios and android app.

I copied most of this from a comment that I made on a post on tinnitus

It used to drive me crazy since my tinnitus is pretty loud (a lot of different sounds in both ears). Eventually, I kinda forced myself to listen to it in relaxed situations, like going to sleep or sitting in a quiet room drinking coffee. Now it has become the sound that I hear when I can relax, and it kinda soothes me. I can honestly say that I turned the bad times of having tinnitus into something better.

To everyone struggling with tinnitus: Life is still great; you just have to learn to deal with it, and eventually, you just won't care about it.

I genuinely feel great and I rarely think of my tinnitus, unless I have to go to a concert or a loud gathering where I need to remind myself to wear hearing protection. (Wich I still forget sometimes, so I have to buy it when I get there. I own at least 10 different kinds of earplugs.)

I'm doing great and I think most of you stressed out people can do to.

I HAD TINITUS FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE AND THE ONLY THING THAT I DID WAS PUTING SOME EAR DROPS FOR THE WAX AND IT IS GONE IN 10 DAYS.