Poll: Recovery Time from Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccine Induced Tinnitus Spike

[Jon R.]

The reason I took the vaccine is I am a huge guy of 30 stone, so I just didn't want to take the risk with catching COVID-19 due to what I heard about obese people and the virus. However in hindsight, given both my ears are screaming at me and have done for 7 weeks now, I think I made a mistake. I am just hoping the inflammation will go down, I never had tinnitus in my right ear before and now it is my worst ear for it. I am sick of it. I had 1 tone before the vaccine which had been dormant since my cold in April 2020, but now it is back, along with 3 other new tones and now both ears. I presume due to my hearing results this doesn't seem like AIED ?

 

[Oabmarcus]

The reason I took the vaccine is I am a huge guy of 30 stone, so I just didn't want to take the risk with catching COVID-19 due to what I heard about obese people and the virus. However in hindsight, given both my ears are screaming at me and have done for 7 weeks now, I think I made a mistake. I am just hoping the inflammation will go down, I never had tinnitus in my right ear before and now it is my worst ear for it. I am sick of it. I had 1 tone before the vaccine which had been dormant since my cold in April 2020, but now it is back, along with 3 other new tones and now both ears. I presume due to my hearing results this doesn't seem like AIED ?

Are obese folks more prone to inflammation in general? Due to diet and the sedentary lifestyle? If that is the case, you need to tackle the health issue before the tinnitus issue. Tinnitus won't kill you, but poor health will.

 

[Jon R.]

The way I have felt the last 7 weeks I am not so sure tinnitus won't do me in at some point, through me not being able to cope.

I have a loud low bass droning hum that penetrates my left ear 24/7, I have a eeeee sound in my right ear 24/7, both my ears hisses and tisses on every noise so I can no longer enjoy music or even sitting outside, all I hear is the penetrating hum and the hissing and the ultra high frequency tissing. I can't mask the hum anymore as a fan, music, or white noise just makes the shrill sound louder. If I listen to any sort of music or sound above 50 dB both my ears just scream at me even louder for hours and hours.

I am finding it so hard to cope with this. All because I took a vaccine, this is insane. Maybe my existing vestibular migraines made me a prime target for these side effects.

I was doing so well before, my hum had been dormant since April 2020 after a cold had gone, never had any of this loud reactive hiss/tiss or the eeee. Both my ears are well and truly destroyed.

Regarding my weight though, yes of course I should lose weigh for my health. Since this began I have lost 11 lbs from the sheer anxiety and lack of enjoying anything including food.

 

[Jon R.]

I have now got my ultra high frequency hearing results, yikes, not looking good. Any views on these results? Age 42, ex DJ.

 

[Tinker Bell]

I have now got my ultra high frequency hearing results, yikes, not looking good. Any views on these results? Age 42, ex DJ.

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Not looking good? It looks okay for someone in their 40s, especially someone who had a loud occupation. Seems even better than average for some frequencies. What did your audiologist say?

Posting a chart of normal loss, again.

 

[Jon R.]

Not looking good? It looks okay for someone in their 40s, especially someone who had a loud occupation. Seems even better than average for some frequencies. What did your audiologist say?

Posting a chart of normal loss, again.

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Thanks. I thought when it got to 9 kHz it started to look bad for my age. My audiologist didn't talk about the higher frequencies, just said the normal ones were good. I thought 45 dB at 10 kHz was bad for 42 years old but I guess looking at your chart it makes sense as my right ear is the ear I used to use to cue up the next records so was always used more than the left.

 

[Wrfortiscue]

The way I have felt the last 7 weeks I am not so sure tinnitus won't do me in at some point, through me not being able to cope.

I have a loud low bass droning hum that penetrates my left ear 24/7, I have a eeeee sound in my right ear 24/7, both my ears hisses and tisses on every noise so I can no longer enjoy music or even sitting outside, all I hear is the penetrating hum and the hissing and the ultra high frequency tissing. I can't mask the hum anymore as a fan, music, or white noise just makes the shrill sound louder. If I listen to any sort of music or sound above 50 dB both my ears just scream at me even louder for hours and hours.

I am finding it so hard to cope with this. All because I took a vaccine, this is insane. Maybe my existing vestibular migraines made me a prime target for these side effects.

I was doing so well before, my hum had been dormant since April 2020 after a cold had gone, never had any of this loud reactive hiss/tiss or the eeee. Both my ears are well and truly destroyed.

Regarding my weight though, yes of course I should lose weigh for my health. Since this began I have lost 11 lbs from the sheer anxiety and lack of enjoying anything including food.

I have 3-4 tones going up and down in volume, reactivity on and off… after the vaccine. I'll never habituate and I feel I'm getting worse.

 

[Jon R.]

I have 3-4 tones going up and down in volume, reactivity on and off… after the vaccine. I'll never habituate and I feel I'm getting worse.

Horrible, isn't it. 4 tones for me. I only had 1 tone before and that was dormant since April 2020. I feel like my ears have been destroyed.

 

[Johnny Karate]

Q&A: Link between COVID-19 vaccination, tinnitus 'worth looking into'

Tinnitus following COVID-19 vaccination: report of three cases

Just to add to the conversation.

 

[kingsfan]

Q&A: Link between COVID-19 vaccination, tinnitus 'worth looking into'

Tinnitus following COVID-19 vaccination: report of three cases

Just to add to the conversation.

So now a doctor has it. Maybe something will finally be done.

