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Hello friends. Just an update on my condition in the hope it may help someone and give them hope. I got very severe ,almost catastrophic tinnitus about two years ago . Many times I was suicidle .I really did want to die because it was so loud and literally intolerable.My life was destroyed...

having days of silence but very bad times of HUGE T too. am sure my T would be cured if I could stop my bruxism .

Well I wish I hadn't read that article. The guy went profoundly deaf.

Snake oil

Now having long periods of silence ! Still get T sometimes though . If i could stop my bruxism i would be cured of T !

@bob bauer So sorry about your mom Bob. Tough times ahead but you CAN do this. Good luck

All I can tell you is that I have been taking Ranitidine prescription strength (2 pills per day) for years on and off and it seems to have had no effect in my tinnitus. Luckily I am recovering from my tinnitus and have just had another long period of sweet silence. I am winning. My tinnitus...

Hi Bill, I was on Mirtazapine for years but read that it makes tinnitus worse so got off it. I found it ok to get off. At one point I was very depressed so tried going back on it but found it sent my tinnitus INSANE. That was over a year ago I think. Glad I stayed off it m.

@Shera It sounds like you are doing all the right things to me Shera. You must have a good chance of a decent recovery . Believe it . You are not alone . I have had a good day . The T has been gone for half the day or more . I am extremely happy about that At the moment I can hear it in the...

@Shera, Hi. That sounds like a good sign to me anyway. That is exactly how my recovery began. I still can have huge variations. Last night for example my tinnitus was very loud again for about two hours, then, this morning it has gone away again! Perhaps you are going to have some great...

@Melike Hi ,yes indeed ,lots of fluctuations. One day the T would be insanely loud then it would drop to next to nothing. Other times it would be very loud for days and weeks on end in the early months . I was suicidal .I lost two stone in weight at least. Then at around the year mark I found...

@Bill Bauer Hello Bill ,after a bit less than a year I think I started to have the odd period of a few hours where my T was gone . Then , over the last three or four months I am having anything up to a week or so where my T is gone . When I say gone , I mean GONE . Silence ! It is wonderful ...

@Tinizzy At first I was so horribly stressed and in a constant panic that I was prescribed,and took Beta Blockers and an anti depressant . This went on for about four months .They both actually made the noise worse . In the end I stopped taking them and tried to accept the situation I was in . I...

@Tinizzy Hey friend, you might get better yet . I have had T for about 18 months or more now. In the beginning it was horrific . It was so loud i could hear it over jets screaming low over my garden ! I was suicidal . I thought that this was my life over . My Doctor was little help and told me...

Also there is always the hope that your T might improve as mine has . I have had T for over a year now from an infection and it was so loud for many months that I could hear it easily above a Euro Fighter jet screaming very low over our house .It was like that 24/7 and I wanted to die because I...

@Mike82 excellent post Mike ! Very amusing .:)

You do not need religion for hope. There is always a chance you may get better. However, if prayer helps you then go for it. There is actually some empirical evidence for the power of prayer but that does not mean there is a God. I am just saying that religion offends me. Just my opinion...

What is this now? Bible class? I find religion offensive. God is so merciful he allows people like us to suffer horrific tinnitus and others including innocent children to suffer other horrific, vile and cruel illness. He, she or it must a particularly nasty and wicked entity.

Hi ,I have to take Ramipril at 7.5 mg per day and since getting on it my tinnitus has been far quieter even though this drug has T listed as a possible side effect. I also take Felodipine 5mg ( not sure if it is an ACE inhibitor)

Hi, yes at night my tinnitus did make a pulsating sound and was extremely high pitched.One night in particular my ears woke me with a massive pulsating ,squelching noise .Other times it was a constant high pitched scream in one ear or both or the back of my head. So loud I could hear it over a...

Hello friends, it has been a while. I recently had my blood pressure checked just on the off chance because I was passing the pharmacy. As it turned out it was a good job I called in that day because my BP was 200 / 100 something! Doctor said I was lucky I had not had a stroke or heart attack...

