Hi Guys,
I would love to tell you my story and get your opinions on it, i have big anxiety issues and the ringing in my right ear really isnt helping things.
Im 23, from london, and love music festivals. Me and my friends went to croatia for a music festival this summer and we went right to the front of the biggest stage for a couple of hours, i noticed when i went back to my tent my ears were constantly aching, it was worse than the usual but i figured it was to be expected and then the next day i didnt notice anything abnormal.
Once i got back from holiday i was noticing after listening to my headphones, the morning after my ears would ache from the slightest movement of my cheek or drop in pressure which i thought was quite odd, so i started listening to my heahphones less loud than usual which seemed to help.
A month after the festival i went to a big house/techno night in Manchester, october 10th 2014, it was a great night, my ears were ringing louder than normal after the event, the problem is, the ringing hasnt stopped...
I went to see a doctor who told me i had 2 blood clots in both my ears and 2 holes in my eardrum, on my right side, the hole is quite big, she said about half the eardrum, on the left slightly smaller, maybe 1 third. She gave me some antibiotics and earplugs and told me to rest. I told her my concerns about Tinnitus, this is a condition i was aware of and i know its something that rarely goes away, she explained that i havent got tinnitus its because of my perforated eardrums that my ears are ringing.
I had another check up with the doctor around 2 weeks ago to see how it was doing, she said the clots had gone the ear was a normal colour and the drums were slowly but surely improving. However the ringing has continued. She told me its a long process and may still take another month or 2 and also referred me to the ENT who im yet to see yet.
Its been 5 weeks now since the night out in Manchester that my right ear hasnt stopped ringing, my left one seems okay its just my right is a high pitch ringing sound. At first i couldnt sleep and had to put on rain sounds before bed, i suffer from very high anxiety and im so scared that this will never go away. Its been very hard for me, i live by myself and all my friends are always out clubbing and i have become lonely and depressed since this condition as i havent been able to catch up with them as we all work and just go out on weekends.
It seems like every day (like now) and night after work i get in and just look on the internet about perforated eardrums and try and reassure myself that its all going to be okay...
Ive ordered some earplugs for future nights out, i have made the desicion that for any loud concert venue regardless if this goes away or not i will be wearing them in future.
I would love to hear your thoughts on my story and any advice you can give me would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
I would love to tell you my story and get your opinions on it, i have big anxiety issues and the ringing in my right ear really isnt helping things.
Im 23, from london, and love music festivals. Me and my friends went to croatia for a music festival this summer and we went right to the front of the biggest stage for a couple of hours, i noticed when i went back to my tent my ears were constantly aching, it was worse than the usual but i figured it was to be expected and then the next day i didnt notice anything abnormal.
Once i got back from holiday i was noticing after listening to my headphones, the morning after my ears would ache from the slightest movement of my cheek or drop in pressure which i thought was quite odd, so i started listening to my heahphones less loud than usual which seemed to help.
A month after the festival i went to a big house/techno night in Manchester, october 10th 2014, it was a great night, my ears were ringing louder than normal after the event, the problem is, the ringing hasnt stopped...
I went to see a doctor who told me i had 2 blood clots in both my ears and 2 holes in my eardrum, on my right side, the hole is quite big, she said about half the eardrum, on the left slightly smaller, maybe 1 third. She gave me some antibiotics and earplugs and told me to rest. I told her my concerns about Tinnitus, this is a condition i was aware of and i know its something that rarely goes away, she explained that i havent got tinnitus its because of my perforated eardrums that my ears are ringing.
I had another check up with the doctor around 2 weeks ago to see how it was doing, she said the clots had gone the ear was a normal colour and the drums were slowly but surely improving. However the ringing has continued. She told me its a long process and may still take another month or 2 and also referred me to the ENT who im yet to see yet.
Its been 5 weeks now since the night out in Manchester that my right ear hasnt stopped ringing, my left one seems okay its just my right is a high pitch ringing sound. At first i couldnt sleep and had to put on rain sounds before bed, i suffer from very high anxiety and im so scared that this will never go away. Its been very hard for me, i live by myself and all my friends are always out clubbing and i have become lonely and depressed since this condition as i havent been able to catch up with them as we all work and just go out on weekends.
It seems like every day (like now) and night after work i get in and just look on the internet about perforated eardrums and try and reassure myself that its all going to be okay...
Ive ordered some earplugs for future nights out, i have made the desicion that for any loud concert venue regardless if this goes away or not i will be wearing them in future.
I would love to hear your thoughts on my story and any advice you can give me would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
