Let me start of by saying I'm 19 years old. I've been in a band for about 3 years and I've exposed me ears to extremely loud noise without plugs or anything to protect them and I believe I developed Tinnitus about 2 years ago. I had a slight ringing sound with a bit of buzzing but it was always tolerable, usually i would just put some music on and forget about it. Recently it's been getting worse so I started wearing ear plugs and it seemed to be keeping things the way they were. I have the ringing in both ears. A few days ago I was playing the music without the ear plugs and the ringing seemed to get worse. Though the last few months I've been getting dizzy spells (vertigo if you will) and i didn't think much of it. I started feeling nauseous to the point where I would want to vomit but I haven't yet. I feel off balance throughout the day. My ears also feel full as if I couldn't pop them but I really have no problem with that. The ringing seems to intensify sometimes and I also pick up a lot of sharp sounds in my ears that wouldn't have bothered me before. After doing some research I came across meniere's disease which pretty much backs up all of my symptoms. The only discouraging part is that I'm so young and this usually effects adults in their 30's and up. Im not ruling this out a single bit but I wanted to know if anybody out there is suffering from the same symptoms or even has meniere's disease and maybe tell me hoe to keep the ringing to a tolerable level. I have a hard time sleeping, thats when the ringing seems to be at it's worst. I cut Sodium out of my diet as of yesterday and I'm waiting to see if it shows any positive results. The earliest I can get in to see my doctor is March 3rd (a little over 2 weeks from today) and I'm hoping i can deal with it until then. I've read that they do have surgeries to help with this and I would very much so consider it due to my young age. I'm hoping things will resolve on it's own but only time can tell. Does anybody have any recommendations for me? Medications or just helpful information I couldn't find on a website? It would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

I've had Meniere's disease since I turned 14 and ever since my right ear has been ringing extremely loud + nonstop (I'm 20 now.) sometimes I can deal with it, and sometimes it goes for weeks at a time as very quiet. but lately it is blasting at full volume and I can't concentrate at all, I'm even losing sense of time, and listening to music or white noise just makes it louder.

I've noticed that it affects my mood, sometimes I will feel incredibly frustrated and depressed and wonder why, then realize it's because I'm bracing against it. I can't concentrate at all, can barely even think straight. it's hard to sleep is there anything I can do? I've been told that you can't treat tinnitus but seriously, any idea would be good. thanks

I have been light headed/ with dizzyness and vertigo 24 hours a day 7 days a week for over 2 months already!
I'm not anemic or diabetic or have any neurological issues, I have had an MRI with contrast of my brain and a CT scan too.
I have also have pulsatile tinnitus to go along with these symptoms.

I went to an ENT because I am more than sure I might have something wrong with my inner ears (eg:labyrinthitis) He did not find any fluid inside my ears so it is not Meniere's disease.

Are all inner ear disorders or viruses easy to find? Or are there special tests to determine If you have one or not?
I've had many sinus infections in the past and I have read that you usually get labyrinthitis after a upper respiratory (sp?) infection…

I've had meniere's disease for 6 years. I've had a shunt put in my ear and have had some hearing loss. I'm curious if anyone else who has this problem hears themselves when they talk. Sounds weird I know, but it's like an echo in my ear that sometimes drives me nuts. I was also not aware that this might cause problems throughout my life. I figured that the shunt would take care of everything, but within the past year I have had problems with labrynthitis and tinnitus. Anyone with any input would be helpful.