Have been on 75mg from day 1. It really helps.

I use nortriptyline 50mg. It helps. I use it for the headaches and loss of sleep. After a while I experienced the good days with T. Ran out of med last week. I have noticed a little increase in loudness but its not back to where it was. I will pick up my refill tomorrow. The slight increase in sound and number of tones is beginning to make me feel sick. Does anyone else experience this dizziness and nausea? I am somewhat off balance most of the time now. However when the T is roaring I am really dizzy. I was having severe episodes at least once a month in addition to the daily wobbles. Definitely going to get my pills before that comes back.

I tried Amitriptyline for sleep and it made me a total zombie the next day. After a week of sleepwalking I stopped taking it. I now take Flurazepam for a sleep aid plus its a benzo which is known to help Tinnitus. I wake up refreshed with no hangover and my T a bit lower. Be careful though as benzos are very addictive. I take 15MG and not every evening. Like BobsDream, I too wear earplugs when in loud places. I highly recommend them.

I wish you luck Dave.

One more thing Dave, please do not purchase any of the miracle cures you find on the web without asking one of these nice folks at DS first. Weve all been down that road and Im sure between all of us, theres nothing somebody here hasnt already tried. Save your money and buy some good quality earplugs.

Again, I wish you the best of luck.

Hi my name is Pete, i am 67yrs old and i live in Bristol UK.
I have had Tinnitus now for about 5yrs and when i first got it , as it came onto me very suddenly, i confess i had thoughts of suicide i just thought that i would never be able to live with this confounded hissing noise continually going on in my head. However i sought out help and with the help and advice that i was given i have learnt to live with Tinnitus, over the years my Tinnitus has become a little less noisy and consequently a little less bothersome shall we say. One of the best pieces of advice that i was given but one of the hardest to accept was this "Learn to Accept your Tinnitus and DONT fight against it "
Before we got Tinnitus we were used to having periods of silence but now we no longer have this privilege we have constant noise, imagine then please that you were borne with this noise that you now have in your head, you would know nothing else you would not know what silence was like and so this noise that you have would have been part of you just like silence HAD been part of you, do you see what i am getting at? So my friend, friends, the sooner that a person learns to ACCEPT his, hers, Tinnitus and the more relaxed he or she becomes about it the better it will be.I could go on but please forgive me i have not written on this site for a few years now and i guess i am nervous at making myself look foolish but if i can help you or anyone else it would be my privilege to do so. One last thing though avoid any stimulant such as caffeine.Best wishes Pete (Ratkins)