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I take Lansoprozole, I don’t think it affects the tinnitus.

@PAUL BARKER. Sorry you have this miserable condition, as I’m sorry anybody has. I’m similar to you, but my dizziness comes and goes still. I have had a TIA and the tinnitus is from the damage, but there is no explanation for the room spinning vertigo. I’ve had MRI scan, and seen ENT and...

Right, firstly, I suffered a TIA from undiagnosed Afib 7 years ago. So please, do take the meds prescribed, it’s no joke having a stroke, and even a small one which has left me with hearing loss, balance issues and very intrusive tinnitus. I started on Bisoprolol which is the standard treatment...

I have had numerous MRI scans and due another soon, it’s always loud, they give you foam plugs and muffs, but the muffs are always far too big and slip off! I always tell the technician I have very severe tinnitus, and they do their best to keep the protective measures in place. Just don’t give...

Hello, I need some advice please from anybody who has had the Vestibluar Tests done. I’m due the tests, including caloric test next week, and due to fly two days after. It’s to determine if I have Ménière’s. Does the test make you feel dizzy for long after? Worried about the flight.

Yes, I have dizzy spells and feel off balance. Sometimes the feeling is definitely vertigo.

May 2019 be the year there is a breakthrough for us all here. I don’t wish for prosperity, just peace and quiet. xx

The trouble with taking your own ear protection, ear muffs is that during the MRI they need to speak to you through the speaker, and you’ll need to be able to hear and respond. I’ve had a few MRI's and they always give you both foam plugs and ear muffs, just make sure they fit snugly. Good luck.

There are times when I really need support for intrusive, relentless tinnitus, but this forum, particularly this thread just makes us more depressed. I’m really surprised admin haven’t turned off comments. Sad.

I’m on warfarin and it makes no difference, my tinnitus is loud, intrusive whatever I take but it’s not made worse by anticoagulants. Take it, and don’t worry, the resulting stroke that can be caused by arrhythmia is worse than tinnitus, I know.

@glynis I’m so very sorry that you’re down, and I’m in it with you, but we are strong and will bounce back. It is singularly the most dreadful affliction, all we can do is battle through each day until we feel better. You have my thoughts. Bless you, all you do for others, we are here for you.

Ive had tinnitus since 2012, its forever fluctuating and ive never habituated. However, i try not to let it get me down. It can do for sure, but generally I manage. Right now its on a roll. Very loud, buzzing both ears, headache making, but im still happy. Just distract yourself, go walking...

@glynis I can’t see how to pm you. Will do it via messenger

Thanks for all the replies. I’m not sure I have attacks as such, yes, I have dizzy spells, but I’m constantly feeling nauseated and fuzzy, with as @glynis says, severe bilateral very very high pitched tinnitus. A feeling of fullness in my right ear and my face feels odd. AND IFFY BALANCE. I’m...

Good morning fellow Tinnitusites. Having had the SSHL six years ago now, caused by a TIA from a previously undiagnosed heart condition, I have now been diagnosed with possibly Ménière’s. I know @glynis has this. I’m having vertigo in the night, nausea and aural fullness, distorted hearing and...

Tinnitus has a mind and agenda of its own and can, and does, do what it wants! EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED!

@astaff14 I’m not a relationship councillor, but hey, that’s not normal behaviour. Nobody can tell you what to do, only advise, if he treats you and your tinnitus like that, there really is no hope. I wish you well. As far as the T is concerned, don’t worry, I’m sure it will drop back.

Well, it’s now six years since I had Sudden Sensoneural Hearing Loss, complete and total in my right ear, caused by a TIA. Over a few weeks some distorted hearing returned and with it, this horrendous monster we call tinnitus. You will see some of my posts saying how I live my life, with all of...

Has she been tested for meniers?

I have almost permanent full right ear, and my eustation tubes are working. They couldn’t give me an explanation for it. No wax, no infection. The tinnitus itself appears to cause mine.

@Bill Bauer Thanks, I’ve never ever been reckless. I had a TIA! @Tinker Bell thank you for your kind words.

I do use ear plugs, not cheap foam, but titanium centre, fitted at a hearing shop, but tbh, they don’t really cut out noise much in very loud situations, as bone conduction plays a part in hearing. But I have to say, I DO go to special events, because by not living my life, the tinnitus is...

Titanium ear plugs.

High pitched ringing, both ears but at different pitches. Sometimes electrical humming, always unmaskable. Reactive, irritating and devastating.

I’ve had this loud intrusive and persistent tinnitus for 6 years. (Not caused by noise exposure), I have never habituated, but I’ve not stopped living and enjoying life. Yes, it sucks, it sucks like hell, but that’s life, and that’s the crux of it. I have life, not in the way I wanted to enjoy...

Yes I can have a drink, though I don’t drink much at all anyway, never have, but I do have a home INR test kit, so I can know my readings at any time. I tried one of the new generation anticoagulants, but prefer to have control so went back to warfarin. Over here they tend to think full...

