Can Anyone Help My Mom Who Got Tinnitus from High Blood Pressure?

Dear everyone,

I've had noise induced tinnitus for about 18 months and have been visiting Tinnitus Talk every now and then since. I won't go into my predicaments since this message is about my mom.

She has had tinnitus for a week now, due to extremely high blood pressure. She's on medication for that now but the effects of those can be 2-4 weeks out. Her tinnitus has been extremely loud and intrusive and although I do know quite a bit about tinnitus and the many forms of it i simply can't compare to you.

So she's new now taking the blood pressure medication and she's also been prescribed Mirtazapine and Zolpidem to help her sleep. I know that starting and/or stopping these can make things worse... Should she take any of those two? What should or shouldn't she do in the case of sleeping/trying to sleep?

What would be the best thing for her to do right now? Since it's not noise induced is it okay for her to watch tv at a low level for 90 minutes a day? Or should she just give her ears complete rest without any tv, phone sound etc. Is there anything else you can think of that she must or mustn't do?

I hope to hear from you.

Kind regards,

Hidde Jager