I recently got diagnosed with Tinitus, which is a constant ringing in both of my ears. It is driving me crazy especially at bedtime. I have tried sleeping with background noise like a fan, but nothing helps. Any suggestions?
what can I do to calm down? I have 24/7 ringing in the ears because of an ear condition I have (there’s no treatment). it’s driving me nuts. I’m 21 and I’ve had it for 5 years. white noise/background noise doesn’t cover it anymore, it’s too loud.
I have trouble falling asleep and I don’t want to take sleeping pills, I don’t like them. any ideas?
oops wrong section. sorry
The ringing or background noise in my ear has been going on for weeks.
Think it was caused by an ear infection. The sound is not too loud as i can only hear it in quiet environment. It sounds like an empty tape recorder being played, would this be tinnitus. I haven't been to the doctors yet but just wanna know if this is tinnitus or not? And if so, will it be able to go away?
It's been happening on-and-off for as long as I can remember, years and years. Recently it's gotten a lot worse, with frequent occurrences (usually 8-10 hours long) each week. It's not always constant – it can also go on for several minutes, stop for a minute, then continue. Often when this is happening, any noises at all around me (even the sound of my typing or people talking at normal volume in the next room over) will cause a sympathetic "boom" in my ear (I don't know how else to describe it…it's the same sound as the heartbeat, but in time to outside noises instead of my pulse). It most commonly happens in my left ear alone, but occasionally in both ears at once. I've also recently noticed a hearing issue – I can hear fine, both very high and very low sounds, but I have trouble differentiating between sounds (any background noise at all can cause me miss what people say). I am not stressed at all. I have perfect blood pressure, perfect cholesterol… I'm 22 yrs old, and female.
I do clean my ears of wax regularly, using the warm water flushing method, and I'm sure it's not a build-up of that.
The tinnitus developed approximately 6 months ago.
Hearing tests confirmed hearing loss from loud noise,
but cannot pick up the ringing that I am experiencing.
With background noise present , conversations are quite difficult to understand. Any ideas?
