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Tinnitus help and advice - Tinnitus Awareness Week 1-7 Feb (P 15)
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I had it a long time ago. Came on suddenly one morning.
You might laugh but i honestly thought they were digging the road up outside the house. It was early on a Sunday morning, and i could hear the jack hammers "ring" sound.
I was just about to get up and go tell them to pack it in when i noticed the wife waking up. I told her what i was doing and she just looked at me funny.
She asked what "ringing" noise i was on about. I said the jack hammers outside, and threw the curtains open to show her.
Yep, i was astonished to see absolutely nobody there!
That's when the horror struck me. This ringing sound wasn't real and was just in my head. It was so loud and so clear. I started to panic a bit.
I tried everything. Cotton buds, olive oil. I went to Tesco's to get some Otex ear drops. It was awful, nothing worked.
The worst thing about it is the normal thing you do to shut sounds out actually have the opposite effect. Finding a quiet place and sticking your fingers in your ears actually makes the sound louder. I kept walking around shaking my head thinking it must be wax or a inner ear blockage. The Doctor was next to useless. He examined my ears and declared them clear. Told me i would have to just learn to live with it!
The dark side of this condition is the depression. I decided early on that i couldn't live with it. It was constant and all consuming. Nothing in my life was the same.
I was seriously considering ending it all. I just wanted it to stop. I can totally understand why it drives people mad.
Thankfully in my case it stopped after a few months. I cannot remember now if it was sudden or gradual. I seem to remember some days it was better than others. Then i think the good days out numbered the bad. I do remember thinking (when i realized it had gone) that i would be thankful every day of my life.
People who haven't had it, just think that it's a joke and a bit of ringing sound in the ears. They have no idea how soul destroying it is. I found it wasn't the sound that bothered so much. It was the fact that it was constant and you had no way of switching it off or getting away from it.
Yeah mine came on very suddenly too. I was sat watching tv and it was like someone just flicked a switch and turned the ringing on, but it’s just never stopped since then.
MellowJoe
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Horrible affliction, I don't have any advice other than try to be asleep, but fucking hell people kill themselves over it.. The drummer in Inspiral Carpets did, it's like scitzophrenia for the deaf
BlueMoonRisin’
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What do you think is the cause. Have you been exposed to high noise levels?Yeah mine came on very suddenly too. I was sat watching tv and it was like someone just flicked a switch and turned the ringing on, but it’s just never stopped since then.
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My hearing is awful but luckily dont suffer tinnitus.I put mine down to working in telecoms sector too using tones and amplifiers to identify cable pairs.though the missus thinks my deafness is quite selective when sport is on tvI have been diagnosed with accute tinatus through 'industral injury' by a audiologist last May. The ringing in my ears was so bad it was causing me anxiety and irregular sleep. The industrial injury I put down to RF and EMF exposure working in telecommunications. I have to wear hearing aids but I cannot get used to them, so I haven't worn them for a couple of months. The audiologist recommended eating red meat(especially steak) stop smoking, reduce caffeine, cold showers and
multivitamins to alleviate to tinatus. Fuckin' bizzare I think. It's something I'm slowly getting used to and the high pitch ringing is getting worse tbh.
I intend to wear the hearing aids regularly but I can't say whether they help or not though.
Mad Eyed Screamer
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Was just reading all the messages and was going to post about Craig - a City fan too - who I knew very well. Took up drumming at 14 with the Carpets and never used ear protection and was DJing over many nights too....Horrible affliction, I don't have any advice other than try to be asleep, but fucking hell people kill themselves over it.. The drummer in Inspiral Carpets did, it's like scitzophrenia for the deaf
You can contact these too, if needed.
https://www.tinnitus.org.uk
Best wishes to the OP and those others on here with it.
I've had it for longer than I can remember, for years I thought the high pitched whistling I could hear was just the sound that tv's and other electrical equipment made when left on standby!
I only get it in one ear, my left, which apparently is very unusual, it normally effects both ears. My hearing is fine in a quiet environment, I can have the tv or radio very low and hear it no problem as long as there is no other background noise, but as others have said, in a 'noisy' environment it's a nightmare, in a restaurant I can barely hear what someone right next to me is saying whilst people at the far end of the table can hear them just fine.
I only get it in one ear, my left, which apparently is very unusual, it normally effects both ears. My hearing is fine in a quiet environment, I can have the tv or radio very low and hear it no problem as long as there is no other background noise, but as others have said, in a 'noisy' environment it's a nightmare, in a restaurant I can barely hear what someone right next to me is saying whilst people at the far end of the table can hear them just fine.
Have had it for years, but started getting progressively worse, so bad that I started getting " dark " thoughts.
Came to a head when my wife found me crying like a baby on the floor...made me explain everything to her. ( She) Made me an appointment at doctors.
Explained everything to him, said there's no cure but refered me to ENT.
Saw them, explained it all again to them, they sent me for a hearing test and now wear hearing aids. Even though I still have tinnitus, they are a big help. The specialist told me ( again ) there is no cure but showed things you can buy, apps and the sorts that can help and they do. Had an app on my phone for when I went to bed, that helped me sleep as silence is the biggest amplifier of it all. Things ain't perfect but a lot better than they were.
Go to your docs, see if you can get refered to ENT, they were/are a big help...
Came to a head when my wife found me crying like a baby on the floor...made me explain everything to her. ( She) Made me an appointment at doctors.
Explained everything to him, said there's no cure but refered me to ENT.
Saw them, explained it all again to them, they sent me for a hearing test and now wear hearing aids. Even though I still have tinnitus, they are a big help. The specialist told me ( again ) there is no cure but showed things you can buy, apps and the sorts that can help and they do. Had an app on my phone for when I went to bed, that helped me sleep as silence is the biggest amplifier of it all. Things ain't perfect but a lot better than they were.
Go to your docs, see if you can get refered to ENT, they were/are a big help...
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I have very severe tinnitus that took years to get a handle on.
One not very well-known site with excellent information is this one:
https://drnagler.supporttopics.com/?forum=466693
The guy who used to run it is a very controversial figure in cyberspace.
But I once met him when he came to the UK on a visit and can vouch for him 100%.
There's no snake oil peddled through that link, just useful free information on how to manage the condition.
One not very well-known site with excellent information is this one:
https://drnagler.supporttopics.com/?forum=466693
The guy who used to run it is a very controversial figure in cyberspace.
But I once met him when he came to the UK on a visit and can vouch for him 100%.
There's no snake oil peddled through that link, just useful free information on how to manage the condition.