Oh fuck, I think I'm getting tinnitus
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Go to an ENT. Lot of reasons this could be happened.
Impacted wax caused tinnitus until it was removed for me
Fluid in the Eustachian tubes can cause tinnitus if it's unable to drain properly
If the clogged feeling doesn't resolve after earwax removal, you might have ETD like me. A basic steroid like Flonase usually takes care of it.
Don't panic and talk to your doctor. Get an actual hearing test. Tinnitus can be caused by tons of things.
Impacted wax caused tinnitus until it was removed for me
Fluid in the Eustachian tubes can cause tinnitus if it's unable to drain properly
If the clogged feeling doesn't resolve after earwax removal, you might have ETD like me. A basic steroid like Flonase usually takes care of it.
Don't panic and talk to your doctor. Get an actual hearing test. Tinnitus can be caused by tons of things.
I've had it for a while now. A few years. I think I'm just used to it. I blame Dr. Dre and Eminem in 1999/2000
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Welp, I woke up and still have it. So this is my reality now.
I did get a hearing test like 2 months ago saying I had perfect hearing. Guess I need to go again, but I won't get an appointment until next year probably. Thanks for the advice
I did get a hearing test like 2 months ago saying I had perfect hearing. Guess I need to go again, but I won't get an appointment until next year probably. Thanks for the advice
Lots of people saying you'll get use to it... I'm not sure it is the right message.
We need prevention. Right now, hearing damage is a epidemic and it's only going worse. Not only are young people destroying their hearing, but it can lead to tinnitus and hyperacusis, which are both even worse. There are no cures.
Concerts are insanely loud. Hell even movie theaters are. There is nothing "cool" about things being this loud, and not much is being done to protect young people or at least, warn them of the possible consequences.
We need prevention. Right now, hearing damage is a epidemic and it's only going worse. Not only are young people destroying their hearing, but it can lead to tinnitus and hyperacusis, which are both even worse. There are no cures.
Concerts are insanely loud. Hell even movie theaters are. There is nothing "cool" about things being this loud, and not much is being done to protect young people or at least, warn them of the possible consequences.
That's how I got mine. Friend played extremely loud music in his car. Next day it was clogged followed by ringing. I went to see an ENT doctor, it didn't help. I could hear it over room conversations. After 3 months, it finally died down where I only notice it when I sleep at a level it doesn't bother me. Hope yours alleviate. Mine can get louder the more stress I am. When I get rest, it dies back down considerably.
I've heard of neck massages that could help. I've never tried.
I've heard of neck massages that could help. I've never tried.
If it is temporary tinnitus brought on by a loud event, it's going to take time to fade away. I unexpectedly found myself at a loud event early July and the cicada sounds in my right ear have only recently faded away. I still have a ringtone in my left ear that is still slowly fading away. My only advice is to avoid loud noises for the next couple of months and wear hearing protection when using stuff like lawnmowers, etc.
I was so sure I'd gotten it in one of my ears after seeing The Darkness without earplugs. I was really distraught and basically felt like crying for a day.. thankfully it was just temporary for a couple days. Good luck, OP -- and condolences to the folks in this thread who were not as lucky to have it temporarily.
Go to the doctor immediately and get them to prescribe you Prednisone. If it's a recent injury, that may help.
You aren't wrong but if someone already has it, it's too late to talk to them about prevention.
Dear lord
Just five seconds of that and i am already want to put a gun to my head.
How people cope with that without losing their goddamned mind is a mystery to me
I'm not even going to listen to it but I will say it's different for everyone. Even for an individual it'll vary with health, illness, stress, caffeine, etc. It'll even change over time. The brain has a way of filtering out the stuff you hear every day, smell every day, etc. It'll eat you up if you obsess over it though.
It does infuriate me when we have concert threads with people doing the "eh don't worry about it, I've been to 15 metal shows and I'm fine" shtick.
It's my go to trick, to go to sleep. Fuck tinnitus. Had it since I was a kid.
I barely went to concerts or listened to loud music through my life, so far so good. But when I'm extremely tired/stressed or have a big headache, it's when I usually have those random noises, they can last from 10 seconds up to 1 minute, but thankfully they stop once I calm the fuck out or rest, then it dissapears completely. I wouldn't be able to get used to having that noise permanently I enjoy quiet places so much I don't know what I would do with that permanent ringing noise...
What I do have permanently though, are eye floaters. Full daylight landscapes or bright interiors are forever ruined to me because all I see is a bunch of random artifacts swimming through my vision. It's been more than 3 years since I noticed them I thought I was going blind, got very depressed once I knew they would never go away but after few months of effort, my brain learned to ignore them.
What I do have permanently though, are eye floaters. Full daylight landscapes or bright interiors are forever ruined to me because all I see is a bunch of random artifacts swimming through my vision. It's been more than 3 years since I noticed them I thought I was going blind, got very depressed once I knew they would never go away but after few months of effort, my brain learned to ignore them.
This is my recent hell but the previous tinnitus (10+ years now) helped to prepare me.
They did a 3D map of my eye floaters on video, was crazy. The left eye is worse and has a large piece still partially attached to the retina but flapping around. The other side is more traditional. Doc said that when the big piece separates completely it will break up and snow globe to the bottom most of the time, so that'll be better. It's hell now though because as I stop moving my eyes around that stupid thing keeps flapping around. Unfortunately he said it'll likely take years to break loose and surgery would be too dangerous. I'm hopeful they'll have some effective treatments for this. Right now they can suck the fluid out and replace, but it's not widely accepted. Plus in my case they'd need to remove the chunk from the retina also.
