So I'm new, been visiting this site for a bit after getting Tinnitus, I got it several months ago. Hope you are all having a good day.
about myself,
I'm in school and developed this, it was rough being in class and trying to focus,
Was extremely stressful and had to drop out of classes then retry.
I'm taking Calculus now and Programming, Man, This is tough, but I'm trying. I need to finish school so I can get a good job and support me and my Girlfriend Ears exploding or not.
When i first got this, i was sitting in my room quietly working on my computer when all of a sudden, it started.
At first I thought it was a electronic power noise, like you would hear from a CRT monitor or TV, you know that faint high pitched sound that from old Glass tube monitors and TV's? it's like that. Or a light fixture that's going bad. The only other thing that accurately replicates what i hear is sitting at the master control room of a TV station surrounded by a room of Monitors, servers and all sorts of high frequency electronics.
I thought it was coming from my PC, eventually i unhooked everything in my room from the power and i still heard this noise, and realized it's coming from ME. i covered my ears and it was LOUDER. Panic ensued, i couldn't sleep for days, the pitch was so intense i was crying my eyes out, it was unbearable. the only relief i had was just standing in the shower. or being outside and just the "outside" noise, background of cars, wind open air helped. so i set up a tent in my back yard out of desperation.
Then that stopped helping. it got louder. and powered right though any background noise.
Eventually my parents took me to the ER, because no one knew what was wrong, it was so intense.
I had vertigo so they gave me antivert, which put me to sleep, and did MRI.
nothing, brains fine. etc. i was depressed, on and off, i would have better days than others. and i had random vertigo. but didn't last more than a few hours.
since then i've seen two ENT's. looked at me and said i might have TMJ, i got a second opinion from another ENT and he wanted to put me on Anti Depressants. I didn't bother starting the anti depressants because I'm weary and or afraid of implications in the future for job prospects or being hooked on them.
I don't do narcotics or marijuana, i drink beer with meals occasionally. and I love my espresso.
I stopped Coffee and caffiene like some suggested for a month. No change so i went back to it.
about my Tinnitus, i sometimes feel intense pressure in my ear. or head, like if its in a VICE getting cranked tighter. cant explain it. in the morning, when i wake up sometimes, my hearing is "low volume" when i get up from bed, i sometimes hear a faint deep base "womp, womp wimp" like its my heart beat, and slowly my hearing comes back and the Tinnitus comes in slowly.
sometimes when i am physically active it happens too.
I saw a TMJ /dentist guy and he was unsure , i told him sometimes when i take a bite into a sandwich, i feel fatigue or lose strenth in my chewing ability. he wanted me to get screened for MS before anything else.. so he had me do physical therapy for my neck/jaw muscles. it was doing very little. but the therapist was telling me i have ALOT of tension on those muscles, neck, head jaw tension.
ALL OF A SUDDEN out of NOWHERE. HYPERACTIVE. I thought things were bad, but WOW. This is how i discovered what H is. EVERYTHING hurt. breathing , was too loud, anything, constant RINGING and sensitivity, it was absolutely impossible i was incapacitated, first day of the semester i had to go outside and cry, i could go on. I wanted to eat a bullet, it was indescribable suffering. I had no idea what to do, i just sat in my room and cried.
saw someone else.
i saw a bonofide TMJ specialist, i told him about the ringing being the most bothersome issue, instance of vertigo, issue with chewing, and that when i open my mouth all the way my jaw shifts a little bit to the side. and onetime chewing cereal my right ear felt a loud Bone impact noise that scared the shit out of me because it sounded like a huge tree branch falling to the ground "THUMP!" but in my head. the TMJ specialist, whom also does surgery for it nodded and said all that sounds along the lines of what i have, but cannot guarentee the ringing to go away if he treats it.. he gave me a mouth splint in he meantime, had me to an MRI and CT scan of the joint. I'm waiting to see him again to see his thoughts. So i asked him if there was something i can take for muscle tension.
HE said SURE! and put me on 5mg of Cyclobenzaprine, aka Flexaril a muscle relaxant.
Take it at bedtime.
HOLY SH1T is all i can say.
Hyperacusis was GONE. and it lowered my Tinnitus to a level i can ignore, it's in the background but i have to look for it and focus on it. But can hear it at night at bedtime, but i got a little homedics waterfountain by the bed for some nose to help and its been okay since. I been putting a mouth splint along side the muscle relaxer. Been on the thing for a month, no side affects other than you wake up with dry mouth in the morning. it's a desert in there. Drink more water and its okay.
Anyway, my ringing came back a little higher today, but no where where it was before hopefully its a temporary spike. I'm mightove forgotton to say a few things but i'll post them as i remember and my results from the ENT i see in a few weeks.. Hopefully my experience can help someone.
OH yeah, If i move my mouth/jaw the ringing changes somewhat, if i TENSE my jaw muscles and the muscle group just under my chin, the Tinnitis is VERY LOUD. has anyone else had similar? Anyone had tinnitus caused by TMJ? the TMJ specialist speculates that the tension is putting pressure in my Ear area since the joint is right by the ear.
about myself,
I'm in school and developed this, it was rough being in class and trying to focus,
Was extremely stressful and had to drop out of classes then retry.