@MikeL1972 cheers Mikel .Yep, I agree .When I first came to this forum about a year ago I really was suicidal .I am sure that made my T far worse.All the stress and worrying definitely made it worse.These days I try really hard to be positive and it certainly makes the T better. I still have...

Hi friends, just a quick one to tell you some of the things that I have discovered that help reduce my tinnitus if only for a short time. I have found that Lipo Flavonoids work for me in that they do reduce my T, the drawback is that they are very expensive. It may be placebo effect but I...

Cheers Richard . Yes the easier days are so wonderful and the quiet is just about orgasmic ! I feel like me again and take part in my Hobby etc again. The bad days are still extremely hard mind you but I mostly cope now.

Please do not give in friend . I know it is horrific just now ,I felt the same but recently my T started to ease for days on end even though it was so bad I too wanted to die.Your T can get ease too ,you never know ! Believe it. Try to stay strong .Talk to a friend or loved one .Just do not give...

Hi friends! I am back. I still have tinnitus but these days it has been easing and even stopping entirely for hours on end! I cannot describe the peace I feel from that! I have been taking LipoFlavinoids. It may be just coincidence I suppose, I do not care as long as I get these breaks. I have...

Hi friends. Anyway just to say that my T has given me a lot of peace recently ! I have had many days and nights of silence ! Wonderful ! That is until yesterday when it started raging again .Don't know why . I reckon it will settle again so although it is very bad now I am not too worried. So...

Why do some people have to be abusive? Zeneth is asking a question and being honest . No need to be abusive and call him an idiot . Not helpful . Zeneth , i know how you feel . My ear pressure comes and goes ,seems to move around and can be there one second and not the next.It dulls my hearing...

I know exactly what you mean Zeneth . I have had severe T since April and my ears also feel numb and full often . It comes and goes. No pattern to it . They feel hot inside too . However an MRI scan says I have no tumour or structural problems and my Dr can find no reason for it . His only guess...

Oh I am so sorry that this has happened to you my friend and that you feel so very low . What can anyone say that will help ? I have had very severe tinnitus since last April after an infection and headphone use , as well as pain in my ears and jaw 24/7 . My ears just scream so badly that there...

I too have extremely vivid dreams every night . I need only drop off for a few seconds and i have dreams that seem to last hours ! Some of my dreams are so intense and detailed that later on i sometimes cannot remember what was real and what was dream . Most of my dreams involve bad stuff . I...

I am really getting hopeful now that my ears are healing because here I am awake again at 4AM and my T has gone again ! Ohhh the sweet silence ! It always stops in the early hours . No idea why. I have done nothing I do not normally do . This very past afternoon my T was raging at a 9/10 .and...

@Sgguy46 let us hope that one day soon our T goes away for good . Best of luck

My wife and I both have severe T so can support each other

Thanks Michael that has given me hope ! I will never ever use headphones again . I have not touched headphones since April this year when all this began. Oh , i hope i can recover because i had a real bad breakdown in the early summer due to T . I have had a good few silences now but the...

Recently my T was RAGING to the point of insanity. Loud beyond loud 24/7 ,almost bringing me to my knees. I could not even the tv. I went to bed two nights ago then woke suddenly to find my T gone! I could hear silence again ! I wept with joy . This has happened at least once before. The...

Sorry i have been slow to wish you well and send hugs Glynis but i have not been able to access the forum again for two or three days. I hope things are getting better for you and send you strength and friendly love . You have supported me many times here ,thank you .

Hi , I saw my ENT here in England just this morning . I came away feeling totally absndonned and very miserable . All he did was show me my MRI scan and said there is nothing physically wrong with my ears or brain. I asked him why my hearing keeps dropping and why I get sharp pains deep inside...

Very best wishes Glynis xxx

Yeah I often wonder if my Dr is all he is cracked up to be. I think it is going to take a very long time to get off this stuff. It really is hardcore.One Dr I saw called it the mother of morphine.Very scary .

Cheers guys. Yeah I am very worried that Oxycontin might be contributing to my T problems but my Dr insists not. I do not always trust Doctors mind you . I tried to reduce Oxy intake back in June and actually had a breakdown. I had masdive panic attacks,extreme fear and anxiety and slept barely...

