Hi guys, I'm new here. I've had tinnitus my whole life and it never really bothered me too much; however, 3 weeks ago I went to a music festival and the music was very loud. When I got home my tinnitus was loud but when I woke up the next day it was fine and everything went back to normal.
Around 6 nights ago I rolled some tissues into balls and put them in my ear because the neighbours had told me there would be noise the next morning due to construction, so I thought the tissues would block the noise. I went to sleep with them in my ears and I woke up in the middle of the night due to my ears being in pain, so I took them out.
The next day it felt like I had a lot of ear wax in my right ear, and my right ear had a much louder tone of ringing than the other ear. I thought if I just removed the wax the ringing would go away.
3 days ago I got the wax flushed out, and now my tinnitus has gone crazy, in basically both ears, I've never had tinnitus this bad in my life and I'm becoming really anxious and depressed over this, day by day the tinnitus has been getting worse, ive lost all motivation to do anything, I try to keep mind off it but nothing works. I just want to break down in tears honestly.
I was wondering if that music festival and blocking my ears with tissues would have caused this, and I want to know if my tinnitus will return to its normal levels, because I seriously cannot live like this, I feel like puking because of how upset I am over this.
The doctor also said there seems to be some fluid behind my ear drums, but he said that doesn't cause tinnitus. Can someone please give me any info? Thank you
I am 20 years old of age as well if that helps
Around 6 nights ago I rolled some tissues into balls and put them in my ear because the neighbours had told me there would be noise the next morning due to construction, so I thought the tissues would block the noise. I went to sleep with them in my ears and I woke up in the middle of the night due to my ears being in pain, so I took them out.
The next day it felt like I had a lot of ear wax in my right ear, and my right ear had a much louder tone of ringing than the other ear. I thought if I just removed the wax the ringing would go away.
3 days ago I got the wax flushed out, and now my tinnitus has gone crazy, in basically both ears, I've never had tinnitus this bad in my life and I'm becoming really anxious and depressed over this, day by day the tinnitus has been getting worse, ive lost all motivation to do anything, I try to keep mind off it but nothing works. I just want to break down in tears honestly.
I was wondering if that music festival and blocking my ears with tissues would have caused this, and I want to know if my tinnitus will return to its normal levels, because I seriously cannot live like this, I feel like puking because of how upset I am over this.
The doctor also said there seems to be some fluid behind my ear drums, but he said that doesn't cause tinnitus. Can someone please give me any info? Thank you
I am 20 years old of age as well if that helps