Amtriptyline daily has helped me sleep and if that doesn't work I use Ambien.
Sue

Do you mean you take a new drug and it only works for ONE night? Even if you take it say twice a week??? This is impossibe.
What does your tinnitus sound like?

Ambien I can only get in the 5mg doseages. The others are 50MG and don't work. I think I might try someone elses idea of the Jack Daniels. However, I like Jameson or Bushmills much better!

I get the 10mg Ambien, that'll give me at least 3 hours....4 if I'm lucky.
Take 2.
Sue

Yep, this is what they gave me:
Diphenhydramine 50 mg
Trazodone,50 mg
Zaleplon 10 mg
and Ambien 10 mgs

and I am awake ALL night. I have noise generators, radios, and other stuff. If it's too loud, then it wakes other people in other parts of the house. To low, I can't hear it. To loud, I can't sleep with that!

I think I'm just doomed...

But,.... I'm happy.

You need to stop thinking about insomnia and lack of sleep ... I had insomnia before my tinnitus came up ... It was horrible ... I thought I will die... I stayed awake for 72 hours once ... Solution ... Just relax ... Stop thinking about that, do something else ... If you skip one night without sleep, just take other night 100 mg of diphenhydramine + ambien if needed.... After some time hopefuly you will start sleep well ... just remember some people sleep 8-10 some 6.8 but some 3-6 hours per night and that is ok ... I know some people who went 7-8 days without sleep ... and I mean without one second of sleep ... they are now ok and still alive ...

Elavil 10 mg together with 3mg Eva-Bromazepam or 10 mg Cyclobebnzaprine.Does not work well either. Take many hours to get to sleep.

Hi Mike, do you mind sharing a bit what your tinnitus sounds like to you? ie. quality, intensity.

Thank you all for the comments!! Much appreciated!!!
So, last night, I took 100 MG of the Diphenhydramine around 10:00 pm. I went to bed around 11. I was still awake at 3am. 4 am 5:30 am. I think I fell asleep around 6 am. but I was awake again at 6:30 never to go back t sleep. I really don't spend a lot of time think about the insomiea, The Tinnitus pretty takes up all that thinking time....

My Tinnitus is a White Noise.When I was a kid, it was there, very low, I didn't think it was anything, I thought it was normal, I never mentioned it to anyone, "I thought it was Normal"... In my 30's, my wife said that I needed to see a hearing dr. So I did, that's when I found out that it is not normal. It had gradually gotten louder, but not very fast.... Then when wife #2 came along (the abusive animal) I found that every "stressfull" incident would make my T get louder. It never, ever returned to the original level, just keep getting louder and louder. So after 10 years of that, my noise, which btw is not in my ears, it is being produced by my brain. So here I am now, the noise is at 11. I can not think straight, telephone calls are out of the question, work is not an option, except stuff I do on my own. Producing a movie, playing in a band that is louder than I am...

So that is where I am. I'm not sure if that 100% answered you question, but ask more and I'll try my best....
Mike

Hi Mike,

I am sorry you are going through this. Not sleeping literally makes me sick.

My doctor gave me Neurontin at one time for a neck injury. It is used for many things, but also for healing damaged nerves, which I had in my neck at the time. I found if I took it before 11:00 I was out like a light, with minimum drowsiness in the morning. I took 600 mg per night.

I hope you find something that will help.

Hugs,
Sandy

Well , if you take care of your insomnia problem , I promise you that your tinnitus will get better over time ... Perhaps serequol can help you out ... I think that sereqoul is the strongest slepp aid , and it must help you out .... Try also melatonin ... One guy tried it and it helped him with sleep and tinnitus also ... I think his nickname is ricepapper or something ...

I agree with Enis, if you resolve your insomnia, your quality of life will get back to normal.

I know it sounds stupid, but you could try to externalize your head noise at night, since many people use white noise machines to sleep.
It takes time, but its possible.
You also have to divorce your second wife, unless she has stopped abusing you.

A dose of Magnesium Glycinate and 3MG melatonin a night, no side effects, feel great next day get 7-8 uninterrupted sleep. I also use Relax Melodies app (nature sounds) on my iPad next to my bed.

Hello Mike:

I too have been trying to get my sleep back on track. I have had tinnitus for 3 years, but the t doesn't bother me any more. I've tried TRT for the past 18 months and it has helped a little bit, but not as much as I would have liked. My sleep issues were due to a combination of things, but not because of tinnitus. I am currently taking 25mg of doxepin at night and have been for a little over a week. I absolutely hate having to take meds to help sleep, but my sleep problems were getting worse even when I used stimulus control. I am currently taking a B complex and magnesium/calcium/zinc supplement, but they don't help much. I've tried homeopathic stuff which also didn't work. I was tired of getting only 3-4 hours of sleep a night so I had to give in to a drug. The doxepin doesn't necessarily help me fall asleep any faster, but when I do fall asleep I do get that REM sleep that is needed and if I happen to wake up after 5 1/2 hours or so of sleep I can fall back asleep for a couple of hours. I do use stimulus control when I can't fall asleep quickly. I get up out of bed go to another room and don't turn any lights on and just sit there until I feel sleepy. Sometimes I have to do this two or three times a night, but I do fall asleep.

For the tinnitus I wear noice cancelling headphones hooked up to an MP3 player that plays continuous white noise. It works great!

I would love to be able to fall asleep before midnight especially with my kids going back to school soon. I'm working on that now. My problem is I just have a hard time getting comfortable so I am trying new pillows and mattress toppers to help with this. One of these days I'll get it right.

Best wishes to you!


Shekinah