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Tympanometry printed results give some decent information. Other tests are LDV, ECR and wideband tympanometry for checking ossicular disruption / discontinuity, flaccid ear drum etc. There can be ETD without blatant tympanometry results or fluid. Other tests are ET test on ENT machine, it...

Hi Ella, - you can have a tympanometry test done and printed (to know exactly how bad it is and also have a point of reference for future evaluation, ENT also sees the ear drum color, position and possible wax covering it) - you can have an ET endoscopy that you could also ask to be recorded...

Seroquel 1 pill before bed time 25mg (although one may need to adjust to higher dose) Seroxat 1/2 pill after breakfast 20mg (so 10mg) First one aids with sleep. Second one is mild anti-depressant to raise serotonin and keep it there.

I tried to make a somewhat small useful post of those somatic tinnitus articles we link, maybe someone can go to his physiotherapist more prepared or self-diagnose to an extent. Anyway. //Questions Do they have or priorly had neck or jaw pain or stiffness? Clicking in the jaw, indicating that...

Just wanted to add that chamomile effect was obviously short-lived (don’t wanna give false hope) but my second visit to the psychiatrist was not. I finally decided to start taking medication temporarily along with a balanced diet to recover from the shock tinnitus has caused to my brain and...

My tinnitus started as a loud piercing high pitch tone in my left ear and immediately radiated to the right ear. Both ears, constant, with sensitivity to certain sounds, sent me to a nervous breakdown I never thought possible. I would rate my tinnitus a solid 5. For 45 days, I tried tests...

I have a feeling that structural changes to the ear or - for the unlucky ones - anatomical predisposition, leads to a reduced activation of the muscle responsible for dampening sounds and thus trauma occurs. I mean, a healthy young person gets tinnitus but a 300-pound marlin competing in slap...

It’s the other way around. Your cortisol increases because of the stress tinnitus gives to you. Cortisol is mandatory for us, the hard part is for it to be balanced in production and related to other hormones. Balance is key. I hope you can improve. Try finding some GOOD hand-picked chamomile...

Your X-ray looks fine to me as far as the TMJ is concerned. I believe that masticatory muscles can change the mandible and therefore the bite, which creates anatomical changes that can affect the ear directly, muscle hyperactivity and tension that can affect the CNS. Check last 2 posts there...

Supposedly the mechanism of evil causing it all. To be continued.

https://goodhealthcentre.co.uk/tinnitus-temporomandibular-joint/ THEORIES OF TMJ INVOLVEMENT IN TINNITUS The chewing muscles’ approximation to the inner ear can impact on hearing if the muscles become too tense. (Temporalis, Masseter, Pterygoid). By the muscles becoming tense it may alter the...

No. I’ve been told my gum and teeth roots are normal. I don’t have bleeding, pain or anything.

Okay. I had scans, no infection in teeth or gum or jaw. A month before tinnitus I went to the dentist because my front upper tooth chipped. I was a nail biter. He filled the missing part and then sort of slathered the whole front part up to the gum with the same material, to give it a smooth...

I once read an article about it but lost it. It has to do with a part of the brain perceiving sound that has two sides, an alert one (like, when you say “shhh” and try to hear something in silence?) and a passive/default one. Tinnitus causes hyperactivity of the alert part, rightfully so. The...

However, I continued the tests. The theory does seem to stand as the primary suspect. I had all my family members perform tests in their Eustachian tubes. I have family members with tinnitus, nothing at all and some with legitimate jaw problems, both movement and nerve / pain wise. They all...