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I've had it at least my entire adult life, so long I don't remember not having it. In my 40's now, but yeah, it sucks.
If you see a specialist/audiologist, they'll tell you there are two main kinds. Neurological (brain issue, no cure or treatment) or lymbic (physical issue, easier to determine, likely treatable/curable if they can find the cause).
Is it still going? Afaik tinnitus is getting that ringing in your ears, but forever.
Plenty of times I just randomly hear a ringing in my ears; but it generally only lasts for a moment. IIRC that is usually just caused by a muscle spasm in or around the ear.
It's still going. Yes it could be permanent, but it seems that people can just adapt to it especially when not thinking about it. I used to have momentary ringing as a kid, but now it's there all the time.
Take care of your ears! And teeth, eyes, and joints, and uh... health.
There are two causes for tinnitus. Your brain is hearing sounds that aren't there and poor blood circulation at your ear. I was 29 when I developed tinnitus after scuba diving in deep water. Ginkgo biloba helped me in a few hours after taking it. It's cheap and available at drug stores if you're interested in trying it
I'll try out Ginkgo, thanks!
I realized I had it a few years ago. I liked loud music and headphones so it wasn't much of a surprise when it happened.
Still I had a woe-is-me self pitying stage where I obsessed over it. I hyper fixated over the sound it made, I did online hearing test to see how bad my hearing was, read through internet fourms seeing if there were cures to tinnitus or hoping it was a reversable kind caused by earwax or some bs. Typical human copium psychological stuff, you know the drill.
Ultimately its one of those things where I learned to accept it as life. It could be worse, and hoped one day it lessens or even recovers. And in the meantime I just tune it out with basic background noise and plain old learned cognitive filtering. I think it may have even lessened a little over the years too.
The screech in my left ear started almost 20 years ago. The first year was extremely annoying but now i don't notice it much unless i think about it. If I'm sick or really tired i think it does make me a little extra irritable.
Then I wish you good health good random internet person!
Ive had it since I was pretty young. I can't hear it unless I try- for example, your post made me become conscious of it, and there it is. It comes and goes, I notice. It doesn't bother me at all, essentially
Yeah I think I've had it my entire life, tbh. I think it likely significantly contributed to my fear of the dark as a child (and even sometimes now as an adult).
I don't hear a single tone. It's a kind of subtle noise that seems to have a lack of tone. It reminds me of a CRT whine, but a bit different. Most notably, it constantly warbles in quality and directionality, which is why I think it contributes to said fear. It can make it hear or really simply "feel" like an entity is there when it isn't.
In general I don't really pay too much attention it. Only when there's a lack of noise or stimulation...as when you're trying to sleep.
When people described silence as being "deafening" metaphorically, I always assumed they meant literally because they were talking about the noise lol.
Same, i was totally unaware of it today, I read this post, and now its loud and clear. hahaha
now i fuckin hear it again (hadn't all day then read this reply before bed) now eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I've had tinnitus since I was a child. Like others in this thread I learned to live with it, and I don't need white noise to tune it out. You might end up being able to do the same. Like the others it seems to get louder if my blood pressure goes up.
It's a bit comforting to know how many others in this thread have also had it as long as they can remember. I'm the same...can't remember there ever being a time where I didn't have it. It also isn't the stereotypical classical single tone "ringing" noise for me, so I didn't ever connect the dots as it being tinnitus until into young adulthood.
Still makes me a bit concerned that I'll lose my hearing some day. Both my mom and maternal grandfather experienced significant hearing loss over time.
That's pretty cool that you can tune it out. I hope I'll be able to do it as well!
I promise you will in time! It caused me a lot of distress but now I barely notice.
I've had it for over a decade now. Given I love live music and music production is a hobby of mine, it was pretty sad when the penny dropped for me that: yes, this ringing isn't gonna go away like it used to, a day or two after a gig.
Some kind of white noise or similar (I like rain sounds) when trying to sleep is an essential for me. ANC headphones will stop you from causing further damage as long as you keep your volumes at healthy levels (the ANC means you can use lower volumes that feel louder than they actually are).
Also, get yourself some loop experience (or similar) ear plugs for gigs that are designed to let through a bit more in the range music is generally played, whilst blocking loads of the frequencies you don't even hear. It's important to make sure you don't cause further damage now, I know some people get the "well I've already got it now, why bother" thought, but sadly you can always worsen things.
Generally I have gotten used to it tbh, I don't spend loads of my time thinking about it at least and with things like white noise for sleep, I can generally work around any issues.
Good you say you'll visit the doctor, it's very often caused by sound related hearing damage, but tinnitus can be a symptom of all sorts of other things, some of which are indeed temporary.
Finally if it is hearing damage, there's actually been some progress in new therapies for it in recent years. I read recently about a (currently pretty pricey, unfortunately) treatment where they sort of "recalibrate" your brain to filter out the signal generated by the damage. It apparently has pretty good results, I'm thinking of looking into it myself at some point
I've been wanting to get those earplugs as a precaution for a while but I don't go to music fest or concerts often enough to justify it. But maybe I should get em and go out more.
Hopefully the new medical tech gets more mainstream and cheaper soon, just like lasik.
About 8 years ago I got out of the shower and was cleaning the water out of my right ear (as I usually did) and I must have done it wrong that time, as when I went to lay down that night I heard this very annoying high pitch sound from that ear. I might have looked around to see if that sound was coming from something (maybe from my computer, other electronics, or something outside). But no, it was from my ear.
Took about 2-3 years for me to be able to completely tune it out when there's silence. Sometimes I miss being able to hear nothing when it's quiet, but now I have ringing in both ears so it's really easy to ignore it.
It might suck for a while until your brain is able to tune it out, but it'll be easier someday.
It's a bit overwhelming for me at the moment, but it's very comforting to hear that it'll get easier over time.
I've grown used to it. I had it since I was a child, and it became a lot worse after an accident in my 20s. I've seen medic but they couldn't really help. I think it became quieter since then, but I can still hear it well. I'm in my 40s now and I couldn't care less.
I hope it will be the same for you.
that's very kind of you.
I'll try my best not to be fixated on it.
It can also be to do with things like blood pressure or blood vessel dilation.
For example I often get it when I go to bed after a couple of drinks.
So it's entirely possible there's a contextual reason that you can fix if it's important to you.
Got it right now after 5 cups of coffee and having to pretend to work the day after Christmas when 90% of the office is on vacation or allowed to work from home.
Coffee and seething anger appear to be triggers for me.
I'll check my BP when I get the chance. I think I suffer more mentally to the thought of having to constantly live with it for the rest of my life.
When it happened, had you had a drink that day/evening?
Nope, just a regular day and not too much caffeine either. I was a bit tired though because I hadn't got enough sleep, but also not severely deprived (6 to 6.5 hrs, pretty OK).
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