Tinnitus wakes me up!

[Claire1210]

I usually sleep fine but for the past couple of night my tinnitus has woke me up. Worried its getting worse as this is not the norm.

[starveycat]

I leave a radio on all night, if I don't I also wake up

[Mille23]

I wake up many times during the night, because tinnitus wakes me up. I use my iPad , listening to auditory boks and Fall asleep again. 😀 Winter makes my dysfunction of the eustacian tubes worse.

[cjb2]

You could also try getting a sound pillow (I had got mine from Hearing Direct) where you can plug in an MP3 player or play a Tinnitus white noise app on a mobile phone. It is usually enough to mask the constant ringing in the ears. I did have it very bad last summer but the intensity of it has eased and I hardly notice it now. I also do about 60 miles a week cycling which also keeps the blood pressure down.

[TinnitusUKPat Partner]

Hi Claire

Is it possible that your sleep being interrupted - which can happen quite normally - and you're noticing the tinnitus at that point because your surroundings are quiet and it's the first thing that you're aware of?

There is some advice on Sleep Disturbance on our website which you might find helpful - tinnitus.org.uk/tinnitus-an...

Best wishes

Pat

[Claire1210 in reply to TinnitusUKPat]

I would usually just think that but it's different tones that wake me up. They are almost in my dream and I wake up to them. Sounds strange I know. Thankyou for the link x