Constant Ringing to Pulsatile Tinnitus (Both Reactive) Post Concussion

In reality nobody can tell where tge ringing comes from just diagnosing a injury. A doctor can diagnose an injury and SUSPECT the ringing most likely comes from there. The only real way to know if a neck or jaw injury causes the ringing is when you undergo therapy for it and it succeeds. Thats the problem with unvisible injuries. For ex. I treat mental issues. I can give a diagnosis. But I'm only 100% sure the diagnosis is true when therapy for that specific problem works. If not then something else is contibuting to the problem.

Still i think an ents visit is very important when you have tinnitus. An ent can check if you have hearing damage or other ear problems with a series of tests. If that comes out fine then we can exclude ear problems and start looking for other causes like physical injury. Tinnitus is a diagnosis of exclusion because it has so many etiologies. There are at least 50 know causes. Some ents look for muscle tensions, others dont. It depends on which doctor you visit.

For the diagnosis of soft tissue damage a xray is often used. Although i personally find this less important (unless the injury is severe or stays very long) than an ent. Because some trained practinioners can feel muscle tension manually.

If you can spare the money, i personally think an mri scan to check the brain and a ent visit are the first steps to exclude certain causes.

 

Do you think your tinnitus will fully go away when your neck/jaw is fully healed?

 

It should. Unless the tinnitus is caused by something else. Any improvement yet?

 

Btw don't let the horror stories online get to you. Tinnitus isn't permanent for everyone. If the underlying condition is healed so will the tinnitus. Its like pain from an injury.

Did you get a mri scan yet? After a month i think a scan would be wise

 

Gonna get a mri scan and hearing test. The ringing/whistling has not inproved or gotten worse.

 

Let me know how it went. Hopefully everything checks out fine

 

Gonna be awhile for an mri but hearing test soon

 

Yeah unfortunatly there are long waiting lists for mri. Although when my neuro heard i was still heavily concussed after a month she told her secretary to call different hospitals to get an mri as fast as possible. But all turned out fine as aspected.

Btw do you take any suplements for your concussion? Omega 3 and curcumin (turmeric) are good against fighting imflamation naturally.

Good luck on the hearing test!

 

Do you think its normal to hear 2 different noises? I get a hearing test in a week

 

That is not abnormal. I hear about 6 noises that are interchangable. A lot of people can hear different noises. How do you feel btw? Are you able to relax some more? This is very important for concussion recovery

Let's hope for the best.

 

I defiantly not as stressed as i used to be. The ringing is just annoying. Not any other symptoms. Just ringing

 

Thats good to hear. The less you stress the more chance of it going away. Its normal for 1 or 2 symptoms to persist for a while after concussion but they usually fade away. That isnt pcs btw. 1 or 2 remaining symptoms for months still falls under normal concussion.

 

Who should i go to see if my tinnitus is caused by my neck or jaw? Since the neurologist says its not caused by my neck. My parents agree with him and dont think about my neck or jaw

 

Why is your neurologist is so persistant in the fact that it cannot be somatic t. Does he has a reason to believe its not? I mean, yeah we dont know for sure that it is somatic t and there is still a possibility that it is from the concussion or something else. But its a bit fast to jump on conclusions.

Btw how are the tests going?

The question for treatment of tinnitus is best asked at a doctor who specialises in tinnitus. I can only give suggestions. For me personally physio helps a lot. My physio has a specialisation in neuro. You can try it but it doesnt garantuee that it will help for you. But i do believe that if someone doesnt try, they can miss the opportunity of possible help. Then again there is still the possibilty it just fades away in time. There are some things you can do yourself to help the healing proces. Be mindfull about posture, put some ice or heat packs on the sore places, healthy diet,...
I do believe we can manage these things by ourself for a good part. I think the best advice i can give, is to have patience.

I dont know if health care is expensive where you live? Where i live treatment is largely funded by the goverment so i have the luxery to try something out without much expense. I know this is a big problem in some other countries. But if you can spare the money, you can try to get an appointment with a tinnitus specialist.

 

Got the mri and they said they will call immediately if something was wrong but meet.with neuro for the third time in a couple of weeks. Also got a hearing test and was told my hearing is awesome. So i guess i just have wait until neuro again. Whats the status on yours? Yours gotta be really faded by now

 

Thats good news. It means you have the best chance for it to go away. Yes mine has gotten much better. It was severe, i could hear it over everything. Now its moderate and sometimes mild (fluctuates a lot). But im thinking it will take a very long time to go.

If it hasn't faded yet untill you meet the neuro. You could ask him if there something you can do about it. Are you trying anything out for the moment?

 

Not really doing much about it only when i sleep i put a fan on when i sleep

 

It's been along time but i wanted to make myself not think about this ringing thing. I hope you have had great improvement in yours or even been cured. But i have been going to physio therapist and no improvement but therpists still figuring what is exactly wrong they know is neck and jaw related but they don't no exactly.

 

Hey Roman, I'm sorry to hear that i was hoping you were healed by now. No i still have tinnitus too. Some days its better, some days its a bit worse.
But i dont care much about it lately. I'm so used to it, i dont think about it most of the time. I'm still going to physio though because it does help for me.

I think you did good trying not to think about it too much. Its the best way to cope. I find your mindset very strong! Not coming to this site too much is a good idea.

I hope the phsyio can find out what's going on. How many sessions did you do so far? The doctors here often give 9 sessions to try something out. If its not succesfull in about 9 sessions then its propably not going to work. Just try it and be patient. For me the tinnitus started to get better after approx 1 month. So about 7 sessions. And I'm still going for 4 months now. So dont expect a insta cure.

I wish you the best of luck.

Keep me updated on any progress!