Hello all. I've been dealing with some issues lately that are holding me back from life, and pursuing what I love. I am a 16 year old student filmmaker, and film and cinema is my passion. I live and breath it. I've had a few films play in film festivals all over the country and going to the movies is almost therapeutic for me.
But I am here seeking closure and answers from people who know tinnitus inside and out.
On August 11, I attended a J.Cole concert at amaile arena in Tampa Fl and was near front row, I'd say maybe 3 or 4 rows back, but very close none the less. It was pretty loud, I left the concert with everyone's voices muffled, which I heard was normal. Before this I had only gone to one concert and was not nearly as close. But waking up the next morning, my ears had quite an audible ring. I get extremely paranoid about any health related subject, and it festers around in my head to where it's all I think about. So I began researching, come to find out aparently ear plugs are pretty much manadatory at concerts where you are very close. I was unaware of this, being that everyone around my had no ear protection whatsover, I had just never heard of earplugs at concerts, to me it seemed counter intutuive to the experience. Anyway, the next two or three days my ear had very much an audible ring. After that stint, they stopped and my hearing was seemingly normal. But ever since my ears have had this slight pressure, and even tenderness inside the ear almost. Behind my ear and around my jaw there is just pressure and slight fullness, and being very paranoid, I asked to see an ENT and Audiologist.
After tests with the audiologist, my hearing turned out to be normal, better than average she mentioned. She told me that any effects from the concert would be temporary and that I would have nothing to worry about. Then I went in with the ENT, she looked inside my ears, removed a bit of earwax, said I didn't hurt my eardrum and had no abnormal pressures. I just knew this couldn't be, so I questioned on. I had noticed that even though the ringing had gone away, there was a slight buzz present when I was in an all quiet area, I would hear this most in the morning and in bed at night. Nothing loud, but a faint buzz, I wasn't sure if it had been there all my life and because I had been so hyperfocused on the noises my ear was making that I was just now picking up on it or if it was slight tinnitus from the exposure. The ENT pretty much said, your young, your fine, sleep with a fan. Didn't exactly appreciate that but I had my hopes high, my ears would feel normal soon.
So now this is almost a month later, and as of now, some days my ears just feel off, not that my hearing is bad, because the range of what I can hear sounds perfectly normal. It's simply a pressure or soreness in my ear and down into my jaw. I'm also more sensitive to loudness, like going to the movies, certain scenes are louder to me than they would've been just a month or so ago. And my ears have this slight buzzing when it's quiet, that I just can't seem to get over.
I've taken zinc, B-12 and done a youtube routine that is supposed to help. But I find myself going back to the question, do I even have Tinnitus? Again, I only hear it in very, very quiet areas, and it isn't the ringing sound I heard after the concert, It's just a faint buzz. Is it normal for people to hear this in bed and in noiseless areas? Do most people have a buzz? I am giving this too much power? Has this always been there and since the concert made me listen to my ears, I've been more prone to realize what sounds they do make?
Because this is taking over my train of thought, I contacted my school psychologist, he assured me I was fine, and that this isn't something I need to worry about, My father, my AP psychology teacher, they all say it's me thinking about it, and somewhat of a psychosomatic concern I shouldn't have. I don't want to care, but for as long as I can remember I have always wanted myself to be as perfect as possible. I just want to know "I'm good to go". Very odd, I know. But to this thread I ask, Will what I am experiencing go away in the months to come, through my body healing or habituation? Will I not have to worry about it soon, as this is just a short period of time I am giving my ears more attention? Am I OKAY?
I've been overly depressed and sad these last two months, more so than I ever have in my life. I need to know I'm going to be okay, and I need to know I can fix this if it isn't going to go away. Within filmmaking, sound is of utmost importance to me, and also as a lover of life, I don't want to be caught up on any noises my ears are making or any pains they might be feeling. It's just odd to me, that two specialists saw normal ears, even though for some reason they just don't feel normal. Thank you for your time reading this, it means the world. I feel as if I won't be able to move on with my dreams if my ears don't start feeling normal again, any help would be greatly appreicated more than you all know.
