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How do you cope with tinnitus?

When it creeps up on me, I just take my finger and quickly and repeatedly push the small flap of skin on the outside of my ear canal towards the inside of my ear... The ringing usually stops in a minute or two.
 
You've got my greatest sympathy.

Mine isn't very serious and only keeps me up at night very rarely. I don't take any mediction or other treatment.

However, with much fear that it would get worse and that I'd go crazy, I researched it a bit a few years ago and found the site below that had some good info.

http://www.bixby.org/faq/tinnitus/treatmnt.html

There are tons of good sites on the net about tinnitus. You'll find lots of stries from folks who thought they'd go mad, but who fond a treatment and/or ways to become accustomed to it and live a perfectly normal life.

I hope thing get better for you!
 
I usually only get it when my sinuses are screwed up. And even then it doesn't last long.

But any information I can get on it is a good thing.

I hope it's better for you.
 
I've had it so long I don't notice it most of the time anymore. When I do notice it, I turn on the radio or something to create some sort of background noise, eventually I concentrate on the music and the ringing fades into the background again.

When that doesn't work, I do as suggested earlier, with the finger to the ear bit. Also, plugging and clearing my ears sometimes works, such as when you go up in an airplane and have to 'pop' your ears.

If none of the above work, alcohol is readily available :)
 
I'm a doctor of Chinese Medicine & tinnitus is usually differentiated between high pitched (like a mosquito in your ear) & low pitched (like holding a sea shell up to your ear - a low pitched rustling sound). They mean different things in Chinese Med but usually the problem is easily resoulved with acupuncture or herbs. Interestingly it is not necessary to use needles around the ear; rather points are used on the limbs or torso depending on the practitioner's point selection.

Just my 2 cents - I've had some good success treating this prob - you definately don't have to live with it.
:)
 
If you do have Meniere's disease (or even other things), diet can have an effect on tinnitus. I think they recommend cutting down on salt? Plus, meditation and anything you can do to relieve stress.

I have constant low-level tinnitus that gets worse depending on my stress level/emotional well-being. In my case, a bit of therapy works wonders.
 
WyoD_S said:
I've had it so long I don't notice it most of the time anymore. When I do notice it, I turn on the radio or something to create some sort of background noise, eventually I concentrate on the music and the ringing fades into the background again.
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Yep, me too. It rarely bothers me, but I have my moments. I've had tinnitus for as long as I remember - it was only when I saw an item on it on telly as a teenager that I realised that not everyone had this experience. I use the radio A LOT. Generally speaking, I'm not good around silence - I listen to speech radio almost constantly when I'm home alone or out and about on my own. I used to always sleep with the radio on, but now that I share a bed, I've got used to sleeping in silence, though I have to make sure I'm dog tired first.

Coping with tinnitus is essentially a problem of focus. It's possible to divert your attention purely using meditation, but having background music or speech can make that task a lot easier and quicker. Maskers are suitable for some kinds of tinnitus, though have never appealed to me. You could ask your doctor about that if you think it might help.

Good luck!
 
I read that it can be caused by low testostrone. Sorry, no link. But try a search and if you can get labs done do it.

Good Luck
 
Damage to your hearing can cause this. I'm deaf, so that's why I have it. I've never tried meditation to control it but it sounds like an interesting method to try.

:nana:
 
EroticCuriosity said:
Damage to your hearing can cause this. I'm deaf, so that's why I have it. I've never tried meditation to control it but it sounds like an interesting method to try.

:nana:
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I also have an hereditary hearing loss in my left ear. Although tinnitus in conjunction with it is extremely rare, I have it. I have had tinnitus for almost 20 years now so you will get used to it. The only time I notice it now is when I am trying to sleep. Background noise will help in those instances. You don't necessary need a sound machine: I have one of those electronic pest repellents that gives off vibrations through the walls that drive the pests batty. I never hear it myself except when everything is quiet.


My tinnitus has also proved useful. I notice it gets faster and higher in pitch when I have a cold coming on. So I start with the ColdEasers right away.


While I inherited my deafness from my father, my mother was recently diagnosed with tinnitus. She is having a hard time coping and luckily I am able to help since I have had it so long.
 
I also have Meniere's Disease- cut back on sodium (salt) but also read the labels on your food, more things have lots of sodium than you would think.

I don't take it, but lots of people have had success with it- a product called Ring Stop... I have seen it at GNC, my local health shop. worth a try i would say!
 
Got it when I was qualifying on shotguns in the army. They didn't give us ear plugs when we fired. Most times I don't notice it since I'm concentrating om something else, but it is constant.
 
ccnyman said:
Got it when I was qualifying on shotguns in the army. They didn't give us ear plugs when we fired. Most times I don't notice it since I'm concentrating om something else, but it is constant.
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Yes, mine is constant too. It never stops and it hasn't stopped since I began to lose my hearing. After almost twenty years of ringing in my ear, I rarely notice it now. It's like my nose, my eyes, my toes...just a part of who I am.
 
Combine what Rosco Rathbone and phoenix said up there...there's a yogic breathing called bramari (sp?) which is supposed to settle the vibrations in your body and get you on the same frequency as the universe. It's helped with my dizzy spells.

Good luck.
 
Jeez I think you all have it a lot worse than I do. I expect I'll get used to it but I'll try the suggestions here. I'm wondering too if it's not my ears ringing but my head. Maybe it's something to do with my allergies. I had a hearing test and I'm fine. I saw and ENT specialist and he just said there's nothing he can do.

Just hearing about other people has helped. Maybe there's a support group in my area.

Thanks again everyone.
 
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I've had tinnitus since I was a little kid. So I'm going on year 40 something with it. I had good results with a white noise machine and later a clock radio in masking the noise when I was trying to sleep, but now I don't mind it at night at all. I do like to keep some kind of background noise going during that day though.

I will look into the Ring Stop from GNC, though I didn't find B vitamins helped. Meditation is a new one on me-I may try it.

I did have one sort of odd girl suggest that my tinnitus was spirits trying to reach out to me and if I figured out what they were saying it would stop...guess I'm just dumb-I don't seem to have figured it out yet!

Agi
 
human_male said:
Jeez I think you all have it a lot worse than I do. I expect I'll get used to it but I'll try the suggestions here. I'm wondering too if it's not my ears ringing but my head. Maybe it's something to do with my allergies. I had a hearing test and I'm fine. I saw and ENT specialist and he just said there's nothing he can do.

Just hearing about other people has helped. Maybe there's a support group in my area.

Thanks again everyone.
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Yes, it could be temporary. You may have water in your ears. Many think of that from swimming but you can get congestion in your ears during a cold as well. The best thing is to take a decongestant/antihistimine for about 3 or 4 days. Regularly. That will dry your ears out if that is the problem.
 
lindiana said:
Yes, it could be temporary. You may have water in your ears. Many think of that from swimming but you can get congestion in your ears during a cold as well. The best thing is to take a decongestant/antihistimine for about 3 or 4 days. Regularly. That will dry your ears out if that is the problem.
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Actually it's been like this for a few years, and I can think back to being a kid and noticing some noise when it was quiet. I can ignore it sometimes, and if I'm in a good mood it doesn't bother me as much. It's just the thought that it will be like this for the rest of my life.
 
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