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I have been searching quite a while for info on this and coming up empty. Can a medication not only cause tinnitus, but ALSO make it continually worsen (in particular, make you continually get more and more new tinnitus sounds) while you remain on the med.?

Do spikes always go back down to baseline? If it seems like a spike, but the sound stays, is that considered a change to your baseline? I get new sounds that suddenly appear, so I'm wondering if they're "spikes" or not. Some go away, but return occasionally, and some sounds just stay.

If I gently press on my cheek below my left ear, or slightly in front of, or behind the bottom of my ear, I hear a rumbling sound in that ear. It only happens on the left side. This ear also gets a "crick" sound right after I hear a loud sound. That ear also makes a garbled, crackly sound if...

I just realized today that I'm hearing a sound when I move my eyes. It's if I move my eyes suddenly upwards, or to the upper left, or down again. I only hear a sound on the left side. It's a dull, muted kind of sudden sound. On the left side, that's where I have the "cr-crunch" noise that...

Not sure if this is the right forum to post this in, but here goes: Trying to put the pieces together as to what's causing my tinnitus. It began after getting off one antidepressant, and beginning another. However, I had some ear anomalies before that. I've always had some (SLIGHT) sensitivity...

I think most of us start out with fear, regarding tinnitus. Someone told me "you must be a very strong and patient person to deal with this." To which I replied that I don't feel strong or patient...I just have to get up every day and get through the day despite what I don't like. There's not...

For the past week, I've had a new sound - an extremely deep bass rumbling sound that I hear in response to other sounds. If I hear any "whoosh" kind of sound (fan, water running hard at the faucet, washing machine on, etc.) then I hear this super-deep bass rumbling, as though a motorcycle is...

None of the sounds I have are constant. Some are there most of the time. Some are there only occasionally. Some are there, very noticeably for a few weeks or a month or more, but then fade more into the background. Volume and pitch change, also. I also keep getting new sounds every so...

Have had tinnitus for 6 months now. The doctors' original diagnoses of eustachian tube dysfunction - I don't think it's that. My allergies & tube issues settled down, but the tinnitus has remained. I suspect it has something to do with the awful Cymbalta withdrawal I've been in. It has put so...

I've had a low hum in my right ear since the end of December. Now all of a sudden, the sound is getting louder every time the fridge comes on (or the washing machine is running, etc.) Any ideas on what would make a sound suddenly, after 4 months, get louder in response to certain other sounds...

I try to focus on things other than my tinnitus...I try to distract myself, but that's not always easy. I'd love to hear any coping ideas people may have.

Does it mean you don't hear the tinnitus anymore, like you can tune it out? Or does it mean that you can hear it but it doesn't bother you?

I know there are so many different types of tinnitus sounds people get, and I was wondering if there's any connection between certain sounds and the physiological source of the sound. For example, I know some tinnitus is due to problems with the nerves, maybe a compressed nerve or something...

Does this happen with others? Are there theories of what would cause new sounds to keep happening?

Despite doctors telling me my tinnitus is due to eustachian tube dysfunction as a result of allergies, I keep going back to the fact that my ear troubles began just a few weeks after starting Lexapro. I started it on Oct. 26th, I believe, 5 mg, and then that dose was increased to 7.5 mg. around...

I was not. The ENT only spent a few minutes with me, and didn't want to pursue the issues I brought up. A doctor years previously said I still had adenoid tissue -- which could be a factor in Eustachian tube dysfunction...the ENT dismissed it by saying it'd be "next to impossible" for me to...

Since my tinnitus began 4 months ago, I've had changes about every 6 weeks. Specifically, new tinnitus sounds getting added on. Does anyone have any idea why this would happen in intervals like this?

When I express distress with my tinnitus, someone close to me says, "they're just sounds. Why do you get so upset?" Incidentally, he has tinnitus, too, but it is one constant sound that doesn't change. What do you think about the statement "they're just sounds?" How I wish I could view it like...

