Tinnitus?

[MADMAT]

Can it really be this bad? Or do I have a brain tumor?

How can my ear generate a false tone this loud for this long?

I am ready to shoot PB Blaster in it......nothing else works.

Sanity is leaving my body.

 

[OCD Solutions]

Maybe you should lay off the cowbell. :biggrin:

Yeah, that can't be good. How long has that been going on?

 

[MADMAT]

Since one of our last big wave days......I think......but not sure. So a month maybe month and a half.

It has gotten SOOOO much more intense in the last 2 weeks.

I will give back every day I have ever ridden a jetski if that is what caused it.

I have a ENT appt. on the 16th but man that feels like eternity right now.

If water did this I will never ride without ear plugs again......and I really don't want to wear them....but O M G!

 

[yamaslut]

did you pop your eardrum??? my ear rang for weeks when I did mine

 

[Frosty]

I've had very loud ringing in both ears for a long time now. For me, it's from playing in a metal band - practicing in a small room without earplugs.

unfortunately I have never been able to get rid of it... just got used to it always being there.

 

[MADMAT]

I don't know for sure yet Slutty.

My general Doc saw nothing. So now I have the referral to a ENT.

Man I have a whole new respect for people dealing with this. I would HONESTLY rather be deaf that hear this the rest of my life.

I used to sit in front of 15" speakers jamming Metallica for hours....but that was like in 1988.........and I have never had a problem until recently.

I am sooo tempted to squirt PB in my ear........what can happen?

 

[yamaslut]

I don't know for sure yet Slutty.

My general Doc saw nothing. So now I have the referral to a ENT.

Man I have a whole new respect for people dealing with this. I would HONESTLY rather be deaf that hear this the rest of my life.

I used to sit in front of 15" speakers jamming Metallica for hours....but that was like in 1988.........and I have never had a problem until recently.

I am sooo tempted to squirt PB in my ear........what can happen?

normal doctor might not know what he's looking for... ENT will get to the bottom of it..

 

[bllewis394]

I don't know for sure yet Slutty.

My general Doc saw nothing. So now I have the referral to a ENT.

Man I have a whole new respect for people dealing with this. I would HONESTLY rather be deaf that hear this the rest of my life.

I used to sit in front of 15" speakers jamming Metallica for hours....but that was like in 1988.........and I have never had a problem until recently.

I am sooo tempted to squirt PB in my ear........what can happen?

that sounds like acute damage to the ear drum. i have ringing pretty bad from working with loud machinery when i was younger and not wearing earplugs, and also from shooting trap without them. it sucks pretty bad but i guess either i got used to it or mine isn't as bad as yours. i haven't been able to sleep in a completely quiet room since it started though, have to have a fan running for some background noise.

anyway good luck, hopefully they can get it fixed right up.

 

[ger87410]

Quote from wikipedia:

Tinnitus is not a disease but a symptom resulting from a range of underlying causes that can include ear infections, foreign objects or wax in the ear, nose allergies that prevent (or induce) fluid drain and cause wax build-up. Tinnitus can also be caused by natural hearing impairment (as in aging) and as a side-effect of some medications. However, the most common cause for tinnitus is noise-induced hearing loss.

Sound familiar at all?

 

[MADMAT]

MRI next week......hearing test showed bad bad loss in left ear. During the tone test I was able to tell him what tone matched it. I have a friggin constant C in my ear....brutal. I can't live like this.

 

[MADMAT]

Maybe you should lay off the cowbell. :biggrin:

Yeah, that can't be good. How long has that been going on?

I feel like sticking my head in a giant cowbell right now and whacking it hard!

 

[MADMAT]

Quote from wikipedia:



Sound familiar at all?

I just don't know man....I can't pin it to one landing really. I mean I kinda remember some hard ones. And I wear muffs when I shoot guns. Docs say no wax at all....I'm lost.

I wouldn't wish this on Muslim Extremists.

 

[u887266]

I have had the same thing since I was 13. Mine is more like a wave motion. It rings contunously like that.

 

[WaveDemon]

I've had very loud ringing in both ears for a long time now. For me, it's from playing in a metal band - practicing in a small room without earplugs.

unfortunately I have never been able to get rid of it... just got used to it always being there.

same here, ringing in my ears since I was a teen. it never stops.

 

[cattledog]

me to it started 3 years ago it is constant ringing from using a hammer drill without ear protection, you know the only time i dont notice is when iam jet sking , i guess that is why i love being on my ski, i did all the tests many people have this a lot of musicians . also from playing music to loud, when i used tio play music loud my ears would ring but it would go away let say i went to a concert it would go away next day but now its constant the specialist said dont think about it,keep us posted i hope it goes away for you

 

[TITAN]

WTF? I thought I had it bad when I blew my eardrum and I couldnt hear for six weeks

All you guys have hearing issues........well, I hope it gets better cuz that would drive me nuts

 

[MADMAT]

Well it really helps knowing others are suffering with me...lol...I mean that....so thanks for sharing.

And Mario...you are soooo right....as a matter of fact the only time I feel zero pain is when I am riding.

 

[ger87410]

I just don't know man....I can't pin it to one landing really. I mean I kinda remember some hard ones. And I wear muffs when I shoot guns. Docs say no wax at all....I'm lost.

I wouldn't wish this on Muslim Extremists.

I pulled that quote for this tidbit:
Tinnitus can also be caused by natural hearing impairment (as in aging)


:jester:
Hope they find out what it is. Sounds awful.

Can you sleep at all?

 

[MADMAT]

Oh man I would worn ear plugs my whole life like M.J. wore masks if I had known about this.

Yea sleeping is nice with the fan on high.

And being in my office working on all these computers is nice.

 

[ger87410]

It couldn't be the high pitched whine from all the old monitors finally caused you to snap?




Could it? :clown: