Tinnitus.

I know it's offtopic but I just wanted to vent. One of the things I liked was the silence, it's good to just hear your thoughts once in a while... but right now I just can't, and I don't if I'll ever again be able to do that. It's terrible and I don't what it will do with my humor in long term, because it is really really annoying. The sad thing is thousands of people suffer from this and a good part of them are living with this for years...

I have deviated septum, myopia, social anxiety (obvious), among others, but I have a feeling none of these will bother more than this buzz in my ear.

i've grown accustomed to it - most of the time i forget it's even there

What exactly caused it? Does it just randomly happen? And is it usually permanent? Is there no cure?

That sounds awful, like torture. I've gotten brief tinnitus before and I couldn't wait for it to go away; I can't imagine living with it for days, weeks, or months, let alone years.

My dad has it. He hasn't even had it for a year and he's used to it now. He got a tube put in his ear so it doesn't ring every single day anymore.

Opaline said:

What exactly caused it? Does it just randomly happen? And is it usually permanent? Is there no cure?

That sounds awful, like torture. I've gotten brief tinnitus before and I couldn't wait for it to go away; I can't imagine living with it for days, weeks, or months, let alone years.

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i spent a lot of time around loud noises when i was younger - aircraft engines, gunfire, explosive detonations. then i worked for many years at a radio console with headphones on, turned up loud so i wouldn't miss anything.

i think it can also be caused by high blood pressure, as well as some other medical problems

not sure what can be done about it

I have it as I have meniere's disease, sometimes it is so loud that I can hear it above traffic on a noisy street, so as you can imagine at night it makes it hard to get to sleep. There are white noise generators to help with that, though I just tend to put my air cleaner on instead.

Try cutting down on salt and seeing if that helps. High salt diet can be a trigger. We all eat far more salt that we need in our diets.

coyote said:

i've grown accustomed to it - most of the time i forget it's even there

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Most of the time (at least during the day) I don't even bother either. But when I realise it is there It's difficult to forget.

Opaline said:

What exactly caused it? Does it just randomly happen? And is it usually permanent? Is there no cure?

That sounds awful, like torture. I've gotten brief tinnitus before and I couldn't wait for it to go away; I can't imagine living with it for days, weeks, or months, let alone years.

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It is permanent for a while now for me. I don't know where it came from. There's no specific cure because it can be caused by many things.

And yes, it is pretty horrible. In my case is not so loud, but in many people's case it is so bad that can take them to suicide.

kristina303 said:

My dad has it. He hasn't even had it for a year and he's used to it now. He got a tube put in his ear so it doesn't ring every single day anymore.

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This sounds good. I'll visit some doctors soon.

Remus said:

I have it as I have meniere's disease, sometimes it is so loud that I can hear it above traffic on a noisy street, so as you can imagine at night it makes it hard to get to sleep. There are white noise generators to help with that, though I just tend to put my air cleaner on instead.

Try cutting down on salt and seeing if that helps. High salt diet can be a trigger. We all eat far more salt that we need in our diets.

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I'll try, thanks for the tip.

Forgot to ask, do you get dizzy?

I've had spells of Tinnitus before, but they usually disappear within a month or two. It can be really, can't imagine having it all the time.

If you have trouble sleeping, and it isn't too loud, then I find having white or pink noise playing at night really helps me get to sleep and stay asleep. I got myself so accustomed to doing it though, now I can't sleep without it.

The time I get tinnitis is when I clench my jaw really hard. My head rings :thumbdown:

When it's silent, and then the simplest extractor fan in kitchen or bathroom, strong wind outside, whether I'm inside or outside. Road noise - hearing the rubber & asphalt roll, or wind. Any kind of noise, quiet or loud, my brain converts the sound into a known tune, which I can't identify

coyote said:

i've grown accustomed to it - most of the time i forget it's even there

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Same here. I'm just used to hearing a ringing in my ears when it's dead quiet. I can still sleep soundly, but I wonder if it'll be the same in years time when I've destroyed them more from my iPod.

I have lived with tinnitus for a long period of my life. It's scary and it sucks because you never have the peace and quiet that you once had. People get really depressed and can't even function in some points of the day because they can't concentrate on anything when the ringing in the ears is so loud. There are only really small forums and support groups on this topic and I hope Social Phobia World begins to make its own concentrated forum on this topic soon. Tinnitus is combined with many other problems too like hyperhidrosis, depression, and social anxiety. I dealt with tinnitus for a long time until I finally found a product that seem to quiet down (not cure) the problem. Lipo-Flavonoid really worked for my ears and I encourage people to try products that are out there. Again, many people like me with tinnitus, don't believe that products work, but if you are patience, they do help in time. I am sorry that you are going though this pain and I know its rough. But until they find a cure, we are all just waiting. Try calm music at a low level. Hot showers always helped tune out the tinnitus. Find happy places that make the tinnitus easier to handle. Good luck.