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TINUNITIS

forego — Thu, 12 May 2022 15:37:03 GMT

I was diagnosed ith the disease called TINUNITIS,I hear sounds from my head and ears 24rs. a day. some days good and some bad. My ENT doctor took tests hearing

and MRI all normal. was told there is no cure for this.its horrible wouldnot wish this on anyone.

anybody else have this and how they deal with it.

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ALRATIBA — Thu, 12 May 2022 15:46:44 GMT

Welcome to the club.

You'll get used to it.

Mine started in 2006.

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Still Raining — Thu, 12 May 2022 15:59:52 GMT

Yep, long-standing case.

What is the weirdest is that every so often, it just stops cold for a couple of minutes. Sound of silence.....

I also have fun pressing on the top of my head to turn up the volume.

You could amuse yourself checking for your volume button.

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mnmom — Thu, 12 May 2022 16:28:14 GMT

Yes; I believe it is Tinnitus. I have had it for almost 40 years. At first it bothered me a lot, but now I just sort of hear "over" it. Mine is a high-pitched siren or scream. I'm not sure if the sound can vary by person. My dad had it too.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Fri, 13 May 2022 00:37:39 GMT

@forego wrote:
I was diagnosed ith the disease called TINUNITIS,I hear sounds from my head and ears 24rs. a day. some days good and some bad. My ENT doctor took tests hearing
and MRI all normal. was told there is no cure for this.its horrible wouldnot wish this on anyone.
anybody else have this and how they deal with it.

There are many threads on the topic that you can avail yourself of. I have had hearing loss and tinnitus for probaby 15 yrs. I have great aids for the loss and they helped the tinnitus for awhile, but eliminating sugar and refined carbs from my diet made a huge difference. No more whooshing and ringing when I try to fall asleep. I drift off pretty easily now.

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jlkz — Thu, 12 May 2022 16:50:31 GMT

A few years ago during a PCP visit, I happened to mention that recently as DH and I were falling asleep, I wondered aloud why the birds were singing at this hour of night.

He turned and said: There are no birds singing. Ok: my doctor kept quizzing me on the sound, direction, volume, etc.

Truly, the sound is as though you were walking through the forest in springtime and birds were singing. Not crickets, just birds.

it is a very peaceful sound....sometimes I don't even notice it, but it is there. I hesitate to call it tinnitus: I cannot imagine what life is like for those with some of the sounds described in this post. It must be maddening.

I'll take the birds anytime...it is calming.

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PA Mom-mom — Thu, 12 May 2022 17:01:16 GMT

@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:
@forego wrote:
I was diagnosed ith the disease called TINUNITIS,I hear sounds from my head and ears 24rs. a day. some days good and some bad. My ENT doctor took tests hearing
and MRI all normal. was told there is no cure for this.its horrible wouldnot wish this on anyone.
anybody else have this and how they deal with it.
There are many threads on the topic that you an avail yourself of. I had it for years. Hearing aides helped but eliminating sugar and refined carbs from my diet made a huge difference. No more whooshing and ringing when I try to fall asleep.

@forego Yes, per @JeanLouiseFinch you should check out the other threads. Mine came from an autoimmune reaction similar to bell's palsy that killed the nerves in my ear. Hearing aids won't work on me. I'm used to it by now. Jet engines and sometimes news broadcasters.

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SilleeMee — Thu, 12 May 2022 17:04:05 GMT

The tinnitus sounds I hear sound like a car idling and then sometimes I hear a loud single clap....that kind scares me and I flinch. But most of the time I hear a steady hissing.

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Suzeecat — Thu, 12 May 2022 17:40:21 GMT

I have suffered with tinnitus for many years. There are several causes, and lots of different noises and volumes. Mine is like a loud teapot, mostly a mettalic hissing. It gets very loud when I have the TV on, but it's almost silent when I am outdoors. It gets louder/softer when I turn my head. There are lots of snake oil "cures" out there, but no proven cure.

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forego — Thu, 12 May 2022 17:42:49 GMT

Thankyou all. my sound is a hissing noise.sometimes really loud.

