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Hi folks a quick question I have tinnitus all day everyday drives me nuts sometimes I think it could be medication as I have had hearing test etc all ok I’m on Asprin Clopidogrel astorvastatin and Rampril any one else know if these cause tinnitus I have mentioned to doctor but they never seem to be bothered- Thanks in advance

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HenryTudor

Go onto the RNID website for information. The reason your doctor can’t help is that so little is known about it. Aspirin, caffeine, red wine, excessive noise, there is a long list of things people believe contribute towards tinnitus. The RNID have been researching for many years and offer advice on how to mitigate its effects.

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Unless you have had tinnitus no one knows how stressful mentally it is! Avoid loud noises,try to make brain think of something else,mine went away on its on after about a year,tinnitus association helpful. And breathe !

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Hi Tilly62, I'm sorry to hear you are suffering from tinnitus. I've had this condition 40 years and have a high pitched whistle in both ears. But I have learnt to live with it and it doesn't trouble me any more. I view it as engine noise as if I was a Rolls Royce car. I did attend a counselling session once where I was taught distraction techniques which may help. My best advice is to embrace the noises as part of you, your motorised engine noises. As I lie in bed typing this on my phone so I can hear the high whistling in my ears, especially if I FOCUS on the whistling BUT once I'm up and about and doing things or speaking with people then I don't "hear" the whistling at all.

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benjijen in reply toGreenthorn

I'm the same. Have had it some 40 years now, in both ears. I have to have noise 24/7 to distract me, radio or TV etc. I have pulsatile tinnitus in my left ear since my stents were put in but that isn't constantly. You become used to it

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Surreychica_1 in reply toGreenthorn

Excellent response. I have had it for the same amount of time and I was hysterical in the beginning but I now know that certain foods causes it to be worse so you do have a little bit of control over it, but like you I have learnt to live with it as there is no cure.

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Sootycat in reply toSurreychica_1

Hi thereMy husband has it since he was a child well toddler and beaten by his father for 14 years. I did not know food affected it. Please can you tell me what foods so I can help him. Thank you xxx

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Surreychica_1 in reply toSootycat

stress, anxiety and sleep deprivation are the biggest factors

Certain noises

Loud noises and noise-induced hearing loss

Certain medications

Supplements and vitamins

Dehydration

High sodium diet

High sugar diet

Caffeine

Nicotine (all forms)

Alcohol

Recreational drugs

Food sensitivities

Allergies

Pollution

Temporomandibular joint disorder

Specific changes in the weather or barometric pressure

Extensive air travel

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Tilly62 in reply toSootycat

Thank you x

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Dear Tilly62

The dreadful tinnitus, oh how I feel for you and the way the sounds wind their way into your very soul.

I really don’t know if the effects of the drugs that you are on can cause it or not.

I have suffered with it for years and like Greenthorn mine is also a high pitch whistle.

Mine was from when I had cancer treatment and tinnitus is a common side effect of one of the drugs used.

I was very lucky at the time that the hospital took interest in my condition and was offered many things to try, a bedside radio that emitted white noise, headphones that did the same.

These all worked, but unfortunately when you stop using them the tinnitus seemed ten times worse { it wasn’t , just seemed it } so I stopped using them.

In the end I learned to live with it and it became apart of me.

Hypnotherapy helped as well, I know , how very odd, but it helped.

Then role on the bypass and whatever I was given after waking up, maybe the remnants of the anaesthetic, my tinnitus had gone.

Over the next few days it returned.

I told the consultant about it but there was little interest, and who could blame him, he had just saved my life .

I hope there is an answer for you, the reasons for my post is to tell you that not only are you not alone , but also that you can live with this condition if you need to.

Take care

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Tilly62 in reply to

Thanks for replying everyone x Blue1958 I will try the white bounce see how I go I am trying to ignore it wish me luck 👍

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GGiraffe

Hi tilly62I have had tinnitus on & off over the years, but since my heart issues & medication it has got worse only in my left ear, hissing like a leaking hose pipe, I talked to heart nurse who said my medication wouldn’t effect the ears !! I expect you find it worse at night but the less you concentrate on it the better , I always listen to music when I go to bed & put it on sleep that seems to help, hope things gets better for you very soon

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Tilly62 in reply toGGiraffe

I am going to try the music at night see if it helps x thank you 😊

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Petercat1 in reply toTilly62

I have had tinnitus for some years on one side, but after my op for aortic dissection I read on the information leaflet with one of my tablets I was given, bisoprolol (I think it was)or maybe Lansoprazole that one of the rarer side effects of it is ringing in the ears!Mine is usually worse when I just wake up.

