Tinitus.

[Rickardo]

I was diagnosed with Tinitus 2019, placed on Zopiclone and Betahistine.

I'm lucky if I can manage 3 hours sleep and more often only two hours sleep is the usual and that's after a Zopiclone 7.5. - without a Zopiclone I may get two hours or less. - I'm a full time CARER 24/7/265 with no breaks or respite. Full time caring for an terminally ill family friend. The pressure I'm under is immense and quite daunting most days. I'm tired out and week. Fed up and bored. I hate my life and wonder why I carry on with it all if you see what I mean.

Tinitus is wreckng my life but my recent aquired hearing aid is helping tremendously well only in the day times though because I can't sleep with it in as it may be damaged. Imagine someone behind you 24/7 swing a very heavy brass hammer striking the plate of an Anvil in a metal workshop, so loud. That's the kind of Tinitus I have daily, no break, no rest. life goes on, and on, and on!

Sorry it sounds so clumy but Im on my last legs now, feeling like throwing in the towel.

[wish2heal]

Hi Ricardo, you are not on your own, all of us with this horrible condition suffering , feeling just like you. Keeping busy and focus your mind away from this can help, though it is not easy, and how one can be away from that noise. I completely understand your pain, take care

[Rickardo in reply to wish2heal]

Hi there and Thank you for your reply. I'm new on here so I'm just getting used to how this works. Today I bought a bluetooth head band eye blind/ cover in the hope I can sleep listening to rain or something relaxing. I will keep you posted on how I get on. I live in the UK.

[rabbits65]

Yes your not alone, that’s something. Mine sounds like a TV aerial in my head or sometimes like a fan oven noise. However when I lay down at night I’m lucky in the fact it settled when I rest and let’s me sleep. It’s my back pain that wakes me up. Good luck to you, let’s hope more research comes to light one day.

[lesley2015]

The condition is relentless and frustrating!!my coping mechanism’s are my hearing aids (NHS) with white noise when I need it and i have a noise machine running all night, rambling brook is my favourite noise and my brain seems to accept that as potential sleep time, without it I can not sleep at all- good luck I’m sure you will find what helps you 🙂