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Offline redkatz919

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Tinnitus
« on: June 12, 2012, 03:23:47 PM »
  Has anyone tried any of the products, to cure the ringing of the ears?
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2012, 03:29:44 PM »
Quote from: redkatz919 on June 12, 2012, 03:23:47 PM
  Has anyone tried any of the products, to cure the ringing of the ears?

There's products?  :lmao:

My wife and I both sleep with fans on to drown out the ringing. 
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2012, 04:53:56 PM »
I've tried some, but nothing seems to work. I probably need to cut down or eliminate caffeine completely.
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2012, 05:19:07 PM »
I had an EENT specialist tell me that some folks get some relief by taking Melatonin.

It didn't help me.
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2012, 05:28:47 PM »
My MIL tried 1 of those natural remedies, it didn't work, she's learned to live with it. I have a slight case of it, I keep things around like MP3 players radio headphones etc. if it's too bad.
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2012, 05:32:02 PM »
Quote from: redkatz919 on June 12, 2012, 03:23:47 PM
  Has anyone tried any of the products, to cure the ringing of the ears?

They don't help.
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2012, 05:39:00 PM »
I didn't have a problem with it until I busted my head open.

That was one of the specific things my doctor sorta tried to help me out with...long story made, short he couldn't help me with it.

Interesting though, two different frequencies, one for each ear.

No idea what causes that.
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2012, 05:41:05 PM »
I don't think it's a condition that really "curable", it seems most people just find a way to live with it.
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2012, 05:44:43 PM »
Quote from: Ballygrl on June 12, 2012, 05:41:05 PM
I don't think it's a condition that really "curable", it seems most people just find a way to live with it.

I suspect you are correct.

The intensity of mine varies from day to day.  Sometime that ringing in my ears sounds so loud that I am surprised my wife can't hear it.

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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2012, 05:55:51 PM »
Quote from: EagleKeeper on June 12, 2012, 05:39:00 PM
I didn't have a problem with it until I busted my head open.

That was one of the specific things my doctor sorta tried to help me out with...long story made, short he couldn't help me with it.

Interesting though, two different frequencies, one for each ear.

No idea what causes that.

Gotcha beat. I hear three separate noises.  Left ear is a sounds like cicadas but a steady rhythm, right ear is more of a sound like crickets and to top it off I hear the typical high pitched whine in both ears. 
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2012, 06:08:48 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on June 12, 2012, 05:55:51 PM
Gotcha beat. I hear three separate noises.  Left ear is a sounds like cicadas but a steady rhythm, right ear is more of a sound like crickets and to top it off I hear the typical high pitched whine in both ears. 

That, my friend, is a distinction that I am happy to conceed.  :rofl:
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #11 on: June 12, 2012, 06:13:48 PM »
I have noticed that it seems louder after being in a noisy environment.  Mine is always worse after spending 12 hours at work and then coming home to relative quiet.
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #12 on: June 12, 2012, 08:17:46 PM »
  Thanks for the information. I am so tired of the ringing, I was ready to order Quietus? Just to try something to stop it.
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #13 on: June 12, 2012, 08:28:54 PM »
Quote from: redkatz919 on June 12, 2012, 08:17:46 PM
  Thanks for the information. I am so tired of the ringing, I was ready to order Quietus? Just to try something to stop it.

It won't stop, but a fan in your bedroom may help you sleep. If you use a 3 speed fan, you should find one of the speeds masks the tinnitus better than the others.

I have the cicada noise, don't know if it's in my left ear or in my brain.
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #14 on: June 12, 2012, 11:45:59 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on June 12, 2012, 06:13:48 PM
I have noticed that it seems louder after being in a noisy environment.  Mine is always worse after spending 12 hours at work and then coming home to relative quiet.

Each time you are exposed you do a little more damage.  Are you wearing hearing protection at work?  After 28 years flying helos I have a veritable symphony of crickets & cicadas with an overlay that sounds like a hearing test. However I sleep like a baby & ignore it the rest of the time.
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #15 on: June 13, 2012, 12:01:39 AM »
Quote from: Bad Dog on June 12, 2012, 11:45:59 PM
Each time you are exposed you do a little more damage.  Are you wearing hearing protection at work?  After 28 years flying helos I have a veritable symphony of crickets & cicadas with an overlay that sounds like a hearing test. However I sleep like a baby & ignore it the rest of the time.

If I wore hearing protection, I wouldn't be able to hear my radio.  The safety director does noise checks every so often, and has always said that hearing protection isn't required except while doing certain things like cutting and grinding.
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #16 on: June 13, 2012, 12:11:24 AM »
Quote from: thundley4 on June 13, 2012, 12:01:39 AM
If I wore hearing protection, I wouldn't be able to hear my radio.  The safety director does noise checks every so often, and has always said that hearing protection isn't required except while doing certain things like cutting and grinding.

