Hi everyone. I am new and wanting to know if I could to get some advice + any info.
I am 22 and I have had a history of ear related problems such as ear wax build-up, pain in both ears and last year my right ear would make a beating sound every minute or so, I believe this beating was caused by hiccuping with my mouth closed which caused air to get trapped in my ear and get slowly released? Just a theory but it did seem to occur when I would hiccup and it would usually last the whole day. This lasted about a month, so it has not happened in a while but it is another strange ear related thing I have had.
Jump to a few weeks ago. I lost my hearing considerably in my right ear. With that, I could hear a very annoying sound like a gas stove on its highest setting. After about a week my hearing returned to normal, but the annoying sound did not. The sound DID get quieter and I was relived because I thought it was going to clear up, but I was wrong. It has gotten arguably worse because even thought it is quieter than before it is now a higher pitch and alternates between a low and high frequency every 2-3 seconds and what makes it worse is that it is not even alternating the same it time, it seems to alternative unpredictably.
I cannot explain how annoying this is. I believe I have misophonia because I hate annoying sounds (coughs, yawns, chewing sounds, unintelligible muffled sounds), ESPECIALLY ones I cannot escape from. I know this sounds extreme and some may say it is childish and to just grow up, but I truly hate sounds that I have to put up with that are out of my control especially when they are unpredictable. Things like a constant beeping alarm or coughing/noisy neighbours have given degrees of anxiety in the past. So to now have a condition with the very thing I hate makes me feel incredibly angry and frustrated.
Some additional things: I do work with noisy power tools but I always wear ear protection (I am very conscious of my hearing ability, the irony). I have yet to see anyone about this due to COVID-19 and what not. Things in my life have not been going well recently and I feel like this just compounds my situation.
Does anyone have any advice, tips, suggestions? It would be appreciated as this is already starting to break me.
Thanks.
I am 22 and I have had a history of ear related problems such as ear wax build-up, pain in both ears and last year my right ear would make a beating sound every minute or so, I believe this beating was caused by hiccuping with my mouth closed which caused air to get trapped in my ear and get slowly released? Just a theory but it did seem to occur when I would hiccup and it would usually last the whole day. This lasted about a month, so it has not happened in a while but it is another strange ear related thing I have had.
Jump to a few weeks ago. I lost my hearing considerably in my right ear. With that, I could hear a very annoying sound like a gas stove on its highest setting. After about a week my hearing returned to normal, but the annoying sound did not. The sound DID get quieter and I was relived because I thought it was going to clear up, but I was wrong. It has gotten arguably worse because even thought it is quieter than before it is now a higher pitch and alternates between a low and high frequency every 2-3 seconds and what makes it worse is that it is not even alternating the same it time, it seems to alternative unpredictably.
I cannot explain how annoying this is. I believe I have misophonia because I hate annoying sounds (coughs, yawns, chewing sounds, unintelligible muffled sounds), ESPECIALLY ones I cannot escape from. I know this sounds extreme and some may say it is childish and to just grow up, but I truly hate sounds that I have to put up with that are out of my control especially when they are unpredictable. Things like a constant beeping alarm or coughing/noisy neighbours have given degrees of anxiety in the past. So to now have a condition with the very thing I hate makes me feel incredibly angry and frustrated.
Some additional things: I do work with noisy power tools but I always wear ear protection (I am very conscious of my hearing ability, the irony). I have yet to see anyone about this due to COVID-19 and what not. Things in my life have not been going well recently and I feel like this just compounds my situation.
Does anyone have any advice, tips, suggestions? It would be appreciated as this is already starting to break me.
Thanks.
