Tinnitis...does it go away??

[CNY]

I recommend an article from the current issue of the New Yorker magazine regarding Tinnitus.

 Jerome Groopman, Medical Dispatch: That Buzzing Sound, 'What causes tinnitus?' -- (February 9 & 16, 2009) starting on page 42.  AN is discussed but not named in a paragraph on page 44.  The article includes a description of some new research & possible tinnitus treatments.  There is also in interesting discussion of the frequency of the problem with returning vets.

FWIW, I have some tinnitus but it doesn't seem to interfere with my life.

I'm pre-op & an occasional lurker on this site-- it has been really helpful to see a range of issues discussed.

I was Diagnosed last summer (2 cm) - dealing with other medical issues prior to translab surgery.

[Jan D]

Not sure if this is the correct thread to add this, but I found an organization online called the American Tinnitus Association (they have an association for everything!).

Their website is:  www.ata.org and they have some good tips for coping with tinnitus.

Jan D

[Rivergirl]

Thanks everyone.

[golden]

 The ringing, woooshing,  ect. that I endure everyday is driving me crazy. Does anyone have a problem with the volume increasing and decreasing when you turn your head or move your eyes from right to left. My tinnitis is far worse than before surgery. I wake up alot during the night and it almost sounds like people talking on the T.V. but, you make out what they are saying. I always think one of the kids left the t.v. on and I have to get up and check. Some thimes I think I am going out of my mind   I try to ingnore it but somedtimes I can't exspecially when it is in high pitch mood. I do try to distract myself from the noise but, it is hard for me to ignore. I would think being SSD on the left side I surely wouldn't be able to hear anything I am deaf lol
If anyone comes up with something that really works to distract yourself, then let me know.

Golden

[sgerrard]

Does anyone have a problem with the volume increasing and decreasing when you turn your head or move your eyes from right to left.

Does it help to know it has a name? 

That would be something called "gaze-evoked tinnitus." There is brief discussion here, with links to more:

http://anausa.org/forum/index.php?topic=8111.0

Steve

[Rivergirl]

My Dr. in Boston (McKenna) suggested I try Celexa (antidepressant) because some people with tinnitis have had some success while on this med, they don't know why it helps some but I figured it was worth a try.  He said wait a couple of weeks to give it a chance, its been 2 weeks nothing yet but I think I am a bit happier.  On a more serious note, it does stink to have this, I try to keep noise around me all the time, I listen to my noise machine at night.....waterfall or rain and that is a blessing.  I don't like the silence.  They say we get used to it, some moments I do.

[Mickey]

Hi Rivergal! Yes, I`m W+W with about the same size AN as you and just turned 60. I did do neuromonics which although expensive without coverage has helped a bit. It has made my tinitus much more bearable. Hasn't gone away but not near as annoying. Just a heads up, Mickey

[moe]

I'm new to the forum, one of the lucky ones with screechy tinnitus in the deaf left ear (worse after surgery). Having that hearing nerve intact is a MUST, otherwise like in my case, there is NOTHING you can do. Yep just gotta live with it. Sometimes I just wanna cry-OK I do. It's almost like so loud it hurts.
I've been to a shrink to try different meds to see if they will calm the neurons. Antiseizure meds didn't work. The only one that  has helped is XANAX, and that is a highly addictive benzodiazepam. Docs don't like to prescribe it. I'm in the military system BTW. Low dose of .5 mg two times a day, which brings it down a bit, but not enough. I would love more of it!
So with your hearing nerve intact, it is so much easier to muffle the sound. You do have some control at least.
Wish I had my hearing nerve,
Maureen

[Rivergirl]

Sorry for all that responded with tinnitis.  The celexa did not work for me so I am weaning off it, you can't stop it abruptly.  I just keep busy and avoid silence, not much more I can do.  Thanks all for the advice.

[john j]

40 years of very unscientific observation tell me that my AN tinnitus is aggravated by: fatigue, stress, caffeine, aspirin, and - darn it - beer (the next morning, anyway).  During a busy working day, the brain will pretty much ignore the noise, but in the still of the night I'm treated to a high pitched whistling or, conversely and for no understandable reason, a deep machine-like purr, like someone three doors down running a snow blower.  You will learn to deal with it...trust me.

[Keeping Up]

So ... is it the beer that makes your ears ring or the really loud bar where you drank that beer.

The question has baffled me - I don't think I ever notice tinnitus until after I was told I had mild hearing loss (and the web told me I likely had tinnitus) other than after a big night of loud music and beer (and that was at university 15 odd years ago.)  Between the spins and the tinnitus, I don't drink anymore beer!

Ann

[kathylittlejohncobb]

Hi, I am just shy of 3 years post-surgery.  My tinnitis has not gone away, but at times I am unaware of it, and at other times it seems loud.  I've noticed that when I am busy with something I like or am engrossed in, the sound appears to recede.  If I have a headache or am tired, it is more noticeable.     

[Sue]

Hi,

I'm revisiting this thread.  I went to the ATA site and found it interesting.  I also saw the pages that have the CD's that you can listen to at night.  I think I might invest in a CD player for my bedroom and play those CD's instead of the big box fan that looks terrible.  Also, I think I've seen this before, but if you go here you can see the different sounds people get in their ear/head.  Mine is kind of a combination of the roar and the static.  It is not a steady sound, if you really listen to it.  It has tiny swirls and pulses and louder and quieter areas.  It's quite a symphony of texture to the whole mess. 

Sue
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[Esperanza]

I started to get a pulsative type of tinnitus in my good ear a few weeks ago although I did mention it to the Specialist he did not take it further.
Has anyone else suffered this in their good ear and did they have it treated?
Along with the increase i've had in the deaf one which hasn't got better it is all a bit unkind really 

[moe]

Unkind is  too nice of a word. Anyone tried acupuncture?
Maureen