Long Time Tinnitus Sufferer Here, Sudden Spike Like Never Before...

HI !

First post here, hope i am doing this correctly.

Lately i had a sudden "spike" in my T, something i had never experience before. Now, i've had episodes where my Tinnitus got really bad because of stress or something like that , but this is something totally different.

I woke up one morning and my ringing was different. Im used to the tone of it changing ocasionally or maybe getting a bit louder, but this time it was insanely loud. What is weird is that i can hear the " old tinnitus" on top of the new one. Basically i have 2 ringings in my ear right now.

Things that could have been a factor is that i have recently started living on my own, so i have been eating terribly which could affect it. The second thing is that i had a pretty terrible Reflux episode lately ( i suffer from Acid reflux) but honestly those episodes have happenes my entire life, so i dont see how that could be it. Finnaly, it could be Wax i guess? i try to clean it with a Q tip ( i know, not the correct way to do it) and the inside of my ear actually hurts which leads me to believe that there is Dry / hard wax deeper inside my ear

Can anyone related to any of these things? Usually these spikes go away quickly but this one has been lasting for a month. It got better a few weeks ago but its back to being really loud now. In over 10 years of dealing with tinnitus, this is totally new to me.

Thanks

Victor.

 

tinnitus can change suddenly. without reason.

have you visited a ear nose throat doctor?

they can see if you have wax buildup or other issues.

use oil to soften the wax! or over the counter wax drops! never use q-tips! haven't you been taught that Q-tips are the worst for ears, they put the wax farther in the ear canal! stop using them!

 

Hi

Yeah i have been using olive oil actually, thats why i dont believe its wax. Its just so random.

I think it has something to do with acid reflux honestly. A friend of mine that also has tinnitus once told me that the ringing started after a random night where he got some sort of food poisoning. He puked and felt really bad and the morning after he got tinnitus. I had a Pretty bad episode of acid reflux a few nights before the ringing got bad, but its something ive had my entire life so i dont see how it could be it, even tho it does sound reasonable.

 

Hi
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https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/tinnitus-gone-after-3-years-only-new-medicine-nexium.5697/