[Aries]

Having tinnitus for nearly 4 yrs, and insomnia since then. Tried all the sleep hygiene tools and meds, including Tamaz, valium, cipramil and a cocktail of herbs, melatonin, magnesium hops passionflower. Also a sound machine, all no help, now cant plan holidays etc because if it.

[Martin Reed]

Sorry to hear about your insomnia and your tinnitus, Aries. Unfortunately, it’s no surprise that the whole list of things you mentioned didn’t work — because there’s no evidence for any of them being an effective treatment for chronic insomnia.

I would encourage you not to modify your life in response to insomnia — especially when it comes to planning holidays! When you stop doing pleasurable things or try to compensate for lost sleep, you actually risk perpetuating the problem since you can end up spending more time thinking and worrying about sleep, and you actively guarantee that insomnia has a negative impact on your life.

You might find these two videos helpful:

Every time you feed your insomnia, you make your insomnia more powerful and more demanding

Why it is so important not to compensate for a bad night of sleep when you have insomnia

Is your sleep disrupted exclusively by your tinnitus? Or, have you now reached the point where perhaps sleep-related worry and anxiety (not connected to the tinnitus) are disrupting your sleep?

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