Marijuana / Cannabis and Tinnitus

#332
I have low-normal blood pressure, which is not uncommon, especially in my family. After 3 ER visits due to passing out, I researched pot. Sure enough, I found a credible medical source that warns against using pot if you have low-normal or low blood pressure. The doctors had no idea this problem is exacerbated by regular pot use. It became dangerous for me. Please be careful. Know your body.
 
#334
My tinnitus was triggerd by smoking weed.
I never had any problems tinnitus, but about a half a year ago I diceded to smoke a big J, what I hadn't done for a while.
I got really stoned (and paranoid), So stoned I would almost call it tripping. But I started hearing this constant real high toned peep that didn't go away, accompanied by an painfull headache. I wasn't even able to think and it hurt like hell.
After a while, I was able to sort of suppress/ignore it, but this was very hard to do so. After two hours the peep got a lot softer, I decided to go to sleep and the next day the tinnitus was all gone.
After this I sometimes do experience tinnitus, but not as loud and long.

But long awnser short, I doubt weed could help cure tinnitus, cause it did the opposite for me.
 
#335
I always get spikes from smoking weed .high Cbd or not . Low thc or not . It usually resolves itself within a night or sometimes 2 nights and it's back to baseline . It does help me sleep. And I used to smoke everyday about a QP every 3 weeks . Yeah ........ And having to stop because of tinnitus sure sucks . But I now just take a hit at night makes the vivid dreams go away and that improves my sleep ao worth it . Cbd oil high in Cbd didn't seem to help but it didn't hurt so there is something to be saod about that idk what tho .
 
#336
I haven't smoked a joint in yearsssssssssssssssssss! However, if your twisting one up, don't Bogart that bad boy!! Pass it around!
 
#340
MikeP505 said:
Bring on the fun! Screw tinnitus!! lol
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I feel ya. I heard the spikes are temporary anyways so smoke as much as you want. How does being high feel? It would have tried it years ago but I fear it's like caffeine. Caffeine makes my mood go up, but my heart races and I get anxious.
 
#341
Kazue said:
How does being high feel
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Actually never liked smoking pot. Never enjoyed the buzz and only felt anxious. I did try a puff of something completely different long ago. One drag and I remember feeling like my feet never touched the floor. Best high I ever encountered next to cutting the cord of a baby! I liked that high so much I knew I better not ever try this drug again!! I would have easily been addicted.

Best highs are those we get in real life now. I jumped out of airplanes with parachutes. That's a high you never forget. Who needs drugs?

Anyways this thread isn't about getting high, it's about finding cannabis type products that may lower T. Sorry if I took this thread a little off topic.
 
#342
I smoke a tiny amount of pot each night, like half a small bowl. Every now and then I'll quit for a month or two and then start up again. It doesn't help any of my symptoms, really, but it makes the nights easier.
 
#343
MikeP505 said:
Anyways this thread isn't about getting high, it's about finding cannabis type products that may lower T. Sorry if I took this thread a little off topic.
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Hm, sounds nice but I feel like I would regret using it later. Ya know, Ah, you're right, I forgot. So far, I heard smoking MJ and using a vapor makes it worse. Probably due to component that makes you high. It a makes you anxious, noticing your T more. However, I heard using hemp oil that has a high CDB content than the component that makes you high; actually decreased the volume of T, if not taking it away permanently. I read a thread of a mother giving the hemp oil to her child and it got rid of their T and the rest of their conditions.
 
#346
IGBTQ2 said:
I am a 52 year old male and have smoked bud since I was 13 or 14 years old. I smoked it regularly until I was about 25 when I began growing it from seeds purchased in Holland (hey, good genetics were hard to come by back then). For the next ten years I smoked it heavily. Real heavily. At 35 I had a daughter and cut it out over the course of a few years until I only smoked a hit or two now and then; perhaps a couple times a week. On camping trips and day long kayaking adventures (25-30 miles) I smoked quite a bit but this was only a few times a year.

