Will This Be Temporary?

If I were you I would try stay home as much as possible the first two weeks. Only go out when you have too. You can help the healing process by relaxing, get some good night sleep and eating healthy. Drink a lot of water, and keep away from caffeine and sugar in the acute phase.

Your ears are fine, that means there is no ear wax blockage, fluid or infection causing your tinnitus. The problem is something else. You should check your blood pressure, and keep away from painkillers unless you have to take it. You don't happen to be on any medication, do you?

I don't know of any good quality ear plugs, someone else may help you with that. I just use some cheap orange ear plugs I buyed on ebay. They work for me, but maybe that's why I still have tinnitus after 2 and a half month.

 

My experience getting diagnosed with the NHS has been atrocious. They did absolutely nothing at all for me, they just don't take it seriously at all. I doubt they will give you prednisone, I was told I couldn't have it.

I went straight to a private ENT beforehand asking the same questions and only received an audiogram. It was done in a noisy room and he didn't even complete the bone conduction part of it, just the air conduction. It just pisses me off that they do not care, I paid for that consultation and didn't really receive any diagnostic tests. I thought at the very least I'd get a tympanometry test but I didn't even get one of those. It was a simple look in my ears with an otoscope and an half arsed audiogram. I would have expected an MRI as well.

I saw 2 Drs, 2 ENTs and 2 audiologists. There definitely needs to be more training around the subject of tinnitus in the medical community. In my area of the UK so far I've found their lack of knowledge appalling.

 

No injury as far as I know.

I just read that steroids can help?? Is it too late to see about getting some?

 

I love my green tea in the morning, will this really affect it?

 

Maybe that's the cause. Green tea can inhibit the absorption of iron, leading to iron deficiency resulting in tinnitus. And there is also caffeine in green tea, which is known to trigger tinnitus.

As I said, I'm not a doctor so I'm just comming up with a bunch of theories that may help you. You can cut down the use of green tea for a month and see if it resolves your tinnitus. It's worth a shot.

 

It's worth mentioning when you're a daily consumer of beverages that contain caffeine it could
backfire on you and make the T spike.The underlying cause might be the absence of substance
which triggers your brain to become overreactive.

 

Absence of what substance?

 

What about listening to some music in the Morning? To back out the ringing?
I can not just sit here in silence, no tea, no music, i may as well just call it a day!

I am going to go get a herring check today (i'll put ear phones in with no music to protect me from the dangers of the outside world ) and ask to get some high quality ear buds to further protect me from the dangers of bird tweets and wind.

Seriously tho, is there a good chance I can heal this?

Even then after that does this mean I need to consider going to loud parties and gigs and anything else. I ride a large motorbike 600cc, I love the sound of that bike (though it has been off the road for the last 6 months).

 

For anyone who finds this thread in the future and is like me loves tea then I suppose I could help you with this link, I've not finished reading it yet but sounds good.

http://www.tinnitus.org.uk/caffeine-abstinence-and-tinnitus

As with anything in life, moderation is key, to be honest I was drinking way too much green tea, loose leaf tea, 8 cups a day... I am actually going to detox now, not drink it for a while until it goes, then I will start again hopefully when this ringing has gone, but consume way less!

 

Did you use ear plugs, riding the bike for long durations?
Wind noise will cause hearing damage on long trips!
Just look at all the bikers that use ear plugs. It is not because the bikes they ride are noisy. It is the wind noise at higher speeds (80 km/hour and faster) that is doing the damage.

 

No, but I wouldn't have thought the wind could get inside my helmet anyway? What is the point in having ears if we can't use them to the fullest? No other animal uses ear plugs, why should humans be any different? Is it because our ears are not designed to cope in such loud environments that which we have created?

 

I went to the audiologist, they said to come for a hearing test, but all they can do is find out if i have any hearing loss, not diagnose on the ringing in my ear. So what now, wait 47 days till the NHS appointment?!!
Anything I can do?

I am sat here in the library doing work.
I have my earphones in but with no music. All I can hear is that damn ringing, is this a good idea or would i be just as good leaving them out till in loud environments? I'm going to buy some good branded ones on ebay very soon.

 

I wouldn't advise blocking your ears in a library, unless it's an unusually loud one!

 

Hi, I'm interested to know why? Is this to allow the ear to train itself in certain low level environments? And save the protection for more dangerous environments?
Does the ear need training at all? Or is it just let it get on with its own recovery?

 

I have since spoke to some friends on or message group, who also inform me that some of them also suffer from 'T'. Which has made me think this is not so bad, still I want it to go away though and will be taking every preventative measure available.

 

It is not the wind. It is the wind noise for extended time. Have you ever seen an animal on a bike at 100km/hours for extended time?

I think you hit the nail on the head here. I think somewhere in our evolution this mechanism that birds and fish have to regenerate damaged hearing got lost. Let us hope scientists are clever enough to put this mechanism back in place.

 

Just a thought to all who have been helping.

I read that it's possible injury or some form of back pain can be the cause.

Well only 1 or 2 weeks before, I was suffering from a very tight back, it help like my muscles were really tight and stiff, wasn't sure what was going on, I had a bad mattress for some time, and then got a really good one, but i had this bad mattress for 2 months and the good one only 1 month prior to this happening to me.
So maybe the back pain could be accounted for, and a host of other things too, everything working together on me, as I read that the same nerves that give you tinnitus are also connected to the spin and back etc..

So maybe if I start doing more stretches and really sooth my back out maybe that could help it, heal it, cure it?!

I am going to the docs tomorrow morning and going to say I have been having serious headaches and shooting pains (i have not but, 47 days to wait is an absolute disgrace - it's not that bad in developing countries - that is just the nhs having a good old laugh at anyone who claims to have tinnitus).

So maybe also see if I can see a back specialist or something similar? What is the correct title I would need to ask for regarding back pain?
Like I could try Yoga or something but never tried it before. I am a 30 something perfectly healthy male and little things like this just creep up..

The Chinese have a saying, 'no disease, short life, 1 disease long life', the idea that they put you in place. Barometers of your state of health.

So let's see how this develops..

I'm unsure how loud mine is, I can't exactly compare it to anything, I know at night when it's quiet it's loud enough to notice and annoy me.

 

Prednisone is worth a try if you're not allergic to it. It's a powerful steroidal anti-inflammatory that will reduce "swelling" of the nerves in your body. It will not magically cure hearing loss or tinnitus but by reducing inflammation it could -- possibly -- help with the tinnitus. Again, if you're not allergic to it (like I am) it's worth a try. Just keep in mind that there are no guarantees that it will help.

Also, put your intellectual seat belt on and settle in for the fact that you are going to have to become your best teacher on the subject of tinnitus and hearing issues. The medical community is woefully ignorant when it comes to tinnitus. Things here in America are no better than over in the UK in this regard.

You are going through the panic phase of tinnitus. Many of us have gone through it too. It is a horrible thing to endure but, eventually, most people find ways to cope. There is always the chance that your tinnitus could lower in volume and/or you could habituate. And a year from now you could be feeling much, much better. Hang in there.

 

I totally agree. The panic phase that we all go through is the worst part, it is truly awful. If the Drs could take it seriously we might actually get somewhere in the early stages, even if it's counselling or a sit down to talk with us about it.

The problem is the vast majority of us report walking into a Drs office and walking out feeling like shit because the Drs have no tact. There are going to be Drs out there who will be the complete opposite of this; I can't tar them all with the incompetent brush, but it seems the majority are woefully under informed when it comes to tinnitus.