I'm lucky as mine is bearable for now.

Best wishes

Denise

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HenryTudor

Further to my initial post. I’ve had tinnitus for many years. Per the other replies, no one can put a finger on any one thing that brought it on and it almost seems unique to each sufferer. There are ways though that you can mitigate it, as everyone has mentioned.

On my part it comes and goes. I have the common ringing. I suffered most when I had a stressful job and didn’t sleep well. I’m now retired so don’t have job related stress. But I do still suffer from occasional anxiety (health and family?) and if I’m tired from not sleeping well the tinnitus starts. I’ve slept well the last two nights and have woken free of the ringing.

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Tilly62 in reply toHenryTudor

Thanks for reply mine seems louder when I dont sleep as well I will try a few different recommendations and fingers crossed x

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Mirador19

Good morning Tilly62.I am so glad I have read this post and all the replies, I suffer with a high pitched continuous noise in my ears and have had it for a few years. I don't get to stressed about it but some days I must admit I am less tolerant of it. I've also wondered if it is any one of the pills I am taking. I never had the courage to mention it or even talk about it but your post has lots of replies that have also helped me. so Thank you and and all the people that have replied, that is why this is such a good site.

Joan x

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Tilly62 in reply toMirador19

Hi thanks for reply yes it get me down doday I try to ignore it but it’s hard x

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HenryTudor

As mentioned by GG I also listen to music a lot. I have a wireless music setup with Classic FM playing in most rooms throughout the day (not loud, just background) and I go to sleep listening to music.

I used to think it was caffeine, then decided it was just arabica beans and robusta were ok. Caffeine is believed to be good for your heart, so I now have up to four shots every day of arabica beans with no apparent link to the tinnitus. Weird.

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Tilly62 in reply toHenryTudor

Thank you x

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Retirement65

Hello tilly so sorry you have this dreadful annoying awful problem I say all this and I don’t suffer with it but my husband does it’s distressing when you can’t offer a solution I think like everybody has suggested it’s a case of living with it and hopefully some of the techniques suggested help some people thank you to everybody who has replied to your message there are a couple of things we will try take care hope you get some respite soon same to everybody else 😊xx

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Tilly62 in reply toRetirement65

Hi yeh hope it helps some people I am going to read up on a few suggestions x a thanks 🙏 to everyone for their helpful advice you are all so kind x

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JohnHosta

Hi Tilly62,I seem to have developed tinnitus over the last few years and I’m sure it is linked with taking prescribed medication. My tinnitus developed about 3 to 4 months after I started taking Bisoprolol and I can only describe it as a constant high pitched buzz in both ears. As I write I’m fully aware of it being there, but as in most of your other replies once I go about my daily life I seem to forget it’s there. I have parked my problem at this moment in time and accept this “side affect” as fairly irritating, but not really a problem compared to more serious health issues. Good luck in finding a solution.

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Tilly62 in reply toJohnHosta

Thank you

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Jlbrown

Hi Tilly sorry to hear you are suffering with tinnitus. My husband has lived with this condition for years and is a lead guitarist in a band so it doesn’t stop you living, just learning how to live with it. He has to have background noise on to distract him e.g listening to podcasts when he goes to bed or having the tv or music on during the day. Hope you manage it ok & get some good coping strategies 😊.

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Tilly62 in reply toJlbrown

Thank you 🙏 x

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Purple_1963

Hi I don't hear those kinds of sounds I hear my heart beat in ears even when heart isn't racing

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That's normal as far as I know.

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Really it's scares me to death x

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As far as I know yes, I hear it quiet often myself and I'm ok.

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OK

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Tilly62 in reply toPurple_1963

I can hear my heartbeat sometimes in my ears I’m ok with that Just the ringing I’m trying different things now x

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Partner20 in reply toPurple_1963

That actually sounds like pulsatile tinnitus, which I have in addition to standard tinnitus noises. Nothing to be worried about.

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Tilly62 in reply toPurple_1963

Thanks for replying x

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Lupaal

I have terrible tinnitus but it started before I was on any meds.

