I went to a chiropractor back in March 2019 to have an adjustment on my back. He thought my neck was out and needed adjustment too, which was a crack/pop type of manipulation. My husband had had it done many times and I didn't think anything would go wrong with having that done.
I went into the chiropractor with no ringing at all. After the adjustment, before I left his office, I had high-pitched ringing in my ears and it has plagued me ever since. I also started about a week after that with balance issues, ears hurting like I had an infection and a feeling of fullness. Thank goodness those three issues have cleared up, but the ringing remains.
It fluctuates in intensity, some days good, some days bad. When this first started, I had nothing but crying spells for at least 2 weeks, depression, and just angry over the whole situation and what this chiropractor I felt had done to me, couldn't think of nothing but the constant ringing. I cannot sleep in my bed. I have to sleep in a recliner with the TV and fan going all night, because laying down flat in bed seems to make it worse.
I have been to my medical doctor on a couple of occasions who thought it might be sinus-related, but ruled that out, ENT that showed my ears were fine and she thought this all probably had to do with the neck and then to two different chiropractors, one of which is an upper cervical chiropractor who does NUCCA (no cracking or popping of the neck), who I am still seeing at this time, but still no results in relief of the tinnitus (very early yet in the treatment phase). I'm also considering cranial sacral therapy and wondered if anyone has found that to be useful.
I will say after 3 months that I am coping just a bit better, but I still have moments of crying and frustration. I used to be a medical transcriptionist for years, but I cannot wear headphones anymore to do that type of work. It makes we wonder also if wearing headphones for that many years was the cause of some of this, but it didn't all arise until after the neck adjustment.
Well that is pretty much my journey with this since this all started.
I went into the chiropractor with no ringing at all. After the adjustment, before I left his office, I had high-pitched ringing in my ears and it has plagued me ever since. I also started about a week after that with balance issues, ears hurting like I had an infection and a feeling of fullness. Thank goodness those three issues have cleared up, but the ringing remains.
It fluctuates in intensity, some days good, some days bad. When this first started, I had nothing but crying spells for at least 2 weeks, depression, and just angry over the whole situation and what this chiropractor I felt had done to me, couldn't think of nothing but the constant ringing. I cannot sleep in my bed. I have to sleep in a recliner with the TV and fan going all night, because laying down flat in bed seems to make it worse.
I have been to my medical doctor on a couple of occasions who thought it might be sinus-related, but ruled that out, ENT that showed my ears were fine and she thought this all probably had to do with the neck and then to two different chiropractors, one of which is an upper cervical chiropractor who does NUCCA (no cracking or popping of the neck), who I am still seeing at this time, but still no results in relief of the tinnitus (very early yet in the treatment phase). I'm also considering cranial sacral therapy and wondered if anyone has found that to be useful.
I will say after 3 months that I am coping just a bit better, but I still have moments of crying and frustration. I used to be a medical transcriptionist for years, but I cannot wear headphones anymore to do that type of work. It makes we wonder also if wearing headphones for that many years was the cause of some of this, but it didn't all arise until after the neck adjustment.
Well that is pretty much my journey with this since this all started.
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