One evening (12/15/2017) I was just folding laundry (I'm 39m) and felt a sudden ringing in my ear. It's happened before, and almost always goes away. After several hours of not going away, I put in Debrox drops and did a light flush of both ears (something done before with no issues, as I have had problems with impacted wax for a long time), and this didn't seem to help.
Kept me up for several nights without being able to sleep well. An urgent care doc noticed bilateral inflammation and recommended medicated drops for a week. These didn't seem to help. GP did a curette of both ears to remove wax, noticed some infection, suggested antibiotics and a one-dose steroid. Still no luck.
If I'm focused on something like work or a task or I'm in a social situation with a lot going on, I don't notice it. Usually can't notice it in the shower or while watching TV. But it's constant otherwise. And it makes it very difficult to focus sometimes. It's really difficult to think that this might be a permanent situation.
I hadn't been to any concerts or anything loud for weeks prior to this sudden onset. I'm seeing an ENT on 2/21. I feel like if I could find a way to stop my brain from returning to thinking about it, it'll go away... but of course, that's like asking myself if I'm asleep yet in the middle of the night.
Has anyone else had a sudden onset without apparent cause, which wouldn't go away? Have you been able to find a way to suppress it? I'm able to conduct business and do work and generally live normally, but it's annoying and occasionally scary. I'm doing things to try and drown out the noise... which help, but also serve to remind me "why" i'm doing them, which seems counterproductive. Would it make more sense just to try and deal with it without the suppression techniques, and hope over time i'll stop thinking about it?
I've never been an anxious person but this makes me tremendously anxious. Any advice is appreciated.
Kept me up for several nights without being able to sleep well. An urgent care doc noticed bilateral inflammation and recommended medicated drops for a week. These didn't seem to help. GP did a curette of both ears to remove wax, noticed some infection, suggested antibiotics and a one-dose steroid. Still no luck.
If I'm focused on something like work or a task or I'm in a social situation with a lot going on, I don't notice it. Usually can't notice it in the shower or while watching TV. But it's constant otherwise. And it makes it very difficult to focus sometimes. It's really difficult to think that this might be a permanent situation.
I hadn't been to any concerts or anything loud for weeks prior to this sudden onset. I'm seeing an ENT on 2/21. I feel like if I could find a way to stop my brain from returning to thinking about it, it'll go away... but of course, that's like asking myself if I'm asleep yet in the middle of the night.
Has anyone else had a sudden onset without apparent cause, which wouldn't go away? Have you been able to find a way to suppress it? I'm able to conduct business and do work and generally live normally, but it's annoying and occasionally scary. I'm doing things to try and drown out the noise... which help, but also serve to remind me "why" i'm doing them, which seems counterproductive. Would it make more sense just to try and deal with it without the suppression techniques, and hope over time i'll stop thinking about it?
I've never been an anxious person but this makes me tremendously anxious. Any advice is appreciated.
