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Hi everyone I'm Amanda and I'm new to this site. I am a tinnitus sufferer and I'm 23 years old. I have had tinnitus for 2 years but it's only became an issue in pregnancy and even worse since having my baby, it's more of a head sound. I'm currently having TRT and I wear a WNG daily. Still struggling on a day to day basis, just hoping the tinnitus calms down or at least returns back to how it was before pregnancy. It would be nice to hear of anyone else's stories

 

Hi Karen thank you for your reply and sorry about my long reply this is the only time I've been back on here since my post. Well I bottle feed my baby but I don't feel I have fully got myself back to normal since the birth. Although my docter said my hormones should be back to normal now so I'm not sure. My tinnitus varies it can b like hum or hissing sound but its mostly like a vibration sensation and I can hear it more if I move my head from side to side. I've also had a buzzing sound. It just feels like its am external loud sound that I can't escape from. Well to be honest my TRT is not going well due to the lack of interest and support from my local audiology hospital. I guess I'm just worried and scared that this will remain like this forever and that ill always feel anxious with it, it has taken over my life and I often get upset about it. How do you cope and your daughter with tinnitus? Mine fluctuates so much I dread waking up in the morning because that's when the change usually happens, once I've been to sleep. Amanda

 

Amanda, hope things get better for you soon.

Karen, very glad to hear you're sleeping.

 

Wonderful news Karen

 

Hi Karen I can't believe its been 3 years since this post. Anyway since then I had a great 2 years with no tinnitus I literally could not hear it It just went one day and I never needed sound enrichment I could sleep in silence to although I always have low music on. It has since returned I got pregnant in June and it started up again in August and I miscarried in Sept and no tinnitus for 3 months and now its back its up and down but I am struggling all over again. How are you?x

 

I am also pregnant and my tinnitus developed during pregnancy for reasons that aren't clear. Just wondering how long after delivering your baby did your tinnitus go? I know you said you had it prior to pregnancy as well but it spiked during pregnancy and again during your last pregnancy. I'm sorry to hear of your miscarriage, by the way. :,(.

 

Hi Natalie I don't even remember my tinnitus before pregnancy because it was not an issue it was so mild and not constant. My ears were bad in pregnancy I could hardly hear and the noise was loud along with sound distortion, it would come and go not constant. I remember for 6 weeks my ears were normal before and after the birth then it flared up I was in a bad way I felt so unwell, anxious and crying a lot with loud tinnitus. It lasted 18months not all loud days though and then it just stopped randomly for 2 years where I did not hear it until I got pregnant again. I am not sure why its still persisting now although it did clear for 3 months after my miscarriage. Maybe its still hormones although would hormones still be fluctuating if i didn't carry the baby full term. How long have you had tinnitus for? And does it fluctuate in volume/sound? And thank you I have dealt with the miscarriage just the tinnitus makes it hard when I know it was caused by pregnancy. I wouldn't mind if I got my baby at the end of it all but to miscarry then suffer with tinnitus is hard x

 

@Mand b how are you doing? Is your tinnitus getting better? Are you taking anything to help you sleep? Are you coping okay? Praying for you