Tinnitus

[antmel]

Anyone got any experience of Tinnitus .Over the last 4 months i have this persistent noise in my head .a static type sound i have been told there is no remedy .or any way of getting rid of it. Has any one got any ideas how to handle this.

[Mykidsmom]

I had it for a couple of years...due to one of the meds i was on...Tried everything ...getting up very slowly from laying down position...not moving my head suddenly to one side.....hanging my head over the side of the bed....and flushing my ear with a saline solution..also antibiotics nothing really helped to be honest for more than a couple of hours what finally sorted it out was i changed medication....and boom it was gone...every so often i'll get it again...and the first thing i do it look at any changes to medication...its godawful and very annoying i hope you get it sorted out soon......

[dinny]

I had it for a couple of years...due to one of the meds i was on...Tried everything ...getting up very slowly from laying down position...not moving my head suddenly to one side.....hanging my head over the side of the bed....and flushing my ear with a saline solution..also antibiotics nothing really helped to be honest for more than a couple of hours what finally sorted it out was i changed medication....and boom it was gone...every so often i'll get it again...and the first thing i do it look at any changes to medication...its godawful and very annoying i hope you get it sorted out soon......

ear ear

[Mykidsmom]

eye eye

[bigby]

https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/az/t/tinnitus/treating-tinnitus.html

Tinnitus can be caused by a wide variety of different health conditions. Therefore, the treatment that is recommended for you will depend on whether your tinnitus has an underlying cause.

For example, if your tinnitus is caused by a severe or long-term ear infection, antibiotics may be prescribed. If it is caused by a build up of earwax, then eardrops or ear irrigation (where a pressurised flow of water is used to remove the earwax) may be recommended.

However, in most cases of tinnitus, there is no cure and so treatment is aimed at managing the symptom on a day-to-day basis. Staff at specialist tinnitus clinics can give you information about tinnitus, and help you develop a strategy to manage it more effectively.

Some of the treatments that may be recommended are described below.

Sound therapy
Tinnitus is often most noticeable in quiet environments. Therefore, the idea behind sound therapy is to fill the silence with sounds that you find pleasant in order to distract you from the sound of tinnitus.

Some people find that having the radio or television on provides enough background noise to mask the sound of tinnitus. Others prefer to listen to more natural, relaxing sounds, such as the sound of the sea.

A sound generator may be useful if you do not have any hearing loss. It produces a constant, gentle sound (often described as white noise), and can help you to retrain your brain to ignore tinnitus. To do this, the volume should be positioned at just below the level of your tinnitus.

Counselling
Understanding tinnitus is an important part in learning how to manage it more effectively. Counselling is a talking therapy that helps you to learn more about your tinnitus and to find ways of coping with it.

A counsellor is someone who is trained to listen, talk through problems with you and help you to develop possible solutions. Talking about your tinnitus, and how it affects your everyday life, may help you to understand the condition better and perhaps lessen its effects.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
CBT is the term used to describe a number of therapies designed to help treat problems such as anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

CBT is based on the idea that a person's thoughts affect the way that they behave. Treatment is therefore aimed at retraining the way a person thinks in order to change their behaviour.

If you have tinnitus, and your knowledge about it is limited, you may have certain ideas about it that make you anxious and distressed. However, if these beliefs are untrue, changing them may help to reduce your stress and anxiety.

Tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT)
The tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT) technique uses a combination of sound therapy and counselling to help people to cope better with their tinnitus.

TRT involves retraining the way that your brain responds to tinnitus sound so that you start to tune out of it and become less aware of it.

TRT should only be carried out by someone who has been trained in the technique. The number of recommended sessions of TRT can vary. Some people may only need to have a few sessions, whereas others may need to have several.

Self help
Some people are able to manage their tinnitus using a number of self-help techniques. Some self-help techniques that you may find useful are outlined below.

