This is definitely off topic, but I’m hopeful somebody can help.
About three weeks ago, I started getting a high-pitched sound in my ears. Some days are worse than others, but it’s definitely a constant sound. I went to see my ENT and he’s scheduled me for a 3-day round of allergy testing, which he believes is the root cause since my sinuses are slightly inflamed.
I’m not as convinced. If I were allergic to something I would have thought it would have shown up before now since nothing in my diet or environment has changed.
I was wondering if any other forum members have this condition and if so what you have done to either eliminate the problem or reduce its effects.
A couple months ago I started having the same problem in one ear. I’m not sure if it’s actually tinnitus or something else (wax build-up?). Using a wax cleaner does help but the ringing never goes away. I haven’t seen a doctor but I suspect I’m stuck with it.
Todd
I was wondering if any other forum members have this condition and if so what you have done to either eliminate the problem or reduce its effects.
A couple months ago I started having the same problem in one ear. Im not sure if its actually tinnitus or something else (wax build-up?). Using a wax cleaner does help but the ringing never goes away. I havent seen a doctor but I suspect Im stuck with it.
Todd
Dude, I’m really sorry to hear that.
I originally thought mine was wax build-up too and I did have a significant amount of stuck wax in one ear, but cleaning it out didn’t help. Now I’m being subjected to three treatments of 24 needles per session. As a result of the first treatment I discovered that I’m highly allergic to birch, hickory, and elm trees, which is great because I live in a forest.
I’m told that after the results of the test my ENT will advise me to get 1-2 shots per week for up to 5 years to buildup my immunity to whatever I’m allergic to. Sounds like a medical scam to me, but who knows. I still think there is some other underlying cause.
Here are a few tips I found at YouTube that may help you. I haven’t tried this yet, except for no caffeine, which I’ve been off of for years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIiZGTM6FpI
I’ve never heard of an allergy causing tinnitus, but that doesn’t mean anything, for all I know it’s possible.
Thanks for the link, I’ll take a look. I haven’t really investigated my situation yet so maybe this will help.
Todd
I’m told that after the results of the test my ENT will advise me to get 1-2 shots per week for up to 5 years to buildup my immunity to whatever I’m allergic to. Sounds like a medical scam to me, but who knows. I still think there is some other underlying cause.
I have it, no one mentioned allergies to me which I also have. Allergies can change over a life it seems so I can’t rule that out in your case (you say you hadn’t had them before, but it’s possible they could have developed).
Allergy testing sucks. I was kind of lucky because the way they tested them, I was allergic to so many things in part A of the test that they didn’t have to do part B for most of them. It’s like a double-check or something. I did do allergy treatments for years but finally gave up. I may be a bit better than I used to be, but I still have them. An allergy attack used to knock me out for a day or two. I used to think I was sick a lot when I was younger and a kid, but after finding out about allergies, I realized some of those sick days were probably allergy attacks.
There is a lot of talk of treatments for tinnitus but I’m not sure how much of the treatments have been scientifically studied vs. anecdotal. One of the things that makes it difficult is that most people with tinnitus will tell you that they don’t always hear it, but when they are talking or thinking about it, it appears!
Good luck with your tinnitus, both of you. I hope it goes away permanently in both of your cases.
Do either of you have a very mild pain in the bone right behind your earlobes?
No pain for me.
One of the things that makes it difficult is that most people with tinnitus will tell you that they don’t always hear it, but when they are talking or thinking about it, it appears!
I used to have horrible allergies and occasional tinnitus. My allergies were so bad, I was getting two shots twice per week (one for mold, the other for everything else in the air) — plus I was taking prescription pills. This went on for years.
Finally, a good friend convinced me to see a chiropractor. I kid you not, my allergies went away in less than a week (two visits). I haven’t had to have shots for over fifteen years and the only pills I take are Tylenol when I’ve been working in the yard too much.
I hadn’t thought about it in years, but my tinnitus has also virtually disappeared as well. It only crops up when I’ve had WAY too much coffee (caffeine). I love my coffee (roast my own beans). The chiropractor helped me there too. Having moved from Cincinnati (a hell-hole for allergies) to Michigan, we found a kinesthetic chiropractor. After complaining about a pain in my back (which he pinpointed instantly), he asked if I really loved coffee. Since I cut way back on my intake (down from a pot plus to a cup or two), the pain went away and stayed away.
I wouldn’t call myself a “new age medicine” person at all, but I am a true believer in the basic concept of good kinesthetic chiropractic care. If your body is properly aligned (and you have a reasonably decent diet), it can heal itself. I’m almost 60 and my wife is in her mid-60s. Neither of us take any medication. We’re amazed how many of our friends take an array of pills for this, that, and the other thing. We aren’t the poster couple for the cover of GQ or Playboy, but we’re in great health for our age.
As I said, I hadn’t even thought about my tinnitus until your post. I used to get intense ringing in one ear (either side) or both ears ever since I was a little kid. I’ve never had an attack in the past decade-and-a-half since making chiropractic visits. I now do them once every month to three months just to stay “tuned up.”
Find a good kinesthetic chiropractor. You’ll be amazed what good your body can do for you once it is aligned.
Robert, it’s funny you should mention a chiropractor, because that was one of my first thoughts. Several years ago I had serious lower back problems and none of the traditional medical methods worked. When my doctor suggested surgery I decided to see a chriorpractor first and within a few weeks he had me back to my normal self.
Unfortunately, I think the traditional medical community considers chiropractors to be witch doctors of sorts, but all I can say is they work for me.
I think a chiropractor will be my next course of action once the allergy and hearing tests are complete.
