It is not too dramatic a claim to make that some sufferers of tinnitus end up close to suicide.
Hearing unwanted noise constantly throughout the day and often the night is enough to drive anyone mad, but using simple ways of coping with tinnitus can really help temporarily.
Although conventional treatments will not eliminate tinnitus altogether, there is growing evidence that using holistic natural methods could be the key.
However, there are a number of simple tips which you can try right away which should give you some much-needed relief.
Providing you have had a medical checkup which confirms there is no underlying serious cause, then try these:- * It's a well-known fact that Aspirin can aggravate tinnitus.
Discuss alternative treatments with your doctor should you need this drug on a regular basis * If you are one of the many sufferers who have worsening tinnitus at bedtime, tuning a radio to a "non-station" which gives out a static sound can sometimes help you drift off to sleep * If you are regularly in a noisy environment, be it at work or at home, tone down the noise or if this is not possible, wear earplugs.
Any background noise which means you have to raise your voice to be heard can worsen existing tinnitus levels * Nicotine, caffeine and alcohol are known to worsen tinnitus.
Therefore, cutting these out of your diet can help people coping with tinnitus * Simple distraction can help.
Keep busy and you are less likely to notice tinnitus * If you have just recently acquired tinnitus, take action now to restrict the noise you are exposed to.
Continued exposure could make the condition permanent, whereas taking fast action could nip the problem in the bud Although these techniques will help in coping with tinnitus, there are ways of permanently eliminating the condition.
However, you need to be prepared to follow a range of methods simultaneously and take charge of your own recovery as the only way to be successful is to use a range of strategies to systematically eliminate each and every possible root cause.
Hearing unwanted noise constantly throughout the day and often the night is enough to drive anyone mad, but using simple ways of coping with tinnitus can really help temporarily.
Although conventional treatments will not eliminate tinnitus altogether, there is growing evidence that using holistic natural methods could be the key.
However, there are a number of simple tips which you can try right away which should give you some much-needed relief.
Providing you have had a medical checkup which confirms there is no underlying serious cause, then try these:- * It's a well-known fact that Aspirin can aggravate tinnitus.
Discuss alternative treatments with your doctor should you need this drug on a regular basis * If you are one of the many sufferers who have worsening tinnitus at bedtime, tuning a radio to a "non-station" which gives out a static sound can sometimes help you drift off to sleep * If you are regularly in a noisy environment, be it at work or at home, tone down the noise or if this is not possible, wear earplugs.
Any background noise which means you have to raise your voice to be heard can worsen existing tinnitus levels * Nicotine, caffeine and alcohol are known to worsen tinnitus.
Therefore, cutting these out of your diet can help people coping with tinnitus * Simple distraction can help.
Keep busy and you are less likely to notice tinnitus * If you have just recently acquired tinnitus, take action now to restrict the noise you are exposed to.
Continued exposure could make the condition permanent, whereas taking fast action could nip the problem in the bud Although these techniques will help in coping with tinnitus, there are ways of permanently eliminating the condition.
However, you need to be prepared to follow a range of methods simultaneously and take charge of your own recovery as the only way to be successful is to use a range of strategies to systematically eliminate each and every possible root cause.