About 5 years ago I woke up in the morning and asked my wife what the hell was outside of our house. It sounded kind of like a diesel truck idling just outside our bedroom window. She swore that it was as quiet as ever and there was nothing to be heard except for the birds chirping. I went outside to figure out what the hell it was and I think both of us thought the other was crazy. Outside I couldn't pinpoint the source, it seemed to come from everywhere.

This went on for about a week. Over time I noticed I would hear the [non-existent] noise a day or two following a hit or two. It would last for 5 or so days and then go away. It was loud in the morning and diminished as the day wore on but still present by night only to be full bore on the next morning. As I put two and two together I began to keep track. Today, some 5 or so years later, I can say without a shadow of doubt that a couple small hits of really good bud is enough to cause serious noise / ringing in my ears for about 5 days straight. I've looked it up on line and have found others reporting the same phenomena; some even reporting it becoming permanent. For me, it was a minor inconvenience and I rolled with it (pun intended).

So this brings me to today. As I type this I fear I may loose all or part of my hearing in my right ear. I had a little bud on Saturday, just a couple hits as I've become a lightweight in my older age and that's enough to get me as high as I enjoy... I do get really high quality buds. On Tuesday morning I woke up with the expected noise in my left ear but the noise in my right ear was terribly loud and I had lost almost all of my hearing in that ear. Being a life long allergy sufferer I blew it off as plugged up sinuses. By the end of the day however, it was no better. I looked it up on line and decided to see a doctor the next day. She, a general practitioner, said that my ear was free of any foreign object, free of any wax, fluid, or infection; and that the Tympanic Membrane looked normal and healthy. She told me I needed to see a specialist immediately because the condition could become permanent within 72 hours of onset. So the next morning I went to an ENT specialist. My herring was tested and I was examined. I was diagnosed with sudden neurological hearing loss due to vasculitis. Basically my white blood cells are attacking the artery and blood vessels supplying my inner ear. The specialist told my that within about 72 hours the damage becomes too sever for the body to heal and the condition becomes permanent. He added it was a good thing I acted so quickly and that I have a 50-60 percent chance of recovering my hearing. I was prescribed a massive regiment of steroids over the next 14 days.

That was yesterday. Today most of the noise in that ear has subsided and I have recovered some of my hearing though it has a long way to go. I pray my hearing fully recovers. So did smoking that bud last Saturday cause this condition? I do not know and can not answer that question with any certainty. I can however say with full and utmost confidence that the noise I experienced in both ears that I spoke about at the beginning of this dialog was absolutely caused by smoking a little pot. I spent most of 5 years experimenting and the results were 100% consistent. So it is a fact that smoking bud caused a problem with my hearing that would last 5 or so days and it is a possibility that my current condition was caused by it. Suffering with this condition right now, I can tell you that I will not experiment to find out. The previous problem was always temporary, and severe only in the morning for a couple of hours during the 5 or so days it persisted. What I experienced on Tuesday left me unable to listen to music as it sounded squawky, hollow, echoey, distorted, and unpleasant almost to the point of pain - at any volume. Things like telephones were painful and I had trouble understanding speech even though I could hear it. I am a musician and love music. I value my hearing now more than ever. Trying a hit or two just to find out if that was the trigger is out of the question. It is simply not worth my hearing to find out or to get high; and I really enjoyed getting high occasionally. It saddens me and makes me a little angry but I will never smoke buds again. My hearing is too precious. Well, unless I get to live long enough to go completely deaf. Then what the hell right?

