How loud, the type of sound, medications?

Mine is a ringing which actually sounds like a sine wave with a steely
character. The approximate frequency is 11 khz. The intensity varies
as with most of you, but at its loudest even very loud music does not
mask it. Neither does Very loud white and/or pink noise. As a point of
reference: Driving at 70 or 80 mph with the windows down and music
playing does not mask it.

I'm taking 600 mg Neurontin, .5+ mg Klonipin and .5+ mg Xanax daily.
Sometimes up to 2 mg total,  some combination of K and X. If not for
this medication and a doctor willing to prescribe it, I don't know if
I would have survived.  

Klonipin seems to suppress the ringing better than Xanax, but K tends
to  induce anxiety. A cocktail of some ratio of K and X seems to work
best, though sometimes it seems like nothing is working at all.  
The effect of Neurontin is  only truly known when I stop taking it, in
which case T gets notably louder.

I generally try to minimize the meds, for obvious reasons; but
sometimes it is impossible.

Alcohol drastically increases it. Caffeine may actually suppress it
slightly.  Inactivity of any kind is suicide. Intense mental
engagement helps.   I know most of you know all of this.

I do have classic noise induced hearing loss. My ears quit at about 13
khz and I have a 30 db notch at about 6khz.  I cannot pinpoint a
concrete a source of noise in my past that would have caused this. It
must be the cumulative effect of random exposure to occasional power
tools, music, etc.  

I've had tolerable T levels for 15+ years, but it in Sept 05 it
suddenly got much worse, and is frequently accompanied by hyperacusis.
I know there are many such tales in this group. Thought I would check
in.
Regards to all,
Dave