Tinnitus/Jogging

[Maxi80]

Hey guys,

Strange one and maybe no correlation but since I’ve started jogging I’ve developed tinnitus.

It’s now constant. I get a kind of whooshing sound a bit like static in time with my heartbeat. It’s kind of annoying!!

Any other sufferers?

Any coping mechanisms greatly received!

Thanks

[Feltip Graduate]

Are you sure its not blood pressure? That can sound like a whooshing nice

[Maxi80 in reply to Feltip]

I suppose it could be. Is that bad being able to hear it?!

[Feltip Graduate in reply to Maxi80]

I have high blood pressure and when my medication was being adjusted I could at times hear a whooshing sound I was told that was contacted to blood pressure. You could have yours tested, a chemist can do that for you, I'm assuming they still can, it might just sound louder with head phones on. If it's a new issue I would always seek some help to find out what it is

[Maxi80 in reply to Feltip]

It appears a lot louder when I have my headphones in. Suppose I’ll have to learn to live with it.

[QuiltsC25K Graduate]

Yes I have tinnitus the rushing of the blood in my right ear and ringing in left. Unfortunately only CBT can help you channel your brain to distract yourself from it.

Music audio books help a lot. I find after a long time on computer it is worse.

[Maxi80 in reply to QuiltsC25K]

Sorry to hear that. Can you do CBT at home? As long as I tell my brain it’s fine then I’m hoping it will be less noticeable.

[nowster Graduate]

I've had mild tinnitus since 2003. Most of the time I can ignore it.

[Maxi80 in reply to nowster]

And when you can’t? Go for a run or punch yourself?

[Instructor57 Graduate]

I also have tinnitus,

It doesn't really bother me now unless I sit here and think about it .

Mostly I can just ignore it

[Maxi80 in reply to Instructor57]

That’s the thing. I’m actively listening out for it 🙈 Hopefully that’ll pass 🙏🏻

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Maxi80]

Yeah I'm not usually aware of it , but just now reading your post made me notice it, or sometimes lay quietly in bed I'm aware of it

[Maxi80 in reply to Instructor57]

Do you just zone out now?

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Maxi80]

I just don't pay any attention to it , mostly I just forget about it until it sometimes changes frequency, then I suddenly remember I have tinnitus 😂

[Jools2020 Graduate]

I have it, too. Especially when I wake up suddenly in the night. The first time it happened, I thought it sounded like an electric hum. I went round the whole house checking nothing was left on, even turning the fridge and freezer off then back on again, before I realised the noise was actually coming with me 😂. I hardly notice it at other times, and if it bothers me in the night, which it seldom does, I have the radio on really quietly.

[Maxi80 in reply to Jools2020]

I’ve done the same! Checking appliances when it was actually in my head. I think it’s bothering me a tad as there’s no escape. I’m sure I’ll get bored of it eventually. 🤞🏻

[Jools2020 Graduate in reply to Maxi80]

I only notice it if it’s really quiet, like in the middle of the night. And I forget about it most of the time anyway. You do get used to it.

[Elfe5 Graduate]

I hear a whooshing noise in time to my heartbeat when my hay fever/ nasal congestion is bad - apparently if you have fluid in your ears you can hear your heart beat. (I did get my blood pressure checked just in case because it can be a symptom of that.) I do deliberately work at ignoring it when it’s there. 😄

[Maxi80 in reply to Elfe5]

I’m trying to tell my brain that the pulsing whoosh is just the waves lapping! It ain’t working lol

[Feltip Graduate]

I've just read all the other comments and most people seem to think it is tinnitus. Hope you can learn to cope with it