Anyone here suffer from tinnitus?

If so, you have any advice, tips or recommendations?

I've just had it start really badly in one ear and it's driving me mental.

Since we have a goodly number of mature gentlemen here and they are the most common group to suffer from it, thought it would be a good place to start.

I Googled tinnitus forums and you kow what? Must the be ONLY topic out there that doesn't have at least one forum!

I don't BELIEEEEVE it!

 

I get it now and again, but it lasts only for a few seconds and then gone again thankfully. Pesky nuisance.

 

I read something once about playing low frequency sounds helping to lessen the effect. I don`t envy you Daisees-sorry to hear about this, my Grandad was driven bonkers by it for years.

 

I get it now and then too. It started a year ago January. I went for tests and everything, nothing they could do. Some days its gone, other days, its there but real quiet. Fairly liveable now. There are some herb teas you can drink for it, look it up. And I hear red wine affects it more, I have noticed that.
Try a Chiropractor, perhaps just a neck adjustment might help. A new pillow maybe. I know its the hardest when you are wanting to sleep. But if you google, there is a lot of stuff on it.

 

Just a thought Daisees,my sister recently was diagnosed with tinatus and after having the ears seringed a slight infection was discovered she is now perfectly ok.........Don't want to insult your intelegence Jo...........your the nurse lol.

 

No worries, roders - there are things I know a lot about and things I know almost nothing about - be assured the latter outweighs the former by a considerable amount! :wink:

As for that bit about an ear infection, you just reminded me - I went to the doctor a few weeks ago because I had a brief episode of really bad staggers and he said it looked like I had some fluid behind my eardrum (i.e. a minor ear infection!) - seems like another visit would be appropriate.


Also, I have my regular chiropractor appointment on Monday!


Thank you all! :thmb:

 

Some of us do Daisees, I have had it for 5 years now in both ears, left louder than right.
I don't know of any truly effective treatment as it varies from person to person.

 

Registered on that woo - can't seem to make head nor tail of it.

All I see is one thread with a load of posts like "Very Good Site <a h**f=" http://groups.google.us/group/aaa-freeringtones ">free alltel ringtones ax275</a> rkllk"

 

I have it in the form of pulse tinnitus murder when trying to get to sleep and you can hear the blood pulsing through your head,it seemed to appear a cople of years ago after banging my head when I fell off my treader,had all the scans etc but nothing found,done quite a bit of research it's one of those things you learn to live with,unless there is an underlying cause it's a case of trying to learn to ignore it and live with it,you can use distraction methods I switch off fortunately I have this ability to block out pain or stresses on my body probably borne from years of endurance cycling.

 

Guess it's a bit like migraine - different for each and every sufferer. Thanks for all your input.

 

Diasees,
I have had it for some years too.
I was told that mine was down to having taken malaria medication for years on end when I lived in Kenya. Not sure if I believe that but one of the things that I'm sure must be the cause of it is when you have had either malaria or the real flu where your sinuses have been affected as well. I was told by my Consultant some years ago now that what happens is that there are very very fine hairs deep in the ear that have got damaged and that they never grow back again ever and since these assisted in hearing, it now feels as thought there is a bunch of cicadas in there singing their heart out.

I hear it more when I'm stressed or tired and hear it less when I'm in a happy and healty frame of mind.

I know it is not mind related but most certainly worse when I'm stressed.

I've got used to it but am still aware of it and sort of don't notice it.

 

Oh indeed some medications CAN affect it - aspirin does, for one. And so does one's state of mind. No doubt about it.

And as for the cicadas - that is EXACTLY how it sounds to me!

I can sympathise with your friend - I was reduced to crying Saturday night it was so bad but then I found crying made it worse so I soon stopped that!

I have a white noise generator but it has a fairly low pitch and my present T is very high pitched so it does't seem to work.


Thanks both. Appreciate your input.