Hello, My Name's Angela, Got Tinnitus on My 49th Birthday

@billbauer I had a root canal done. This was followed by an ear infection. I was on antibiotics for six weeks. When that was done I had this terrible ringing in my ears!!! Now I got this spike after many years... Hope it goes away soon!!!

 

I also hope it goes away...

You haven't had any other dental work done since that root canal, right?

By the way, to use that "@Username" function, you need to type @ and then begin typing the username. The site ought to produce a list of users with names that match what you are typing. Click on the right username and that will notify the user that you left a message mentioning him or her.

 

I thought I did it right Bill B. Anyway I guess I am a slow learner. I have not had anything major done except cleaning. I always tell them about my T. So very gentle and out of there quickly..

 

@Lillian Hi Lillian and thank you for responding to my post. Nice to hear from another Canadian!
Sorry to hear about your recent spike, hopefully it settles for you soon. I say a lot of prayers as well….feeling less alone in my struggle since I joined this group. Also I liked reading that the first time you had Tinnitus it did resolve for you…that is hopeful.
I often hate that I have to take meds to sleep…..however if I need them right now I need them. I have never had to take any medication regularly (only the odd antibiotic) and always prided myself on living a health conscious, active life. However, it seems that T has no prejudice.
Were you able to work the previous 2 two years when you had T?

 

@Lillian I see Bill helped you out on how to respond to people, it took me awhile too. Also if you want to quote someone just use the quote button on the bottom right hand corner of their post. If you just want to quote part of their post, just highlight the parts you want and a little quote button from the administrator will pop up that you can right click.

 

@Abkos Hi Angela I took 6 weeks off to see all the specialists at the U of A. Could not function that well without sleep.
I was a single mom with 2 daughters. I was taking meds to help me sleep. After all my medical appointments were done and the ringing did not go away I had to return to work. I was very busy @ work and could not heat the T. Until I walked through the front door at home. All I could hear was the T. Turned on the TV and avoided Silence.
I had a second opinion and went to Calgary to see a specialist. He said there was nothing they could do for T.
I guess I habituated over that period of time. It just disappeared. I am hopeful that this is a bump and it will fade..
I am a little over 4 months in and would like this to go away!!! I am not very good at posting and not sure if I have done this right. Please let me know if I am doing this right...

 

@Lillian Yes Lillian, you are doing it right! I really appreciate your sharing your experience with work and T. I just started a 4 week vacation (just staying around my home town this year and working on our home, having visitors for a few days). But I do worry about my return to work. Like you, I find keeping busy is really helpful, I have maskers that I ordered and as long as I can sleep at night (meds) and keep myself from breaking down emotionally I should be able to return to work. Getting outdoors a lot right now helps my T as nature sounds mask it a lot……I won't be so lucky once our dreadful winters hit…but I will find some way to cope I am sure. For now I will just focus on getting myself in a healthier mental place with T and taking things one day at a time.
I am thinking and praying for you as well Lillian. Hope your spike settles soon.

 

@Sonic17 Welcome to the forum and sorry you've had to join us! . You certainly look very fit and obviously take good care of yourself. I'm of a similar thought to you too and have become very frustrated by the control this places on me. Keep up your exercise though, it really helps lift my mood when I'm having a bad day. Hope things improve soon for you, there's still plenty of time! X ❤️

 

@Vicki14 Thank you Vicki, yes trying to stay optimistic and vowing to keep good care of myself. I am so looking forward to the day that I can post "my T has faded." Exercise has always lifted my spirits, really need it to help me stay positive.
Thank you for your words of support, I read your original post and a few of your threads. I am sure your current spike will pass for you, take the drugs if you need them. They are helping me immensely…..once my T fades I will worry about weaning off of them, but until that time comes I will likely be on them. I told that to my pdoc as well, just so that he does not get any ideas of weaning me off…..lol. I am trying to keep busy, but not to the point of being exhausted. I went lap swimming today, felt good as it forces you to deep breathe.
God Bless you Vicki……you are not alone.

 

@Sonic17 - good on you! Very wise and positive! I'm sure that you have the right mindset to overcome this and your swimming will be an emense help, it's what I do, it keeps me sane and also good to get the endorphins going! I look forward to reading your success story!! Take care!! Xx

 

@Sonic17 Hi Angela. Just wanted to ask if you are taking any supplements. I know you are on sleep meds as I am.
How are things with your maskers? No changes in my spike but I am remaining positive. Walking long distances everyday and eating very healthy. I take B12 in the morning and Vitamin D. Have read lots about Magnesium on this site.
May try it. Hope you are doing ok.

 

Angela hello. Wow poor kid (I'm 31 years older than you so I permit myself to call you so Hope you don;t mind). You remind me of a baby I took care of several years ago. He was born with some severe defects. After an MRI he went totally deaf. A few months later a homeopath gave him a dose of Arnica 1M or 10M, I don't recall now exactly which potency it was & the baby recovered his hearing within a day or 2! Since yours came after an injury, which arnica is great for, & the MRI I think (I asked the homeopath before writing this & he conformed the idea) a dose of Arnica 1M would surely do you good. If not enough try the 10M potency. It may take a week or 2 to see the change but Arnica works wonders for soft tissue injury.
God bless

 

@Yaakov Please go ahead and call me kid, I feel I am much too young for T so this makes me feel good. Although after joining this forum I learned there are people much younger then me with T, how tragic.

Thank you for the advice. I am going to try Arnica. I will be in Winnipeg this week (I live in a rural area) so hopefully I can get this Arnica at a health food store there.

Thank you for thinking of me and blessing me.