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Mentdent

Doubt it it’s the medication

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Buzzy-Beans

As the expression goes "tell me about it"!

I have been suffering with Tinnitus for 25 or so years, some days are good but most are bad and I have researched most avenues and it appears there is not enough known about the condition for any remedial actions having any kind of success, so I have simply had to learn to live with it.

Currently I am on10 different heart and lung medications on a daily basis and none of them appear to make my Tinnitus either better or worse, and my wife who isn't on many meds has been suffering with this damnable noise for 30+ years is in exactly the same boat. It is oh so annoying, but we have learned to live with it.

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Tilly62 in reply toBuzzy-Beans

Thank you I x

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Lilypond39

Hi Tilly, I am the same . I take Clopidogrel and Aspirin . I have high pitched whistling in my ears.Like you it drives me mad.

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Tilly62 in reply toLilypond39

I know tryingTo train my brain to ignore it x

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Maglynne007

Hi. I too have very bad tinnitus. I believe stress caused mine. Like everyone I’ve learned to live with it. To myself it’s caused a degree of deafness in both ears which I wasn’t really aware of but my husband pointed out that I don’t hear half what he’s saying and that I have the TV on too high. When I had a chat about my hearing problem with my GP he referred me to audiology. Which resulted in my being given 2 hearing aids. The audiologist advised that my tinnitus should improve also by my wearing of hearing aids. Which it did. Over this last 2 years I haven’t wore my hearing aids much because of Mask wearing due to Covid but when I feel my tinnitus is really bad I wear them for the day and my tinnitus seems to subdue.

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MountainGoat52

My tinnitus started when I had my heart attack and was put on medication. As well as the high pitched whistle, I get two other effects. There is a low frequency hum which is particularly annoying when I am trying to get to sleep and a mid range noise which sounds a bit like water running through central heating pipework. The mid range noise comes and goes and is worse when I am tired. All in all quite a complex set of noises which I find particularly annoying when I stand on top of a remote hill trying to enjoy the silence. I would love to hear nothing, but it is what it is. I just hope that I never become deaf as these noises would become all the more present without any background noise.

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Tilly62 in reply toMountainGoat52

Thank you x

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Petercat1 in reply toMountainGoat52

Hi.I get two different noises with my tinnitus, a high pitch buzzing and a low humming sound. Luckily when I get into my daily chores I am not aware of the noises so much. It is really annoying - they say white noise is good to mask it.

Best wishes

Denise

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Tilly62 in reply toPetercat1

Thanks for reply x

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ETHEL103

Hi Tilly.My tinnitus started exactly a few days after taking Statins 15 years ago.Got loads worse since verapimil so I guess it's medicine induced.Doctors can't do much although sympathetic there's no magic cure.There is a tinnitus support group if you Google it.Good luck .

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Tilly62 in reply toETHEL103

Thank you for reply x

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CretanBob

Hi there. This is a long shot - but I think mine is caused by pain. I have an problem with my cervicle cord and nerve impingement. I have a high pain threshold and didn't know about the condition, until very late, but it improved after surgery. Like others have said, lots of stuff they don't know about cause - this is just part of my story. Good luck.

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Tilly62 in reply toCretanBob

Thank you x

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Row5

Hi, I also have tinnitus, it started last May when I got my pacemaker, I also take 20 mg astorvastatin . I am going to the audiology department this month, I’m blaming my pacemaker but it could be the medication. The buzzing is very annoying but It’s better than fainting. Hope your doctor offers you help soon.

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Tilly62 in reply toRow5

Thank you

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DaveSpice

Doctors are trained and kept informed by phamacutical companies and they don't have a drug for it, so look at Youtube and try a few things. It is (mild) brain disorder, often induced by stress, so the fact that it is "driving you mad" is at least a contributing cause.

Tackling your stress is likely to help, my wife does an ear massage and that helps, but it isn't something that goes away quickly, so you need to keep trying, maybe different exercises.

There are quite a few calming technique articles on youtube which will help.

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Tilly62 in reply toDaveSpice

Thank you 🙏 x

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MilkfairyHeart Star in reply toDaveSpice

'Doctors are trained and kept informed by phamacutical companies'

Doctors are trained to the standards set by the General Medical Council in the UK.

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DaveSpice in reply toMilkfairy

Look again to see who finances the all medical schools and also the most of the medical journals like The Lancet. "He who pays the piper calls the tune." Then look at how many drugs are massively overprescribed. Then wake up and smell the coffee. You could also look at where influential organisations like the WHO get their money.

