tinnitus

i've been experiencing a LOT of tinnitus lately.. really loud and it goes on and on for a while. very bothersome. Have had tinnitus for several years.
 
certain medication may cause ringing in the ears:
aspirin, ibuprofen, benadryl, claritin, certain antibiotics, antidepressants, ahh there is a LOT of these... even Pepto- Bismol may give you tinnitus.
see if you take anything that may cause you this unpleasant side effect.

Fuzzy
 
tegumi said:
I am hearing and have had tinnitus my whole life for what seems like 24/7........mine is always the high pitched whistle, never heard any other sounds... its can get really annoying, but usually if I have music or something, it doesnt bother me... I havent seen an audiologist about this, but I am starting to consider it.
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Heh, you sound JUST like me.

A couple of years ago I got concerned about it, and went to have my hearing checked; the results of that were very good. What I wonder is if in my case it's from too much input. To give you an idea of what I mean, I hear into extremely high frequencies--including stuff that scientists say most people should not be able to hear. For example, the screeching noise put off by TVs with CRTs (those flat-screen TVs are a godsend, believe me), and most surprisingly...when I went to Carlsbad Caverns to see the bat flight, as soon as the bats came out, the air filled with a loud clicking noise. I went to ask the park ranger if it was what I suspected--and he said yes, I was picking up the very lowest frequencies of bat echolocation. I pick up things over long distances, and I would go so far as to say that I rely a bit more on hearing than I do on sight, even though I see perfectly with glasses.

And then there's the whole issue of my ears getting crosswired to my visual center somehow (synesthesia). So I find myself wondering, could it just be that my ears are getting a data overload? ;)

But my real question is this--is there anything a person who hears as I do can do if the tinnitus starts to get really bad? It's not like I can get any sort of surgery to stop it.
 
Rose Immortal said:
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But my real question is this--is there anything a person who hears as I do can do if the tinnitus starts to get really bad? It's not like I can get any sort of surgery to stop it.
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You're asking the six million dollar question.

Audiofuzzy (a couple of posts back) has some excellent suggestions that may have impact for you. However, not all tinnitus is food/medicine related but simply an indication of damage to your cochlear hairs (within the cochlea). Basically, tinnitus is your body's way of telling you that you heard too much (usually too loudly) and your ears need a rest. Having said that, sometimes it is because you have not had enough stimulus to the ear and it making it's own racket. Worst yet, it is not a phantom sound either as hearing specialists have actually heard this for themselves from patients with severe tinnitus!!!. Go figure!

Short of removing the cochlea or cochlea hairs (I'm not advocating this at all and I don't believe the medical community would do it either except being incidental to other things like a tumor), I have not heard anything from the medical establishment that can handle this problem yet.

I hope your situation doesn't go any worst and gets better.
 
Thanks. I barely ever take medicines, so I doubt that would be playing into it. Still, I've been trying to be careful about not overdoing it with the music I listen to. The interesting thing is, even when the tinnitus is most noticeable, I hear extremely well right through it. Which makes for lots of fun on some nights trying to sleep in this apartment...I'll have earplugs on, have my ears ringing, AND hear every little noise outside and fron the neighbors. ;)
 
Rose Immortal said:
...The interesting thing is, even when the tinnitus is most noticeable, I hear extremely well right through it...
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That is called masking. When you are hearing something whether unaided or with a HA or CI, the outside noise you hear masks the tinnitus. Unless you have a very bad case of tinnitus, masking usually works well while hearing other things.
 
some drugs can cause tinnitus... Lots of salt/soldium, lots of sugar, lots of caffine, all those can cause tinnitus... I have done a little bit of research.
 
Hi,:)

I'm profoundly deaf since birth. I've had tinnitus when I had a lot of stress. So, stress is the answer for causing you tinnitus. My deaf husband had the same situation as mine. My hearing friend told me that when she was on stress, she had tinnitus. I go to Yoga once a week and it helps a lot to make my tinnitus go away. I'm used to hear tinnitus all in my life so is my husband. You have to filter it.

Momoftwo:)
 
I could totally believe stress being a reason. I have had several nights of being worried about an exam, and the past couple of those nights I noticed that my ears rang much louder than normal when I sat in silence.

And caffeine...well...I don't care if it makes my ears ring. I'm having my 1 evening coffee. ;)
 
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