Many people crave tinnitus relief. Some people find that the cause of their tinnitus is a lack of sleep, only to find that the tinnitus itself keeps them up at night. Hence, this becomes a vicious cycle. The tinnitus keeps these sufferers up at night, and prevents them from getting enough sleep. This stimulates the tinnitus to become more intense and even more annoying.

What is one method that may possibly help these victims obtain tinnitus relief?

In a study done at Washington University (Prevention; July, 2006), Tinnitus sufferers were administered 3 mg of melatonin per day for one month. (Melatonin is natural amino acid, commonly used as a remedy to help people sleep.) The patients were interviewed by the researchers the month after they ceased the intake of the prescribed melatonin.

The members of the study experienced a reduction of their symptoms by nearly one-third or 30%. Not only did their sleep improve in the first month of the study, but the participants continued to sleep better in the months following the study, when they were no longer taking the melatonin.

It would seem from this study that increasing the amount of sleep a person gets will help alleviate the symptoms of tinnitus. However, there are still many questions that remain unanswered, such as whether melatonin would be the most effective remedy.