Any one have tinnitus?

jimmyjazz

jimmyjazz

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So for 5 or 6 days now I've had a ringing in my ear. It's really starting to effect my mental health. Iv been struggling to sleep and had a panic attack the other night. I'm now suffering with anxiety because of it... Also, I'm a student and I'm really struggling to concentrate when reading which scares me. So does anyone else deal with this? Any tips?
 
Not a lot you can do with it. I have it but it only come apparent when people mention it. It really is something you have to live with and get used to.
 
I've had it for years. Spent too long around loud music I'm afraid, and was too arrogant and bullet proof as a young man to listen to warnings from my parents, who obviously knew nothing. I have a series of old fax machines living in my head, squealing and whirring away day and night. Not much comfort I'm afraid but most of us eventually learn to screen it out most of the time. It's loud right now but that's because I'm first up in the house with no TV or radio on to distract.
 
Too many nights DJing in loud clubs, sometimes with the monitor on full right next to me, for hours on end so yes, I have it. Nothing to be done. You get used to it, you have to.
 
I would contact your GP and get referred to find whether there is a reason.

Tinnitus sound retraining seems to be getting more traction. I have seen a few people who have had improvements using this recently (not resolution).

Good luck, really tough.
 
jimmyjazz said:
So for 5 or 6 days now I've had a ringing in my ear. It's really starting to effect my mental health. Iv been struggling to sleep and had a panic attack the other night. I'm now suffering with anxiety because of it... Also, I'm a student and I'm really struggling to concentrate when reading which scares me. So does anyone else deal with this? Any tips?
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I can’t give you any advice but I had it for 2 months. I’m sure I had because of covid looking back now (although I wasn’t diagnosed). wasn’t the best 2 months as I had about 40-50% hearing in that ear.

after a few days I just learned to live with it. I only really noticed it at a night time when everything was silent.
Could be a build up of fluid in you ear, might be worthwhile speaking to a doctor to see if the fluid can be cleared. Thought it might have been wax build up so used olive oil drops but didn’t sort it
 
GazC_MFC said:
I can’t give you any advice but I had it for 2 months. I’m sure I had because of covid looking back now (although I wasn’t diagnosed). wasn’t the best 2 months as I had about 40-50% hearing in that ear.

after a few days I just learned to live with it. I only really noticed it at a night time when everything was silent.
Could be a build up of fluid in you ear, might be worthwhile speaking to a doctor to see if the fluid can be cleared. Thought it might have been wax build up so used olive oil drops but didn’t sort it
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Had it for years, I've got the added beauty of wax at the moment so deaf as a post until that clears. It used to be a simple case if getting them syringed at one time, now its chemical free solutions, olive oil, candles or hydrogen peroxide.

I've done the oil, now in the chemical free solution.
 
I have had it for years and it’s awful but you do get used to it. There isn’t a lot you can do about it although for helpful tips join a group on Facebook. It’s more common than you think.
Like others I have spent too many years with the music from headphones etc on too loud. It catches up with you quickly.
 
Thanks for all your replies. I've been to see the doctor and he's given me a referral to see a ear specialist and some sleeping pills to help me for a little while. I'm going to see a psychiatrist too to help deal with the anxiety.

I'm pretty sure it's been triggered by stress but I've played in bands and always cranked the music in my headphones so I'm sure that's playing it part... Hopefully it will go away eventually.
 
jimmyjazz said:
Thanks for all your replies. I've been to see the doctor and he's given me a referral to see a ear specialist and some sleeping pills to help me for a little while. I'm going to see a psychiatrist too to help deal with the anxiety.

I'm pretty sure it's been triggered by stress but I've played in bands and always cranked the music in my headphones so I'm sure that's playing it part... Hopefully it will go away eventually.
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Hope you get sorted mate.
 
I got it bad because of chemotherapy. Like you I got really stressed over it. For me, it is still there. Worse in the left. But I’m so used to it now that, unless someone mentions it, or if there is a particularly loud noise, I hardly notice it. As others have said it is just something you have to learn to manage.
Good luck mate.
 
Teesside_Steel said:
I got it bad because of chemotherapy. Like you I got really stressed over it. For me, it is still there. Worse in the left. But I’m so used to it now that, unless someone mentions it, or if there is a particularly loud noise, I hardly notice it. As others have said it is just something you have to learn to manage.
Good luck mate.
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That's really reassuring to know. Thank you and I hope you are well after your chemotherapy
 
Also got it, think its mild, had it 30 years so hardly notice it most of the time, though since it’s mentioned here there’s a good old ringing going on. Racing engines back in the day were incredibly loud - that’ll do it. Deaf as a post as a result.
 
Yep had it since I was about 15 and it came for.l no apparent reason. When is started going to clubs I had to wear discreet war plugs otherwise it would be misery for days after . Like others it doesn’t bother me 95% of the time but sometimes it kicks in at a pitch that can drive you up the the twist . Also stress and not feeling week definitely makes it worse
 
I've had it from birth ( born deaf ish from being dead popping out ma mum,cord round neck etc) - had to laugh years later at my parents telling me the" whistling" I heard late at night when about 5 years old was " water in the pipes.." - thing is, I KNEW they were lying!!! Which in turn made the situation even worse.
Anyways, you do get used to it - tone also also changes, which caught me out one night as I walked around outside my house looking for the lorry driver sat in his cab keeping warm with his truck on tick over - to give him a piece of my slowly going mad mind ( there was off course no one).
I discovered for myself that having the radio on quietly would enable it to be less intrusive, and later when all night telly came along, that was even better. Of course in time, the health people have found this a good distraction technique.

I can well imagine for it to turn up when older can be really,really stressful - so I feel bad for you
 
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