 

@Lillian Hi Lillian, thank you for thinking of me. Yes, I have been walking a lot as well and just finished swimming 1 kilometre at our local pool. The outdoors is really helpful, I do not notice my T much when the wind is blowing, birds are chirping and trees are swaying. I have been doing a lot of outdoor yard work which I enjoy. I like the maskers for indoors and will probably use them more when I am at work and indoors more often (winter).

I have been taking zinc, magnesium and gingko biloba. Although I am not sure I should be taking the gingko biloba due to one of the antidepressants I take….. something about it thinning the blood too much. The Gingko Biloba and zinc taste terrible, so for a few days I have not taken them because they do not seem to be doing anything anyways..…but I have been thinking of taking lipo-flavinoid (which has B vitamins in it). I have not been taking any vitamin D, but I could try that as well. I have been eating pretty healthy, I dropped about 12 pounds when I first got T ….. not sure why, I was just always so nauseated (stress?) My appetite has improved a lot and I seem to be coping better, however my T has stayed the same…..

I was always so proud of not having to take meds and being healthy ….. now I feel like a antidepressant/benzo junkie!

This T thing is crazy, but I think of others who are battling such bigger battles then T (ALS, MS, cancer, etc) and then I am grateful this is all I have!

Take Care Lillian

 

@Sonic17 Are you a fellow canuck? Let me know how the Arnica goes for you. I'm curious to try it myself.

 

@RonnieCarzatto Yes, I live in Northern Manitoba…..beautiful short summers but dreadfully cold long winters.
Where are you located? Have you heard of the Montreal Tinnitus Clinic? So tempted to try that transcranial magnetic therapy, but just not sure.
I will keep you updated about the Arnica. Hopefully I can find it in Winnipeg.

Take care!

 

@Sonic17 I'm in Mississauga, just outside of Toronto. Never been to Manitoba but will be going soon, friends of mine who live out in Winnipeg say the same thing about the weather. I've only heard about the Montreal Tinnitus Clinic from a recent post on the reddit tinnitus page. I sent them an e-mail to see what they're all about, and as my family resides in Montreal I could easily travel at a low cost. I'm also interested in the TCM therapy, I just don't know enough about it. I've already seen enough chiropractors and acupuncturists to no relief unfortunately.

 

@RonnieCarzatto Yes, from everything I have read it sounds like TCM has a 50% chance of success. But I have also read some people find it aggravates their T more. I also saw there was the Metro Clinic in Toronto that offers Tinnitus Retraining Therapy. MB has terrible resources for Tinnitus Sufferers. Maybe if my T was ear related I could get more help, but this T I have with unknown origin is so frustrating. I don't even know why I have T? So weird.
I have never been to Mississauga but have been to New Market, nice part of Canada. Much milder climate then where I am.
I have wondered about seeing a chiropractor in Winnipeg, but my neurosurgeon suggested I did not see one since I have a disc injury in my lower neck. I have not tried acupuncture, but it does not sound helpful anyways.
Take care and lets hope we free ourselves of this T soon.

 

Try a true massage therapist who knows what they're doing. I've been wondering if Chiro maybe made mine act up and stay louder? I'm currently not going and it hasn't made it worse. I know with a massage therapist who knows the body can actually get things to go in place. My T is still bad, but she got my shoulder back in! That's something.

After a good massage things will start to move in place for days after.

 

@Sonic17
Hi Angela
I had a mild form of “T” for twentyfive years, but am now four years into severe “T.”
Mine is certainly noise induced, as I’ve been a muso since age ten.
But there are also other contributory factors.
Some years back I had a horrible illness called Sarcoidosis.
(It usually afflicts Caribbean women - so I didn’t exactly qualify!)
I had massive doses of prednisolone for six months and got better, but that drug could easily be a contributory factor.
About ten years ago I had an MRI to watch arythmia and was in that wretched machine for two hours!
I am convinced that did me considerable damage.
That two hour stint was so irresponsible!

I personally will not have another MRI.

My ability to cope, ignore, T has improved greatly.
We have to come to see our “hiss/noise” as normal.

For me:
* Hypnosis (courtesy of my amazing wife)
* Meditation and auto suggestion,
reinforcing :

“Easy Dave - hiss is normal.”

Very best wishes
Dave
xx

 

Hey Dave, thanks for reading my post. I had to read it over as it was 13 mos ago that I had written it...what a year it has been! I recall writing my Intro thinking this sound would be gone in a couple of weeks...but here I am, still ringing. No success story yet.
People like you inspire me that life can still be good with T.

 

If you ever hear of a connection between MRI's and Tinnitus let me know. I was given ear protection and Ativan for the procedure, I recall being kind of asleep and feeling a sensation in my Right ear, and then my left ear, just like my Tinnitus started 2 days after. Maybe it was just my ear plugs falling out, but who knows? I was too dopy to pull that call button for help.
I have since discovered I do have mild hearing loss in the mid frequencies, I was told it was not age related as my high frequencies are exceptionally good. It is all so strange, some days I still cannot believe it.

 

MRI scans are certainly loud enough to cause Tinnitus and/or raise someones tinnitus. Iv seen people on here complaining about it and posting links to major news stories about it. Any medical professional will deny an MRI causing Tinnitus because to be fair they are clueless about Tinnitus, and need to cover themselves.

 

Actually a few people on hear have talked about getting T after an MRI.

 

Agreed

 

Yes, I noticed that too. I am not sure if it is from the noise or from the electromagnetic fields. I would love to sue, however I have found that finding a Dr. or scientist that would support this is next to impossible.

 

They know Statin drugs have a VERY HIGH likelihood of giving people T as a side affect. They still prescribe them like crazy without telling people of the side affects and the reality is they don't truly know if it helps lower cholesterol all that well. T is just a silly side affect that people are over reacting to in their mind. A lot of drugs and procedures can actually give you T.