I've had it with varying intensity for decades. Tried a lot of stuff, nothing helped. Until I did something against my neck tensions. I haven't been able to get rid of it completely, but when it gets worse, fighting the tensions usually helps. Going to the gym and strengthening my neck muscles also helped.
The theory is that the neurons handling neck pain are located really closely to the auditory neurons, so there might be some interference. I'm not sure how proven that theory is though. I guess that might also be the reason why some people think stress causes tinnitus - stress also (sometimes) causes tensions, so it might be an indirect causation. Personally, I never noticed any direct correlation between stress level and tinnitus. I tried taking a time out - didn't improve anything. It also did not get worse in stressful times as long as I took care of the neck tensions.
It took me quite a while to figure that out because I have a spectacularly bad body sensation. My girlfriend used to tell me how tens I was and I never noticed by myself. Once I took care of that the headaches that had also been plaguing me, vanished as well. So in hindsight I feel a bit stupid for not figuring that out sooner. :)
The theory is that the neurons handling neck pain are located really closely to the auditory neurons, so there might be some interference. I'm not sure how proven that theory is though. I guess that might also be the reason why some people think stress causes tinnitus - stress also (sometimes) causes tensions, so it might be an indirect causation. Personally, I never noticed any direct correlation between stress level and tinnitus. I tried taking a time out - didn't improve anything. It also did not get worse in stressful times as long as I took care of the neck tensions.
It took me quite a while to figure that out because I have a spectacularly bad body sensation. My girlfriend used to tell me how tens I was and I never noticed by myself. Once I took care of that the headaches that had also been plaguing me, vanished as well. So in hindsight I feel a bit stupid for not figuring that out sooner. :)