Hi Luucinda,I am old person and used to enjoy a nap after dinner but sad to say those days a gone,I also wake up during the night with a blasting head,i use enrichment sound though the night but I makes no difference.l asked my audiologist about it and he says no problem your not damaging anything and eventually the brain will get used to it.lt is to do with your sleeping pattern so no worries,just remember no sleep during the day.
I find mindfulness meditation works for me ,reduce stress then you will reduce tinnitus.
G/L IT WILL GET BETTER.

Normal for T, I wake numerous times throughout the night with T raging even more than is normal. No naps, there is no escaping this beast! So don't worry, I guess it's "normal".

Thanks for both replying back to me. I suppose I need to try to not fret as much as I have been, let it run its course and hope and pray this flare calms down as it has before. I am off work today, drove 50 miles to my daughters to go shopping to buy christmas clothes for my 3 little grankids. Shopping tends to take mind off the T. Xo, costly refuge, but I having a good day thus far, more tired from being up with the T. Thanks again for your support.

Hi Lucinda, the evenings are the worst normally because your body is tired and you need to sleep. You can try a melatonin or a sleep medication. Just be cautious with the prescription so you do not cause a problem needing more and more amounts to get yourself to sleep. You can learn to practice sleep hygiene, its on google search. The brain does not go to complete sleep. Sad but true.

Yes, my T is always worst upon waking up. Like others, I used to like a nap in the afternoon (especially after playing tennis), but I can't do that anymore. It doesn't matter if it's one hour of sleep or all night, it's worst when I get up. I thought it might have something to do with being horizontal, so I tried napping sitting up, to no avail.

I take meds to get and maintain sleep (combination of Lorazepam and Hydroxyzine, almost never a problem *getting* to sleep), but that gets me only until around 5 am. I used Bedphones and masking sounds to try to sneak in another couple of hours, but it's more like lying awake with someone screaming in your ears.

Once I get up and go through my morning routine (shower, shave, etc.) the T sometimes settles down within an hour or so to a fairly low level in one ear, which I can mask using a Bluetooth earpiece and an iPod. That's probably two out of three days. At other times, it stays moderately loud, in both ears (like today). I can still make it more tolerable through masking, but it's more annoying when it happens. Fortunately, I *rarely* have two really bad days in a row, so I can always look forward to tomorrow.

And FWIW, I find that alcohol greatly lessens the T, sometimes to the point of not needing any masking assistance at all. (The alcohol probably amplifies the effect of the Lorazepam, since they both operate on the same neurotransmitters. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but a glass of good bourbon sometimes makes for a very pleasant evening.

What you have (high T level upon waking) is very common, I believe. (It's not great for sex though, since I'm pretty tired at bedtime from the sleep meds and/or bourbon, and the screaming T in the morning is not conducive to romance. We've managed some afternoon times, especially on weekends.)

Rich

I find it amazing and I have to say I get so discouraged from reading on this forum and tinnitus talk forum that most people seem to have good days and bad, that's a good thing and really a life saver but my T is always the same, I never have a low or moderate day.....I am finding that this is really unusual and it makes me sad.

Hi Sueera, please don't be discouraged. I don't know how to help much, i just have so much empathy for those of us on here and tinnitustalk. People without tinnitus do not understand - at least we can encourage each other. rose

I'm sorry Suerva. I know that you don't want to hear too much from me as I'm intermittent. I do have empathy for your situation. May I say something with my best intention.

Since your's is a constant annoyance, would perhaps a masking device really assist you. This has really helped others whereupon the regular t sounds are masked. I realize the expense, but perhaps insurance may pick up the tab to some degree.

Please excuse the thought, if you have been there and considered that.

Thank you attester. I do use an ipod with white noise, it does help somewhat. I am in the process of trying to find out if I can get a tinnitus masker from Starkey as wearing the earbud 24/7 really starts to hurt my ears. The in ear masker will be wonderful, the problem is that my tinnitus is in the 12KH-14KHZ range and I was told by one radiologist that these devices cannot mask anything over 8KHZ.

I'm glad you are intermitant tinnitus, I wish this hell on no one and if you get breaks here and there GOOD for you:)

Awakening loud tinnitus seems very common. I have that also, but have not yet to come up with a solution. A very bad way to start out a day is a understatement. I thought Autifony would be the solution, but that failed as you probably know. Maybe Autonomy's injections will pan out and solve the problem....who knows?

I put an ear plug (some tissue or store bought soft rubber) in my right ear (one thats having the problem ) and it seems to help a little. When it fell out accidenty durng the night, i find the noise louder than usual that's how I know it helps.