Natural Sleep Solutions

I have had tinnitus for about a month which has greatly impacted the quality of my sleep. After much research on this forum and the web I took my first 15mg Remeron last Friday night and woke up Saturday morning with roaring tinnitus. Luckily my tinnitus sound reduced steadily over the weekend and this morning it was back to normal.

I went to my GP this morning and explained nicely that in my opinion the medical profession does not fully understand the potential that medications in wide use have for very negative impacts on tinnitus. I told him I wanted to cure my insomnia using natural methods. He referred me to a clinical phycologist who specializes in sleep disorders without using medications.

At the moment I walk 4 miles per day and take one 3mg melatonin and eat one banana one hour before bedtime. I have yet to experience any benefit from this routine.

I would be greatly interested in other forum members experiences at improving their sleep problems using natural methods that have no risk of making the tinnitus worse.

I would greatly appreciate any feedback.

 

Hi Dubinvero, i take two 3mg melatonin, and put my masking sound on of heavy rain fall, i usually sleep 5hrs, it's not enough sleep but a few weeks ago i was only getting 2 hrs and i really was getting ill because of it!!!

 

Erik,

Thanks for replying to both of my active threads.

Do you currently get by without taking any medications.? I know the way I felt after 30 minutes of taking the 15mg Remeron that I was as relaxed as I had been since I first experienced Tinnitus. However, after a good nights sleep, I awoke the next morning with the loudest tinnitus I have ever experienced.

I am hoping to learn how to better control and ideally eliminate my anxiety. I believe the more anxiety and stress I feel the louder my tinnitus seems to be.

Do you find that your tinnitus follows any predictable patterns? e.g quiet when you awake but getting louder through the day. Have you been able to identify diet issues that predictably effect the level of your tinnitus?

I am using an excellent IOS app named mySymtoms to track my food and drink intake and the subsequent symptoms. So far my tinnitus appears to worsen after spicy food and meals with a lot of cheese such as pizza or lasagna. I have not yet noted anything that seems to reduce the sound.

Erik, I greatly appreciate your advice and support.

 

You give me hope Eric! I had a good day Sunday but a horrible screech yesterday...wondering if it was the glazed donut I had!! But other days I eat sweets with no problem. Thanks!

 

Erik,

Thanks for your very thoughtful response. I need to ask you again, do you take any medications to reduce anxiety or slow your brain activity so you have a better chance to sleep. As you know, I am currently committed to try to sleep without any medications. My sleep is very poor. Is this an early on phenomenon that improves with time.?

Do you use masking sounds to help with sleep. If yes do you use an earbud or loudspeaker or hearing aid.? Do you try to completely mask the tinnitus or match it in volume or something less?

As always I greatly appreciate your advice and support.