Sleeping Well Makes Tinnitus Louder?

Has anyone noticed that a good sleep worsens their tinnitus?

 

Good sleep almost always helps reduce my T. It depends on how you define good sleep though? Most people need between 7-8 hours, but this has to be a regular pattern with bed being at the same - or similar time - each night. Obviously this would mean getting up at a similar time as well. This will keep your biological circadian rhythm running smoothly, which in turn reaps many health benefits.

Sometimes good sleep can be mistaken for over-sleeping, which can be just as bad as under-sleeping.

I'm not suggesting you didn't have a good nights sleep, but one night just really isn't worth worrying about to be honest. See how you feel after a couple of weeks or so of good sleep.

Scientifically speaking there are only benefits; good sleep hygiene can never be bad for you.

 

Mine just stays the same, but if I have a crappy sleep, because I start losing my mind I think I perceive my T as louder. But really it's just consistently crappy.

 

My T is basicly gone for 20 minutes after sleeping.

 

@Ed209 Hi Ed. I had a good 8 hours. It was bliss and I awoke refreshed. Unfortunately my T was then the loudest it's been for the whole day then. I noticed the same when I attempted using mirtazapine on two occasions - great sleep but loud T.

 

We're all different Jaybeee, and what I referred to is mainly anecdotal evidence (the link to sleep appears regularly). I wouldn't really link any worsening to sleep just yet because it's early days. After my T got worse it was all over the place for the first year; especially in the first 6 months.

I think your in a pattern of 'checking' your tinnitus all the time which is something I was always doing. Try not to think about it too much.

 

Good sleep is supposed to relax the body and relaxation should help with tinnitus..

 

My tinnitus gets louder if I lie flat on my back, quiets down if I lie on my side (probably related to position of jaw). So it may not be sleep that's causing the increase in tinnitus loudness, but your sleep position.

 

This includes the neck muscles as well.

 

After I wake up from a good sleep, I only have my lower tone tinnitus (I have two-toned tinnitus, one is a static noise and the other is like a dog whistle x10 combined with a dentist drill), which is silence to me. So "silent" that even though I can't fall asleep on my side, I can once I've been asleep for a while because my tinnitus gets so quiet. Though, I still have my pulsatile tinnitus. Some days I do wake up with it louder but that's mostly when I've had a bad sleep. It's different for everybody, really.

 

clearly you have found a cure for yourself, just start smoking meth and stop sleeping entirely!