Happy holiday-visiting, you guys! May the silences not be maddening.

Though, wait - if these are drawn freehand, usual method of drawing is...?

I have this exact problem, except I live in the suburbs, so I always remember how bad mine is.

If you don't already, you might try using a fan or playing music to provide some underlying background noise when you try to sleep. The underlying theory for why it helps is a little complicated, but it will help occupy the brain from looking for more sound input and can also help distract your brain from focusing on the tinnitus.

Best of luck!

I was kind of curious about that, myself. What is her "not freehand" method?

As a fellow sufferer, I only hope for recovery and relief.
Meditation helps, and I find if I can sleep a few days or so with NO background noise, I can usually not have a bad night for months.
May the silence be peaceful.

remember that tinnitis isn't the only thing that causes high pitched noise. Many power sources also do. It could be the 60hz hum from your wall wiring, it could be the noise from your laptop power inverter, your desktop power supply, etc.
2 good ways to check are to plug your ears, if the tinnitis persists then it's a) known, and b) will go down once your ears are un-plugged. Or turn off the main power breaker to your house.

I guess mine is rather mild. Most of the time I don't even notice the slight ringing in my ears unless it's VERY quiet. It's never caused me to lose sleep or anything like that. I can't imagine what it must be like for people who hear it loudly.

Peter Tass has pioneered a radical non-invasive treatment using math that applies of deep brain stimulation and Parkinson's Disease. The clinic he does the work through is www.thetinnitusclinic.co.uk, and if you haven't, check it out it might be worth looking into. :)

Yuko you might want to try a sound generator if you haven't already. White noise is the only thing that helps me sleep through mine.

pffft, that sucks! XDD and I saw Yuko did homestuck art? awesome!!!!

I feel, or rather hear, your pain. I have nerve damage in my ears, so the ringing is constant. I always travel with a mini fan, which I run all night to make enough white noise to drown out the worst of it. At home, I sleep with a large fan. Oddly, sleeping with earplugs also helps, but that's only cuz I've learned to ignore the ringing.

Just outta curiosity, does it change in volume for you? Mine stays the same frequency constantly, but I find it varies widely in volume.

Yup, I have the same issue. Thankfully I live on a main road in a college town.

I got mine when a truck hit me in the head, might I enquire as to the source of Yuko's? I have been dealing with mine for more than a decade.

I used to have that, have your iron levels checked. It's one of the weird possible side effects of iron deficiency.

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Having an oscillating fan running is also very handy (and breezy). The constant, gradually-changing noise helps me out big time. :)

Developed mine after a trip to the firing range without proper earpro. Got worse after a series of bad ear infections that caused both ear drums to puncture. A fan and a bit of classical music help me sleep, but it's mostly just learning to ignore it.

I get it occasionally. Best thing I've found for it was to get an air purifier and run it in my bedroom. The white noise masks the eeeeee's. It also gives me less-dusty air to breathe. Win-win!

Happy 2013!

You're from NJ?

DUDE WE COULD BE NEIGHBORS AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW.

I didn't know this was considered a medical condition, or that other people didn't have the eeeee @_@ mine is really loud but it acts as its own white noise to me

so yuko sleeps with glasses on now?

Yup, I have the same issue. Thankfully I live on a main road in a college town.

You spelled tinnitus wrong :I