If its new you might want to give your neuro a call. I developed bad ringing, then buzzing at onset(first flare) that follwed shortly after by chronic vertigo and balance problems. It was a brainstem lesion, and the one time I WISH they had given me steroids because it has stuck with me.

Thanks everyone.

Personally, I wouldn't do steroids anyway, so there's probably not much point in finding what exact MS damage might be causing the symptom. I loath those details.

However, if it is as a result of something other then the MS (i.e. perhaps related to flying recently), then I suppose there is a possibility that something can be done. Wishful thinking maybe . . .

Sounds like a liver test may be in order too.

Cherie

Hang in there, Cherie, the ringing may decrease, but if not, the vast majority of people learn to ignore it and it does not negatively affect their lives. Mine is not too loud but it's constant, but I quickly learned to think of it as "my friendly neighborhood tinnitus" and then ignore it.

It's possible that your flight caused or aggravated some ear problem, but in general it's often hard for doctors, even specialists, to tell the cause of tinnitus and other ear problems. EAr? Brain? Both? Who knows?

HOpe it goes away or decreases soon for you.

Nancy T.