But I am here seeking closure and answers from people who know tinnitus inside and out.
On August 11, I attended a J.Cole concert at amaile arena in Tampa Fl and was near front row, I'd say maybe 3 or 4 rows back, but very close none the less. It was pretty loud, I left the concert with everyone's voices muffled, which I heard was normal. Before this I had only gone to one concert and was not nearly as close. But waking up the next morning, my ears had quite an audible ring. I get extremely paranoid about any health related subject, and it festers around in my head to where it's all I think about. So I began researching, come to find out aparently ear plugs are pretty much manadatory at concerts where you are very close. I was unaware of this, being that everyone around my had no ear protection whatsover, I had just never heard of earplugs at concerts, to me it seemed counter intutuive to the experience. Anyway, the next two or three days my ear had very much an audible ring. After that stint, they stopped and my hearing was seemingly normal. But ever since my ears have had this slight pressure, and even tenderness inside the ear almost. Behind my ear and around my jaw there is just pressure and slight fullness, and being very paranoid, I asked to see an ENT and Audiologist.
After tests with the audiologist, my hearing turned out to be normal, better than average she mentioned. She told me that any effects from the concert would be temporary and that I would have nothing to worry about. Then I went in with the ENT, she looked inside my ears, removed a bit of earwax, said I didn't hurt my eardrum and had no abnormal pressures. I just knew this couldn't be, so I questioned on. I had noticed that even though the ringing had gone away, there was a slight buzz present when I was in an all quiet area, I would hear this most in the morning and in bed at night. Nothing loud, but a faint buzz, I wasn't sure if it had been there all my life and because I had been so hyperfocused on the noises my ear was making that I was just now picking up on it or if it was slight tinnitus from the exposure. The ENT pretty much said, your young, your fine, sleep with a fan. Didn't exactly appreciate that but I had my hopes high, my ears would feel normal soon.
So now this is almost a month later, and as of now, some days my ears just feel off, not that my hearing is bad, because the range of what I can hear sounds perfectly normal. It's simply a pressure or soreness in my ear and down into my jaw. I'm also more sensitive to loudness, like going to the movies, certain scenes are louder to me than they would've been just a month or so ago. And my ears have this slight buzzing when it's quiet, that I just can't seem to get over.
I've taken zinc, B-12 and done a youtube routine that is supposed to help. But I find myself going back to the question, do I even have Tinnitus? Again, I only hear it in very, very quiet areas, and it isn't the ringing sound I heard after the concert, It's just a faint buzz. Is it normal for people to hear this in bed and in noiseless areas? Do most people have a buzz? I am giving this too much power? Has this always been there and since the concert made me listen to my ears, I've been more prone to realize what sounds they do make?
Because this is taking over my train of thought, I contacted my school psychologist, he assured me I was fine, and that this isn't something I need to worry about, My father, my AP psychology teacher, they all say it's me thinking about it, and somewhat of a psychosomatic concern I shouldn't have. I don't want to care, but for as long as I can remember I have always wanted myself to be as perfect as possible. I just want to know "I'm good to go". Very odd, I know. But to this thread I ask, Will what I am experiencing go away in the months to come, through my body healing or habituation? Will I not have to worry about it soon, as this is just a short period of time I am giving my ears more attention? Am I OKAY?
I've been overly depressed and sad these last two months, more so than I ever have in my life. I need to know I'm going to be okay, and I need to know I can fix this if it isn't going to go away. Within filmmaking, sound is of utmost importance to me, and also as a lover of life, I don't want to be caught up on any noises my ears are making or any pains they might be feeling. It's just odd to me, that two specialists saw normal ears, even though for some reason they just don't feel normal. Thank you for your time reading this, it means the world. I feel as if I won't be able to move on with my dreams if my ears don't start feeling normal again, any help would be greatly appreicated more than you all know.
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