Hi, Ali,

Me again, The Moose

I don't have RSD. I do have that dang ringing, though.

Mine is more like 10,000 cicadas having a drunken party and staying up talking all night

It's called tinnitus. It indicates some damage to the hair cells in your ears. It can also indicate hearing loss.

You need to check with a hearing specialist to make sure that nothing is going on with your ears that needs attention.

You learn to basically ignore it. There's not really any treatment. Mine is really bad and constant. I have a fan running at low speed all day. That makes sort of a "white noise" (a subtle, non-identifiable background noise) that helps to balance out the sound levels.

There's a lot of people that suffer with this at varying degrees. There are some places that claim that they have cures. I doubt it. Because if there were a cure, these people would be multi-millionaires by now

I suspect that this is one of things that will eventually really be cured by the stem cell technology research that's going on. I imagine that if we were able to grow new hair cells in our ears from stem cells, it would probably eliminate the noise.

You're young enough -- you'll probably see this in your lifetime.

Make sure, though, to get a baseline assessment from a hearing specialist to make sure everything is OK. Then you can determine where you go next.

Hugs.

Barb