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@RunningMan I was able to see an audiologist right away in December 2022. Unfortunately, it can take months to years to see any medical...
@BrOKeN_1 and @gameover I'm in Canada.
My PCP referred me to an ENT in December 2022. This week, I got a letter saying that my first appt with this ENT takes place in June 2025.
I now have an appointment scheduled with a neurologist but it's another 3 months away.
The muscles on the left side of my body are still twitching and jumping non stop 24/7. I've been finally referred to a neurologist.
I'm not certain about her compressed nerve diagnosis as I have no pain or tingling, just a strong jerking and twitching sensation that has lasted...
I do agree that I need to see a neurologist but I need to be referred to one by my PCP. Right now, it feels like my PCP is just guessing while...
My PCP thought I had strained a muscle and so prescribed baclofen, which didn't make a difference. Now she thinks I have a compressed nerve and so...
The jerking is strong enough that it makes me feel off balance when walking or standing. It's destroying my ability to sleep. I'm also getting...
I've already been taking magnesium for the last couple of years (I've never heard of l-lysine). I'm not sure if this has anything to do with...
I think I have myoclonus. My left ear thumps and my left shoulder and left side of my neck have been jerking non stop for the last 3 weeks.
I was washing the dishes tonight. When I was nearly finished with them, my hearing in my left ear suddenly dropped and I got some ringing. A few...
@cjbhab It often sounds like either bagpipes or an accordion playing the same four or five notes over and over again. I hear the same "melody" all...
My musical tinnitus began one year ago this week. I had a lot of anxiety for the first 6 months but I would say I'm coping much better now.
My tinnitus began on April 15th, 2007. Before this date, I would occasionally get fleeting tinnitus here and there but that was it. I was able to...
Good question. I've had it since I was 18 and I'm now 35. I'm afraid what my tinnitus will be like in 20 years (it has gotten worse since the...
The psychiatrist thinks that I should see an ENT specialist while the ENT specialist thinks that I should see a psychiatrist.
@sakrt I got the prescription filled but I never took any more than the first dose. According to the pharmacist, the doctor didn't prescribe me a...
So I took a chance and checked out another town's ER. The doctor there looked at my left ear. He said that there is some fluid in there and that...
@sakrt I'm in Ontario.
I feel stuck. I also feel terrified since the hearing loss, pressure and ringing is still persisting after 15 hours. My left ear normally feels at...
The ear pressure, ringing and hearing loss have gotten worse and I really don't know what to do. I'm really terrified.
@Juliane I went through testing back in the late 2000s and everything came back normal. I haven't been able to receive a diagnosis of any kind...
I'm feeling so lopsided and dizzy and I can't stop throwing up. The whooshing is gone but hearing loss, ringing and pressure r still there.
My left ear was pretty stable over the summer. I experienced no sudden hearing loss episodes since last spring. That is until tonight. Tonight I...
It's nearly 2am on a saturday and I just lost my hearing in my left ear. I'm also experiencing loud ringing and rhythmic whooshing.
No, I still hear my musical tinnitus over everything. I've just gotten used to it.
For me, habituation means hearing the noise but not panicking about it. I still get annoyed at my musical tinnitus from time to time but I no...
I developed regular T in 2007 and musical T last November. I wouldn't say that my musical T has gotten better. It's still just as loud and still...
I developed musical tinnitus after taking a single dose of prednisone. My hearing has tested normal the entire time that I've had tinnitus.
Today is my 35th birthday.
I've had new tones appear with sinus infections. Many times these tones have gone away or have gotten quieter as the inflammation clears up.
My musical tinnitus began 6 months ago.Even though I still have it, I would say I'm coping much better with it these days compared to before
My right ear (the one with the chronic tinnitus) rang quite loudly the day after my second Pfizer shot. I was also experiencing fever, muscle...
I thought I would do an update since it's been 6 months since I've developed musical tinnitus. I would say that my musical tinnitus is about the...
@EternalRinging I have never had an official extended hearing test. I did do an extended hearing test through an app on my phone and it showed...
I went to a family BBQ today and I couldn't hear any of my tinnitus tones at all. It was amazing and quite the nice break.
@EternalRinging I'm not sure if I'll ever know the cause of mine. I've had countless hearing tests over the years and they have always come back...
@EternalRinging I originally gave up in 2010 but then my symptoms worsened at the end of 2019. So I sought medical help again only to get no where...
@EternalRinging Over the years I have learned that tinnitus is tinnitus to an ENT regardless of its characteristics, and unfortunately nothing can...
The same thing happened to me when I was 18. I'm now in my mid thirties and still have no answers.
It feels like my head is under water. Also can't hear low tones in my right ear and am getting loud humming and rumbling. Also can't sleep.
I miss having just simple tinnitus.
I just had another sudden hearing loss episode tonight. I was watching a movie when I suddenly noticed that my left ear was ringing. The ringing...
I was just watching a movie and the hearing in my left ear suddenly dropped and was followed by ringing, pressure and rhythmic whooshing.
@TindalosKeeper My hearing actually keeps testing normal although though I do feel that the musical tones interfere with my hearing. My musical...
@TindalosKeeper I pretty much have my own personal soundtrack playing in my ear during all my waking hours. It is interesting to listen to but I'd...
I never thought I would have bagpipes, an accordion, screeching tires, a fire alarm and a helicopter all trapped in my right ear.
This is to add 'a beginning' to my tinnitus story. It was 16 years ago this week that my tinnitus began suddenly. One week before my onset, I had...
My tinnitus began suddenly 16 years ago this week.
@just1morething I saw 3 ENTs between 2007 to 2010 and none of them suggested an MRI. I had a phone appointment with the 4th one in 2020 and she...
@DeanD I have a family member who believes that finding the right ENT will cure me despite what I say. Also doctors keep referring me to them...
So the 5th ENT said nothing can be done and recommended that I should see a psychiatrist. The appointment went as well as expected.
I didn't go to the ER this time but I have in the past. What normally happens at the ER is that they look into my ear and see the fluid that's...
This also happened two weeks ago and I was seen by a doctor the same day. This doctor gave me a referral to an ENT. I see this ENT later this week.
@Damocles the last time was just about two weeks ago with the same ear. My hearing came back fully after a few days the last time.
I just suddenly lost my hearing in my left ear again (my hearing recovered on its own within a few days the last time). As I write this, I'm...
I just suddenly lost my hearing in my left ear again. I'm getting a lot of pressure, ringing and rhythmic whooshing. This is terrifying.
Can SNRI antidepressants worsen tinnitus?
@Jupiterman I'm not sure but I've had a lot of sinus and congestion problems lately, which I don't think is helping my ear. I sometimes wonder if...
