Hello Everyone,
I am a 39 yr old male with new onset tinnitus of unknown etiology. I first experienced it late last month after a swimming outing with my children. I am married and have an extensive ENT history.
About 2 yrs ago while on a business trip into Tampa, I experience altitude induced barotrauma to my right ear while in descent from my flight. It was a very scary experience and took a week to go away. I feel in retrospect that this was the beginning of the path that has led me here. I have an extremely stressful life. My job is in the transplant industry and I deal with death every day.
I have financial difficulties that are putting a strain on my marriage as well. I recently became a primary care giver for my aging grandparents who are no longer able to care for themselves in their home without assistance. I feel overwhelmed, and this is the last thing I needed. I felt a pop in my left ear while watching TV, followed by dampened hearing and a persistent high pitched ringing.
I went emergently to my ENT the following morning, where he said I had no fluid in my ears (even though it felt as though I did), and no evidence of infection. The audiology exam did show that I had high-tone hearing loss in my left ear. He prescribed me with prednisone to take every day for a week and my symptoms have not improved. The right side of my neck has also been hurting, but comes and goes. This past weekend, my right ear filled up with air while I was working. I got syncopal, and felt like I was going to collapse. I went to the ER, where they drew blood and found normal lab results. They performed a CT of my head and found nothing. I do have HTN, but I was removed from my lisinopril when my blood pressure came back into normal range.
My wife is acting like I am a hypochondriac, but this high pitched whine in my ears is driving my crazy. I can't sleep, so my DR prescribed my with Ambien 10mg which leaves me feeling like a zombie. The only thing that seems to help is Xanax, but again leaves me zombified. I can't sleep and feel like I'm slipping into a depression. My anxiety is off the charts.
I have an appointment tomorrow at which time I feel I need to demand to have an MRI to get some kind of resolution.... I am vexed... Thank you all for listening.
I am a 39 yr old male with new onset tinnitus of unknown etiology. I first experienced it late last month after a swimming outing with my children. I am married and have an extensive ENT history.
About 2 yrs ago while on a business trip into Tampa, I experience altitude induced barotrauma to my right ear while in descent from my flight. It was a very scary experience and took a week to go away. I feel in retrospect that this was the beginning of the path that has led me here. I have an extremely stressful life. My job is in the transplant industry and I deal with death every day.
I have financial difficulties that are putting a strain on my marriage as well. I recently became a primary care giver for my aging grandparents who are no longer able to care for themselves in their home without assistance. I feel overwhelmed, and this is the last thing I needed. I felt a pop in my left ear while watching TV, followed by dampened hearing and a persistent high pitched ringing.
I went emergently to my ENT the following morning, where he said I had no fluid in my ears (even though it felt as though I did), and no evidence of infection. The audiology exam did show that I had high-tone hearing loss in my left ear. He prescribed me with prednisone to take every day for a week and my symptoms have not improved. The right side of my neck has also been hurting, but comes and goes. This past weekend, my right ear filled up with air while I was working. I got syncopal, and felt like I was going to collapse. I went to the ER, where they drew blood and found normal lab results. They performed a CT of my head and found nothing. I do have HTN, but I was removed from my lisinopril when my blood pressure came back into normal range.
My wife is acting like I am a hypochondriac, but this high pitched whine in my ears is driving my crazy. I can't sleep, so my DR prescribed my with Ambien 10mg which leaves me feeling like a zombie. The only thing that seems to help is Xanax, but again leaves me zombified. I can't sleep and feel like I'm slipping into a depression. My anxiety is off the charts.
I have an appointment tomorrow at which time I feel I need to demand to have an MRI to get some kind of resolution.... I am vexed... Thank you all for listening.
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