Hi Folks,
I have had tinnitus for many years and it was just a mild annoyance....then on 3/12/17 I went deaf in the left ear...the ENT doc cleaned out a lot of wax and put me on prednisone. Got about 30-40% of the hearing back over the next 2 weeks....but what happens next is disturbing....
The volume of the tinnitus went up by a factor of 5 and I developed Hyperacusis.
The volume has continued to increase and now I have serious tingling of the finger, feet, face....I had an MRI last week but do not have the results yet....but today the volume ramped up again and I doubt I will be able to sleep going forward.
Not with the screaming going on....not sure what the future will bring...
Bob
Welcome to the forum. Sorry to hear that your tinnitus has spiked up lately.
There are many causes which can trigger or aggravate tinnitus including but not limited to drug reaction or side-effects from ototoxic drugs, ear wax build-up, ear or Eustachian tube infection or ETD, ear drum injury, fluid build-up feeling pressured, TMJ, TTTS, high blood pressure or blood circulation problem, loud noise exposure, acoustic trauma/shock, head trauma & injury, neck injury or muscle problems, hearing loss, Meniere's, barotrauma from sudden change of air pressure such as flights, slapping of the ears, grief for the loss of loved ones, untreated sleep apnea, elevated stress, anxiety & panic disorder, etc. So if the ear wax build up has been taken care of by ENT and your T still spiking, either it is because there are other factors involved (as aboved listed or because when the ears are unstable it will take them a while to settle down. During the process it can spike or can be unpredicable therefore causing lots of anxiety and panic, even sleeplessness and depression to the sufferer. If T does bother you, then you may consider masking it for the time being. If you haven't got any sounds or idea how to start masking, here are some suggestions. Take good care. God bless.
1) Mask at bed time so you can sleep better. Find whatever sounds/music that are soothing to you. You can use a sound machine or sound pillow for this, or a computer with speakers.
2) If you need masking on the go, try load an ipod with nature sounds or music using itune. If you have a smart phone, you can download free APPs for soothing or T-masking sounds.
3) If you have computer and speakers, you can try these excellent masking sounds too:
TT's audio player:
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/audioplayer/
or click play to mix sounds from this simple sound generator:
http://asoftmurmur.com/
or this sound library, particularly the self-mix nature sounds:
https://mynoise.net
or download free sound generator 'aire freshener':
http://www.peterhirschberg.com/mysoftware.html
or search youtube with words like 'tinnitus masking sounds', 'white noise', 'rain sound' etc.
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