Recent content by Nick miles

Evening everyone, I was wondering if it's safe to take Doxycycline? I've read reports it can worsen tinnitus and on Tinnitus Talk there are a few threads about it but not much evidence either way. It's for a sinus infection, 100 mg a day. 200 mg on the first day. Nick

Owen do you get distorted hearing when your tubes are that bad? Yours loud all the time?

At the moment it's really hurting when I swallow, not really sure what's causing it telis said it could be fluid but I'm trying to get to an ent but in the UK it's a waiting list of about a month

No I meant the ones you have when you swallow yeah similar to when you go swimming I guess, I don't get them when I get out the shower though, yes I have similar feelings of it reacting in the morning which is strange

Are they clicking though? As my doctor before told me if they click they are opening ok, don't think many doctors know much to be honest, well not the people I've seen anyway, can I ask if you're tinnitus is quieter in the morning?

I'm wondering wether I've got some mild hearing loss what's distorting the sound of them, I went and received a hearing test the other day but it came back normal, I understand what you mean about the fluid in the ears because I imagine if the tubes aren't working properly because they are...

It never used to bother me but it's really loud at the moment and is as if i can feel the loud pop reverberating off my ear drum

@Telis, I've never flown so can't compare I'm afraid, no my voice doesn't sound loud or echoey its outside sounds, could be anything the kettle boiling it echoes as do things like plastic bags, so across high and low sounds, I never used to be concerned about the popping either but it's got...

It's strange because some people don't get it and other people do, and like you said your bad ear crackles, there must be a connection somewhere

Hi @Telis, its definitely my tubes recorded it on my phone last night when they were clicking a few times after I swallowed and they were going nuts, just recently my left ear had started doing it more and it's matching up with my hearing distortion which started when it happened, I've had...

Mario, how loud is it? Mines so loud people sitting next to me can hear it from my ear, is started to hurt me now its getting so loud

Evening everyone I created a post the other day about my distorted hearing, which varies on a day to day basis, but I've got a question for people, when you swallow, do your ears pop every time and if so is it numerous pops or a single one, and also, sorry for so many questions, how loud is it?

Hi Nick, It's difficult to explain, if there's lots of people clapping on TV, or watching a football match on TV, it's as if I'm listening to it through a tube or a shell, it also happens with other sounds like kettle boiling or the shower running.

Have you tried anything to alleviate the ear popping?

Evening everyone, I'm really struggling at the moment, my eustachian tubes are popping everytime I swallow, and there's an echo after each pop. For the past week my hearing has been really distorted in both ears, I've had this before but never this bad. To top it off I've got a new tinnitus...