Hey guys. I'm a 19 year old college student living at home. My ringing started a little less than two weeks ago, but to understand my situation I'm going to explain the past month:
Early December I was going through a lot of stress because I was paranoid about my digestive system. I spent two weeks obsessively using the bathroom and using Metamucil under my doctor's recommendation to "regulate myself." After two weeks of that I had a panic attack unlike any other I've experienced. Good news is, once the attack happened, my digestive system problems were magically gone and I was on to a new topic of anxiety: my heart. Convinced that my panic attack was a sign of an upcoming heart attack I went to the ER a few days later and continued to experience debilitating anxiety for about a week. One night while obsessively thinking about my heart and holding my chest trying to fall asleep (my routine by that point) I noticed a ringing in my left ear. I am a rock musician so ringing in my ears is nothing new to me, so I shook it off. This was strange though because I hadn't played music or even listened to much music in at least a month by that time. I had been a hermit due to anxiety and experienced no loud noises. I will note that I had just started Zoloft and had taken Ativan along with pain relievers in small dosages on a few occasions in the weeks prior. Well now it's been about two weeks and the ringing has not stopped. I have stopped my Zoloft and avoided medicine at all costs in hopes that it would subside. Luckily my health anxiety has cleared up and I am healthy as ever according to the tests the doctors have run, but this ringing has been a struggle. Would love to hear some opinions!
Early December I was going through a lot of stress because I was paranoid about my digestive system. I spent two weeks obsessively using the bathroom and using Metamucil under my doctor's recommendation to "regulate myself." After two weeks of that I had a panic attack unlike any other I've experienced. Good news is, once the attack happened, my digestive system problems were magically gone and I was on to a new topic of anxiety: my heart. Convinced that my panic attack was a sign of an upcoming heart attack I went to the ER a few days later and continued to experience debilitating anxiety for about a week. One night while obsessively thinking about my heart and holding my chest trying to fall asleep (my routine by that point) I noticed a ringing in my left ear. I am a rock musician so ringing in my ears is nothing new to me, so I shook it off. This was strange though because I hadn't played music or even listened to much music in at least a month by that time. I had been a hermit due to anxiety and experienced no loud noises. I will note that I had just started Zoloft and had taken Ativan along with pain relievers in small dosages on a few occasions in the weeks prior. Well now it's been about two weeks and the ringing has not stopped. I have stopped my Zoloft and avoided medicine at all costs in hopes that it would subside. Luckily my health anxiety has cleared up and I am healthy as ever according to the tests the doctors have run, but this ringing has been a struggle. Would love to hear some opinions!
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