MemberHi, this is my first posting here, sorry if it's very long. Due to noisy neighbors and outside sounds, I've used earplugs to sleep for years, which results in blockage by wax. In the past I either removed it with OTC products like Debrox, or let a doctor do it in the office. This past June 2017, my PCP said it looked pretty bad in my ear canals, so I bought some Debrox, hydrogen peroxide, and RhinoEar on Amazon, which is a type of ear syringe. I also bought a consumer otoscope, so that my wife could look in my ears. I may have overdone it with the ear washing, but everything I've read said that this is not dangerous and it's very rare for it to cause problems. I started hearing noise and kept washing, thinking that the wax was causing it, and made an appointment with my ENT. He said my ears looked fine, no blockage at all. They gave me a panel of hearing tests, and the results are attached, no serious problems, but at my age (64), and after working on the noisy floor of the Stock Exchange in NYC for several years, it's not perfect.
Now, I was very surprised to find out that my ears were clean, and didn't ask any more questions of the ENT doctor. The T got worse within a few days. I read that this is not uncommon, when the hearing improves after wax has been removed. Having read that ginko biloba helped some people, I bought a bottle of 60 mg tables, and started taking two a day on Aug. 7, which was ten days ago. After about eight days, I would wake up with with T, but in a few hours it started to subside and for several days by the evening it had subsided substantially to the point that my hearing felt normal, until I laid down for an hour or more. Two days ago I only took one 60 mg of the gingko, and the next day the T was far worse, so I'm back on two a day. Right now, there is noise, but not as bad as yesterday.
It was discouraging yesterday, when the high-frequency T came back, but since I've had good results from the Gingko earlier this week, I'm hoping this will provide relief, and eventually my ears will return to normal. Thank you for reading!
Now, I was very surprised to find out that my ears were clean, and didn't ask any more questions of the ENT doctor. The T got worse within a few days. I read that this is not uncommon, when the hearing improves after wax has been removed. Having read that ginko biloba helped some people, I bought a bottle of 60 mg tables, and started taking two a day on Aug. 7, which was ten days ago. After about eight days, I would wake up with with T, but in a few hours it started to subside and for several days by the evening it had subsided substantially to the point that my hearing felt normal, until I laid down for an hour or more. Two days ago I only took one 60 mg of the gingko, and the next day the T was far worse, so I'm back on two a day. Right now, there is noise, but not as bad as yesterday.
It was discouraging yesterday, when the high-frequency T came back, but since I've had good results from the Gingko earlier this week, I'm hoping this will provide relief, and eventually my ears will return to normal. Thank you for reading!
