Two treatments

[Mcspeck]

I have had spontaneous bilateral tinnitus for five weeks. Continuous high ringing 😢

My physician put me on Presnisone for five days which almost completely resolved my tinnitus. It came back on day 5.

My physician then put me on beta histamine. It also almost completely resolved my tinnitus until day 7 when it cane back.

Has anyone had this happen? Any thoughts on what to do? Thank you

[Glynis-ringingears]

Have you had a heavy cold or have hay-fever?Extra mucous due to the above can cause and spike tinnitus.

There are some ear conditions that cause tinnitus but don't be worried about that unless you have had tinnitus a long time as it takes time to be diagnosed.

I have severe Bilateral Tinnitus and 80db hearing loss in both ears so I understand just how much it can make you feel.

Keeping our mental health good plays a very big part in how we cope with tinnitus as its so easy feel low and depression take hold.

Try do what you normally do and on bad days push harder to get out and about and try not to listen out for your sound.

Keeping sound on around you in the background will help.

Sound therapy.

Your brain is listening for the sound so Keeping sound on helps your brain push harder to focus on other sounds and not the tinnitus.

Sound does not have to be louder just a different sound your brain has to focus on.

Eg the sound of the sea is a nice one to listen too and many tinnitus ones to download on your phone but try not use ear phones and if don't sleep alone use pillow speakers .

Glynis

[Mcspeck in reply to Glynis-ringingears]

Thanks. No I haven’t been sick at all. It just started up one night and I’m unsure of why. I appreciate your suggestions and will give them a try. The noise takes over my life and I had the first panic attack ever. I was hoping each time that it resolved that it was over.

[Happyrosie]

I’m quite surprised that your doc has put you on betahistine. NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) says it’s no longer recommended for T.

But he presumably put you on as steroid for a different reason, not tinnitus? Steroids are not routinely used for this kind of ear proble,. In any case, tinnitus isn’t really an ear problem, it’s something that the brain is doing. And what Glynis says is spot on!

[Mcspeck in reply to Happyrosie]

It was for tinnitus. I didn’t realize it’s not recommended.

[TinnitusUKPat Partner in reply to Mcspeck]

Hi Mcspeck - I think the prevailing attitude is that betahistine has shown some effectiveness in treating Meniere's disease, of which tinnitus is often a symptom, alongside progressive hearing loss.

Applying a treatment which appears to work for one presentation of tinnitus would be the idea behind prescribing it to people whose tinntius may not have similar points of origin.

It isn't that betahistine is harmful in any way, more that it doesn't appear to have much of an effect for people whose primary concern is tinnitus.

[Mcspeck in reply to TinnitusUKPat]

Thank you. This is helpful in understanding.

[Happyrosie]

the NICE guidelines were issued just as Covid struck over fours years ago. It’s very possible that doctors missed the advice as they were otherwise engaged.

You can read the pathways that doctors are recommended to follow by going to NICE website and input Tinnitus to search box top of page.

[Mcspeck in reply to Happyrosie]

Thank you so much.

[SimToTheWorld]

I had heard about a possible treatment to give steroids as soon as tinnitus started, but had not heard of anyone who had tried it. It's sad that it came back after five days. Maybe the dosage should have been higher. But I guess no doctor, in the UK at least, would want to take that step. I hope they find a solution for it.

[Mcspeck in reply to SimToTheWorld]

Thank you.

[WildIris]

I took prednisone for many many years for inflammation. (It had no effect on my T). Anyway, it sounds like you might have some kind of inflammation in your mucus membranes that both prednisone and that histamine drug both helped. There's a lot you can do to reduce inflammation- make sure the air you breathe is as clean as possible, avoid sugar and sweeteners and processed foods, eat naturally anti-inflammatory foods like blueberries and try supplements like tumeric. There may be natural anti-histamines too.

[Mcspeck in reply to WildIris]

Thank you! That makes sense. I am on day 7 of no sugar and will work on some of the other recommended you made. ❤️