Docs: Here's another one - Tinnitus

[schnellfahrer]

My dentist mentioned this the last time I saw him. I´m a "teeth gnasher".
He insisted that this is the cause of my tinnitus.
Maybe it has contributed to the ringing, but I´m pretty sure the main reason is loud music.

[dhoward]

What?

[Hetmann]

I have episodes and then I have times when there is no ringing. Has anyone found anything to reduce tinnitus? Does it necessarily get worse?

[sc_rufctr]

Count your blessings it's not all the time.

Mine is always there but during the day I barely notice it. I have some hearing loss to.
I'm 45 and had it about 4 years. I've seen the doctor and specialist and they tell me there's basically nothing that can be done.

I did see some herbs at the Chemist that claimed to help reduce tinnitus but I don't have any first hand knowledge.

[Les Paul]

I've had it for 40 years. Obviously lived with it. If I think about it seems worse.

When I used to get my annual physical I'd lean over to the doc with my ear close to his and asked him if he could hear the ringing in my ear. Har.

[gatotom]

last time I checked, after having great sex, the ringing turned into angels singing.

Slept like a baby.

Keep repeating the above until ringing goes away, heck sex is good for any ailment you might have........Have you ever had bad sex?????????

[steve185]

I can't remember not having the ringing, there is no such thing as silence for me and I'm 44. Guns,bikes music, machinery have all taken their toll. I am very careful now to protect my ears. The ringing does not bother me, I just live with it.

[Crowbob]

Tinnitus can be a very disturbing experience. When mine began I could not sleep. It was awful. It is a variably intense roaring, like a horrible wind storm is raging just outside the walls. My audiologist at the time suggested that I had two choices. One was to let it get the best of me, the other was to ignore it. When accompanied with hearing loss it can be deadly (suicide is not uncommon). Tinnitus and hearing loss are approaching epidemic levels. Aspirin, caffeine, volatile aromatics (like carbureator cleaning fluids) are ototoxins and will make it worse.

[billybek]

I have had this too for a very long time.
I have always been pretty protective of the hearing that I have left but recently had a relief valve release unexpectedly very close to my "good" ear and now the ringing has changed pitch an is no longer a constant ring. It is a very annoying "warble" of tones and it is not really a pleasant thing to endure.
I should probably look into hearing aids, maybe the ones you can't see all that easily.

[blk911]

I have heard some have had good results from Ginko Biloba. Not sure of the recommended dosing.

[Zeke]

I have tinnitus and have been tested. High frequency loss, but not too bad. What's worse is that I can hear a pin drop in total silence but can't hear what people are saying if there's any background noise. I'm deaf at a restaurant.

That's OK, I pretty much hate restaurants and loud public places.

[blk911]

Milt, thats me exactly, I just nod stupidly in loud places when people are talking to me. You do anything about yours?

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by blk911

Milt, thats me exactly, I just nod stupidly in loud places when people are talking to me. You do anything about yours?

What's to do? I went to the audiologist and i didn't get a recommendation for a hearing aid. As long as I can hear well enough to not turn the TV up to where the neighbors can hear it, I'm OK.

Hearing aids get better all the time and by the time I need them, they should be a marvel, if not already.

[R K T]

Had it for about 10 years. Doc says middle ear nerve damage....no cure.
Cause.....over 400 Grateful Dead shows.