Those with tinnitus - how many 'sounds' do you have?

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Others who suffer from this seem to only have one 'sound' to deal with. I have about 4 and developed a new one over the last few days. I wish it would stop moving the goalposts. I was starting to adjust and 'live with it', now it's just horrendous all over again.

@awaynboilyurheid can u go to concerts etc? When mine started i was soooo upset and lost weight also like you x

Are you saying the weight loss came first or after the tinnitus? I’d love to get thin as compensation for the noises !

@DeepEnd tinnutis first! If your hoping on getting tinnutis youll soon wish you didnt :) but good luck on losing weight x

Haha no I have got tinnitus already I was just hoping there might be a potential upside to it.

@DeepEnd oo sorry i see lol! I was gonna say you dont want the tinnutis! Hope yours isnt too bad x

High pitched whine like tuning in a radio. Constant. Has been decades now but I just thank god it isn't any worse so far. I never hear phones ringing on TV/ films; the sound must be at exactly my tinnitus wavelength.

You might be referred to ENT for one-sided tinnitus, just to check there’s not anything else going on. But if you’ve had it for twenty years seems v v unlikely.
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng155/chapter/Recommendations (as in screenshot). Lots of less than helpful info online re tinnitus but https://tinnitus.org.uk/ is reputable

Constant - multi-tonal ring in one ear, high pitched
Frequent - same ring in both ears
Frequent - high pitched hissing, to keep the ringing company
Occasional - loud, insistent whine, like a siren
Rare - thuds & thumps.

Damn this thread, you've made me pay attention to it now and I'll have to get myself all zen again! Very interesting to read others' experiences, though.

Never been offered any treatment.