Tinnitus

[flutternutter]

Posting this for anyone else who suffers from this awful affliction!

I've not been very well over the last couple of days with a migraine and that seems to have flared up a loud bout of tinnitus.

Mine is like a high pitched static/electrical noise in both ears (I think but who even knows?)

Its there all the time but illness, stress etc seem to turn the volume up.

I listen to a lot of those binaural tones videos which help me to tune it out.

 

[Bumblebee999]

Posting this for anyone else who suffers from this awful affliction!

I've not been very well over the last couple of days with a migraine and that seems to have flared up a loud bout of tinnitus.

Mine is like a high pitched static/electrical noise in both ears (I think but who even knows?)

Its there all the time but illness, stress etc seem to turn the volume up.

I listen to a lot of those binaural tones videos which help me to tune it out.

I've had pulsatile tinnitus for 11 weeks now and I believe it's from starting escitaloprám turns out it's a rare side effect. It's only in one ear, at first I thought infection so got prescribed antibiotic spray then strong oral antibiotics but doc said zero infection, anyone else experienced this as a side effect of antidepressants? I've stopped taking the meds but it's nit stopped. So sorry you're suffering, it's awful

 

[Dooley Doo]

My Stepdad had tinnitus and he was at the doctors for something else and mentioned it.
The doctor said to get one of those little personal radios with earplugs attached and listen to it while you are in bed and sleep.

Not sure it will work if the tinnitus is severe.

 

[flutternutter]

I've had pulsatile tinnitus for 11 weeks now and I believe it's from starting escitaloprám turns out it's a rare side effect. It's only in one ear, at first I thought infection so got prescribed antibiotic spray then strong oral antibiotics but doc said zero infection, anyone else experienced this as a side effect of antidepressants? I've stopped taking the meds but it's nit stopped. So sorry you're suffering, it's awful

Im on antidepressants but my tinnitus predates that. A lot of tablets have a side effect of tinnitus, its really strange? I thought mine had got worse with another medication for my bowel but i stopped taking that and it never improved.

It does quite often let up to an unnoticeable noise but yep at the minute it's pretty brutal
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My Stepdad had tinnitus and he was at the doctors for something else and mentioned it.
The doctor said to get one of those little personal radios with earplugs attached and listen to it while you are in bed and sleep.

Not sure it will work if the tinnitus is severe.

It does help me to listen to something.

 

[Bumblebee999]

Im on antidepressants but my tinnitus predates that. A lot of tablets have a side effect of tinnitus, its really strange? I thought mine had got worse with another medication for my bowel but i stopped taking that and it never improved.

It does quite often let up to an unnoticeable noise but yep at the minute it's pretty brutal
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It does help me to listen to something.

Mine started a few days after taking them but I was previously on them for 10 years with no tinnitus, I'm booked into for 4th doctors appointment and hopefully be referred to ear, nose and throat hospital but not sure what they will do, until you have it you don't realise how bloody awful it is I think alot of meds can cause ALOT of other side effects that they don't warn us about xx

 

[flutternutter]

Mine started a few days after taking them but I was previously on them for 10 years with no tinnitus, I'm booked into for 4th doctors appointment and hopefully be referred to ear, nose and throat hospital but not sure what they will do, until you have it you don't realise how bloody awful it is I think alot of meds can cause ALOT of other side effects that they don't warn us about xx

Yep its something i cant really describe. Like this morning its the same volume as yesterday. But yesterday i was filled with rage because of it. Every other noise like tv was driving me insane!

This morning im just watching tv like

 

[Bumblebee999]

Yep its something i cant really describe. Like this morning its the same volume as yesterday. But yesterday i was filled with rage because of it. Every other noise like tv was driving me insane!

This morning im just watching tv like

Yes! Some days I can deal with it others I'm so irritable, even though its the same volume, I've being getting a feeling of fullness in my ear sometimes too, do you get that? Even bought an ear camera off Amazon but that agitated it further. X

 

[conrea37]

I’ve had it on and off for ages. Concussion last year and since a virus this year

 

[aidil]

I’ve been struggling with tinnitus since my early 20s (I’m 33 now) and there are some nights where it keeps me awake It’s constant high pitched ringing but gets worse when I’m stressed out. I’ve recently been diagnosed with ‘cookie bite’ hearing loss which is a genetic condition and I’m hoping my hearing aids will tune it out a bit?

 

[Bumblebee999]

I’ve been struggling with tinnitus since my early 20s (I’m 33 now) and there are some nights where it keeps me awake It’s constant high pitched ringing but gets worse when I’m stressed out. I’ve recently been diagnosed with ‘cookie bite’ hearing loss which is a genetic condition and I’m hoping my hearing aids will tune it out a bit?

I've only had it 11 weeks after starting antidepressants, I thought it was infection but after numerous doc visits it's not, got appointment with ENT soon, I started taking iron supplements 11 weeks ago too and have read high iron can cause it? You prob know so much more than me after suffering all these years, so sorry mine's pulsatile tinnitus in left ear only.

