Hi Tinnitus Talk:
My name is Danny and I live in the Southern California outside of Los Angeles. I am retired and really in excellent health except recently I encountered the Tinnitus Monster. I've never been hospitalized or never have had any surgery. Just sprain ankles from Basketball and bumps and bruises.
I had a major ear infection from early December 2020 to mid to late January 2021. I finally beat it with ear drops. I then developed a ringing sound in my ear for a while but it went away or at least I couldn't hear it. But then last Saturday on February 6 I took a short nap on the couch for about 45 minutes and woke up with the ringing! It hasn't stopped now for almost a week. A short nap and it appeared. I thought of many theories. Did I sleep wrong on the couch because it came on awfully fast.
I will be going to a hearing test on Friday, February 12th, prescribed by an ENT I was seeing in January. He really didn't do much... I saw him on a Tuesday and told me to take the ear drop medication. I came back a week later and the infection went away after about 1.5 months. He said my ear on the first visit looked like someone with a black eye. It was bruised and swollen. On my second visit he said the infection was gone but that is all he said. It was a very brief visit. He gave me the referral to Casa Colina Hospital here in my hometown. It is an excellent hospital known for it's rehabilitation for disabled people. I will be given a hearing test.
I don't think I have any hearing loss but we shall see after the test on Friday since I can hear pretty well. I have experienced loudness in my life in concerts, work, but seem to hear fairly well.
But the tinnitus is really scaring me and I've googled now for days looking at sites on the subject. I have never had a physical or emotional injury like this and feel a little depressed with it. I purchase some tablets, Lipo-Flavonoid, and will be getting a noise machine since I able to sleep only if tired but if I'm woken it can be dreadful falling back to sleep. I feel, but I'm not a expert by any means, I might still have an infection or an injury in my ear and hopefully it is only temporary.
It's funny I click my teeth and sometimes when talking I feel like I have a hollow head. I can hear my teeth like when you tap on a microphone. I can hear it inside my head when my head is sort of lowered. When I raised my head the hollowness goes away and a normal clicking and talking is heard. But it's strange when I hear the hollow sounds of the teeth or talk if that makes any sense
So the ringing comes and goes. It varies from loud to sometimes barely audible. Barely audible I can live with and with your help on this forum I will find ways to cope with it.
Thank you for this forum and this group. I was looking for one and came across this one Please keep things positive since it is a very fragile subject to people like ourselves who experience it.
Love,
Danny
My name is Danny and I live in the Southern California outside of Los Angeles. I am retired and really in excellent health except recently I encountered the Tinnitus Monster. I've never been hospitalized or never have had any surgery. Just sprain ankles from Basketball and bumps and bruises.
I had a major ear infection from early December 2020 to mid to late January 2021. I finally beat it with ear drops. I then developed a ringing sound in my ear for a while but it went away or at least I couldn't hear it. But then last Saturday on February 6 I took a short nap on the couch for about 45 minutes and woke up with the ringing! It hasn't stopped now for almost a week. A short nap and it appeared. I thought of many theories. Did I sleep wrong on the couch because it came on awfully fast.
I will be going to a hearing test on Friday, February 12th, prescribed by an ENT I was seeing in January. He really didn't do much... I saw him on a Tuesday and told me to take the ear drop medication. I came back a week later and the infection went away after about 1.5 months. He said my ear on the first visit looked like someone with a black eye. It was bruised and swollen. On my second visit he said the infection was gone but that is all he said. It was a very brief visit. He gave me the referral to Casa Colina Hospital here in my hometown. It is an excellent hospital known for it's rehabilitation for disabled people. I will be given a hearing test.
I don't think I have any hearing loss but we shall see after the test on Friday since I can hear pretty well. I have experienced loudness in my life in concerts, work, but seem to hear fairly well.
But the tinnitus is really scaring me and I've googled now for days looking at sites on the subject. I have never had a physical or emotional injury like this and feel a little depressed with it. I purchase some tablets, Lipo-Flavonoid, and will be getting a noise machine since I able to sleep only if tired but if I'm woken it can be dreadful falling back to sleep. I feel, but I'm not a expert by any means, I might still have an infection or an injury in my ear and hopefully it is only temporary.
It's funny I click my teeth and sometimes when talking I feel like I have a hollow head. I can hear my teeth like when you tap on a microphone. I can hear it inside my head when my head is sort of lowered. When I raised my head the hollowness goes away and a normal clicking and talking is heard. But it's strange when I hear the hollow sounds of the teeth or talk if that makes any sense
So the ringing comes and goes. It varies from loud to sometimes barely audible. Barely audible I can live with and with your help on this forum I will find ways to cope with it.
Thank you for this forum and this group. I was looking for one and came across this one
Please keep things positive since it is a very fragile subject to people like ourselves who experience it.Love,
Danny
