Annoying Ringing

[quietdynamics]

A bit more than a year and a half ago we had a bad storm and lost power in our area.

I thought: that is strange I can hear the electric current? Hmm...or is water running???  Where is the silence???

And so it has been so ever since at varying decibels , pitches and whines. Earaches included.

When after an optho visit ocular roseacea was Dx'd. The only thing I could find was info to take a baby aspirin to thwart inflammation for facial roseacea. So why not? Since most of my symptoms (debilitating) are neuro  and my personal theory  is we are in a constant state of varying inflammation/dis-ease, due to the autoimmune kill off.

Taking the baby aspirin at night helps me lower the ensuing symptoms of inflammation.  Then I take it every other night. Being such a small dose, if I wake in a state of inflammation I can take another dose.

Although the sound is still there it is now much lower in pitch/intensity. And when it does increase I use that as a  sign of increased inflammation. So a sign of  a trigger to a flare. The noise can become very tiring.

I miss the silence...the solitude of quiet.
I keep forgetting to buy some mineral oil and try that...has it helped anyone?


 

[pattie]

Hi Joe,

Does lipo-flavonoid plus or Quietus ring any bells (yikes poor choice of words!)?? Go to www.healthhound.org & look up tinnitus and lipo-flavonoid. They have a good review on it and the marketing name of Quietus. There is a great set of comments that follow be sure to read them. I found it very enlightening and helpful!! You can also go to www.alternativendhealth.wordpress.com enter the same 2 terms and there is a review by a holistic physician on the quietus company. Begs the question how can the MD who created the drug in the 1960s and died in the mid seventies still be in his lab perfecting the "miracle supplement"?? Hmm makes you wonder about some of the other claims they make?? Heck why waste your time with silencing the ringing when you have found the miracle to youth supplement?? just asking...Think I will take a pass on this lit'l miracle

P;)

[Fantine]

I keep wanting to respond, "Just hang up the phone".

I know this is a challenge to live with. I have had it since Grade 6 when two horn players thought it would be fund to blow their horns into my ears. The noise from the ringing makes it difficult to understand what others are saying. Often it is like white noise. Sometimes I can pick out specific frequencies. I was told that the damage could not be corrected with hearing aids.

Has anyone tried the supplements for this that are advertised on TV?

You're correct that hearing aids won't correct tinnitus, BUT, if you have a hearing loss, then hearing aids will give your brain something else to listen to besides the tinnitus, which is VERY helpful.  Lots of people who get hearing aids for the first time say that their tinnitus is greatly reduced, at least when they have the hearing aids in.  I've had tinnnitus for about 10 years, so I'm very familiar with it.  As for the stuff on TV, don't waste your money.  There's a very active tinnitus support message board; if you search for that name, you'll find it.  PM me if you can't find it.

[Fantine]

A bit more than a year and a half ago we had a bad storm and lost power in our area.

I thought: that is strange I can hear the electric current? Hmm...or is water running???  Where is the silence???

And so it has been so ever since at varying decibels , pitches and whines. Earaches included.

When after an optho visit ocular roseacea was Dx'd. The only thing I could find was info to take a baby aspirin to thwart inflammation for facial roseacea. So why not? Since most of my symptoms (debilitating) are neuro  and my personal theory  is we are in a constant state of varying inflammation/dis-ease, due to the autoimmune kill off.

Taking the baby aspirin at night helps me lower the ensuing symptoms of inflammation.  Then I take it every other night. Being such a small dose, if I wake in a state of inflammation I can take another dose.

Although the sound is still there it is now much lower in pitch/intensity. And when it does increase I use that as a  sign of increased inflammation. So a sign of  a trigger to a flare. The noise can become very tiring.

I miss the silence...the solitude of quiet.
I keep forgetting to buy some mineral oil and try that...has it helped anyone?

If you already have tinnitus, then I suggest you consider NOT taking aspirin.  Aspirin so reliably produces tinnitus that it is used to induce tinnitus in lab animals for tinnitus studies.

[wendyoh]

I have been having tinnitus on and off more lately too---it seems to most definitely be correlatd to taking meds, particularly benadryl. I am getting to point where side effects from even "milder" meds not worth the side effects

[quietdynamics]

If you already have tinnitus, then I suggest you consider NOT taking aspirin.  Aspirin so reliably produces tinnitus that it is used to induce tinnitus in lab animals for tinnitus studies.

The baby aspirin is .25 or 1/4 of a adult dose. The info I read re: tinnitus states high dose, long term use of aspirin. And not to use quinine based meds (plaquinel), as these may cause tinnitus.


My goal with the start of using the baby dose of aspirin was to try to get a handle on the eye issues. At the time my eyes actually felt raw, like someone had taken a emery file to them. The cornea. Subsequently, I noticed the ringing....whining ( sounds more like in head than in my ears) lowered in tone/intensity.  Following a discussion with my Neuro I also stopped Plaquinel. It has been about about 5 months now. 

Researching aspirin/tinnitus some reoccurring facts checking the citations of for example this study
The Journal of Neuroscience http://www.jneurosci.org/content/23/9/3944.full are that:
-  Salicylate, one of the most widely used drugs, is known to induce reversible tinnitus and hearing loss.
-  human studies dose was 325mg/ every 6 hrs

* Asked DH (organic scientist) to look at the cited study;
Total dose used was 21000mg =  65 aspirin @ full strength 325mg
( It would take me 260 days to this amount at the baby dose, longer given that I go to every other day)

I do strive for an anti-inflammation diet; as recommended on the guidelines of this site. Adding the benefit of the anti-inflammation effect of the low dose of aspirin seemed to be a fairly benign addition

[LonghairWolfe]

Wal-Mart shopping list:
Lipo-flavanoids
Quietus
and Mineral Oil

...adding to my "will try anything to get rid of the ringing" shopping list. 

[Fantine]

@quietdynamics

Thank you for your thoughtful response to my post.  I am so sensitive to salicylate that I cannot even drink almond milk because it produces a salicylate-like substance that aggravates my tinnitus.  What do you think about Omega-3 supplements for anti-inflammatory purposes?  I'm been eating wild salmon three times a week, but haven't noticed any real change (although I now have lots of recipes for salmon).