 

[leon19]

I've had tinnitus for 8 years now in one ear and sometimes it feels like it echos round my head. I normally manage very well with it and forget its even there unless I have spikes. The past few weeks I've been having a bad spike, it hasn't increased the volume but the loudest mine sometimes gets is there alot of the time when before it was occasionally. I've been finding this hard my anxiety is through the roof I feel like crying most days. The gp said my eardrums are retracted I've never had this before and that I need to be taking antihistamines and nasal sprays but its just not working. Tinnitus can make you feel alone sometimes no one really talks about it and I don't know anyone personally with it

 

[ThirdWorldGlam]

I've got this since Covid, thankfully is not as bad as others are commenting but I had all sorts of ear investigations and they found nothing, which is good and ... well, depressing, as there's no clue on what causes it. The specialist was lovely but honest that the theories and solutions for tinnitus are poor yet and recommended some meditations.

 

[disneys]

Finally a tinnitus thread !!

ive had it for about 5 years now . I got an ear infection on a holiday to Majorca from pool water which is how it started . The doctor told me it would go when I had my ears cleaned as she thought it was just ringing from excess wax but it’s never gone away . It gets worse when I’m unwell or run down and I struggled really badly during pregnancy with it . I’ve tried lots of home remedies over the years and a white noise machine which I use to sleep has really help . I find it’s worse at night so this has given me something else to focus on while I try to sleep

I’m lucky as most days it’s really mild and I can only hear it or notice it if I’m concentrating on it , but when it’s bad it hugely impacts my mental health .

 

[sistersofpercy]

You probably should speak to a GP in the first instance, occasionally tinnitus can be caused by a small, benign tumour behind the ear and they will usually want to do an MRI just to check.

I suffer with tinnitus and hearing loss. I wear bilateral hearing aids now which do go some way to improving it. My loss is from loud music and standing close to speaker stacks through concerts etc. It doesn't especially bother me but I'm rarely in silence. It helps to keep some background noise all the time.
At night I try and tune in to the whistle and use it as a sort of white noise, if my brain is tuned in to the tinnitus im not running through the shopping lists etc. It does work for me, but appreciate it might not for everyone.

Hearing aids can help tinnitus by playing a white noise, so please don't just suffer, things can be done.

 

[Lico]

I got tinnitus from sertraline. 3 days on it and the ringing started. I stopped the sertraline, but the tinnitus stayed. Just over 3 years. Went through some really bad times where I seriously contemplated ending it all. But I have family to consider, so I get on with it. It's horrible. I'm always worried that it'll get louder. For now it's tolerable.

 

[flutternutter]

I got tinnitus from sertraline. 3 days on it and the ringing started. I stopped the sertraline, but the tinnitus stayed. Just over 3 years. Went through some really bad times where I seriously contemplated ending it all. But I have family to consider, so I get on with it. It's horrible. I'm always worried that it'll get louder. For now it's tolerable.

Im on sertraline too. I had the tinnitus prior and took another medication which can also set it off.

I know it sounds crazy but I feel like I always KNEW I would get tinnitus, like either psychic or attracted it accidentally?

Do you think you felt like ending it because of the tinnitus or because of the feelings you had causing you to go on sertraline?
Not sure if youve read through or tried any advice earlier in the thread but there's so many thing which can be tried to help!

 

[leon19]

I have a question does anyone else get weird feelings in their head sometimes with their tinnitus like buzzing, vibrating like feelings. Sometimes bad headaches or just headaches in random spots and when this happens tinnitus is always louder. Is this normal? Because it always worrys me something else is going on

 

[Bumblebee999]

I have a question does anyone else get weird feelings in their head sometimes with their tinnitus like buzzing, vibrating like feelings. Sometimes bad headaches or just headaches in random spots and when this happens tinnitus is always louder. Is this normal? Because it always worrys me something else is going on

I get the buzzing, zapping sensation, I don't get the headaches, seeing third ENT tomorrow but I'm asking for ct angiogram, it's a vascular problem not a ear problem and needs a cardiologist or a angiologist, I've researched it to death, have you seen anyone about it ?

 

[Lico]

I went to an ENT, cost me 250 euros. Just to be told there is nothing they can do about it. He referred me to counselling.

 

[Bumblebee999]

I went to an ENT, cost me 250 euros. Just to be told there is nothing they can do about it. He referred me to counselling.

Saw my 3rd one today, ended up walking out in tears, he was absolutely useless, didn't want me to have more test, (because they're expensive!) he knew nothing about pulsatile tinnitus. I'm paying for private ct angiogram, I'm not living with this so sorry you've had bad experience too, we need a cardiologist or neurologist, it's a vascular problem not ear, nose and thoat. That's why they dismiss it so quickly
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Saw my 3rd one today, ended up walking out in tears, he was absolutely useless, didn't want me to have more test, (because they're expensive!) he knew nothing about pulsatile tinnitus. I'm paying for private ct angiogram, I'm not living with this so sorry you've had bad experience too, we need a cardiologist or neurologist, it's a vascular problem not ear, nose and thoat. That's why they dismiss it so quickly

Ask to be referred to a cardiologist or neurologist. It won't hurt to try, hope it goes ok, x