- Feb 10, 2017
- 1
- Tinnitus Since
- 12/2016
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Fall from the stairs
Around December (15-18th) 2016 I fell down the stairs and hit the back of my head on the plaster wall. 30 minutes after the fall I heard this moderate ringing in my left ear and then another 20 mins later it went into my right ear and over the weeks I have had constant neck pain, ear pain, head pain (usually pain behind the ears, dizziness, light headedness and The scariest of it all is my full blown roaring tinnitus that I have. My tinnitus has been constant since I first heard it after the fall. No matter what situation I am in (tinnitus masking, classroom, in public) it would always be there. I have gotten insanely anxious and depressed over this condition as it is so irritable for my brain as I feel pain from it at times also. I'm mostly anxious knowing that the sound may never go away and return to a state I liked it at before. Prior to the fall, I had tinnitus but I could only hear it if the room was dead silent. I at nights do find it to be a massive pain to fall asleep.
I have been to the doctors a couple of times, the first one said it was a virus and when I came back 3 weeks later they looked into it and referred me to a CAT scan. I am now waiting for the results from the doctor on Monday. I have also been to the psychologist a couple of times but I do still feel really depressed over the ringing in my ears. I am currently on Lovan medication so I don't know if tinnitus is a side effect
I don't know if this is to blame but I have always been an avid user of headphones and speakers. There were times where I would use them everyday and use them before bed to shake off the worries I had on that particular. Out of the two years I have done it, I have fallen asleep with headphones in 5 times. When I listen to music, I listen to it at 50-75%. I don't know if this means my ears are weak but I don't want to find out I'm going to be listening to an excruciating noise for the rest of my life. I do also notice that stressing about it makes it worse and it is hard for me to forget about the noise as it is really loud most of the time.
I really think this will be one of the most hardest obstacles in my life but I'd rather take a broken bone or a burn over the excruciating ringing in my ears.
I have been to the doctors a couple of times, the first one said it was a virus and when I came back 3 weeks later they looked into it and referred me to a CAT scan. I am now waiting for the results from the doctor on Monday. I have also been to the psychologist a couple of times but I do still feel really depressed over the ringing in my ears. I am currently on Lovan medication so I don't know if tinnitus is a side effect
I don't know if this is to blame but I have always been an avid user of headphones and speakers. There were times where I would use them everyday and use them before bed to shake off the worries I had on that particular. Out of the two years I have done it, I have fallen asleep with headphones in 5 times. When I listen to music, I listen to it at 50-75%. I don't know if this means my ears are weak but I don't want to find out I'm going to be listening to an excruciating noise for the rest of my life. I do also notice that stressing about it makes it worse and it is hard for me to forget about the noise as it is really loud most of the time.
I really think this will be one of the most hardest obstacles in my life but I'd rather take a broken bone or a burn over the excruciating ringing in my ears.
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