@Mentos I wish you all the best friend . I hope I didn't offend you . I did not mean to . Its just that my T is so bad there is no sound on this planet can mask it and I have tried so hard. My T is massively loud .It has almost driven me to suicide. Many ,many times I have wished myself dead ...

I only wish my T was very mild and masked by nature sounds. I would be extremely happy . I would give anything to have mild T over this horror. My life is no more than a three ring shit show!

Friends do any of you have any experience of tinnitus and Oxycontin /Oxycodone? Has it made your tinnitus worse or better? I have to take Oxycontin at a huge dose of 80 mg twice a day for immense spinal pain and have done so for years. My body is dependent on it now but I want to get off the...

My Dr started me on 15 mg Mirtazapine ,one tablet a day . It caused my T to become insanely louder ! Had to stop taking it. I find that any drug that makes me tired causes a massive increase in T levels.

Beat of luck Jamie Lumps usually turn out to be harmless i reckon. I found one recentky on my shoulder that was large and a bit painful . Had it scanned and it was a harmless Lipoma . Twas very scary . I bet you will be fine . Yep ,it puts things in perspective as you say . Let us know the result .

So sorry this is happening to you and at such a young age . Very unfair. At one point I too thought i had control and was winning until my T returned even louder and i mean SUPER LOUD. I just keep hoping it will either drop or that i will get used to this new level . I too live in fear of...

I had a recent hearing test and they said my left ear had particularly bad losses but I am to see ENT Dr this week for the exact figures.I am Hoping to get a hearing aid.This last week my better ear had some sharp pains and the hearing dulled a lot but came back up a bit.However, that ear now...

I can hear my T at the loudest possible tv volume. Jet aircraft pass over my house very low , Phantoms etc , and I can EASILY hear my T over them ! Today my head is just screaming. Many days I cannot watch TV or hear the radio. Is no masking this and it changes all the time. I often end up...

What is happening to me now is this... I get a sudden sharp pain deep inside my ear and my hearing in that ear goes very dull. Now it feels like there is something in my ear but there isn't. Then it often rights itself but it keeps happening. Doctor says no infection present. I have TMJ that...

My T is mostly so loud there is nothing that can possibly mask it or distract me.I get no sleep. All! You can do is hope tomorrow will be better.These spikes almost always settle down I find. As far wiser and more experienced folk here have said,speak to your Doctorand or a friend . Just keep on...

Thank you guys your support really does help . I know I am not alone. I intend to book a holiday ! I coukd sit here forever and still get an infection couldn't I ? A break will do me good. I do worry about the aircraft journey te ear pressure but it is a chance I have to take I feel

ok , I had an ear swab done in my better ear because it has been hurting , feels full and is buzzing loudly now. I just woke up with it one day .The test is negative for fungus etc and the Dr says there is no infection . There was slight inflamation but that has gone but the problems have...

Ever changing extremely loud to extremely low T (mostly extremely loud) Ear fullness Itchy ears TMJ Banging ear drum Buzzing Facial numbness Ears just feeling weird Fear of going deaf Varying hearing which scares me Screaming T of course of ever changing tones and noises . Depression Anxiety...

Cheers friend. All,opinions welcome.I think another visit to the Doc is in order.

Hi Mike, been there ,done that.The ENT was not very helpful at all .He offered no insight as to what is causing the T Or constant infections.I did have an MRI which showed no structural problems in my ears and nothing nasty was in there .Had a brain scan .That was clear too. So they to,d me...

Friends, have any of you guys experienced a sudden feeling of increased ear pressure and very reduced hearing? As if your ear drums are being sucked in ? Did the reduced hearing improve? I have had this before but only for minutes at a time . Today it is far worse in both pressure and the...

Varies to be honest .Sometimes it hurts when I put the drops in.My ear swab results STILL are not back at my Drs office .Good ol NHS. Hang in there friend

Nah Mine is caused by an infection then antibiotics seemed to make it worse . I just do not know if I should put anymore anti biotic drops in the ear . I am at a loss. I want to trust my Dr but he just seems to say one thing then another about the whole affair.Then ENT say different. The ear is...