I've had tinnitus for years. Annoying noise, 24x7, it never stops. Today my wife and I are watching TV and I heard a sound, or odd and sudden lack of a sound. I asked her to pause the TV. Sure enough the endless noise in my ears was not there. Decades, simply decades of noise.
I got new hearing aids two weeks ago. Some say hearing full spectrum sound can mitigate tinnitus effects. Seems like it did.
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update: I have mild #tinnitus (this is not news to me) and apparently other folks have noticed that ANC exacerbates theirs
Been a long while since I've even been aware of the tinnitus. It's often there but not so much that I even think about it most days.
Woke up today like there was a jet engine next to my head. Almost felt like that side of my brain was swollen. Might be imagining that. Reminded me a little of the time I had Bell's Palsy and that nerve got pinched by an infection. Maybe there's a connection to pinched nerves today. Is that a tinnitus thing even?
So much noise though. Normally I wake and it takes a few minutes to really hear anything. Brain must be very confused today. It's been a few hours, the jet engine has downgraded to smoke alarm. Quite relentless. Listening to some white noise helped initially.
It's such a strange phenomenon. My brain has lots of odd wiring, but this one is so unconstructive. Feels like there is no source, no connection. Just a cloud of noises smothering my neurons.
https://theconversation.com/from-painkillers-to-antibiotics-five-medicines-that-could-harm-your-hearing-260671. I can add to this list. There is an ototoxic anticonvulsant drug, which impaired my hearing - & I suffer from #tinnitus as a result of taking it for my #epilepsy. I no longer do so, of course - the drug in question is gabapentin, but there are other anticonvulsants that are also ototoxic, such as phenytoin & carbamazepine. See: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/14740338.2017.1372420?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed. I still take sodium valproate, however - maybe time to see my GP!
I can only describe this afternoon as 'coasting in neutral' - I really don't know what I've been doing.
I helped Sacha pick a few blackberries in the garden, I bought a pair of train tickets, and booked a table for dinner in London next week. But it's all been done in a dazed dream-like state.
I'm probably tired, because my #tinnitus is howling at me, and I keep yawning.
How can this be - I thought I slept OK last night?
We're back from an allotment trip.
I did a lot of tidying up and seem to have upset a nest (?) of bees - probably Red-tailed bumblebees - I have moved some old pallets and they were seriously unhappy. I think they aren't sure how to get into the nest.
I've now got a pile of old wood to take to the council tip when I've got the energy.
We've planted around 50 brassica plants that came in the post the other day.
Lots of weeding and we've come back with enough raspberries for tea tonight.
TaiChi was exhausting this morning, and now I feel like I need a lie down.
Normally my hearing aids mask my tinnitus, but I can hear it at the moment which is unusual.
Perhaps it's a sign of being tired.
Anyone with this who has some suggestions? I'm thinking coping strategies, etc., but any tips are appreciated.
It's brand-new to me, but appears so far to be permanent. (I have some neuro stuff going on, so nerve damage from that is a possibility).
I'm using most a small noise machine gifted to me by my partner that actually seems to help at certain settings with breaking up the tones.
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Tinnitus and floaties. Stabbing pains and nausea. I’m never alone.
@londondreamtime Love that story :) Here's one that happened to me. I was sat in my lounge late one night and noticed that I could hear a high pitched frequency coming from somewhere. I went around the room turning off all the electrical appliances one by one. Only after turning everything off in the house I came to the shocking realisation that the noise wasn't external at all. That's when I realised I had #tinnitus That was about 20 years ago now, the ringing never stops & I hate it. The end.
Ich bin wieder auf der Suche nach passiver Gehörschutz, den ich im Bett tragen kann. Brauche etwas über meine Ohren, ohne aktives Geräuschunterdrückung (weil sie mein Tinnitus noch schlimmer macht). Bin Seitenschläfer, also je schlanker desto besser.
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Ik ben begonnen met het oefenen met een app om mijn #tinnitus te verminderen. Vervelende is dat het daardoor eerst erger wordt… stommm
*me, while no music is playing, still hitting the volume down button because the #tinnitus is a bit too loud*
Anyone knows of conclusive studies on #Covid and #Tinnitus?
A question by @loevenbruck :
https://toot.portes-imaginaire.org/@loevenbruck/114207870092485021
New tinnitus treatment emerges from blocking back-channels in the ear
https://newatlas.com/biology/tinnitus-treatment-blocking-back-channels-ear/
Tinnitus may be a phantom percept — when our brain activity makes us see, hear or smell things that aren't there. But that doesn’t make the annoying (or worse) condition any easier for those who suffer from it. @ScienceAlert shares recent research that may help us better understand tinnitus.
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