Pat mine gets worst as the day goes on also, and i do have better and worst days. I find that xanax helps calm the ringing, but my doctor is trying to get me on one of the ssri drugs. He is trying zoloft right now but for me it seams to not work very well. Try to see a Phychiatrist about it. When my Doc and my wife wanted me to go I threw a fit about it, but now I guess I'm glad. At least he is trying to help and I had been to so many doctors that did nothing. Wish you well Frank Let me add get off the salt.

The pattern of my T has become quite predictable and unfortuately I have become dependent on it.

Whatever T is like when I awaken is what I have to live with for the day. Even if I don't sleep at all, the dawn of a new day is the dawn of a new T day.

Currently I will have a bad day(such as today) with loud practically debilitating hissing, followed tomorrow with lighter hissing, the next day with very light soft hissing, and then the routine starts over again.

I have learned to manipulate this T routine. If I want a good day instead of a bad, I can do as follows. Do something to spike my T on a good day(sodium, sleep deprived, get stressed(that part is easy) and that would change the pattern causing the good day to be bad and visa-versa. Every ENT would be happy with me, as I've learned to "just live with it". Dang it anyways.

When you think about it, don't arthritic patients suffer in a similar fashion. They "just live with it".

There are things worst then death, but this ain't one. Wish all-good health.

I wish I had your attitude attester. From what kasandra and Lizzie say I'm suffering from reactive T because of going to a very loud performance. I'm so miserable and my T is raging like a forest fire. It sounds like the forest fires do when they show them in California and other states and won't give an inch. I haven't really slept for 2 days and I see in your post that not sleeping can make it worse. I think I'm in a vicious circle. I need to try and get some xanax. Maybe it will help me too. I'm having a hard time saying this is better than death right now.

I hope your T gets quieter for you piebaker. Sounds a lot like mine. But right now I'm having screaming continually and feel like I can't stand it another second. I do have some days that start out quieter and get louder the more I'm up. But right now I don't see a pattern yet. I wish I could figure out what makes the quieter spells. I know we all do! Thank God for them or I couldn't go on day after day. I hope yours improves for you.

Frank, I would stay on the xanax - lowest therapeutic dose until you get through your surgeries and things.

I will be doing TRT for my screaming tinnitus in january 2010 -

If I have any relief and get better - I will post a diary here - so others who are suffering like hell can wonder if the money and time investment is going to be worth it.

Five people have posted here as having success after six months - so it would be summer before I could honestly tell people if it is helping.

Hello Pat:

My t is very strange. Some days it will be very quiet, other days it starts off quiet and then by bed time it is louder and yet other days it starts off loud and will stay loud until the next day. It kind of has a mind of its own, if that's possible. I am learning to adapt to whatever t day I have and on the louder days I will evaluate the day before to see if I did anything different or ate anything out of the oridnary that might have triggered the t to be louder.

I have read about Xanax, but have decided not to pursue this drug yet as I don't experience anxiety because of the t and the ringing isn't that debilitating to me. I pretty much just live with it. I've had occasional drastic spikes in the level of noise and I just pray and it goes back to "normal."

I wish you the best and hope that you have more quieter days ahead!

God bless!

Mom4tags:
I'm really sorry as its a very tough time for you, that day in and day out feels like a raging forest fire. Its and interesting analogy as what is needed is the method to quench out this fire.

As you are active on this site and evaluate much research, I'm sure that have considered just about everything. Therefore please excuse most of the following thoughts.

Currently you're navigating within the T circle. The T you have is causing anxiety and hence that causes more T. I've been there myself and I really feel for you.

So we need to get you off this repetitive nightmare and make T not important anymore in your life(not important is the key). It appears that it would be great to find a way to just relax a little as well be able to get some sleep. I would speak to your MD to see if they can hook you with a med that is not addicting, safe and that has no other side effects. Hopefully after a short time, you'll begin to get the necessary rest, the anxiety will be reduced, and the ringing/hissing will be lot more tolerable.

Ok the ringing may not vanish, but it becomes only annoying like sayyyyy a hemorrhoid. So how do deal witt something like that.

Keep busy, which for me consist of work, taking care of domestic responsibilites, getting and giving support within DS, and most urgent (with a star) is to begin to do things that you enjoy. Maybe its window shopping or shopping, travel, any hobby etc. You've been through a lot over the years and its time to say: I want to do something for me. Doesn't have to cost much as the basic fun things usually don't. This may have a huge impact in getting off the T circle, making it not important and regaining a quality of life.

Let us know if any of this helps or any additional thoughts that may be of assistance.

Wish you and all to be well.

Usually better in the mornings then starts to ramp up in the later afternoon on into the evening.

Stress affects me big time, and, my weekends or days I don't work are usually better, but not always.

I have noticed another trend: When I take Sonata late in my sleep--say around 5 AM my T is usually better the rest of the day. Sonata (Zoleplon) has a very short half-life and therapetic affect on sleep of only about an hour, so, it's used mostly for people to fall asleep. However, there's something interesting between this medication and T, IMO.

Unbelievable - TWO CONSECUTIVE days of low T! Maybe I died and went to heaven. :-) Pat