I heard some people go to a nerologists and try to re program your brain

what ever that means.

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SilleeMee — Thu, 12 May 2022 17:43:20 GMT

Staying hydrated is important when you have tinnitus. Dehydration can cause it to seem worse. It has to do with the natural fluid in the inner ear. If that gets dry then the tinnitus gets more intense.

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4kitties — Thu, 12 May 2022 17:55:36 GMT

I have it too.😩

A constant high pitched sound. Have had it for years and thankfully, my hearing has not been diminished. I just try hard to ignore it and I have learned to live with it after all these years.

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Zhills — Thu, 12 May 2022 19:33:56 GMT

@4kitties Me too. Sounds like a siren in the distance and sometimes very close!

Mine is from head trauma in an auto accident. No way to cure it!

I find that an N-said helps when it is extra loud.

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1Snickers — Thu, 12 May 2022 20:25:56 GMT

I have hearing loss and bad tinnitus that makes many sounds. Most I can ignore, but some are really hard to. I also hear sounds that sound like words and sentences spoken over and over. The worst to ignore is "free shipping and handling!, free shipping and handling! "

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chickenbutt — Thu, 12 May 2022 20:41:32 GMT

Another here with Tinnitis. I hate it. You never have any peace with all that noise going on in your head.

Mine is mostly the really hissing kind of sound. Last year I saw a recording with those cicada bugs that they have in some parts of the country. That's what it sounds like - a million cicadas in my head.

I also have layers of sound. In the background it constantly sounds like the heat or a/c is running, or the garage door is opening/closing. That's annoying!

Every now and then I get this one sound, more in the left ear, that sounds like if you took a tiny metal hammer and kept tapping it on a piece of metal kind of like ping ping ping. It's usually short-lived.

With any sudden, loud, near my ear, or high-pitched sound, I get the high pitched ringing suddenly but it goes away after a while. So, about 99.99% of the time it's just the cicada sound and the sound of the heater/ac/garage door thing. Sometimes I even hear sounds that are like some people in the distance talking but you don't hear words. It's hard to explain because it sounds odd that it sounds like people are talking w/o hearing words, but that's honestly what it sounds like.

Just don't take in any of the ads you see that say they can make it go away. They can't.

Every now and then, maybe once in a couple of months or so, I'll have a few hours where the sound is extremely low and that's really nice! But the rest of the time it's about as loud as if somebody is yelling at me.

Along with that, my hearing is going so I struggle to hear and I really hate that when I'm around people because, often, when you say 'pardon me' and/or 'I have some trouble hearing' they will start YELLING. I dont' do well with yelling, even though I know they are not yelling AT me. So, I end up hoping I heard anything important and just move on.

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aubnwa01 — Thu, 12 May 2022 21:06:51 GMT

Mine sounds like what it sounds like inside your house when you have a hose running outside. I have a hard time sometimes deciphering which direction a noise is coming from. I just kind of hear "around" the noises in my head! When my hearing was checked, it was within the normal range, so i just live with it.

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PilatesLover — Fri, 13 May 2022 13:49:41 GMT

Reading tinnitus threads makes mine worse. For real, not being sarcastic! I try not to think about it.

I have noticed that sinus pressure from allergies increases mine.

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forego — Fri, 13 May 2022 15:04:32 GMT

I stopped drinking diet soda which has caffeine in it and I have been good for a couple of days. maybe its all im ny head.I heard some people go to a neurologists if things get really bad. what can a neurologists really do for you?

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CicadaSongs — Fri, 13 May 2022 15:33:44 GMT

@chickenbutt My nick says it all.
I hear the same sounds you hear.

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gertrudecloset — Wed, 18 May 2022 06:30:31 GMT

@1Snickers wrote:
I have hearing loss and bad tinnitus that makes many sounds. Most I can ignore, but some are really hard to. I also hear sounds that sound like words and sentences spoken over and over. The worst to ignore is "free shipping and handling!, free shipping and handling! "
😵‍💫 🦻💨🥴😵😬

Whewwww.....LOL @1Snickers