Hi I'm new to Tinnitus Talk and I thought I'd tell you my story. I woke up around eight weeks ago with a ringing in my left ear, I also noticed hearing loss in the same ear. Not sure why it happened but I did trip the day before and banged my head plus also listened to loud music and was staying at a friends caravan for couple of nights and it was freezing cold but either way I now have tinnitus in my left ear.
I've had quite a few things to deal with in my life including a four year battle with cancer but have to say it's only been two months but this is the worst thing medical that's ever happened to me at least psychology wise- pure hell, but I'm hoping I'll get used to it with time.
It's not just the constant ringing as if something has taken over my head but I've a blocked feeling all around my left ear and I can't seem to concentrate especially if it's quite. I've started to listen to thunderstorm sounds (YouTube) at night to help sleep. My head seems blocked on left side and I now get headaches and pain also around the left ear. I keep pinching my nose to try and clear stuffed feeling in head this sometimes gives me a slight temporary release from blocked feeling.
Words I'd associate with this condition - claustrophobic, loss of control, heaviness, blocked heavy head feeling, no peace, no calmness, this condition is trespassing on private property i.e. my head.
Anyway I was lucky to see a Doctor within five days who sent me to an ENT specialist who gave me a hearing test confirming hearing loss, a twelve day course of steroids and an MRI which came back all clear. Doctor believes I damaged nerves when I banged my head he says ringing in ear may go in time but the hearing loss will be permanent.
So that's my story pure nightmare but I've little choice but to get on with it and I do realise that I'm lucky it's only in one ear I really feel for people who have tinnitus in both ear.
Going to read Tinnitus Talk but have a couple of questions - can a person get tinnitus, have it for 6-12 months, and then it just goes away? I think I read somewhere if you have tinnitus non-stop for three months the chances are it's going to be permanent? I'm just looking for some possible light at end of tunnel. I also read that going on anti-depressants can reduce the ringing? Is that true?
Anyway going to read up on Tinnitus Talk to try and get a bit of perspective from other people's experiences which I hope will help me cope with this terrible condition and this new existence I find myself having been thrown into. Thanks.
I've had quite a few things to deal with in my life including a four year battle with cancer but have to say it's only been two months but this is the worst thing medical that's ever happened to me at least psychology wise- pure hell, but I'm hoping I'll get used to it with time.
It's not just the constant ringing as if something has taken over my head but I've a blocked feeling all around my left ear and I can't seem to concentrate especially if it's quite. I've started to listen to thunderstorm sounds (YouTube) at night to help sleep. My head seems blocked on left side and I now get headaches and pain also around the left ear. I keep pinching my nose to try and clear stuffed feeling in head this sometimes gives me a slight temporary release from blocked feeling.
Words I'd associate with this condition - claustrophobic, loss of control, heaviness, blocked heavy head feeling, no peace, no calmness, this condition is trespassing on private property i.e. my head.
Anyway I was lucky to see a Doctor within five days who sent me to an ENT specialist who gave me a hearing test confirming hearing loss, a twelve day course of steroids and an MRI which came back all clear. Doctor believes I damaged nerves when I banged my head he says ringing in ear may go in time but the hearing loss will be permanent.
So that's my story pure nightmare but I've little choice but to get on with it and I do realise that I'm lucky it's only in one ear I really feel for people who have tinnitus in both ear.
Going to read Tinnitus Talk but have a couple of questions - can a person get tinnitus, have it for 6-12 months, and then it just goes away? I think I read somewhere if you have tinnitus non-stop for three months the chances are it's going to be permanent? I'm just looking for some possible light at end of tunnel. I also read that going on anti-depressants can reduce the ringing? Is that true?
Anyway going to read up on Tinnitus Talk to try and get a bit of perspective from other people's experiences which I hope will help me cope with this terrible condition and this new existence I find myself having been thrown into. Thanks.
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