Turbo29
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ASA (acetylsalicylic acid) = Aspirin
New Shingrx Shingles Vaccine
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Not really, or rather, not in coping with it in a way that allows me to sleep well. While I hate the constant high pitched squealing tone, I hate what it's doing keeping me awake most of the night the most.
I've had tinnitus for quite a while and I figured it affected my sleep some, but there was a sudden jump up in intensity in early February. And it really shook up my world. In a matter of days, I started feeling depressed and had stomach pain and could hardly sleep. I did get some Ambien 5mg, which would help me get a few hours of sleep, but I didn't take it often because I knew it would lose its benefit with continuous use and cause dependency, and there weren't many tablets subscribed. Without it, I actually went 3 of 4 nights in a row once where I don't think I slept at all. I had never gone more than one night in my entire life without sleep.
I took Nortriptyline for several weeks but then stopped because of side effects. I don't know that it helped for the depression because that seemed to lessen before the drug could have taken effect. And through March and April, I was having more days where I was getting 4 or 5 hours of sleep without Ambien, so things were looking better. Then last Wednesday night, I started having greater trouble sleeping again. A couple nights in the last week, I resorted to Ambien 5mg to get about 4 hours sleep. THC 5 mg or 10 mg with and without CBD 1:1 were not helpful the nights I tried those. Melatonin never seems to do anything for me. The last two nights, all I took was Melatonin. I slept 1/2 hour two nights ago and 1 hour last night (best estimates) at completely different times in the night. And the depression and stomach pain has returned with it, which I thought I had kicked. I mostly feel like total **** in the morning like I'm living a nightmare after these nights of virtually no sleep, then go to work and drink a few cups of coffee, and get to feeling better as the day goes on, feeling pretty good in the evening at home (like right now, despite such little sleep). The tinnitus seems louder in recent days, so maybe it's at a threshold that it's making it more difficult to sleep, or maybe it's due to the extra anxiety and lack of sleep, with one making the other worse.
I've read countless sleeping tips over the last couple years even before this more recent development. I'm using a white noise machine, tried nature sounds like crickets/katydids, tried sleep stories, not watching TV in bedroom, wearing blueblocker amber goggles an hour before bedtime, using a weighted blanket, not eating/drinking much later in the evening, no caffeine after morning, getting exercise (but not late), keeping bedroom dark and cool. But here I am having more trouble than ever due to tinnitus.
So, that's why I'm more reluctant to get the Shingrix vaccine, now.
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harllee
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My husband has tinnitus (caused by a bad case of the flu several years ago) and takes Taurine and says that helps.
I think I've seen you mention that before. It was in my list with a note that I read in on this forum - "DH takes three 1000 mg pills of Taurine a day."
L-lysine wasn't on my list, so I added that one. I've got about 20 non-prescription things listed. And who knows if any of them would help me.
About the only thing on the list that I had taken with any regularity was melatonin at about 1.25 mg at bedtime and once 3 mg after bedtime. It doesn't seem to help.
Koolau
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Sorry! I've gotten used to using ASA instead of Acetylsalicylic Acid (aka Aspirin). It's the chemist in me, I guess.
I slept almost 4 hours last night - maybe - broken up - best estimate. Fitbit has no clue. Tinnitus wasn't as loud today, and I got my COVID second booster of Moderna. Hopefully that doesn't spike my tinnitus. I'm not sure if I'll be brave enough to do Shyngrix - certainly not in the short term.
bmcgonig
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Best of luck to you. Mine also took a jump recently after the doc put me on large doses of ibuprofen. I’m guessing that’s the reason. I’m looking into this:
https://www.cbtfortinnitus.com/cbt-coaching-sessions-1
He has an interesting story. As you know there’s no cure, but most people habituate eventually. Takes time though. CBT might shorten that time hopefully.
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The booster went ok for me.
Yeah, I've done quite a bit of reading on the topic and feedback from people who have it, even some well known people.
I've seen info on CBT for tinnitus also. I haven't wanted to get into that because of the cost and time involved since I'm still working full time, plus I haven't seen much feedback from tinnitus sufferers who have said it was a lot of help.
Hopefully it will work well for you if you go that route.
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One more experience with the Shingrix vaccine
I got my first dose last Thursday at 1PM. By around 7:00, I was feeling "off" and my arm was starting to get sore. I woke up Friday morning with a temp 2 degrees above my normal, chills, sore muscles everywhere and feeling fairly lousy and fatigued. I started feeling a bit better by bedtime. On Saturday morning, I woke up with no fever, greatly diminished muscle pain and less fatigue. Right now, about 52 hours post vaccination, the muscle pain is gone and I'm only a little tired.
Everyone is different, but I would recommend getting the Shingrix vaccine in the afternoon and planning to rest that evening plus the entire next day at a minimum.
I got my first dose last Thursday at 1PM. By around 7:00, I was feeling "off" and my arm was starting to get sore. I woke up Friday morning with a temp 2 degrees above my normal, chills, sore muscles everywhere and feeling fairly lousy and fatigued. I started feeling a bit better by bedtime. On Saturday morning, I woke up with no fever, greatly diminished muscle pain and less fatigue. Right now, about 52 hours post vaccination, the muscle pain is gone and I'm only a little tired.
Everyone is different, but I would recommend getting the Shingrix vaccine in the afternoon and planning to rest that evening plus the entire next day at a minimum.