I'm taking Calculus now and Programming, Man, This is tough, but I'm trying. I need to finish school so I can get a good job and support me and my Girlfriend Ears exploding or not.
When i first got this, i was sitting in my room quietly working on my computer when all of a sudden, it started.
At first I thought it was a electronic power noise, like you would hear from a CRT monitor or TV, you know that faint high pitched sound that from old Glass tube monitors and TV's? it's like that. Or a light fixture that's going bad. The only other thing that accurately replicates what i hear is sitting at the master control room of a TV station surrounded by a room of Monitors, servers and all sorts of high frequency electronics.
I thought it was coming from my PC, eventually i unhooked everything in my room from the power and i still heard this noise, and realized it's coming from ME. i covered my ears and it was LOUDER. Panic ensued, i couldn't sleep for days, the pitch was so intense i was crying my eyes out, it was unbearable. the only relief i had was just standing in the shower. or being outside and just the "outside" noise, background of cars, wind open air helped. so i set up a tent in my back yard out of desperation.
Then that stopped helping. it got louder. and powered right though any background noise.
Eventually my parents took me to the ER, because no one knew what was wrong, it was so intense.
I had vertigo so they gave me antivert, which put me to sleep, and did MRI.
nothing, brains fine. etc. i was depressed, on and off, i would have better days than others. and i had random vertigo. but didn't last more than a few hours.
since then i've seen two ENT's. looked at me and said i might have TMJ, i got a second opinion from another ENT and he wanted to put me on Anti Depressants. I didn't bother starting the anti depressants because I'm weary and or afraid of implications in the future for job prospects or being hooked on them.
I don't do narcotics or marijuana, i drink beer with meals occasionally. and I love my espresso.
I stopped Coffee and caffiene like some suggested for a month. No change so i went back to it.
about my Tinnitus, i sometimes feel intense pressure in my ear. or head, like if its in a VICE getting cranked tighter. cant explain it. in the morning, when i wake up sometimes, my hearing is "low volume" when i get up from bed, i sometimes hear a faint deep base "womp, womp wimp" like its my heart beat, and slowly my hearing comes back and the Tinnitus comes in slowly.
sometimes when i am physically active it happens too.
I saw a TMJ /dentist guy and he was unsure , i told him sometimes when i take a bite into a sandwich, i feel fatigue or lose strenth in my chewing ability. he wanted me to get screened for MS before anything else.. so he had me do physical therapy for my neck/jaw muscles. it was doing very little. but the therapist was telling me i have ALOT of tension on those muscles, neck, head jaw tension.
ALL OF A SUDDEN out of NOWHERE. HYPERACTIVE. I thought things were bad, but WOW. This is how i discovered what H is. EVERYTHING hurt. breathing , was too loud, anything, constant RINGING and sensitivity, it was absolutely impossible i was incapacitated, first day of the semester i had to go outside and cry, i could go on. I wanted to eat a bullet, it was indescribable suffering. I had no idea what to do, i just sat in my room and cried.
saw someone else.
i saw a bonofide TMJ specialist, i told him about the ringing being the most bothersome issue, instance of vertigo, issue with chewing, and that when i open my mouth all the way my jaw shifts a little bit to the side. and onetime chewing cereal my right ear felt a loud Bone impact noise that scared the shit out of me because it sounded like a huge tree branch falling to the ground "THUMP!" but in my head. the TMJ specialist, whom also does surgery for it nodded and said all that sounds along the lines of what i have, but cannot guarentee the ringing to go away if he treats it.. he gave me a mouth splint in he meantime, had me to an MRI and CT scan of the joint. I'm waiting to see him again to see his thoughts. So i asked him if there was something i can take for muscle tension.
HE said SURE! and put me on 5mg of Cyclobenzaprine, aka Flexaril a muscle relaxant.
Take it at bedtime.
HOLY SH1T is all i can say.
Hyperacusis was GONE. and it lowered my Tinnitus to a level i can ignore, it's in the background but i have to look for it and focus on it. But can hear it at night at bedtime, but i got a little homedics waterfountain by the bed for some nose to help and its been okay since. I been putting a mouth splint along side the muscle relaxer. Been on the thing for a month, no side affects other than you wake up with dry mouth in the morning. it's a desert in there. Drink more water and its okay.
Anyway, my ringing came back a little higher today, but no where where it was before hopefully its a temporary spike. I'm mightove forgotton to say a few things but i'll post them as i remember and my results from the ENT i see in a few weeks.. Hopefully my experience can help someone.
OH yeah, If i move my mouth/jaw the ringing changes somewhat, if i TENSE my jaw muscles and the muscle group just under my chin, the Tinnitis is VERY LOUD. has anyone else had similar? Anyone had tinnitus caused by TMJ? the TMJ specialist speculates that the tension is putting pressure in my Ear area since the joint is right by the ear.
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