Praise the tech world for dark mode!
Ah these demons I have permanently.
The worst is when the sunlight hits me just right and my whole vision just goes into a glitter explosion. That's fun.
This was definitely not the case for me. I first experienced it a few years back, and t lasted for several months at that point. Since then I go through periods where it'll be active for a few months or if I get a cold, then it'll go away again for several more months.
I probably have it active / noticeable about 25% of the time, but the vast majority of the time it isn't there at all.
Welp, here we go again, lol.
I'm still suffering from tinnitus and eye Floaters, yes, they suck hard, and yes, I'm anxious about them on this moment, but not all hope is lost, on this moment two devices are being tested to reduce the Tinnitus (Lenire and Signal Timming Machine from the Michigan University), both of them had very promising result on their test and they are aim to launch after 2020, it's not the cure at all, but this could be the key for those looking for a resl relief or reduction on the Tinnitus.
And that's not all, there's a investigation for treating eye floaters using gold nano particules, it's still very early on development, but looks very promising and more safe that FoV.
So yeah, you should take more care of your ear from this moment, but don't be hopeless, help it's actually coming
I'm still suffering from tinnitus and eye Floaters, yes, they suck hard, and yes, I'm anxious about them on this moment, but not all hope is lost, on this moment two devices are being tested to reduce the Tinnitus (Lenire and Signal Timming Machine from the Michigan University), both of them had very promising result on their test and they are aim to launch after 2020, it's not the cure at all, but this could be the key for those looking for a resl relief or reduction on the Tinnitus.
And that's not all, there's a investigation for treating eye floaters using gold nano particules, it's still very early on development, but looks very promising and more safe that FoV.
So yeah, you should take more care of your ear from this moment, but don't be hopeless, help it's actually coming
I have it in both ears. You just need to get used to it. I can usually filter it out if there is a lot of background noise. The best thing you could do, is try and tire yourself before going to bed. That's the only time that it is quite prominent for me.
I feel your pain. Try not to freak out if it's permanent. Stress is a trigger that makes tinnitus way worse. You'll have good days and bad days. Eventually your brain learns to tune it out to the point where sometimes you'll wonder if it's still there on occasion. Good luck! We just gotta hope there are advancements in medical science in our lifetimes that allow them to heal tinnitus and hearing loss (without hearing aids).
Agreed and there has been plenty of talk about wearing protection for this reason too.
Oh god I can imagine how crazy must been to watch your own insides of your eye. The surgery of replacing all the inside fluid is way too risky and simply not worthy, unless you have an infest of floaters you can't even see what's in front of you anymore, but other than that it's just a matter of getting used to them and hoping they don't get worse as we age. Eating healthy helps to that.
The worst remainder that they're there :( Yeah... I used to feel down everytime I noticed them but now I just don't mind them. But at the beginning it certainly was a pain. Painless torture as it is said. Tinnitus must be freaking similar. Let's take care of our senses y'all! Even if we already have issues, let's take care so they don't get worse! There's always a way.
worst club ever. look into a 'white noise machine' for at night as well if you don't want to run a fan year-round.
I don't have it constant but once in a while my hearing cuts out (not completely) and I get ringing in my left ear, it's probably from using headphones loud as a teen/concerts.
It used to freak me out, now I am used to it and it only lasts 10 seconds or so.
It used to freak me out, now I am used to it and it only lasts 10 seconds or so.
They are loud, right? At most large-chain cinemas, I have to wear earplugs otherwise the sound is painfully loud. Some of the smaller theaters I go to, the sound system isn't brutal on my ears, that I can manage without a barrier. No one I know wears ear plugs to the movies though. Just me. Any of you all do it?
Yeah I have custom plugs from the audiologist so I wear them at -15dB I think.
For me, being stressed or too tired make it very noticeable. But some medicines, like antibiotics and antiinflammatories, make the week taking them a nightmare.
I wear them all the time at the theater, and I have some for the kids too. Even kid movies are too loud. Idiots.
Tinnitus is like the boogeyman to me because I know one day my airpods constantly being at max volume is going to come back and haunt me.
I mean you are saying this in a thread full of people that would desperately like the opportunity to not make that mistake. But you will still make it.
Stopping listening to anything will stave it off, but you're still doing damage every time you listen to loud music.
Just turn it down. Doing so feels awful at first, like you can't get "immersed" in the music, but after like 30 seconds you no longer notice it's quieter and you just enjoy it.
You know you might go fully, permanently deaf in middle age because of this right?
Or develop hyperacuisis which basically feels like a vice is squeezing your temples HARD all day and night. One of my best friends developed it at 18 because he was listening to hardcore at full volume all night. Now he can barely go to concerts or hear anyone in a bar, and he's not even 30.
hyperacusis is even worse than the ringing in my ear.. If dining plates collide or even worse, when forks and knifes collide.. It then feels like somebody is twisting a knife inside my ear.
@PogChamp
The very best thing you can do now is avoid loud envirements and use lowe volume and never use in-ear headphones. Another tip: Don't search anything about it, that will make it worse :)