- Mar 31, 2017
- 6
- Tinnitus Since
- 03/01/2017
- Cause of Tinnitus
- 1 second earbud music blast
I've had tinnitus since a loud auditory event (a headphone blast) in March 2017. At first, it seemed catastrophic, but over time, I habituated.
For most of the past few years, I was quite fine with it. I stopped noticing it most of the time and stopped caring. I could go a month or three without thinking about it. Occasionally, if I put on earmuffs to get a quiet night's sleep, I might briefly notice it in the back of my mind, but it wasn't a concern.
Last Sunday, a friend, trying to save money on legal weed, brought me to a shop selling Delta 9 (hemp-derived THC) edibles. I had 10 mg. I didn't feel much of anything at the time. My instincts told me to avoid it, but I never imagined it would affect my tinnitus.
Later that night, about 10 hours after taking the Delta 9, I turned off the TV before bed and noticed my ear ringing was significantly louder than usual. It was distracting, almost enough to keep me from sleeping. This had never happened before. I hadn't experienced any loud sound events that day, so I wondered what could be causing it. Then it hit me—it was probably the Delta 9.
I did some research and found that cannabinoids are known to cause or worsen tinnitus. Strangely, I've used a wide variety of regular cannabis plants and edibles (all legal) without any effect on my tinnitus. But this hemp-derived Delta 9, which claims to be just like regular weed but clearly isn't, seems to involve other cannabinoids doing who knows what.
Anyway, I'm just venting, but I'm not sure what to think. It's been 72 hours, and the spike is still there. I can't tell if it's genuinely louder or if I've simply lost the habituation I developed since 2017. Maybe I need three to four months of "zen meditation" to get over it again. Hard to say. I'm hoping it will settle down in a week or two, but it's strange.
I don't believe the Delta 9 damaged my ear, and it wasn't psychosomatic because the increase came as a surprise. Maybe it changed something in my brain. I don't know.
Has anyone else experienced something similar? Given that the spike has lasted 72 hours and counting, I'm not feeling optimistic. But maybe I'm just hyper-fixating on it and need to re-habituate.
For what it's worth, ChatGPT seems to think it's "unlikely" that 10 mg of Delta 9 would cause a permanent spike, but it's not exactly all-knowing.
For most of the past few years, I was quite fine with it. I stopped noticing it most of the time and stopped caring. I could go a month or three without thinking about it. Occasionally, if I put on earmuffs to get a quiet night's sleep, I might briefly notice it in the back of my mind, but it wasn't a concern.
Last Sunday, a friend, trying to save money on legal weed, brought me to a shop selling Delta 9 (hemp-derived THC) edibles. I had 10 mg. I didn't feel much of anything at the time. My instincts told me to avoid it, but I never imagined it would affect my tinnitus.
Later that night, about 10 hours after taking the Delta 9, I turned off the TV before bed and noticed my ear ringing was significantly louder than usual. It was distracting, almost enough to keep me from sleeping. This had never happened before. I hadn't experienced any loud sound events that day, so I wondered what could be causing it. Then it hit me—it was probably the Delta 9.
I did some research and found that cannabinoids are known to cause or worsen tinnitus. Strangely, I've used a wide variety of regular cannabis plants and edibles (all legal) without any effect on my tinnitus. But this hemp-derived Delta 9, which claims to be just like regular weed but clearly isn't, seems to involve other cannabinoids doing who knows what.
Anyway, I'm just venting, but I'm not sure what to think. It's been 72 hours, and the spike is still there. I can't tell if it's genuinely louder or if I've simply lost the habituation I developed since 2017. Maybe I need three to four months of "zen meditation" to get over it again. Hard to say. I'm hoping it will settle down in a week or two, but it's strange.
I don't believe the Delta 9 damaged my ear, and it wasn't psychosomatic because the increase came as a surprise. Maybe it changed something in my brain. I don't know.
Has anyone else experienced something similar? Given that the spike has lasted 72 hours and counting, I'm not feeling optimistic. But maybe I'm just hyper-fixating on it and need to re-habituate.
For what it's worth, ChatGPT seems to think it's "unlikely" that 10 mg of Delta 9 would cause a permanent spike, but it's not exactly all-knowing.