I take nebivolol, I’m not sure if it makes my tinnitus worse, but it certainly didn’t cause it.

Yes absolutely! Fullness in my ear is worse than the noise.

I go along with the theory of a bleed causing the tinnitus, as I had a bleed/clot on my brain stem, which has caused this catastrophic noise in my head. I now take warfarin every day, for life as m8ne was caused by an undiagnosed heart problem. I live with the heart ok, but the tinnitus is a...

I believe there is no such thing as habituation. I’ve had this monster in my head for 6 years now. If it stayed static, however bad that may be, I’d get USED to it, but never, ever not hear or be bothered by the noise and fullness. Hate it, but I reiterate, I still live my life, and enjoy it to...

Hello, sorry you’re so anxious about the cough, honestly, don’t worry. If we protect our poor noisy ears against normal everyday noises we wouldn’t have a life, and it’s not good to wear ear plugs all the time as when you take them out, your ears will be even more sensitive. They’ve got to...

@Nanny chocolate I so agree. Mine is so constantly changing, one day it’s liveable with, today mine's off the T Scale and my ear is full and numb too. It’s the constant challenge of having different noises and feelings every day that makes habituating so difficult. I stay positive though...

I think I’m under stress right now, and I’m blaming some eye drops I’ve been prescribed. However, I feel my tinnitus is so way off the scale stress isn’t helping.

No, I’ve not taken those, but I’m having a real nightmare after having to have steroid eye drops, etc. I think, IMO, ANYTHING can and does make us worse. Keep your chin up, Nanny, it will hopefully settle. I’m certainly hoping my huge spike gets calmer when I’m allowed to stop all the extra...

I’ve had permanent ear fullness for years. The hearing aid helps.

Had mine 5 years now, after SSHL. It changes pitch, tune, loudness and feeling and balance every single day. No two days are the same which is why I’ve never been able to habituate to it. Nasty affliction, but life goes on, albeit changed.

As opposed to common belief, TOTAL silence is best for me. Any background noise will make my tinnitus unrelentingly dreadful. As someone else said on this thread, after an afternoon nap, even if it’s only 5 minutes, sends it off the scale, literally! Always!! Some days I have acceptable days...

And I thought I was imagining my tinnitus is MUCH worse while wearing, and after wearing my hearing aids. Now I know I’m not. And I’m not the only one! Thank you so much for this explanation, it really helps my understanding. I’m due to see ENT again. This will help me explain.

I’m on Omeprozole, at only 10mg daily, it’s needed as the heartburn is seriously bad without because I take warfarin which is making my stomach sore. I had never linked it to T, and I’m not sure that I want to, I’ll worry about the acid in the oesophagus. This is all a tangled web.

I’m my experience of reactive tinnitus, and in a word YES!

I come here just so I know I’m not suffering alone. Bad, bad day today. But never, ever suicidal. Life’s for living. As best one can in these circumstances.

Try not to overanalyse what may harm us, I think by overprotecting our battered ears and brains, we may get worse. We have to protect our ears in extreme circumstances, like a concert, but everyday noises we must live with or be driven mad. I’m having a particularly bad day of tinnitus today...

Yes, i started in the right ear, after a TIA, and now have it severely in both.

Yes, I’m having a dreadful day with it, but I’m hopeful it will drop back a bit, the headache it accompanies isn’t good either. Grrrrrr. And mine is NEVER maskable.

Yes me too, I call it brain fog. Some days much worse than others, according to how loud my tinnitus is on any given day.

Headaches, us, mine are the headaches from hades and I think linked to my tinnitus bad days. You’ll adjust, you have to keep occupied and busy.

My tinnitus fluctuates greatly. Yesterday was almost intolerable, I hoped that today it would at least reduce in volume and vibrations, and it has. I got through yesterday, so I can get through anything. I’m the invincible woman. Lol.

And go for that MRI. You’ll find it will give you peace of mind, it won’t stop the tinnitus but you’ll be ok.

I have distorted hearing and off-the-scale reactive tinnitus too. I had to stop using my laptop because of the humming of the fan causing reaction and switch to iPad. Not nice. You aren’t alone.

Get well soon.

Had my flu jab last week, no problems.

People love their dogs, but maybe rehoming to a loving caring home is an option?

I guess it’s all according to what caused it. I think most will not go away, ever, but we just have to accept and adapt.

I live near him, there is NO support locally. None.... we are on our own.

Relief is my dream.

That’s a VERY astute comment. I hadn’t thought about it like that. Well said.

To put up with this incessant noise, I realise that I have become a very strong woman. So it has its positives.

Feel for you, and very much in the same boat. My T spiked a few weeks ago, and sometimes they do go down to a tolerable level, mine is also reactive. You just have to tell yourself it will retreat at some stage. I also have horrid feeling of fullness, which is worse than the terrible buzzing...

Yes, count me in, feels like my right ear is permanently blocked, can't be cleared ever. Not jaw related but in my case, blood supply.