my pain level is 6-7
my right ear only
had it about 20 yrs approx.

I got T Feb 28 2010 and I would rate it 8 - 9 for 9 months, then my anxiety lowered and I had 6 months of 7 -8 and luckily the last few months I get good days where it's 3 - 4 so with time I've certainly adapted better. I feel it's only in my left ear but if I put an earbud in my left to try and mask I realize it is in my right too.

discomfort from the sound 4
discomfort/pain 0
4years and has been very low

discomfort from noise,7 on a bad day, 4 on a good day(as long as my anxiety is under control) Pain 3 sometimes
Both ears, right worst
had since november 2007

On my very worst day I would rate my t. as a 7. On the average day I would rate it about a 4. And once in a very blue moon I would rate it a 1. Almost nothing. Maybe a couple of days every few months.

I have had it for 11 years now and it is in my right ear.

24/7 in the very middle of my head, it is at all time at an 11. I have no relief of any kind. I've had it all my life, but in the last 2 or 3 years it has escalated to this level. I'm doomed.....

Noise level is usually 6-7, left ear louder than right. Pain, if any, is 1-2.
Have had this for 25 years, and in the last few months it has started to get worse.

I have experienced mild on and off tinnitus for several years, I am now 54. However it never caused me great distress at those times.

Since March 2011/past 4 months, I had a sudden onset of tinnitus which woke me up one morning out of the blue, can not identify the cause, it was a loud hissing in right ear.

Mornings right ear....1-10 (5) but it improves after I am up for a while.

Afternoons...1-10 (3) usually tolerable

Evenings...1-10 (3) usually tolerable

Anxiety/obessing over T. bad days 1-10 (5)

I have no problmes falling asleep from T, due to my mornings appear to be the worst time for me.

Some days I take little notice of my T, and forget about it. But if it suddenly becomes higher, or hisses on and off I go back to thinking about it and it becomes a higher number on the scale.

I am thankful the volume is not extremely loud in both ears, as some here experience.

0 pain in both ears


Both of my ears ring, buzz, hiss..but right my ear appears more active.

Pattylyn

I think both my ears ring but since I have hearing loss in my left ear, it appears much louder on that side.

After having it about 5-6 months I could cry almost every night and have severe nausea from worrying about. Now I hear it still but it doesn't seem to bother me because it does not affect my hearing. (not factoring the hearing loss I was born with an adapted to).

I would say around 5-6 months it had to be around a 9 because I could not function. right now (8 months in) I'd say its a 4-5 and seems to be on the decline instead of on the rise.

Mine is usually about a 4. I have had it since 1964. I have learned to live around it. I like to have music playing all the time to drown out the ringing. Mine is a high pitch ringing. When it gets bad, it sounds about like a telephone ringing nonstop. I am still searching for a natural cure. Acupuncture only helped it a little but did cure my hbp and many aches and pains.

Hi. I've never posted in your forum, but check in once in awhile and I thought this post was interesting.

I have tinnitis and it comes from the middle of my head and causes no physical pain (plenty of mental). The discomfort level is between 5 and 10, as it is 24/7 for me, but worse at night. I've had it for about 12 years, but didn't really know what it was until the last couple years when it started to get worse.

I also feel doomed knowing this is forever.

Have a good day.

My T varies widely on a day to day basis. Just a week ago I had very low T for 5 days. Ive had mine since June 2009 with what seems to be of unspecified origin because I also went into menopause, have neck problems, and headaches. Mine on an average day is about a 4-5 but some days it can be off the charts. My left ear seems to be louder than the right. Just this morning I got woke up at 315 am in the morning with my left ear on the pillow and my tinnitus got very loud. It woke me up out of sleep, had to take a 1/2 Klonopin because of it. This morning it is lower. Never know what will change my level of T or when.

Hi all
I hava t since sept. of 2009- it started in my right ear, now its on both sides. 75% of the time its 7-8 and the other 25% its 2-..
For the most part I have gotten used to it. A very wise man once said to me "you can get used to hell if there long enough" I took that to heart and I will not let this get me down. I would love to find out why some days are really good and others not so.
Good luck to you all.

First got T in June 2009. Woke up at 130 with a loud hissing in my ears. Realized it seems the T is more global in my head. My days vary from a bad of a 10 to a good day of a 3 or 4 but honestly it varies day by day and I am learning more and more to not focus on how good or bad it is but to ignore it and not give it the attention it craves. Rating my tinnitus only makes me pay more attention to it and gives it power so I dont do that.

I have had tinnitus since I was 32, now 49!! Mind started in one ear about a 7, then six months later while I was still upset about one ear, the other began ringing at a different tone, son now have two ears ringing very loudly at different levels, then my hearing deteriated... now wear 2 aids. BUT I must say, hearing aids help with tinnitus, and I should know after 18 years.... so if you have a hearing loss, forget the vanity, get a aid...it will make the outside noises like TV/Radio/traffic people talking louder and will mask the Tinn. noises in your head. When I take my aids out the Tinn seems SOOOOOOO Loud! Befriend me for a chat if you want too. x