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[Whooshingmedown]

it’s been months now I have been suffering with fullness in my ear and the most annoying whooshing sound. Google tells me if it sounds like my heart beating to seek urgent medical advice. I have been to see ENT and they scoped my nasal cavity and I had a hearing test and pressure test done in audiology. Well the ENT doctor basically told me to just wait and see if it goes. Months down the line it’s still there. It’s affecting my sleep so bad. My mood. I listen to rain sounds to drown it out. Has anyone seen a difference after taking medication for anxiety?

[vincentchan]

I just wonder even we accept the sound would the fullness ear or strange feeling in head like keep sending neuro siganal would cease

[Happyrosie]

I don’t take medication for anxiety myself but over the years I’ve been on this site many people have mentioned it.

As far as I can make out from these posts and the replies, sometimes it helps one person and. To another, and you may have to try more than one.

Please, if you haven’t already done so, have a look at the website of Tinnitus UK where you will find lots of information

[RKAUF]

Hi, I run a Tinnitus Support Group in North London. People who are prone to being anxious seem to be more susceptible to getting tinnitus. I haven't heard of medication for anxiety making T worse. You might find more information on that via this link to available treatments: tinnitus.org.uk/tinnitus-tr...

[PTNewbie]

I use a combination of sound therapy (brown noise low frequency), CBT, bone conduction ear phones (recently discovered a neck fan masks pulsatile tinnitus) and anxiety meds (not prescribed for tinnitus, but helps). I was at a crisis point a couple of months ago after living with this for years and getting progressively worse. CBT is probably the best option there’s an app called oto which I’ve found the best, really helped bring me back from crisis. The more you focus on it the more it becomes distressing. There are some moments / hours even when I don’t even notice despite it being there 24/7. That’s not because it’s gone away it’s because I’m not giving it all my attention. It’s not easy to break out of but it is possible and there is hope / relief x

[PTNewbie]

Oh and Google doesn’t help with anxiety ever. This is coming from someone who has been down those rabbit holes and lived with anxiety for all my life. Your amygdala (part of the brain that deals with danger) will fire up when you read scary stuff (and because you’re already anxious you’ll have a negativity bias where you search out and land on the bad always). This just increases anxiety because the brain is trying to protect you from perceived danger (and our bodies react physically too). So stick with the real doctors and if they’ve investigated and tell you it’s nothing to worry about and to wait to see try and trust that and work through coping strategies x