Does it get worse

[LavendarHoney]

Hi, I have had Tinnitus my whole life or at least as long as I can remember. I didn't realise that it wasnt normal until a few years ago. I am not sure how I ended up with it, my up bring was very stressful and my mother would often give me high stress painkillers to keep me quiet. I have read some research that suggests that stress and painkillers can cause Tinnitus, so I beleive that to be the cause as I have never been one for loud enviroments.

I did see an ENT about it but they were no use to me at all. All they could advise was, that nothing sinister like a brain tumour was causing the tinnitus and I pass hearing tests.

I am lucky in that most of time my tinnitus doesnt bother me, except when I sleep where I have to have white noise on to drawned it out. I found during lockdown that I became more aware of my tinnitus and it started to bother me more. I also found that I have started to have multiply different ringing sounds rather than just the one. The multiply ringing nosies arent all the time they come and go and mostly I just have the one.

My concern is that as I get older the tinnitus will get worse, does anyone know if there research on tinnitus as you age? Does anyone know if someone who has had tinnitus there whole life could be cured?

Thank you

[Happyrosie]

any research that’s available, LavendarHoney (what a lovely name) is collected by Tinnitus UK, the charity so do go to their website for more insight.

The thing about T is that it’s unpredictable. I can predict that if I’m unwell it will be louder. or if I take a coach or plane then when it’s quiet again the T will increase to compensate for the noise that the brain is expecting.

For me, it’s just part of life and a good deal better than having, for example, multiple sclerosis

[Ana20]

Hi! I’ve had T for about 17 years. It got worse 6 years ago, when above the usual noise, a strange noise appeared in my left ear. It was gone after one year and a half. I took a lot of Betaserc - antihistamine.

Then the noises from the ears started to spread all over the head.

The ENT gave me Betaserc in the morning, and 2 other brain and ear blood circulation medicines: Sermione( at noon) and Stugerone ( in the evening). I feel much better. I can hear the noises only in the ears. So probably as you grow older the whole blood circulation gets worse. I’ ve had problems with it since I was younger(varicose veins).

Simetimes a Keep a journal and give marks to T intensity.

I ‘ ve noticed that there is a close correlation between T intensity and the weather changes. I have a bad cervical spondilosis.

No other chance for us but to go on “loving” out darling T. 🥰

Good health!

[Johngee40]

Hi I have had t a lot of years aswell I have damage at a very high pitch in left ear I get hearing tests every year with my job so at 40 my hearing is now classed as normal for my age but before it was ent my hearing has stayed the same since t began the only thing I have ever used is white noise device to bring down spikes I have learnt to just except it there's a lot of worse diseases out there I know that doesn't help people's feelings going through there own t but it does get easier for me I would be worried it stopped waiting for it to come back would be worse exceptance is so important trying to let it just become a part of you and not to worry about it .

[doglover1973 in reply to Johngee40]

Good point John. I hadn't thought of it like that before. If my T went away I'd be waiting for it to come back too. Acceptance is the way to go - as you say.

[doglover1973]

Hi LH. I've had T for 13 years - only troublesome for 3 years. It's got worse with non age related hearing loss and it spikes with stress. T may or may not get worse. One thing I've learned is we're very adaptable as human beings. Whatever happens I know I'll cope with it now. You will too.

[Hidden]

Hi,

I am comforted by reading all the comments on here which is the support I need right now. I have had T for a month and am 63. Its encouraged me to not let T get the better of me and while it can be debilitating, stressful I will do my best to manage it just as many of you all have for far longer than I have. I am glad that I have joined this support site and community.🥰

[Kellythecat-74]

when I first got my T, I was talking to my son about it. I remember as a child he used to say "what's that noise" and I would say "what noise" It appears that he thought it was normal. It doesn't bother him, he once said he quite liked it. !!! Guess its only a soft sound. It never got worse and he's in his 30s now.

[Persevere99]

Hi lavendarhoney

I took benzos to get to sleep for very many years because of the T, as I was very self absorbed about it. Didn’t think about anything else. Monitoring it constantly.

Then, 5 years ago, I started thinking more about others’ far worse problems, and slowly, the rating I gave the T started dropping and my own T anxiety came down, to the point where I finally didn’t need benzos anymore.

So, for me, it’s not the T itself, but how I rate it. So, from 50 when I needed benzos, I now rate it at 0.

As, it’s nothing ………….. compared to what others are going through.

Please read my own T post for more detail

All the best

Persevere