Moved to the other side.

[19marv19]

An update on previous post. Last one 3months ago.Well I still have what I would consider severe Tinnitus.

What has changed? Well after the T being loudest in my left ear for about 4 months it has decided to sing it's song to a magnified degree primarily in my right ear now. It is still in my left too, though dwarfed by the volume of the right.

I did think it quite loud before, how wrong I was!

It used to be the case that if I went outside, especially on a bike ride the sound of the T would be almost unnoticeable, this is not the case now.

Even on a windy bike ride the T is extremely loud. It's ever present.

I still find myself occasionally on pause mode, just listening to it. But it has changed the way I approach day to day tasks. I tend to just focus on the task in hand now, completing each one in turn.

This is a bit of a positive as I used to often get overwhelmed as I suffer with anxiety too, too many problems all at once tended to make me feel a bit panic blind. This has subdued somewhat and I think that is thanks to the T my constant companion.

Always there, always there.

I am on a list to see my ENT specialist, though there is a 17 week wait. Should be around Christmas. I'll keep you updated. 🙂

[Yoga62]

Hi there, sorry to hear your T has gone from one ear to the next, that’s exactly what happened to me, I had severe tinnitus in my right ear for years then suddenly for no reason it went to my left ear just as loud, so now both ears are roaring and have been for as long as I can remember.

You are doing the right thing by keeping busy, I fill my day up so as not to notice as much although I am aware it’s always there.

Good luck with your ENT appt.

Best wishes.

[19marv19 in reply to Yoga62]

Thank you for your reply and support Yoga62. 🙂

[Rustreloaded]

I hope your ENT appointment comes more quickly than you expect, if you are able to attend at short notice and get to the hospital quickly it's worth ringing them and telling them that you can be there in x time if they have a cancellation, that's worked on occasion. Re the changing sides thing, that happens to me occasionally; when I first had T it sounded like it was in the middle of my head but over time it "settled" in my left ear but occasionally I get a weird whooshing sound rather than the usual high pitched tone and for a while the T shifts to my right ear although this only seems to last for five minutes or so before finding its way back to its previous position. The whooshing sound is accompanied by a feeling of loss of balance.

[19marv19 in reply to Rustreloaded]

Yeah, I do get some other sounds and variations too, but mostly just the continued extremely loud whistling.Thank you for your reply and support Rustre. 🙂

[1966366]

Hiya Marv, my T started at the bottom noise level in my left ear; then it's just gone off berserk in and around my right ear, and now I have a full head of blizzard and snowstorm sounds combined with loud wailing. I also have an intermittent sensation of pressure and fullness in my left ear, which is the "better" one of the two, but never - so far so good lol! - my right ear. And like you, when I go cycling I still hear the T despite the weather conditions. And also like you, it has most definitely changed the way I now approach life. All the very best to you on this 'journey '.

[19marv19 in reply to 1966366]

That sounds like a crazy lot going on, thank you for your reply and support.I do getting other different sounds too.

Some cameos/guest sounds include, running water, far off aeroplanes, and white noise.

A new one just yesterday whilst yawning was like rising scales on a electronic keyboard, which I could then repeat if I did a forced yawn too

So weird.

Definitely changes you, but we adapt and habituate. 🙂

[1966366 in reply to 19marv19]

Aaaargh that fabulous word in the sky: "Habituate".... Well, I don't know what I've been doing wrong for the last 10 years but I certainly have strong views on this

[doglover1973 in reply to 1966366]

Hi 1966366 I don't think you've done anything wrong. I no longer expect to fully habituate in the way some people do. It's just the way it is.

[19marv19 in reply to 1966366]

Ha, yes. I'm guilty of picking up that word up here and from watching videos on T.If I'm still functioning in the every day, despite the crazy increase in the T, does that mean I've habituated?

Maybe that is what it means.

The word does imply you don't notice it as much, maybe that how it is for some.

I'm more inclined to say I'm noticing more than ever, but I'm just used to it being there constantly. 🙂

[doglover1973 in reply to 19marv19]

astonhearing.co.uk/2020/02/...

This might interest you Marv if you've not seen it before .. I don't think everyone makes a full recovery for various reasons.

[Kellythecat-74 in reply to 1966366]

nothing you've done wrong . I first got T 20 years ago from a blocked ear on a flight. Eventually couldn't hear the T ( until the statins this January). A friend of mine got hers from loud noises 6 months after me. She has always heard hers. Maybe because I only have it in one ear. I use ear phone with LBC in T ear and listen normally with the good ear. Trying to train the ear to ignore the radio, it does sort of work most of the time.