I hope this helps answer someones questions who may be experiencing what I initially experienced, and perhaps saves them from going through what I am currently going through. I am not saying my current condition was caused by smoking a little pot but I am saying there is enough evidence to say it is a possibility. Perhaps even a good possibility. If I had known all that I have written before my current condition, I think I would have given it up a few years ago. If you are experience noise or ringing in your ears a day or two after smoking a little bud that lingers for several days you might want to give these words some thought.
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I left a message for you on another website, and found you hear. I want to talk to you if possible:

Listen. I'm 24, been smoking almost daily for three years, and three weeks ago I woke up with blaring tinnitus in my left ear which eventually spread to both ears. I also have Meniere's disease, which exacerbates this whole thing. Long story short, I had something very akin to what you experienced, and noticed that as I would slowly get better, every time I would smoke - I vaporize - it would shoot it through the roof and not go down for a few days. What you describe is uncannily similar to what I have experienced: It is always worse in the very morning, diminishes through the day, and hits with a vengeance the next morning after being horizontal for so long. I have been to my ENT 4 times now, once just today, and he is confident I'm getting better (which is true, over time I have been getting better since I first had this horrible incident start three Sundays ago). He sees no issue, just that I have Meniere's disease which is likely being screwed by my marijuana use. This sucks, because I love Marijuana, and it helped me through crippling depression. If you're still there, friend, please contact me. Though I fear you're a guest... just like me, and won't be reading this again. Message me in a quick reply, as I'd like to get in contact with you.
 
#349
I've been a daily smoker for 20 years, and got T from noise exposure about a year ago. Partaking in some ways helped me cope and sleep, but in my experience I believe that weed has slowed down or delayed my habituation. I've stopped smoking for a few weeks now and the discomfort from T has been a bit more acute, but I believe my brain can more easily get a grip and finally habituate when I have a clear head. I'm going to stay away from weed for a while longer just so I can finally habituate then I may return to partaking, but in smaller amounts and less frequently. I needed to slow down anyway.
 
#351
MikeP505 said:
Best highs are those we get in real life now. I jumped out of airplanes with parachutes. That's a high you never forget. Who needs drugs?
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Yeah! But can you jump out of an airplane with parachutes if u got T/H lol :D
 
#352
3ri0w said:
Yeah! But can you jump out of an airplane with parachutes if u got T/H lol
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Well I had no issues jumping from airplanes with T, however I never had to deal with bad H so that may be a concern if you suffer it. I might suggest you not jump if your H is very sensitive......... but let me tell you, this really is the ultimate rush!!
 
#355
It's an uncharted territory. During my long story in neurology I knew many young people that have developed seizures or mioclonic disorders due to cannabis recreational use. The brain is a mistery. the science is a crap (apologies)
 
#356
I've found a few particular mj strains that make me alot more creative and calms my anxiety but also notice that I can hear my tinnitus more since it heightens my awareness too. I'm a 3d artist / game dev / web dev and the software / work I do is both stimulating & fun but also stressful, so it helps with that. I always vaporize at low temperatures to play it safer, but I read some threads here where some people said Marijuana is a possible cause for permanent tinnitus.

Is that true? My reason for wondering if I should stop is because alot of non mj users get bad tinnitus anyways, so should I just continue using it since it empowers me instead of anxiety medicine? Or am I playing with fire since I could be causing permanent & worse tinnitus ? I dont have T too bad, its very faint, comes and goes, however I do have hyperacusis in 1 ear.
 
#357
If it calms and relaxes you and sparks some creativity, I say go for it. Any perceived effect on T should go away within a few hours and not be permanent.
 
#358
There is some research that suggests that if you're exposed to noise and smoke marijuana that the combination can cause damage to the inner ear and consequently tinnitus.
I think there was only one study on this though..
 
#359
Ecip said:
There is some research that suggests that if you're exposed to noise and smoke marijuana that the combination can cause damage to the inner ear and consequently tinnitus.
I think there was only one study on this though..
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Does that mean I should stop using it then even it it helps my anxiety? Or I should be ok as long as I dont use headphones/earbuds and I keep my sounds at low volume?
 
#360
I w
Grant1 said:
CNN recently aired a special on medical marijuana.

It was quite remarkable to see persons with very serious medical conditions helped greatly by marijuana use.

I definitely support medical marijuana.

Is there anyone who posts here who has had a positive experience with marijuana for their tinnitus?
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I was growing weed when I got menieres, I was not doing it chemical free, sometimes I think this caused my menieres.
 

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