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06 Sep 2018, 2:22 pm

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Hi all,

I have been sufferring from a one-ear tinnitus since last Tuesday morning when i woke up from a nightmare, I went to a couple of ESTs and found nothing wrong in audiogramme, will go to a more-specific Brain-neck-andEars specialists, and will do MRI soon.

Both ESTs said it may be chronic and genetic, since my brother has it too (he had it for one year but he really copped well). Funnily i was avoiding loud sounds and earphones ever since my brother got it.

I am having a hard time to sleep, sometimes I wake up at 2-3 am probably the ringing noise in ear is waking me up. I have started taking melantonin to better my sleep.

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So why this is L&D? Because it’s the forum I most frequented, and where I complained about my single status the most.

and I have three messages to tell to members here:
1)- Some women are angels, my girlfriend for instance, my mom and my sister.
-My girlfriend is sticking to me, to relieve my stress; helping me to go through the most difficult time in my life, even tho she has no moral obligation to do so; she is just doing it out of love. And yes I cried on her lap.
How ironically that I didn’t realize that before my sufferring.

2) Guys, having a girlfriend or even experience love for once, is not the most important thing in life; neither having a job or what’s expected from you as a man or as a woman; what is most important is your health and a comfy sleep at nights, all other things are luxury. Yes I am grateful to have a wonderful girlfriend but remaining single and healthy is 1000x better than ill and taken.

3) And lastely, to the ladies here: if you are one of those who are caring for an ill partner/sibling or any loved one, you are angels. And of course, I am sorry for some of the generalizations i made, because there are always exceptions even in the accurate generalizations, which often are not.

I may lessen my WP usage significantly from now on, i ll let you know of anything new regarding my condition.


Some men are quite amazing as well.



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06 Sep 2018, 2:38 pm

True that!

One of these days I'll make a thread dedicated to all the awesome guys I've had the honour of knowing, Boo included.

Take care Boo! This forum will be boring without you.



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29 Sep 2018, 2:52 am

How have you been doing?

Any news from the MRI?



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29 Sep 2018, 10:05 pm

"Tinnitus is the result of the brain trying, but failing, to repair itself. Summary: ... The researchers say that the absence of sound caused by hearing loss in certain frequencies, due to normal aging, loud-noise exposure, or to an accident, forces the brain to produce sounds to replace what is now missing.Jan 15, 2011"

I wonder if there's any more info out there about what part/structure of the brain is damaged and if there are any drugs known to encourage repair/regrowth. I'm sure if there were legal prescription ones people would be having them prescribed. But I mean recreational drugs that are known to have brain repairing effects. I know LSD is being studied for it's ability to repair/regrow brain connections - but who knows; could be an entirely different type of structure that it affects. Wouldn't that be a trip, though? Dropping acid to cure tinnitus. I'd try it if I were you. :mrgreen:

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but yeah good luck with the MRI and hope you don't have a panic attack while in there - if you are in fact, claustrophobic


y doubt?? i has No doubt.

Brain MRI sounds like a good time to me. I WANT to have some done someday.


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01 Oct 2018, 4:26 am

Booyakasha wrote:
How have you been doing?

Any news from the MRI?


It ended up all the 3 ENTs I visited refused my request for a MRI because they found no significant abnormality in audiogramme- the last audiogramme they found a very very mild what he called "a very mild noise-induced hearing loss" in my right ear, which is the ear doing the tinnitus.

Honestly, there's a lot of ignorance among ENTs when it comes to tinnitus, they really don't know what to do about it, nor they understand it, nor they seem were really trained about it - hell, they don't even seem to follow up the last studies on it.
And frankly they sometimes have a very jerk attitude about it -and they seem to really believe that it's partly "psychological" (!) - I understand that stress makes it worse but it's not really a psychological matter. I told them if it's really partially psychological then why only in one ear?

I even read that a one-ear tinnius is way less common and often require more medical attention to find out its case, some cases of one-ear tinnius may be due to a mild hearing-loss in one ear, which I have, and i've read on the internet that a hearing aid device may cancel it, but none really reacted accordingly to it and even the last ENT admitted that, yes it helped some cases, but he said i have it too mild to deserve a hearing aid (??).
They are not understanding that I am going to them for the Tinnitus and not for some other medical concern like a mild hearing loss.


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Now there's that strange thing about my tinnitus though, it gets amplified when I wake up from an intense dream/nightmare, in fact it first started when i woke up from an intense nightmare - I have been taking Vessel Due F + Melatonin which was prescribed by the 3rd ENT and helped a lot ; in fact the sad thing I thought i was CURED for a week and half because it totally disappeared during that time except for some 30 minutes after waking up from a dream - but two days ago I woke up again from a very intense nightmare and the high pitch T returned ever since again.

I told about this nightmare/tinnitus connection to all the 3 ENTs I visited, and they all laughed/chuckled about it; not taking my word seriously as if I am a little kid.



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01 Oct 2018, 6:34 am

I admit my nursing specialty is not ENT-related, but seeing as how you saw 3 different ENTs and they all basically said they could not do anything, perhaps its time to maybe see your doctor for a referral to neurology... or I can't even think who may be the appropriate referral in a case like that.

Certainly stress can affect tinnitus, and since you said you had noticed it amplified after you woke up from a bad dream, that makes sense, but surely there is something else there seeing as how it's only in one ear.