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MilkfairyHeart Star in reply toDaveSpice

Medical training is financed by the government.

hee.nhs.uk/

Are you suggesting that every doctor, nurse, midwife, allied health professional does not act with integrity or put their patients first?

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DaveSpice in reply toMilkfairy

1.The bulk of the money comes from big pharma who know they will sell more product..and they clearly do. 2. No I didn't say that at all and that sound like you are making mischief.

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MilkfairyHeart Star in reply toDaveSpice

I make no mischief.

Can you please provide the evidence to support your statements about big pharma?

"Doctors are trained and kept informed by phamacutical companies"

"Look again to see who finances the all medical schools and also the most of the medical journals like The Lancet. "He who pays the piper calls the tune." Then look at how many drugs are massively overprescribed. Then wake up and smell the coffee. You could also look at where influential organisations like the WHO get their money."

The WHO receives much of it's income from the countries who are members of the organisation.

who.int/about/funding

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DaveSpice in reply toMilkfairy

Enough, I know your record! If you want information, go find it. When you do you will see the second largest contributor to the WHO, next to the US government is Bill Gates, a man with some very bad motives. End of discussion.

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MilkfairyHeart Star in reply toDaveSpice

Asking for supporting evidence gives context to opinions.

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DaveSpice in reply toMilkfairy

A lot of people have warned me about you and a coule of others on this forum. I joined this forum to help and learn from others, not to get involved in this rubbish. I gave to an example of how the WHO is financed, did you check that? No, of course not... My last word to you..on any subject.

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MilkfairyHeart Star in reply toDaveSpice

Yes, I did.

Please do not shoot the messenger rather than the message.

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Dustjacket1

Hi Tilly,My tinnitus started on August 6th 2021! The day after a failed stent insertion. I have since had a triple bypass but the tinnitus continues😱, I am on Aspirin, Clopidogrel, Bisoprolol and high dose Atorvastin. The Cardiologist said it was nothing to do with my Angioplasty. I am learning to live with it and see it as a small price to pay to still be here!

I hope your symptoms improve or you can learn to block it out,

Regards,

Dave

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Tilly62 in reply toDustjacket1

Thank you x

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Joliv61

Hi I’ve suffered from tinnitus for years now. It’s a constant hissing noise but have got used to it. At night I have a rainstorm playing on my Alexa, to have as a bit of background noise to help sleep, couldn’t get used to sleeping to music.

Had this before most of the heart meds although I was on some for high bp at the time. Never had an association of it with the meds though.

Hopefully yours will go.

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Tilly62 in reply toJoliv61

Thank you x

Hi henry I started with tinnitus last nov after my stents had been on all med u mentioned except rampiril. I use nebivolol anyways it has not subsided but worst now but there is no cure or remedy but to bear with it and pretend its not there try ignoring it like wearing a tight shoe which bothers. If you think about it you feel it train your mind to ignore it and you would feel a bit better as far as science is concerned No known cure so why to think about it when you can't control it. Good luck

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Thank you x

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Yellow_star

Hi Tilly62

I’m 47 and had Covid last year, this was when Tinnitus started for me. Constant buzzing and hissing in my right ear, I’ve accepted it’s permanent. Honestly it’s all in how you handle it. I know it’s easier said than done but if you just accept it’s going to be there and it is doing you no harm, you will stop hearing it. We all lead busy lives, when you just focus on day to day life & ongoings, you won’t hear it, and if you do just accept. Nighttime used to be hard but I started picturing it like the sound of an ocean…just helped me drop off. Best advice…embrace it xx

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Judithdalston

Just a quick note…tinnitus can associated with low B12. I remember my Mum having tinnitus and it drove her to distraction,30 years ago.

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Tilly62 in reply toJudithdalston

Thank you just had my bloods done this week so that’s something to look at x

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Judithdalston in reply toTilly62

Just be aware doctor’s ‘good/ in range’ might not be good enough for you…optimal for you might be high in range. If you decide to supplement B12, also add a good mixed b complex including folate etc etc to balance things out. I never knew about this when my Mum was having trouble with tinnitus, but I supplement to higher in range across mins/vits now myself to ‘ward off’ such things as I am prone to them with hypothyroidism. Good luck.

