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  1. ellzeena

    Infernal Clicking and Thunking When I Swallow!

    I wasn't prepared for it at the time, no one told me the Dr. was going to do this. I had a pain in my neck (had MRI, showed nothing) so this ENT shoved this thing down my throat, tried to get it into the nostril with the deviated septum first! ACK! The moment he removed it, I burst into...
  2. ellzeena

    Otitis Externa, Antibiotic Ear Drop Experiences?

    OH but it does! After ear canal debridement, the tinnitus worsens in my ear(s) until normal (even slight) swelling subsides.
  3. ellzeena

    Infernal Clicking and Thunking When I Swallow!

    OMG I had that done once, it was awful! I'll talk to ENT next week, this is driving me up the walls, TY
  4. ellzeena

    Infernal Clicking and Thunking When I Swallow!

    I am being treated now by a subspecialist ENT for weeping skin in both my ears from otitis externa, caused by another Dr. who insisted on giving me neomycin ear drops and they messed me up big time! During the course of the last two months, this specialist has de-brided my ears (using...
  5. ellzeena

    Help, What to Do (After Waking Up, Felt Strong Anxiety and Increased Tinnitus)

    Don't panic! As horrible as ear problems can be (oh boy do i know!) this won't kill you! Be calm. Try. Now: have you been sneezing lately? Is it possible you are coming down with a cold? Have you done anything to your ears, like stick q tips into them or try to de-wax them by yourself (not...
  6. ellzeena

    Reasons Not to Check Out, Are There Any?

    I think you should carefully read Glynnis' comments, both recommendations she cited to antidepressants (Nortryptaline and Amitryptaline) apparently treat your symptoms (all of them). Meanwhile, this is what I would do: walk into the ER of a large teaching hospital, do NOT share past diagnoses...
  7. ellzeena

    Tinnitus Louder Because of Stress?

    Michael Leigh, WONDERFUL ARTICLE! TY SO MUCH!
  8. ellzeena

    Center for Hearing Loss Help?

    TY, the infection is long gone. I'm now dealing with allowing ear canals to go back to normal after several debridements (it was fungus/yeast, debridement prevents stenosis and is the mainstay of treatment for fungal outer ear infections). Those treatments are very scary and painful, adding to...
  9. ellzeena

    Center for Hearing Loss Help?

    I got tinnitus years ago after trying various BP medications and just lousy doctors giving far too high doses! I basically ignored it, even though there were times it was annoying. In September I woke up in France with a blocked right ear (scared me to DEATH), result of ear irrigation done by...
  10. ellzeena

    I Think This Is the End

    Natalie: I don't know what discussion you and your mother had that led to a huge argument, I don't know your mother's history or anything about her, but I am going to tell you this, as a mother who lost her daughter and only child to suicide/mental illness: if you take your life, you will...
  11. ellzeena

    Otitis Externa, Antibiotic Ear Drop Experiences?

    I am struggling with otitis externa in both ears (started in right ear, bad Doctor). I definitely got contact dermatitis from the Neomycin drops and that led to weeping skin in both ears (right ear worse, left ear got fixed faster). Tinnitus is much worse because post-debridement inflammation...