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Ear conditions

I need help with my tinnitus anxiety and depression

Seven weeks ago, I woke up with a whooshing sound in my right ear, perfectly in sync with my heartbeat. A few days later, I was diagnosed with an inner ear infection in the same ear. I was prescribed antibiotics to treat the infection, but the whooshing noise—now diagnosed as pulsatile tinnitus (PT)—

I suffer with fairly bad tinnitus the audiologist today said I would benefit with hearing aids as I have hearing loss. I read from a recent post that their hearing aids caused tinnitus to go worse. I think I have reactive tinnitus which I mentioned to her. I don’t want this noise going louder but

I’m a 65 year old women with good health and 16months ago I woke up with tinnitus loud hissing in both ears. I saw 2 ENT consultants privately . Paid for a MRI and also had a CT scan . no one found anything ! I was told I have tinnitus and have to live with it. I also had 2 hearing tests and was told

We all know tinnitus and anxiety is a vicious and perpetuating circle. Add insomnia as tinnitus keeps you awake, as it's most prevalent at night. I've suffered since 1994. For my anxiety, I was prescribed Diazepam 5mg x 3 a day for anxiety and it doesn't take the tinnitus away, but it significantly

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New case of ear ringing, I was wondering if anyone can advise. About 3 weeks ago I had a soft ringing in my ear. Assumed it was wax so cleared it out with 5 days of Otex treatment. The ear did get a bit sore and I foolishly put a cotton bud in. The ringing is now really persistent and varies in pitch

I have been using flecainide as PIP to stop afib episodes. So far it is working. But could propafenone be used in a similar fashion since they are similar. Has anyone ever done this

Hi. I am asking for advice on behalf of a family member who is going through a terrible time. Approx 12 weeks ago they had a ptoblem in one ear, deafness....this then resulted in tinnitus. They have had scans, numerous GP appt & seen a consultant who offered little in the way of pragmatic help or

I was diagnosed in January with PMR: text book symptoms. Now down to 5mg and doing well. The query about sudden onset hearing loss took me back a good few years. In 1998 I had an episode of sudden onset hearing loss with associated tinnitus and hyperacusis. Was referred to ENT who said I qualified

Good morning all, I’m afraid I’m in quite a state about my T. I’ve had it over 18 months. Sudden onset, no hearing loss. Others who have seen my past posts will know better how I think I got the T. I do have it 24/7. However, 5 weeks ago I noticed the T get a lot worse. I haven’t been ill ior anything

It's been a long and winding road! Probably first noticed the T about 2.5 years ago, after a particularly loud gig. Bearing in mind my gigs are generally solo affairs in OAP care homes. This was a SEND day centre with more of a 'party' vibe. I pushed it. Afterwards ears were ringing quite a bit and

I have never posted on a forum before and steer clear of social media but let I need to this time. So my story with tinnitus started about 3.5months ago. I kept getting a sore throat and would wake up with tinnitus in the middle of night (not every night) for about 5 minutes and would go. Then at the

I wondered if others have had any experience of sudden onset hearing loss (right side), facial numbness right side, blurred vision right eye, ice cold at back of right eye, ice cold deep inside right ear, numbness across top of right side of head, very, very, very slight headache right temple. ENT thought

Hi, For any sufferers who haven't tried it, I recommend it. In summer I had god awful tinnitus and hyperacusis come on, hard, for a couple of weeks. Came across magnesium, took nutrition geeks magnesium glycinate 3-in-1, and it was gone after two doses. Not going to work for everyone. Stress is a big

Happy new year folks ! I was wondering if anyone can help . I switched to vencamil 100 mcg a few months ago and was feeling great . My last blood results were 4.79 time before that 0.89 . The past 10 days i have been overheating and have had headaches and earache . I was prescribed antibiotics for sinusitis

I am reaching out again to you wonderful people. I am trying to resolve a few issues about digoxin. I take 75 mg propafenone 2 x daily (I couldn't tolerate a whole tablet of 150 2 x daily so this was halved) I also take .125 digoxin 1 x daily. I am wondering if the digoxin can be reduced in half because

I’m Kayla, I am very new to this, November I realized that I had a sound in my ears particularly in my left. Like a hissing sound with a high pitch ring that kind of reacts to some outside sound . But now I have fixated so much on the sound that I feel like it’s filling my head. I have developed anxiety

I've had T for just over a week now. Woke up one morning to find a constant hissing in my ears which has continued ever since. The first 3 or 4 days really had me depressed probably because I couldn't stop focusing on the hissing. My wife says I tend to do that with things.I am on BP tablets, lowest

Hi I haven’t been diagnosed with fybro, but get a lot of the symptoms. I was wondering if anyone suffers with shooting pains in their head & general headaches. Also tinnitus? and itchy ears? TIA. Happy Christmas & best wishes for 2025.