help with blocked ears

[Lakeshiker]

hi evertone

I started with T July 2023 and over the last year it’s got progressively worse. I’ve started to habilitate a couple of time where I was not hearing it for odd times (but not many) but it seems to keep getting worse. My sensitivity to sound is pretty much every sound, which is causing my anxiety to go through the roof. I have seen an ENT consultant a couple of times due to ear issues and had an MRI in September 2023, which came back clear. Each ENT consultant has said something different 🤷🏻‍♀️ But I seem to have ongoing issues with my ears, which I never had before T. At the minute my ears are blocked again, itchy and sore, it feel like something is crawling about in my ear. My hear keeps going funny, it’s very worrisome. My chest is congested and my tongue is white. The doctor gave me Nystan for oral thrush and I’ve been trying bronchio stop for my chest. For anxiety the doctor said try Trazodone, which I’ve been on for 2 weeks. My T is so loud I can’t hear anything else 😢 I’ve been using olive oil as the doctor said for wax build up. I can’t pop my ears at all. I’m on HRT as well, which I was on before T. No one knows what caused my T but I did bang my head hiking and the T started 4 weeks later. But I had blocked ears at the time. I feel like the ongoing issue with my ears is caused the loudness a bit. I’ve had an allergy test and it came back clear so I’m trying to figure out why my ears are blocked. Could anyone advise what they did for ear issues as I need to get on top of it and get them cleared and keep them cleared. My T today sound like a high pitched swam of bees in the ears and head, it’s just awful, and when I go out it just gets louder.

some advice would be very very much appreciated. Sorry for long post. Please help.

regards xx

[Happyrosie]

this forum can certainly give you sympathy and advice on tinnitus, but from what you say the tinnitus is a symptom of something within your ears.

Have a look at the website of Tinnitus UK which might give some signposting to what is going on, or give their helpline a ring.