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Tilly62 in reply toJudithdalston

Thank you x

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marigoldb

Hi Tilly62, I am also one of the group above with permanent tinnitus. Had it for years, I do know if I am upset about anything or anxious, it gets worse. I like others, have learned to live with it, and do put the radio on at night when I can’t get to sleep. Do hope some of the many comments here have been helpful and reassuring that you are not alone. Best wishes x

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Tilly62 in reply tomarigoldb

Thank you 🙏 x

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Mazatectribe

Hi I sympathise with you. I’ve had it for years but just getting over covid and seems to have got worse. I try and surround myself with some sort of noise or if in bed I’ll read before I try and drop off but as I’m a bad sleeper which doesn’t help it can be very frustrating.

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reidmar

Hi Tilly, like previous responses a background noise seems to help, (I also use music to go to sleep to) , during the day if I can't have background noise going (radio/tv) I tend to hum to myself which drives my better half mad at times but hey-ho what's a person to do.🙄. Hope you learn to live with it soon as its rare for it to go away so little is known about it.

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Tilly62 in reply toreidmar

So many people suffer from it it’s a strange one x thanks for reply x

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SaxBox

Hi I have had tinnitus for about 10 years ,very annoying, and this in part was due to a gradual hearing loss. Have you had your ears tested. I was offered hearing aids and these helped as digital aids can be tailored to your requirements. Hope it helps

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Tilly62 in reply toSaxBox

Yes hearing tests were fine x thanks for reply x

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Costablanca

Mine was brought on by Trazodone. How I wish I was never prescribed this drug. It has been a nightmare to get off it too. I pray the tinnitus will go when I'm off it but fear it might be permanent. I'm so angry about it.

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Tilly62 in reply toCostablanca

Hope you get it sorted it can get you down x

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Assiya

Once I ate a non dairy yoghurt perhaps almond yoghurt and whole took forst bite or so my left ears sound took hearavly off...sound got suddenly lower

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Tilly62 in reply toAssiya

Thanks for reply x

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Bladerun

Hi Tilly. Just noticed this in my inbox! I’ve been on 2.5 mg of ramipril sine 2018 and have had tinnitus ever since! Talked to my GP in 2019 about the tinnitus and she suggested my ears needed syringing haha. I mentioned it several times during BP checks and was met with a blank stare! Gave up and live with it! Would be fantastic if it would stop as it’s 24/7 but GP not interested

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Tilly62 in reply toBladerun

I know I even went and got mine syringed just to try it never worked still ringing - I live in hope one day - good luck with yours x

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Cyclemaster

Tinnitus is a side effect of atorvastatin unfortunately, I know because I developed tinnitus approximately 5 years ago completely out of the blue 3 weeks after starting atorvastatin , I was on no other medication , I awoke one morning to an horrendous static noise , it has lowered in volume over the years and I’ve habituated to it so it rarely bothers me now but I was told that it is permanent. Tinnitus talk is a good forum to sign up to helped me out 5 years ago

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MumaLines

Hi Henry

If I were you I would go and talk to your pharmacist. They are the pro’s when it comes to medications

Mine is fantastic and has helped where my GP would just say I’m not sure.

You might just find the answer to your problem. I’m going to now as I have been getting ringing/whooshing noises and you have alerted me that it could be one of my meds.

Good luck & thank you 👍

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Tilly62

Thanks you for reply x

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Prada47

Noticed no one has said it can just go away !! I wonder how many people have had it, and it just disappears. I think you may be surprised at the answers.

Regards

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Tilly62 in reply toPrada47

Hopefully it’s been 19 months now 👍

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Prada47 in reply toTilly62

Hi Mine stopped after bypass surgery, when I saw an ENT Consultant at a Private Clinic he said it was possibly Cardiac related, turns out he was probably right !!!

Hope it's fixed soon.

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chickeninthewood

Helichrysum essential oil in a roller bottle diluted with carrier oil. Roll it on the bone behind your eardrum down to your neck three times a day. Google it and you will see some amazing results. "Helichrysum essential oil is considered to be the most beneficial essential oil when it comes to treating tinnitus. This oil is known to repair blood vessels and nerves. What's more, it also reduces inflammation. Using helichrysum to treat tinnitus will facilitate the drainage of excess fluids and relieve pressure.8 Feb 2019"

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Tilly62 in reply tochickeninthewood

Thanks you I will definitely give it a try xx

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