I have begun to notice that when I get a spike of t, there is intermittent pain deep in my ear on that side. So, for instance in March I had a few days where the t in my right ear was louder than usual, and I got moments of pain in that ear. Now I've been having a spike in the left ear for a few...

First hissing in both ears (worse on left), then low humming noise in right ear, like a truck running outside, then a metallic jangly noise in a morse code pattern, usually worse in right, and several high pitched tones, seems worse in left, and now a high pitched ringing noise which sounds like...

I got a new, high pitched sound at bedtime 2 nights ago. I honestly thought it was something in the house...but my family didn't hear it, just me. The next day the sound was gone. But at bedtime last night, there it was again. This afternoon, it appeared again. With that tone, there are other...

I have different tones/types of tinnitus, but some days (when it's spiking, I guess?) certain sounds in my house seem louder. For instance, my refrigerator. It makes a faint tone when it's running. But on certain days it seems really loud (just to me, not anyone else in my house.) Based on what...

Opinions requested on what is most likely causing my tinnitus! My history: - Have been going through a rollercoaster ride of Cymbalta (antidepressant) withdrawal for the past 11 months. I had severe withdrawals from my dose being lowered, which destabilized my nervous system. (Threw my nervous...

The loud, high-pitched whine and high-pitched morse code tones I hear when the heater or anything with a motor is running...I just need any kind of encouragement to be able to deal with this. Thanks in advance.

I Google a lot. I pursue, almost obsessively, any information that might point me in the direction of curing this tinnitus. I look for hopeful information. And then I realize I'm acting desperately. The reality of the situation is: I know I have eustachian tube dysfunction but I don't know I...

I feel alone because no one in my surroundings has tinnitus. No one in my family, none of my friends. I feel like it's worse because I'm going through it alone. It's hard. (Shameless complaining, I know.) Even though you read the statistics of how many millions of people have it, when you're the...

So I have had 4 separate diagnoses of eustachian tube dysfunction due to allergies. In November, I got ringing in my ears, that was the first tinnitus I got. In December, my right ear began having a low humming noise as well. In early February I got a single, high tone that flutters, sort of...

This site has some nice background nature noise...not sure if it's been shared on here before, but thought I'd pass it on in case anyone wants to check it out. http://asoftmurmur.com/

I have always been a fearful person. I'm not one of those tough, take the bull by the horns kind of people. I'm sensitive. Being sensitive has its good and bad points. I feel it's not helping me out much with this tinnitus situation. I am fairly new to tinnitus, but it's knocked me around...

If I hear a sharp sound, like hitting a spoon against a bowl, there is a reaction "tick" sound in my left ear. One quick, ticking, crunching sound almost. It's like I can feel it, too. Is anyone familiar with this? For me, I became aware of this at the time my tinnitus started a few months ago.

I'm just curious how anxiety would be able to affect it, if its presence is due to something else! But I do believe anxiety can affect it. What is known about this?

A new tinnitus sound has emerged over the last few days, and it is in both ears. In each ear it is a faint, high pitched, morse code type sound. Beeeep beep beep...beep...beeeeep... I had been diagnosed with eustachian tube dysfunction / allergies a couple of months ago, but would that cause a...

- Began with hearing what sounded like a bell tone while lying on my right ear. Only happened one morning. - Around this time, a high pitched hissing began in both ears, worse in left ear. - About 6 weeks later, a new sound began - a low tone in right ear, like a truck idling in the distance. -...

If you wake up too early in the morning hearing your tinnitus (in my case it's a morse code like beeping), can you train yourself to tune it out? I'm an anxious person, and a light sleeper, and I can't sleep when there are noises. I have ordered a white noise machine, but I don't know if it will...

Hi, I have a high pitched hissing in my ears (worse in left ear) that's been there since November. It varies in intensity. I have a low hum in my right ear, which also varies. Sometimes it sounds like an idling truck somewhere in the distance. Recently I've been waking up to a faint beeping...