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  1. imaginElizabeth

    Sudden Onset Tinnitus from a Viral Infection / Cervical Instability

    I’m not sure which ones make it better or worse, sorry. I’m on a generic Zyrtec right now as well as generic Pepcid. I took Benadryl but it didn’t seem to do anything. I’ve taken Loratadine in the past.
  2. imaginElizabeth

    Sudden Onset Tinnitus — No Hearing Loss: From Ibuprofen/Stress/Ear Wax?

    I am an out-of-work music teacher because of hearing distortion and tinnitus causing migraines, nausea, and vertigo. MRI shows nothing, hearing test had 8% LF loss... I’m seeing a physical therapist for jaw alignment and relaxation of muscles in the neck and jaw. Also trying to get into an upper...
  3. imaginElizabeth

    Sudden Onset Tinnitus from a Viral Infection / Cervical Instability

    Yes. I’m allergic to Penicillin so I took two rounds of Azithromycin and one Doxycycline.
  4. imaginElizabeth

    Sudden Onset Tinnitus from a Viral Infection / Cervical Instability

    Thank you for this recommendation! I almost didn’t see your comment... Do you get these prescription or OTC? I’m seeing an upper cervical specialist chiropractor soon.
  5. imaginElizabeth

    Sudden Onset Tinnitus from a Viral Infection / Cervical Instability

    Yes, very, very similar to what I’m experiencing - I too had the earache and fogginess but also sound distortion, nausea, and vertigo. My MRI was clear. I did antibiotics, steroids, muscle relaxers - nothing is really helping. Acupuncture, physical therapy, chiropractor. Some relief of pain and...
  6. imaginElizabeth

    Sudden Onset of Dysacusis/Diplacusis — Please Help Me!

    @Benjaminbb, yes, I hear the distortion all the time, even with an earplug. The audiologist said there’s an 8% loss in my right ear, but the low whooshing I hear in there could be the reason I didn’t detect those tones during the test. The problem with taking time off is that music is my only...
  7. imaginElizabeth

    Sudden Onset of Dysacusis/Diplacusis — Please Help Me!

    I started hearing a doubled flute tone about a third above my singing voice (I’m a private voice teacher and songwriter) March 8th which has now progressed to constant distortion - only in my right ear. MRI showed nothing, ENT says my eardrum is a little opaque, Audiologist found low frequency...
  8. imaginElizabeth

    Terrible Distortion, Dizziness, Nausea, Headaches, Ear and Jaw Pain, Plus Tinnitus

    @beefling, did you see a doctor of any kind? Was there an occurrence like COVID-19 or ear infection that started the distortion?
  9. imaginElizabeth

    Terrible Distortion, Dizziness, Nausea, Headaches, Ear and Jaw Pain, Plus Tinnitus

    Update: MRI showed... NOTHING. A couple atypical arteries crossing that *might* cause hearing loss. But I don’t have hearing LOSS, I have DISTORTION. Pain continues in my jaw, ear, neck, and shoulder. Hissing intense in the OTHER ear now. Going off all meds and sticking with Ginkgo biloba...
  10. imaginElizabeth

    Fighting Tinnitus the Second Time in My Life — It Got Worse After COVID-19 Infection

    I’m a musician and private music teacher unable to do my job going on 4 weeks now. Terrible robotic distortion on all sounds in my right ear along with an accompanying interval tone that started as a mild flute-like extra pitch... I recovered from COVID-19 early January. I had horrible lung...
  11. imaginElizabeth

    Terrible Distortion, Dizziness, Nausea, Headaches, Ear and Jaw Pain, Plus Tinnitus

    Thank you, Greg! Yes, I agree with everything you’ve said here and actually did go on an antibiotic to cover any lingering infection. Also added to the timeline is some dental work done the week prior to symptoms starting, which I’m finding out can cause all of these symptoms! It’s usually not...
  12. imaginElizabeth

    Terrible Distortion, Dizziness, Nausea, Headaches, Ear and Jaw Pain, Plus Tinnitus

    Anyone have any experience with acoustic neuroma?
  13. imaginElizabeth

    Terrible Distortion, Dizziness, Nausea, Headaches, Ear and Jaw Pain, Plus Tinnitus

    UPDATE: First, just a huge thanks to everyone who has commented here! Friday morning I saw a physical therapist who said my posture was tilted to the left and my jaw was uncommonly clenched. She worked on it and gave me a closing/opening exercise to do every hour. In the afternoon/evening I...
  14. imaginElizabeth

    Terrible Distortion, Dizziness, Nausea, Headaches, Ear and Jaw Pain, Plus Tinnitus

    It’s like listening to a blown speaker or robotic filter over all sounds (in my right ear only). Water and children’s voices, violins and singing, are the worst. There’s also a constant low roaring in my right ear. Honestly I feel like I’m living in a nightmare. It sounds (ha) like you can...
  15. imaginElizabeth

    Terrible Distortion, Dizziness, Nausea, Headaches, Ear and Jaw Pain, Plus Tinnitus

    Hello - 39(F) singer/songwriter, composer, and private instructor has laid LOW for a month with debilitating distortion in right ear. I have had some high-pitched ringing in left ear for 3 years but no issues in my right ear. Beginning of March 2022 I was on antibiotics for a probable ear...