Auditory System Going Haywire: New Tinnitus Tones, Pitches and Volumes Keep Popping Up

Discussion in 'Support' started by cyberspace, Apr 30, 2023.

    1. cyberspace

      cyberspace Member

      Location:
      Las Vegas, NV
      Tinnitus Since:
      06/2020
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Vertigo
      It literally feels like my auditory system is going haywire because I'm getting new tones every few hours or so. I keep waking up and going to sleep with new sounds, pitches, volumes, etc. Yesterday I woke up with a new morse code tone in my right ear (I used to not have tinnitus in this ear) and now I just got a distorted bouncy sound in my left ear.

      I'm currently tapering off of Prednisone which might explain why I'm getting tons of new sounds. It's changing every 2 seconds.
       
    2. Hardwell

      Hardwell Member Benefactor

      Tinnitus Since:
      27/10/2015
      That doesn’t seem to be uncommon, taking and tapering off Prednisone changed the character of some of my spiked tinnitus.
       
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      AUTHOR
      cyberspace

      cyberspace Member

      Location:
      Las Vegas, NV
      Tinnitus Since:
      06/2020
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Vertigo
      What an utter nightmare. I used to only have tinnitus in my left ear, now I have it in both. Should've never taken Prednisone when I didn't have measurable hearing loss on an audiogram.
       
    4. Hardwell

      Hardwell Member Benefactor

      Tinnitus Since:
      27/10/2015
      For what reason did you take the Prednisone in the first place? I’m assuming a loud noise exposure. It’s likely the tinnitus going to the other ear was going to happen regardless and Prednisone played no part at all.

      That being said, the majority of side effects experienced on Prednisone tend to be temporary and clear up within a couple of weeks.
       
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      AUTHOR
      cyberspace

      cyberspace Member

      Location:
      Las Vegas, NV
      Tinnitus Since:
      06/2020
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Vertigo
      It was microsuction earwax removal in only my left ear (same ear I've always had tinnitus in).
       
    6. KoolKat
      Dreaming

      KoolKat Member

      Location:
      USA
      Tinnitus Since:
      2013
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Headphone Noise induced ( BEING STUPID)
      SUSAN SHORE, HURRY UP NOW! :arghh:

      Hang in there brother, it may just be the side effects.
       
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    7. DreiT
      Paranoid

      DreiT Member Benefactor

      Tinnitus Since:
      02/2020
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Benzo caffeine insomnia earbuds
      Prednisone gave me a super bad tinnitus spike after taking one pill. Ugh, never again.
       
    8. Nick47

      Nick47 Member Benefactor

      Location:
      UK
      Tinnitus Since:
      2015
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Viral/noise
      1 - Don't measure it
      2 - Don't monitor it
      3 - Don't describe it
      4 - Don't compare it
       
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    9. Jupiterman

      Jupiterman Member

      Tinnitus Since:
      04/2022
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Sudden loud noise
      Why?

      Isn’t this a good way of charting progress?

      Also, isn’t it important to have some sort of record if trying supplements or dietary changes, to see if they affect your tinnitus?
       
    10. Nick47

      Nick47 Member Benefactor

      Location:
      UK
      Tinnitus Since:
      2015
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Viral/noise
      I saw it on the Back to Silence thread. It's a good point I think. Not so much if you have 7 different tones etc. Do you count them?
       
    11. Jupiterman

      Jupiterman Member

      Tinnitus Since:
      04/2022
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Sudden loud noise
      Yes, I count and keep a daily record. I have a few rhythms and odd noises that play in a sort of random rotation, not so much tones.

      I am assuming I'll eventually get bored and stop taking these notes.
       
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      AUTHOR
      cyberspace

      cyberspace Member

      Location:
      Las Vegas, NV
      Tinnitus Since:
      06/2020
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Vertigo
      I felt as if my tinnitus was finally very slightly improving as I'm very slowly tapering off of the Prednisone (still at 10 mg) until I got a new tone in my left ear randomly lying in bed. It felt like a pressure change happened in my ear and it rung loud for around 20 seconds but the tone has still remained. What do I do? Is this likely due to the prednisone? There's been no loud noise exposure or anything.

      This happened a couple hours ago this morning. Maybe 5 minutes after waking up and taking my Prednisone dose and lying on my pillow.
       
    13. Aussie Lea
      Dramaqueen

      Aussie Lea Member

      Location:
      Melbourne Yarra Valley
      Tinnitus Since:
      09/2013
      Prednisone, and Prednisone taper, can cause all kinds of weird, usually not permanent tones. You are wasting your time listening to the tones and assessing them until you have been off the Prednisone for at least a month, in my opinion.
       
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