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I've severe tinnitus, which may or may not be Meniere's Diease, which could damage my hearing.

It's early morning, and I'm in the living room, with the televsion off. (The sound waffles in my ears, so it aggravates my hearing.)

This is what I'm hearing: A high pitched whistle in my left ear, which occasionally goes into my right ear. Pings, boings, and a sound similar to when a tv station is off the air for the night. Underneath all this, is a rushing sound.

Normally, I can't get my left ear to pop. Today, it's the opposite. There is so much pressure in that ear, I catch myself fanning it, as if that would do any good.

Ugh.
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Post by Indian Princess »

I though my having ADHD was frustrating........

Are you seeing a specialist and what are they doing to help you.
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Yes, but I'm having to outsource for a particular test. I was supposed to have it done today, but my insurance kicked it back.



So, we just have to wait and see. I hate this game.



Today, my ears aren't too bad.
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Ciao, Bella!;544741 wrote: Yes, but I'm having to outsource for a particular test. I was supposed to have it done today, but my insurance kicked it back.



So, we just have to wait and see. I hate this game.



Today, my ears aren't too bad.


Hey i hope things get better for you .:-6
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i used to have that when i used to do spear fishing the pressure of the water started it , the high pitched whining going on for hours at night ,,, i was in despair ,,, till i met sue now her high pitched whining drowns it out ... all joking aside i really feel for you mine only stopped when i went nearly deaf in the affected ear but i think I'd prefer to be deaf than to put up with that , bless you :-6 :-6
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It's a horrible thing to put up with and if it's really organic damage like that caused by Ménière's disease I suspect it's not fixable. How long have you been aware of it? Do you get vertigo as well as the noise? If what you have is temporary and you end up clear of it then you can feel very fortunate. Mine hasn't stopped in decades and I don't expect it ever will.

The best I can offer, as far as the noise goes, is from personal experience. Stay in a quiet room and learn to make it louder and softer just by concentrating. You'll find pretty quickly that if you listen to it you can get it loud, intrusive and nasty. Then you'll find, after a lot of frustration, that you can make it quieten at will. Getting control over it that way helps a lot, it leaves you able to tune it down consciously when it gets intrusive. There's a medical option of using a white-noise generator to fade it with, I never had as much success using that and it was an intrusive process with only a short-lived effect.

As for the vertigo, all I can manage is to put myself somewhere I can't fall over for as long as it takes (which is usually a couple of days). At its worst, outdoors, I've been known to lie flat clutching the grass feeling as though I'm about to slide off the planet.
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spot;544849 wrote: It's a horrible thing to put up with and if it's really organic damage like that caused by Ménière's disease I suspect it's not fixable. How long have you been aware of it? Do you get vertigo as well as the noise? If what you have is temporary and you end up clear of it then you can feel very fortunate. Mine hasn't stopped in decades and I don't expect it ever will.



The best I can offer, as far as the noise goes, is from personal experience. Stay in a quiet room and learn to make it louder and softer just by concentrating. You'll find pretty quickly that if you listen to it you can get it loud, intrusive and nasty. Then you'll find, after a lot of frustration, that you can make it quieten at will. Getting control over it that way helps a lot, it leaves you able to tune it down consciously when it gets intrusive. There's a medical option of using a white-noise generator to fade it with, I never had as much success using that and it was an intrusive process with only a short-lived effect.



As for the vertigo, all I can manage is to put myself somewhere I can't fall over for as long as it takes (which is usually a couple of days). At its worst, outdoors, I've been known to lie flat clutching the grass feeling as though I'm about to slide off the planet.





Spot, that's horrible. I get vertigo occasionally but not to that degree. It's a really weird feeling, like being turned on a spit. You have my sympathy!



CB, tinnitus is equally horrible and frustrating - I have that too but not to the degree that you do - poor you.
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