Relaxation. Stress can make your tinnitus worse. Regular exercise, such as yoga, may help you relax.
Listening to music. Calming music and sounds may also help you to relax and fall sleep at bedtime.
Sound generators. These are also known as white noise generators or tinnitus maskers. They may be useful for drowning out the sound of tinnitus (see Sound therapy above).
Hearing aids. If you have hearing loss, using a hearing aid may help with your tinnitus. This is because hearing sounds that you would not otherwise be able to hear may help override the tinnitus noise.
Medication
There is currently no specific medication to treat tinnitus. However, as tinnitus can sometimes cause anxiety and depression, medication such as antidepressants may sometimes be prescribed in combination with other forms of treatment, such as counselling.

[joan mack]

One of my sons has it and it goes away from time to time, lately I have developed Vertigo which is quite frightening, I go to turn in bed and I feel I am falling off a cliff.

It does not bother me walking around only in bed, I lose it for ages and I think I am cured and then one night I put my kindle down I go to turn to sleep and I am once again on a roller coaster ride I hate it Like that no cure just exercises which don't seem to help a lot

[dinny]

One of my sons has it and it goes away from time to time, lately I have developed Vertigo which is quite frightening, I go to turn in bed and I feel I am falling off a cliff.

It does not bother me walking around only in bed, I lose it for ages and I think I am cured and then one night I put my kindle down I go to turn to sleep and I am once again on a roller coaster ride I hate it Like that no cure just exercises which don't seem to help a lot

That's from years of jumping off the wardrobe into bed

[joan mack]

Lol! I can't jump from them now because they are fitted to the ceiling. I had xrays seems some calcium gravel makes its way into the ear canal and until it shifts you get Vertigo, Some people have it all the time, But I only have it in bed, Its like being drunk

Tomorrow I go to the Square in Tallaght to a Chinese place where they will put a lighted candle in my ear and show me the shite they manage to get out of it, It will cost thirty euro but I would pay any price to be able to turn in my bed without falling into nothing. let you know what its like

[dinny]

Lol! I can't jump from them now because they are fitted to the ceiling. I had xrays seems some calcium gravel makes its way into the ear canal and until it shifts you get Vertigo, Some people have it all the time, But I only have it in bed, Its like being drunk

Tomorrow I go to the Square in Tallaght to a Chinese place where they will put a lighted candle in my ear and show me the shite they manage to get out of it, It will cost thirty euro but I would pay any price to be able to turn in my bed without falling into nothing. let you know what its like

There's a guy in Omni Centre does the same thing....would have been nearer

[Ed O'Gorman]

There's a guy in Omni Centre does the same thing....would have been nearer

Correctly pronounced "Tin it us" I've suffered drom it for 30 years and it was caused by damage to the receptors in the inner ear due to industrial noise in my case. It can be really aggravating with that really high pitched radio signal type of noise,and then it can seamingly disappear without a trace only to reappear out of the blue. From all i have read, there is nothing can be done about it.I find my hearing aid helps to mask it.

[joan mack]

There's a guy in Omni Centre does the same thing....would have been nearer

Yes Nearer Dinny but I can get a bus from Donaghmede right to the square, I would have a walk to the 17a to get to the Omni, I just drive local runs now

[dinny]

Yes Nearer Dinny but I can get a bus from Donaghmede right to the square, I would have a walk to the 17a to get to the Omni, I just drive local runs now

Long journey Joan

[barefoot]

Smoking can cause Tinnitus...in the same way as the gunk builds up in your lungs..it forms a coating on the inner ear.....
Vertigo can be cause by a drop in B12 vitamin ...

[antmel]

vertigo

One of my sons has it and it goes away from time to time, lately I have developed Vertigo which is quite frightening, I go to turn in bed and I feel I am falling off a cliff.

It does not bother me walking around only in bed, I lose it for ages and I think I am cured and then one night I put my kindle down I go to turn to sleep and I am once again on a roller coaster ride I hate it Like that no cure just exercises which don't seem to help a lot

i had vertigo tried everything nothing worked .until i found a series of exercises 3 times daily for 2 weeks and belive me it worked

[joan mack]

Thank you Antmel I have an appointment with a Vertigo Physiotherapist if all else fails Its very frightening. I have lost it for weeks and then it comes back