Hello,
I've been reading comments and following discussions on this board for a couple of weeks, wanted to introduce myself.
My story is similar to many here. Noise induced hearing loss resulting in tinnitus. I've had the tinnitus for about 4-5 weeks now. Went to a hard rock concert in early December without earplugs and ended up in the front row for about half of the show. My ears were ringing later that night, more so than I remember from prior concerts. The next day, still ringing. A couple days later the ringing stopped, so I didn't think much of it. Fast forward about 3 weeks and not sure what caused the ringing to start again, but my ears have been ringing since as though I just got home from the concert.
Went to an audiologist last week, and they confirmed I have noise induced hearing loss. They said tinnitus wouldn't be diagnosed until it has persisted for 6 months. No suggestions for treatments, other than to prevent any further damage by protecting my ears. I may have a custom fitted ear plug in a few weeks.
Like most everyone who has this I've been frantically searching for a solution so I bought some recommended supplements, ginko, B-complex, magnesium. I've also started to take arginine and creatine, not sure if any of these will help but I've been lifting weights and would likely take a few of these supplements anyway.
I've read a few stories here of people who have gotten better in a few months to a year so I remain hopeful that it will get better. I assume many people who do improve may not post again. This is something we'd all like to forget about and move on with.
I have noticed eating something high in salt spikes the T, likely because of the vasoconstriction the salt creates (same reason salt increases blood pressure). For this reason I'm trying to avoid heavily salted foods.
The comments I've read on this board have been very helpful, some a leave me kind of worried this may never go away, but other comments have been encouraging.
My T is probably about a 5 or 6 out of 10, very annoying and present, but not to the point of being debilitating.
I'll keep you posted on my progress.
Thank you for reading this.
I've been reading comments and following discussions on this board for a couple of weeks, wanted to introduce myself.
My story is similar to many here. Noise induced hearing loss resulting in tinnitus. I've had the tinnitus for about 4-5 weeks now. Went to a hard rock concert in early December without earplugs and ended up in the front row for about half of the show. My ears were ringing later that night, more so than I remember from prior concerts. The next day, still ringing. A couple days later the ringing stopped, so I didn't think much of it. Fast forward about 3 weeks and not sure what caused the ringing to start again, but my ears have been ringing since as though I just got home from the concert.
Went to an audiologist last week, and they confirmed I have noise induced hearing loss. They said tinnitus wouldn't be diagnosed until it has persisted for 6 months. No suggestions for treatments, other than to prevent any further damage by protecting my ears. I may have a custom fitted ear plug in a few weeks.
Like most everyone who has this I've been frantically searching for a solution so I bought some recommended supplements, ginko, B-complex, magnesium. I've also started to take arginine and creatine, not sure if any of these will help but I've been lifting weights and would likely take a few of these supplements anyway.
I've read a few stories here of people who have gotten better in a few months to a year so I remain hopeful that it will get better. I assume many people who do improve may not post again. This is something we'd all like to forget about and move on with.
I have noticed eating something high in salt spikes the T, likely because of the vasoconstriction the salt creates (same reason salt increases blood pressure). For this reason I'm trying to avoid heavily salted foods.
The comments I've read on this board have been very helpful, some a leave me kind of worried this may never go away, but other comments have been encouraging.
My T is probably about a 5 or 6 out of 10, very annoying and present, but not to the point of being debilitating.
I'll keep you posted on my progress.
Thank you for reading this.
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