Hello. I am from Russia and i am 24 years old. In the middle of last month I woke up to a sudden noise in my right ear. The noise was like a high-frequency ringing and I couldn't even hear my own thoughts because it was so loud. I was afraid that something serious had happened to my ear and early in the morning I went to the doctor, who said that outwardly there was everything alright with the ear and referred me to a surdologist. The surdologist said that the ears are completely fine. They are healthy. The audiogram showed that I hear almost perfectly. By the way, the blood test showed that everything is ok. So, I was referred to a neurologist. Neurologist said to me, that i need to drink mexidol and vinpocetine for a month.
You know, from the middle of the november to this day, i had a lot of days of insomnia, because the ringing grew louder. In fact i couldn't even to establish what causes this to occur.. I tried not to do sports or vice versa to do it, to go to the sauna or not to go. I tried everything, but somehow the ringing sometimes becomes quieter for reasons I don't understand.
I am a healthy young man, I have been doing sports (health-improving) all my life. I definitely haven't been stressed for over a year. I eat well and I don't have any problems at home or at school. I am absolutely sure that the ringing could not have been caused by stress, because there is no stress. Also I didn't listen to loud music with headphones and didn't wear them often.
All that bothers me besides ringing is that my blood pressure periodically rises due to the weather to 130-140 (my normal blood pressure is 120/70) and my neck often becomes numb.
So, please help me if any of you also encountered this at a young age.
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It's certainly good that most of the medical conditions which are linked to tinnitus have been ruled out by your doctors.
The only thing that I can observe as a layperson is that you've mentioned not feeling any stress, but also earlier in the post, you mention that you have not been under any stress for over a year.
There's a bit of a mixed message in that you're adamant that you are not stressed (which, by the way, is something that people who are having stress issues often will be certain about) but you're also experiencing insomnia, intrusive tinnitus and mention having infrequent blood pressure increases which would potentially put you in the category of being at risk of hypertension/high blood pressure - nhs.uk/conditions/high-bloo....
From our point of view at the BTA, we recommend having a good pre-sleep routine if you're having difficulties with getting the rest that you need. You can read our guide here - tinnitus.org.uk/tinnitus-an....
Thank you for your attention. As for sleep, I started falling asleep much better by buying an orthopedic pillow, as well as drinking relaxing herbal drops before going to bed. I was consulted by specialists dealing with ear problems and they said to me that I hear "subjective" noise.
Ah, I forgot to mention one important point: on the night from Saturday to Sunday, when I went to bed, when I changed my body position from vertical to horizontal, I heard a very strong ringing in my left ear (healthy) it's like a firecracker exploded nearby. The noise passed after a couple of minutes, this did not happen to the left ear anymore.
I live in a city where not exactly good doctors work, so I would rather trust your opinion: please tell me the tests or procedures that will help to determine the cause of the noise or, at best, how to get rid of this noise.
I think that the specialists who advised you that are hearing 'subjective' noise are correct - that's a good definition of what tinnitus is for many people who experience it. It's not the most helpful of diagnoses, but it is accurate.
You may not be able to pin down an exact cause of your tinnitus, particularly if your hearing tests show good results and the physical examination of your ears doesn't indicate any obvious problems.
It's probably worth saying at this point that we think of tinnitus as being a symptom or set of symptoms, rather than an illness. That can make diagnosis difficult - I speak to many people who consider the cause of their tinnitus as something that they can live with, but view the symptom of tinnitus as much more of a problem.
One thing that I did notice from your original post is that you tagged it with 'Occupational Back Problems'. There is a condition called somatosensory tinnitus which has a great deal to do with the spine and how manipulation of the neck can sometimes alter the pitch or intensity of tinnitus. You can read about it on our website - tinnitus.org.uk/somatic-som....
Following this route of investigation may be helpful.
Hello Joe182. I would add to and reinforce what BTAPat has written.I'm guessing from what you say that you are concerned that tinnitus is not normal at your age when you are in good health - I can reassure you that tinnitus often does start in your teens. Often it is not possible to judge what the cause is - it just happens.
Do read the website of the British Tinnitus Association, as Pat has said, which has lots of good information.
I concur with Pat and Happyrosie, Tinnitus effects all age groups. If you search the forum in relation to sleep you'll find lots of useful tips folks use to help sleep with their Tinnitus.
For some there is an external reason or underlying condition that can causes Tinnitus but for a lot of us we will never know why we get the condition.
I know your have seen a neurologist but have you had a diagnosis of Tinnitus from any of the health professionals you have seen? Here in the UK we would usually see an ENT (Ear Nose and Throat) Consultant who could give us a diagnosis. It may be worth looking at the BTA's Take on Tinnitus page as lots of useful information there and I found it very useful when I first got Tinnitus takeontinnitus.co.uk/#home
The BTA also have a young persons (18-30) online support group for those with Tinnitus which may prove useful eventbrite.co.uk/e/tinnitus...
Unfortunately tinnitus is one of those things that is ideopathic much of the time - no known cause. I got tinnitus about 20 plus years ago, and I also had uniltateral hearing loss, but no known cause. It seems that at some time someone also tells you it 'must have been a virus' which basically means they're baffled. It can be very intrusive but there are things you can do as suggested in the other replies. Hopefully it will get to a much more manageable place. I have found that getting a good night's sleep is really helpful - my tinnitus gets worse as the day goes on, moving from what I call 'straight line' to pulsatile. The pulsatile is often delayed if I have slept really well the night before. Good luck.
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