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To stay calm she is on anti-depressants and a few different anxiety medications. She still has problems relaxing and sleeping. The doctors unfortunately don't generally know much about tinnitus. That's why I am asking opinions here in case someone has had similar tinnitus or knows a specialist...

Thank you Karen. Now the doctor has told us that scans should not be performed, bad news. It will take couple weeks or so to get a new appointment. In the meantime, if anyone has ideas what could cause this kind of tinnitus I am all ears! The tinnitus is still alternating between faint and so...

Thanks for posting. The start to the tinnitus was sudden.

I am trying to help my relative who developed tinnitus couple months ago. The problem is severe, she can't eat sleep or work and has severe anxiety with constant panic attacks. Help is much appreciated... The tinnitus: - Alternates between loud and soft every day or so. - The sound is...

The situation is still very bad. Every second day the tinnitus is louder and every second day more faint. If anyone has a pulsating tinnitus like this, I would be very happy to hear information, especially regarding if it gets better and if there are any treatments. Still no MRI for the time...

A bit of new information and clarification. The buzzing type of sound, which I believe would fit the category of pulsatile tinnitus, does not modulate with heart-beat but is slower. Further, the tinnitus itself changes daily/every few days usually at night time between the pulsatile sound which...

Ok the reason they didn't recommend a scan is because there is no apparent hearing damage, and apparently a tumor would also cause hearing damage. I took a look at the audiogram. The ear that has the tinnitus has worse hearing, about 10 db dip at 2-3kHz compared to the other ear. Every...

I will have to ask her. As far as I am aware the results were completely normal. I believe they went up to only 8 kHz, but I can't recall for certain unfortunately.

Yes, she went to the hearing test. They came back normal. No imaging has been done, I don't know why, but the doctors have not recommended it. I should also say, the tinnitus is only in one ear.

One of my relatives is having a very difficult time with tinnitus, and I would like to research the topic in order to help her out. Her tinnitus started without any cause. The sound is not constant, but can be characterized as a sort of buzz that modulates. The tinnitus is usually loud, but...