Not t knock the medical profession, but most M.D.s are actually trained to be full of themselves. The old adage of “If the only tool in your tool box is a hammer, everything you encounter looks like a nail.” really applies.
Chiropractors actually have to study medicine considerably longer than M.D.s do. The approach is much more holistic not just in the “new age” sense of the term, but in really understanding how every aspect of what one does to a body can really have an affect (both good and bad).
I mentioned the kinesthetic chiropractic approach because not all chiropractors follow kinesthetic. Again, I’m not a believer in voodoo medicine and to the uninitiated, the kinesthetic approach sounds simply daft. I recall seeing a NASCAR pit crew undertaking some related exercises on SPEED Channel a number of years ago. While not exactly on point, it dealt with how energy affects not only yourself but others around you.
Just like the difference between a code poet and a hack programmer, there are good and bad chiropractors. Ask around. You’ll be able to zero in on a good one relatively quickly.
Good luck. Dealing with tinnitus is a real pain (no pun intended).
Find a good kinesthetic chiropractor. You’ll be amazed what good your body can do for you once it is aligned.
My experience is similar to Robert’s - constant high pitched noise is gone after eliminating the stuff I was allergic to, mainly wheat and dairy and I have slowed down on the coffee. We also run a small espresso bar from inside our studio, so the coffee bit is quite hard…
Do either of you have a very mild pain in the bone right behind your earlobes? Joe, have any treatments worked for you to reduce the sound?
No, and I haven’t tried any treatments, at least directly. I still have allergies (I live in Houston), I still eat too much crap (though I’ve cut back), and the chiros that I’ve tried didn’t help with my lower back issues. I could try others at some point.
Find a good kinesthetic chiropractor. You’ll be amazed what good your body can do for you once it is aligned.
My experience is similar to Robert’s - constant high pitched noise is gone after eliminating the stuff I was allergic to, mainly wheat and dairy and I have slowed down on the coffee. We also run a small espresso bar from inside our studio, so the coffee bit is quite hard…
Cheers
Marcel
Marcel, did you eliminate your allergies with an ENT allergy immunity regime or with a chiropractor?
Slightly the worse for wear, standing next to an enormous bass bin at a Slade concert in Newcastle in about 1981. Had tinnitus ever since. An answer that’s no use to anybody!
Trev
On 21 Jul 2014, at 15:53, RavenManiac email@hidden wrote:
On 21 Jul 2014, 1:06 pm, Helveticus wrote:
Find a good kinesthetic chiropractor. You’ll be amazed what good your body can do for you once it is aligned.
My experience is similar to Robert’s - constant high pitched noise is gone after eliminating the stuff I was allergic to, mainly wheat and dairy and I have slowed down on the coffee. We also run a small espresso bar from inside our studio, so the coffee bit is quite hard…
Cheers
Marcel
Marcel, did you eliminate your allergies with an ENT allergy immunity regime or with a chiropractor?
<Marcel, did you eliminate your allergies with an ENT allergy immunity regime or with a chiropractor?
Our chiro is a kinesthetic genius - I found traditional docs to be very vague and non committal in their diagnosis and they always want to refer you to somebody else who is not willing to make a diagnosis, so round and round we go.
I was wondering if any other forum members have this condition and if so what you have done to either eliminate the problem or reduce its effects.
Sadly yes. Following a severe ear infection and surgery I have constant tinnitus. Stress makes it worse. There are may causes of tinnitus and the commonest is exposure to loud noise - so turn down those headphones, do not stand by the speaker stack at rock concerts, wear ear defenders when using power tools, lawnmowers, etc., etc.
Any pain may be indicative of infection - get it checked!
In my case the nerve is damaged - no cure! Someday stem cell research may help.
If your tinnitus bothers you or even stops you from getting to sleep try using a sound generator to mask it. There is a great little free App on the Apple App Store called Sleep Pillow. I find the natural (especially ocean / surf and tree frogs) sounds work best!
Hope this helps and I sincerely hope your tinnitus clears up RavenManiac.
Steve, thanks for your post. Things have gotten a little better. Not sure if my Tinnitus is improving or if my stress levels are dropping. Either way, I’ll gladly take the improvement.
The good news is that my hearing is pretty good for a middle aged man. Bad news is I’m discovering I’m allergic to a lot of stuff. Sorry to hear about your T. Hopefully research will one day provide a cure.
I have had peristent tinnitus (on all the time) for over 30 years…in stereo (i.e. both ears). It started in my 20s when I got short periods of high pitched ‘whistling’, but one day I woke up and it didn’t turn off - I’ve lived with it ever since.
One kind of gets used to it although you’re always aware that it’s there, especially if you’re on your own. Stress can ‘turn up the volume’ so to speak, but most of the time I can manage reasonably well. In my case (and many other peoples’) it goes hand in hand with partial deafness - it makes it very hard to distinguish conversation in noisy places, or people with quiet voices which are just the wrong pitch or frequency. I can’t hear my mobile phone ring and other stuff like that. (I can always hear the word ‘pint’, though!!)
There doesn’t seem to be a real cure, and there isn’t enough money in research. You may get some relief with white noise maskers though they did nothing for me.
I hope you do find some relief, or maybe it’s just caused by a temporary ear infection. But if it does persist…well, it’s a nuisance but you’ll cope!
Sorry to hear about your condition. The ENT doctor did show me the masking device, but at $4,600 I think I’l pass.
For me, I think my T is exacerbated by stress and some type of allergy. What I can’t figure out is the mild pain I have in the bone just below my left earlobe.
So I guess I’m officially an “Old Man.” I swore when I was younger I would never do like many seniors do and publicly complain about my many aches and pains. LOL