Are you going to try to see another doctor? It may be helpful to push for that MRI or even a CT may help as well.


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01 Oct 2018, 10:19 am

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Booyakasha wrote:
How have you been doing?

Any news from the MRI?


It ended up all the 3 ENTs I visited refused my request for a MRI because they found no significant abnormality in audiogramme- the last audiogramme they found a very very mild what he called "a very mild noise-induced hearing loss" in my right ear, which is the ear doing the tinnitus.

Honestly, there's a lot of ignorance among ENTs when it comes to tinnitus, they really don't know what to do about it, nor they understand it, nor they seem were really trained about it - hell, they don't even seem to follow up the last studies on it.
And frankly they sometimes have a very jerk attitude about it -and they seem to really believe that it's partly "psychological" (!) - I understand that stress makes it worse but it's not really a psychological matter. I told them if it's really partially psychological then why only in one ear?

I even read that a one-ear tinnius is way less common and often require more medical attention to find out its case, some cases of one-ear tinnius may be due to a mild hearing-loss in one ear, which I have, and i've read on the internet that a hearing aid device may cancel it, but none really reacted accordingly to it and even the last ENT admitted that, yes it helped some cases, but he said i have it too mild to deserve a hearing aid (??).
They are not understanding that I am going to them for the Tinnitus and not for some other medical concern like a mild hearing loss.


I'm really sorry to hear that they refused to let you have an MRI, and blamed it on "psychological issues" instead of doing everything possible to find the cause of it, it seems very unprofessional and dismissive, especially since you do have a mild hearing issue in that ear. Not to mention that the fact that they refused to give you a hearing aid seems even more unreasonable, if it might be helpful. I don't get why they don't want to try at least, instead of letting you suffer.

Is there's some other option to try, another medical centre, or something else?


The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Now there's that strange thing about my tinnitus though, it gets amplified when I wake up from an intense dream/nightmare, in fact it first started when i woke up from an intense nightmare - I have been taking Vessel Due F + Melatonin which was prescribed by the 3rd ENT and helped a lot ; in fact the sad thing I thought i was CURED for a week and half because it totally disappeared during that time except for some 30 minutes after waking up from a dream - but two days ago I woke up again from a very intense nightmare and the high pitch T returned ever since again.

I told about this nightmare/tinnitus connection to all the 3 ENTs I visited, and they all laughed/chuckled about it; not taking my word seriously as if I am a little kid.


Google search showed that many complain of the similar issue - apparently, nightmares cause adrenalin surge and adrenalin activates tinnitus.

https://www.quora.com/How-are-tinnitus- ... -connected
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/tinnitu ... 23080.html
https://community.actiononhearingloss.o ... nightmares
http://beat-tinnitus.blogspot.com/2011/ ... ns-of.html

I'm sorry if they laughed and dismissed your nightmare/tinnitus connection since you're obviously not the only one having such issues, which makes their competence even more questionable. I'm glad that at least Vessel Due F + Melatonin helps somewhat.



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01 Oct 2018, 2:56 pm

I'm sorry about your tinitus, my mum has that. Your girlfriend sounds very special, you are lucky to have her and she is obviously lucky to have such a sweet man. Best wishes to you :)



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01 Oct 2018, 4:13 pm

I agree,good health is the most important thing to have, so you can enjoy your GF and other luxuries of life.

Therefore I wish you good health and good luck اللة يقويك ويعطيك العافية



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01 Oct 2018, 9:02 pm

I’m sorry to hear about the difficulties you are having. I have been wearing hearing aids off and on for about 12 years. I have mild hearing loss too. I would wear them for work, but take them out after because I have sound sensitivity issues as well. I have tinnitus too. It is worst when it is very quiet. I have a fan running in the bedroom and that helps cut down the problem. My ENT said that it is worse in the quiet because the brain is used to noise and so it creates its own noise when it is quiet. The hearing aids I have have a built in tinnitus program. I’ve not had it activated yet. This is the brand https://www.oticon.global/hearing-aid-u ... -treatment

For what its worth I have had brain MRIs done, but there was never any link to my hearing problems mentioned. The MRIs and CT scans were for epilepsy.



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15 Nov 2018, 7:51 pm

I have tinnitus on the high frequency spectrum for over 10.years.
Whenever i think about it i hear it.
But i often go days without hearing it, even though its loud enough to hear it clearly above all other indoor background sounds even music playing.

The idea is to not try not focusing on it. Thats how it falls out of focus and you experience silence again, even though there's tinnitus you are not aware of it. This works for me. But it may not work for everyones tinnitus.

When you already have tinnitus then Protecting ears against loud music and noise is important, but dont overprotect them.
In recent period after overexposure i recommend earplugs to let the nerves calm down.
But gently reintroduce noise over the course of a few days max because protecting too long can keep them sensitive.

I agree with the OP that a girlfriend is not the most important thing is life.
Self acceptance and acceptance of life as it is in order to be able to be happy is more important. (responsible and healthy medicinal approach whether natural or pharmaceutical may play a role In here if necessary to loosen a mind stuck in anxiety. Natural has way less side-effects and dangers than pharms though if applied in a skilled knowledgeable way. )



A lot of times peoples romantic partners are a cause of constant stress.
Having a good relationship is more fun than not having a bad relationship though... I think... :lol: