Hello everybody!
18 y.o male from the UK here, been having this ringing in my ears for a little over 2 weeks after a ~6hr drum and bass event.
At first it appeared to decrease in the latter half of the first week/start of second week but then came back for an unknown cause - only thing I can think of I did differently was eat 15 celebrations (don't normally eat much chocolate) and had more cheese than usual...
I currently take 375mg Magnesium supplements and A-Z daily wellbeing tablets along with camomile tea and a lavender bed spray to help sleep. Was taking half a pill of two types of benzos for 2 days (one half pill per day) but decided to stop since they can increase tinnitus? Also not using headphones and trying to stay away from loud noise (thanks Michael especially for those informative posts!). Also trying to get more sleep and eat more fruit for other vitamins for general well-being.
I had tried to go to a friend's party but left after about 20 minutes as ambient noise was just too loud for me at the time (people talking in closed room etc) so I hope that's not done anything bad. Not going to any more bars/pubs/parties for a long time at least.
Stopped my acne medication (Doxycycline) which I am a little worried about as my acne is rather bad. Dr had recently given me propranolol for an as and when basis but I've only had 4 and I'm not sure when, but assuming that wasn't the cause of any change/spike/whatever this is.
It's currently louder than it was yesterday/earlier today and I'm assuming it was because I was on the motorway for about 15-20 minutes a few hours ago? Can hear the high pitch ringing over 30mph car whereas I don't think I could before.
I have to take 2 trains to get home from college which I am worried about - is this a case in which I'd use earplugs? Normal road traffic also? Seen a few times when people have said to not use them in case the ears become more sensitive and others saying this and that and it's all becoming a bit of an overwhelming whirlwind at the minute.
My dad has had tinnitus since his 20s because he used model aircraft without silencers, my grandmother has had it since March 2018 coming back from India and my girlfriend has had it also due to music events but I'm not sure for how long. They all seem to just get on with it but obviously we can't really tell how loud each others tinnitus is and I'm getting caught up in the motions - trouble sleeping, sometimes waking up, crying, feeling hopeless etc.
Especially worried about concentration when studying or during exams which are important and coming up this summer.
I spoke initially with my Dr who said yes I have tinnitus and there's nothing much I can do but wait (and gave my propranolol for if I get anxious due to it). I'm assuming my next steps are to go back, ask for prednisolone and a referral to ENT?
What are these scenarios when people go to the ENT and come out with debilitating ringing (also something I'm extremely worried about), how am I supposed to know what to say yes or no to when they're the expert? Can I go straight to an audiologist at a tinnitus clinic near me? There's one which opens on Wednesday so could easily look into that.
Just want it to go as I'm sure is the case for everybody here and I apologize for the messy sprawl of a post but yeah... Guess that's me at the minute.
As far as I can recall this is my first experience with tinnitus or any ringing after an event but considering people have got it from seemingly much more minor causes I'm assuming my future with the ringing is not so good.
Endless respect for all you veterans and also other newbies too. Definitely won't be messing about risking ears after experiencing this.
Merry Christmas and all the best for 2020.
Denimo
18 y.o male from the UK here, been having this ringing in my ears for a little over 2 weeks after a ~6hr drum and bass event.
At first it appeared to decrease in the latter half of the first week/start of second week but then came back for an unknown cause - only thing I can think of I did differently was eat 15 celebrations (don't normally eat much chocolate) and had more cheese than usual...
I currently take 375mg Magnesium supplements and A-Z daily wellbeing tablets along with camomile tea and a lavender bed spray to help sleep. Was taking half a pill of two types of benzos for 2 days (one half pill per day) but decided to stop since they can increase tinnitus? Also not using headphones and trying to stay away from loud noise (thanks Michael especially for those informative posts!). Also trying to get more sleep and eat more fruit for other vitamins for general well-being.
I had tried to go to a friend's party but left after about 20 minutes as ambient noise was just too loud for me at the time (people talking in closed room etc) so I hope that's not done anything bad. Not going to any more bars/pubs/parties for a long time at least.
Stopped my acne medication (Doxycycline) which I am a little worried about as my acne is rather bad. Dr had recently given me propranolol for an as and when basis but I've only had 4 and I'm not sure when, but assuming that wasn't the cause of any change/spike/whatever this is.
It's currently louder than it was yesterday/earlier today and I'm assuming it was because I was on the motorway for about 15-20 minutes a few hours ago? Can hear the high pitch ringing over 30mph car whereas I don't think I could before.
I have to take 2 trains to get home from college which I am worried about - is this a case in which I'd use earplugs? Normal road traffic also? Seen a few times when people have said to not use them in case the ears become more sensitive and others saying this and that and it's all becoming a bit of an overwhelming whirlwind at the minute.
My dad has had tinnitus since his 20s because he used model aircraft without silencers, my grandmother has had it since March 2018 coming back from India and my girlfriend has had it also due to music events but I'm not sure for how long. They all seem to just get on with it but obviously we can't really tell how loud each others tinnitus is and I'm getting caught up in the motions - trouble sleeping, sometimes waking up, crying, feeling hopeless etc.
Especially worried about concentration when studying or during exams which are important and coming up this summer.
I spoke initially with my Dr who said yes I have tinnitus and there's nothing much I can do but wait (and gave my propranolol for if I get anxious due to it). I'm assuming my next steps are to go back, ask for prednisolone and a referral to ENT?
What are these scenarios when people go to the ENT and come out with debilitating ringing (also something I'm extremely worried about), how am I supposed to know what to say yes or no to when they're the expert? Can I go straight to an audiologist at a tinnitus clinic near me? There's one which opens on Wednesday so could easily look into that.
Just want it to go as I'm sure is the case for everybody here and I apologize for the messy sprawl of a post but yeah... Guess that's me at the minute.
As far as I can recall this is my first experience with tinnitus or any ringing after an event but considering people have got it from seemingly much more minor causes I'm assuming my future with the ringing is not so good.
Endless respect for all you veterans and also other newbies too. Definitely won't be messing about risking ears after experiencing this.
Merry Christmas and all the best for 2020.
Denimo
it didn't increase apart from maybe my anxiety spiking and getting angry but if so it was undetectable. I thought that'd end up in a permanent spike according to what I've heard here but yeah, will try and work up the courage to mention it next time.
