# Tinnitus
**URL:** https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/tinnitus/787
**Category:** General
**Created:** [April 22, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/tinnitus/787 "2015-04-22T01:09:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Shanna\_W](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Shanna_W)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/tinnitus/787/1 "2015-04-22T01:09:07Z")
Has anyone found anything at all to help with tinnitus? My ears sometimes ring so loud I can barely hear the tv at night over it. Seems like when I have a bad flare up its even worse and sometimes certain medications seem to make it worse as well. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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### Author:  [@Sticky](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Sticky)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/tinnitus/787/2 "2015-04-22T13:21:47Z")
I use headphones a lot to combat tinnitis. Not the over ear ones as they cause jaw ache but the ear buds work great. Not sure how you could watch tv though....maybe wireless earbuds?
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### Author:  [@emma](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/emma)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2015, 5:34am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/tinnitus/787/3 "2015-05-19T05:34:45Z")
No, not for me, surgery did not help the tinnitus. I have had it for 10 years. Lipoflavinoids, seems to help me. It is a compound of vitamins and even an herb or two,and a mineral or two. It comes in a Red and white box over the counter in all drug stores in the ear section usually. If you can't find it ask the pharmacist. It is not a cure and may not work for everyone. It takes at least a month to really start working and you must take 3 pills a day to start, then I cut it down to two pills a day. It worked to reduce the sound in my head considerably.
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### Author:  [@Shanna\_W](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Shanna_W)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2015, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/tinnitus/787/4 "2015-05-19T12:35:04Z")
Thank you for that information. I will try it for sure, I’m so tired of my ears ringing that I could scream.
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### Author:  [@Mac](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Mac)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/tinnitus/787/5 "2017-12-01T04:46:50Z")
Shanna\_W: I don’t know how old your post is; I hope you get my message. Did you ever resolve the loud ringing in your ears? I have the same problem. Thanks, Mac
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### Author:  [@Shanna\_W](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Shanna_W)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2017, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/tinnitus/787/6 "2017-12-01T07:35:26Z")
Hello, no I never have, same issues for years. I was suppose to have surgery but backed out. I am waiting until it’s do or death I assume before I take the risk. Ringing is very loud at night in bed, sometimes hard to go to sleep.
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### Author:  [@emma](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/emma)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/tinnitus/787/7 "2017-12-29T03:07:23Z")
Some medications and foods add to the tinnitus. I have many problems with anything with caffeine, that is chocolate, coffee, tea, and I love them all, but they really drive my tinnitus way up and my acid reflux up, so I avoid them most of the time. If you google medications that affect tinnitus, you will get way too many. I find that Melatonin helps at night. Did you try 3 month of Lipoflavinoids, over the counter, in the ear section at the pharmacy or ask the pharmacist to help you find them. I found they really helped calm the tinnitus, but it does take at least a month to get enough then just taking them regularly for me has helped. I was able to drop to one tablet a day. My eagles surgery did not help, but I still have one side with eagles and no other issues other than the tinnitus. I am not having surgery for it unless I have some other symptoms that I consider valid for ES.\