Recent content by Adrianfox

Hi all. Just reporting back here to happily say that my tinnitus is now fully gone! Following a particularly bad evening on Saturday 23rd October I went to sleep early in desperation and woke up to... total silence. I couldn't believe it! I spent my first hour sitting by the garden window in...

Thanks @Michael Leigh, correct me if I’m wrong but what you’re saying with the worsening variation and changes are in the event of acoustic trauma where damage to the cochlea has started the tinnitus? In that case I can completely understand how it can get worse over time/events. I believe...

Hi @Birdlady - Very interesting to read your story and hear the similarities too! Do you get some days where it's 10x better? Today I have been in almost total silence! Where yesterday it was a total disaster to me. I am also on the beconase, day four now. I had my MRI to check for any benign...

I'm really suffering with tinnitus and still at no conclusion to what it is or how I can stop it. I'm wondering if anyone here has any experience or advice or input. My tinnitus has been here for seven weeks. It's unilateral (only ever in my right ear) and believe somatic - It's only here...

@Hazel - If you require any further statistical analysis in the future please feel free to get in contact with me. I'm a Six Sigma Black Belt by industry, I live and breathe data analysis! Although I feel that my tinnitus will end up temporary (here's hoping), I have experienced enough pain and...

Sounds to me that you’re really struggling with stress/anxiety issues and the tinnitus may be heightened or even totally from your stressed nature. One of the best things I could suggest is to learn how to control your mood/stress levels, I know it’s hard but that will make your days a lot...

Thank you @GregCA, this has given me confidence in using ciprofloxacin without worry. Do you know of any further studies?

Long story short I've had tinnitus for seven weeks now, and only today been diagnosed with Pseudomonas infection in the ears. I've been prescribed Ciprofloxacin 0.3% drops for the ears to treat them, but aware that Ciprofloxacin is on the ototoxicity list. Is this safe to take? Or am I at risk...

Update 3; Went to the ENT today... what a total waste of time. The specialist checked my ears, no comment. He said he believes it's "Probably just a viral infection" but wanted to make sure it's not an accoustic neuroma (benign tumour) just in case though he's '99.9% sure its not'. I tried to...

Hi all, just wanted to give you an update on my circumstances as I am now in week 5 of my story with Tinnitus and appreciate that conclusions on people's stories helps us all. Week three continued to worsen. My lowest point was on the Friday where I had to leave my friends at my own house party...

Hey again Tinnitus Talk! I have my first appointment tomorrow to try and discover where my tinnitus comes from (it's intermittent and unilateral tinnitus, some hours its a 9/10 on the tinnitus scale and some hours it's a 0/10, my root cause diagnosis is muscular/neck tension/TMJ related since...

Thank you Michael and @Chinmoku. It's very frustrating... just the one ear. I had total silence for about three or four hours today, no tinnitus! And then half an hour ago as I was making my first drink for the weekend... bang. Right ear is going crazy with high frequency tinnitus again -...

Hi all and thank you for your responses so far. I went to my GP for a third time outlining the stress and disruption it is causing to my work life, the painful/discharging ears whenever they are checked with an otoscope, and the weird fluctuation/intermittance of the tinnitus- and they have just...

What’s the best way to get an ENT appointment in the UK? I‘m new to tinnitus and have had it for four weeks now. It’s deeply distressing and I can’t imagine having to deal with it for much longer. I don’t even know what caused it. I live in the Midlands/Warwickshire area and asked to be...

Update; I visited an ear specialist today on private appointment. She found both ears to be clear with no wax blocking the ear drum. My right ear which has the tinnitus showed a dull coloured ear drum, but it was healthy looking. She then tested my ears and found a drop in hearing higher...