Early this year I strained my upper back.  The pain was pretty severe
and I took a lot of aspirin for about two weeks (3 aspirins up to 3
times a day).  (After over two months now, the pain is almost
completely gone.)

After that two weeks I began to have the tinnitus symptoms and googled
for causes and found aspirin overuse as a possible cause.  So I
stopped the aspirin completely and used only Naproxen when I needed
it.  However, the tinnitus remains.

I find that if I sleep for 8 hours or more, the tinnitus backs off to
an almost unnoticeable level.  The longer the sleep the better it
seems to be.   The tinnitus becomes noticeable after I've got up and
been awake for a few hours but it's still better than when I get less
sleep.

Nothing in my lifestyle or diet has changed in the last few months.
My sleep doesn't seem to be affected at all.

To me, the tinnitus sounds like the way a completely quiet room
sounds, or maybe the high-pitched faint whine of a monitor or a TV set
with the sound turned off, only much louder.  I often forget about it,
except on days when I haven't got at least 8 hours of sleep the night
before and then it's a lot louder.

I know I have it much better than most of you here.  I googled the
group for information and am hoping you will share your hard-won
knowledge with me.  Anyone here have tinnitus because of aspirin
overuse?  Does the long sleep cutting back on the tinnitus sound
familiar to anyone?  Does my history sound like it might suggest
anything?

I have an appointment to see my doctor later this week, of course.