Your call but, if it is worse after a day at work, I'm guessing that is causing it & it will likely get worse.  Anyway, I & several friends have no trouble living with it.
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #17 on: June 13, 2012, 12:19:49 AM »
Quote from: Bad Dog on June 13, 2012, 12:11:24 AM
Your call but, if it is worse after a day at work, I'm guessing that is causing it & it will likely get worse.  Anyway, I & several friends have no trouble living with it.

It's more an annoyance than anything.  I have to have TV a little louder , but it doesn't keep me from sleeping.  I actually concentrate on it to fall asleep.

I think it may not be worse after work, but it only seems that way because of the relative quiet at home.
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #18 on: June 13, 2012, 06:05:00 AM »
Quote from: CactusCarlos on June 12, 2012, 03:29:44 PM
There's products?  :lmao:

My wife and I both sleep with fans on to drown out the ringing. 

Thank God I'm not the only one!  I even travel with a sound machine to sleep.  When we went to Germany a few years ago I forgot to pack it.  We had to shop for a cheap radio so I could tune it between stations for the white noise.

I have had constant tinnitus for as long as I can remember.  Sometimes when my right ear (this doesn't happen with the left one) gets a wax (UGH!) build up I hear what sounds like sirens wailing.  The only thing that helps with that is to get the wax removed.

I'm curious about all the tinnitus sufferers here:  do you also have very sensitive hearing?  I can detect the slightest sound when no one else around me can hear it.  A mouse was eating through the sheetrock in an apartment I was in once.  I kept hearing this tiny, tiny scritching sound and traced it to a spot on a wall.  Suddenly a pink nose popped through.  Even in a remote area, away from anything you could think would make noise, I can hear hums which are not tinnitus related.

 
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #19 on: June 13, 2012, 08:26:51 AM »
I have it too. I know the month and year it started, January 2009. My doctor suggested it may have been all the high dose ibuprofin and prescription anti-inflammatory medication I had taken over the years for my auto immune disease.  He sent me to an audiologist to confirm that I had it.  I have high and low frequency hearing loss in te right ear. I was then sent to an ENT who said there is nothing he could do for it. I take ambien and night as I can't sleep because of it.
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #20 on: June 13, 2012, 10:04:59 AM »
Quote from: whiffleball on June 13, 2012, 06:05:00 AM
Thank God I'm not the only one! 

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I'm curious about all the tinnitus sufferers here:  do you also have very sensitive hearing?  I can detect the slightest sound when no one else around me can hear it.  A mouse was eating through the sheetrock in an apartment I was in once.  I kept hearing this tiny, tiny scritching sound and traced it to a spot on a wall.  Suddenly a pink nose popped through.  Even in a remote area, away from anything you could think would make noise, I can hear hums which are not tinnitus related.

I wouldn't say I have especially sensitive hearing although I do seem to hear a knock at the door or the doorbell when my wife doesn't most of the time.   Oddly, the wife and I are finding that we regret not bringing earplugs to movies more recently (The Avengers was almost painful it was so loud). 
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #21 on: June 13, 2012, 10:22:42 AM »
Quote from: whiffleball on June 13, 2012, 06:05:00 AM
I'm curious about all the tinnitus sufferers here:  do you also have very sensitive hearing?
 

No, I spent 4 years working around jet engines before the Air Force required ear defenders and ear plugs.

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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #22 on: June 13, 2012, 10:39:05 AM »
Quote from: CactusCarlos on June 13, 2012, 10:04:59 AM
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I wouldn't say I have especially sensitive hearing although I do seem to hear a knock at the door or the doorbell when my wife doesn't most of the time.   Oddly, the wife and I are finding that we regret not bringing earplugs to movies more recently (The Avengers was almost painful it was so loud). 

Same problem here.  Turning the volume up to 11 doesn't seen to improve the movies as far as I can see.
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #23 on: June 13, 2012, 11:30:03 AM »
Quote from: whiffleball on June 13, 2012, 06:05:00 AM

I'm curious about all the tinnitus sufferers here:  do you also have very sensitive hearing? 

Nope. After 40+ years of trumpets and drums, I can't even hear when Mrs E is talking to me.  :whistling:

Seriously, I have substantial hearing loss and am a candy-date for hearing aids, though I haven't done much to take care of that problem.  :banghead:
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Re: Tinnitus
« Reply #24 on: June 13, 2012, 12:04:47 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on June 13, 2012, 11:30:03 AM
Nope. After 40+ years of trumpets and drums, I can't even hear when Mrs E is talking to me.  :whistling:

Seriously, I have substantial hearing loss and am a candy-date for hearing aids, though I haven't done much to take care of that problem.  :banghead:

With your background, you could go to the VA & get hearing aids. They have modernized & no longer issue the brass ear trumpets. They now issue the nifty 2lb micro aid. Get both ears at once so your head won't tilt.
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