Hello friends,
I am determined to find the root cause and eliminate my ringing and I need your help. I am going to give an outlay of how my T started. Please see the clues that I have and pls try and give some inputs from your own experiences and suggest me the way forward.
1- I suffered neck and head trauma by accidentally falling backwards in our swimming pool. (A lot of things went haywire post this)
2- My neck and chest muscles almost froze for a week and I was bed ridden. Couldnt move.
3- I couldnt sneeze for a good 3 months (although the muscles have fully healed now and I can sneeze now normally). Weird, but this was a problematic thing for me. This thing is sorted. (Apparently when your chest muscles tighten up too much, it doesnt allow a sneeze).
4- Due to the extreme stress of work and and inabilty to sneeze, I developed high BP . (The stress of work has been totally eliminated permanently. Have shifted to a calmer job with zero stress). Thankfully, the BP has gone down back to normal levels naturally without medication.
5- My T started in my sleep during the stress and high bp period. Although the stress is gone completely along with BP....the ringing remains.
6- Briefly for a few days, I also had clicking sounds from my jaw. Which also for now seems to have gone since a week or more. Maybe TMJ? (Should I get an x-ray?).
7- This one is bit weird....whenever I look into bright lights, I can often see a small spot which then disappears. I can only see the spot in bright lights and not normally. I have not done a brain scan since the ENT said there is not any need to worry about this matter and nor does he think I need a scan.
8- I have travelled extensively over the last 3-4 years. Heavy air travel. Can this be an issue?
9- Since I got T...... I suddenly have the ability to 'POP' my ears whenever I want by some jaw movements. I never had this ability earlier. Is this a clue?
10- Also, I am an avid swimmer....water in the ears?
11- Lastly, I had a huge amount of wax in my right ear which the ENT removed. Could this also have started it?.....its been 3 months since the wax has been removed...but T remains.
I am learning to live with my ringing....but somehow I think my T is event related. All starting from the chain event of falling in the fall awkwardly and getting a blow to the neck.
Almost every other problem since the fall has gone away except the T.
What should I do now?.....learn to live with it?....or explore some avenues? Im confused since I have so many possible clues and no experience on how to interpret them.
*I have done audio and hearing tests....it seems my hearing is absolutely fine. One thing I know is that my T isnt because of hearing loss.
Warm regards
Neil
I am determined to find the root cause and eliminate my ringing and I need your help. I am going to give an outlay of how my T started. Please see the clues that I have and pls try and give some inputs from your own experiences and suggest me the way forward.
1- I suffered neck and head trauma by accidentally falling backwards in our swimming pool. (A lot of things went haywire post this)
2- My neck and chest muscles almost froze for a week and I was bed ridden. Couldnt move.
3- I couldnt sneeze for a good 3 months (although the muscles have fully healed now and I can sneeze now normally). Weird, but this was a problematic thing for me. This thing is sorted. (Apparently when your chest muscles tighten up too much, it doesnt allow a sneeze).
4- Due to the extreme stress of work and and inabilty to sneeze, I developed high BP . (The stress of work has been totally eliminated permanently. Have shifted to a calmer job with zero stress). Thankfully, the BP has gone down back to normal levels naturally without medication.
5- My T started in my sleep during the stress and high bp period. Although the stress is gone completely along with BP....the ringing remains.
6- Briefly for a few days, I also had clicking sounds from my jaw. Which also for now seems to have gone since a week or more. Maybe TMJ? (Should I get an x-ray?).
7- This one is bit weird....whenever I look into bright lights, I can often see a small spot which then disappears. I can only see the spot in bright lights and not normally. I have not done a brain scan since the ENT said there is not any need to worry about this matter and nor does he think I need a scan.
8- I have travelled extensively over the last 3-4 years. Heavy air travel. Can this be an issue?
9- Since I got T...... I suddenly have the ability to 'POP' my ears whenever I want by some jaw movements. I never had this ability earlier. Is this a clue?
10- Also, I am an avid swimmer....water in the ears?
11- Lastly, I had a huge amount of wax in my right ear which the ENT removed. Could this also have started it?.....its been 3 months since the wax has been removed...but T remains.
I am learning to live with my ringing....but somehow I think my T is event related. All starting from the chain event of falling in the fall awkwardly and getting a blow to the neck.
Almost every other problem since the fall has gone away except the T.
What should I do now?.....learn to live with it?....or explore some avenues? Im confused since I have so many possible clues and no experience on how to interpret them.
*I have done audio and hearing tests....it seems my hearing is absolutely fine. One thing I know is that my T isnt because of hearing loss.
Warm regards
Neil
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