How to Live with Tinnitus

Living with tinnitus is enough to make a person crazy. In fact, many tinnitus sufferers deal with sleeplessness and short temper due to the constant ringing in their ears. Here are some techniques to use to make life with tinnitus more bearable.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Hydrogen peroxide
• Cotton Balls
• Ring Relief ear treatment

1. Keep your ears clean. Tinnitus becomes worse with wax build-up. Put a drop of hydrogen peroxide in your ears daily to remove excess wax. Clean the outer part of your ear canal with a cotton swab to remove excess wax and peroxide.

2. Use "Ring Relief" an over the counter tinnitus product in your ear the tinnitus is at it's worse. This will eliminate ear pain and lessen the ringing.

3. When tinnitus is at it's worse, keep cotton in your ears as it actually deadens the sound of the ringing although you may need to ask others to speak up.

4. Go to sleep with the tv or radio on to distract from the ringing in the ears. You can set them on a timer if you don't want them to stay on all night.

5. Let your family know when your tinnitus is acting up so they will understand if you are a little short tempered.

Tips & Warnings

• Tinnitus ringing will change with changes in weather and allergies.
• Continue to care for your ears even when the ringing lessons as the condition will worsen if you neglect your ears.