 

[Tinker Bell]

So now a doctor has it. Maybe something will finally be done.

He's had it since this past winter when Mayo vaccinated their doctors and medical staff. He's also still encouraging people to be vaccinated and even says he would consider a booster if his tinnitus decreased or returned to pre-vaccination level.

 

[Juan]

I have now got my ultra high frequency hearing results, yikes, not looking good. Any views on these results? Age 42, ex DJ.

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The high frequencies do not look good, but I do not think those results are uncommon in today's super noisy world, for someone in his 40s.

 

[Wrfortiscue]

He's had it since this past winter when Mayo vaccinated their doctors and medical staff. He's also still encouraging people to be vaccinated and even says he would consider a booster if his tinnitus decreased or returned to pre-vaccination level.

Must be mild lol.

 

[Darktale]

This poll can be quite misleading.
You cannot vote 2 times or correct your previous vote which means :
- if a guy got spike after vaccination and visit this thread for example after 1 week, he will tick the last box "My spike has not resolved to date"... then a week later his spike resolved... he cannot change his previous vote so there will still count 1 vote as "not resolved" despite it should now be counted in "resolved after 1-4 weeks"

Among the current 12 people who voted "not resolved to date", we do not know when they voted (after 2 days, 1 week, 1 month...) and if they went back to baseline since then which would mean in such case their vote should be moved to one of the other categories...

So the numbers are probably overestimated in the "not resolved to date" category and underestimated in the other categories.

 

[Phazes]

Did anyone get their TNf- Alpha tested to determine for sure the vaccine caused the inflammation and the spike?

My GP gave me the order last week and I'm going ASAP to have it checked.

 

[Jon R.]

Did anyone get their TNF-Alpha tested to determine for sure the vaccine caused the inflammation and the spike?

My GP gave me the order last week and I'm going ASAP to have it checked.

Will that test tell you? Any info appreciated.

 

[Amv]

Hello all.

The European Medication Agency has launched a review recognizing J&J can cause tinnitus and vertigo among others, probably temporary, so I think this can help tinnitus sufferers choose another vaccine.

 

[Phazes]

Will that test tell you? Any info appreciated.

Ask your doctor for a specific blood test to check on TNF alpha. I'm going next week. Got too busy this one.

 

[tpj]

Yes, Pfizer.

Now I am on 50 mg Prednisone, and it has already helped with the spike. Although the hearing in left ear hasn't fully returned to its normal level. It is strange.

How long were you taking it before you noticed it was helping?

 

[PeteJ]

The European Medication Agency has launched a review recognizing J&J can cause tinnitus and vertigo among others, probably temporary, so I think this can help tinnitus sufferers choose another vaccine.

I want more official organizations doing this so I can at least try to get a COVID-19 vaccine exemption (from a doctor).

 

[Pharz]

How long were you taking it before you noticed it was helping?

Hey it eventually lowered, but not to the previous unnoticeable level. I took Prednisone for 1 week with 2 days taper. To be honest I got scared of the side effects, especially the fact that it reduces the immune system.

 

[Brian P]

I'm going on 8 months. No change. It was made even worse with Klonopin.

 

[Forever hopeful]

I'm still not recovered yet.

Can anyone let me know from my audiogram results below if I could have autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED)? The more I read about AIED, the more it sounds like me, minus noticeable hearing loss. By this I mean my tinnitus started in my left ear, went crazy for 4 weeks, then moved to my right ear too. Looking at AIED it seems to move from ear to ear and cause damage after an immune response. Mine started after the COVID-19 jab.

Trouble is I don't have an older audiogram for reference. But is there enough hearing loss there that AIED could be possible? I seem to remember the tester went up to 15 kHz and I suddenly dropped off around 14 kHz on both ears.

I am 42. For some reason the image he sent me only shows up to 8 kHz but I do remember seeing higher frequencies on his screen.

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You do not have AIED. That happens very quickly w/ significant hearing loss.

 

[Forever hopeful]

I want more official organizations doing this so I can at least try to get a COVID-19 vaccine exemption (from a doctor).

I am going to lose my job if I don't get vaccinated, and I can do my job remotely. Most large companies in the US are doing this due to federal mandates.

So I pray I will be ok.

 

[dan]

I am going to lose my job if I don't get vaccinated, and I can do my job remotely. Most large companies in the US are doing this due to federal mandates.

So I pray I will be ok.

Move to Sweden.

Horrible, isn't it. 4 tones for me. I only had 1 tone before and that was dormant since April 2020. I feel like my ears have been destroyed.

Vaccines contain neomycin (ototoxic), look it up.

 

[PeteJ]

50% had spikes which were ultimately permanent meaning, it didn't return to baseline. That's pretty awful.

 

[Brian P]

50% had spikes which were ultimately permanent meaning, it didn't return to baseline. That's pretty awful.

Where was this?

 

[Jack Straw]

Not looking good? It looks okay for someone in their 40s, especially someone who had a loud occupation. Seems even better than average for some frequencies. What did your audiologist say?

Posting a chart of normal loss, again.

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Your audiologist offers hearing tests that high? I wish mine did!

 

[Jack Straw]

I would caution everyone to take this survey with a grain of salt. There are a lot of Anti-Vaxxers on here who will click the worst option (Never recovered) just to push their agenda.

In the other thread where people share their experiences actually getting the vax only a small % didn't recover.

 

[PeteJ]

Where was this?

Click "View Results" in the above poll.