Ringing noise in ears
 

Sorry to bother you again - I know we ask a load of questions!!
Heres my problem - I have recentley developed a ringing noise in my ears. It mainly happens when the room I am in is silent, or when no one is speaking:eek:
I was just wondering whether anyone else is experiencing the same symptoms. Is this RSD related? Is it worth going to the doctor and getting my ears syringed?
Many thanks
Alison.
Pain free hugs :grouphug:
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Hi Ali,

I have had ringing in my ears about 99% of the time for the last year or so. I had to have it checked by my doctor because it was driving me crazy... My doc checked it out.... sent me to an ear specialist... neither one could find a reason within the ear for there to be this constant buzzing ringing sound. My hearing is still is as good as it ever was only thing different is that can now I hear pitches now at higher and lower levels than before RSD. Ear specialist believes, in my case, the buzzing ringing sound is a result of the RSD.


Can't hurt to have it checked... rather be safe than sorry.


:hug:
Abbie

good question..
 

hi..

I too get ringing in my ears comes and go's alot.. I just havent thought to have it checked, because I have so much going on thats more on my mind mabie but I guess I should too.

Thanks for bringing this up to us, now lets see who else has this symptom too..

Never think it is bothering us Ali, you and your mom are part of this family now :grouphug: and your questions and just mentioning new symptoms you get are helping others here too.

Thank you and healing hugz hon,
Sandra

Hi, Ali,

Me again, The Moose :D

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 :eek:

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 :D

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

hi ali,
i have ringing in my ears on and off, but have no idea if it is RSD related. who would know, since no one even knows what the heck rsd really is or how to cure it???? Joan

Tmj
 

Hello!

I have ringing in my ears but it is controlled through my dentist. I have severe TMJ and wear a splint at night. That along with controlling congestion from allergies does eliminate it most days. Stress can definitely increase it for me. When I am stressed, I tend to grind my teeth which causes all sorts of jaw problems--headaches, ears ringing etc and the splint helps a ton to take the pressure off of my jaw when I sleep. It also protects my teeth, which I tend to crack! Hope that helps!

Hi Ali,

Tinnitus is unfortunately a side effect of many of the drugs we take for our RSD, of course this doesn't mean you should not have it checked but usually there is not much can be done whilst on the medications.
I find that not putting myself into the situation where I notice the noises is the best way to cope with it.
Going to sleep with some quiet music or having some background noise of some description is helpful.
Please take care
Tayla:hug:

I got that good ole Tinnitus too! I had it to a small degree before RSD but within 6 months after RSD it got much worse! I can't have it completely quiet at all or it's so very loud it makes me actually hurt physically and it seems so loud it pierces my skull! UGH!! The TV is always on anyway and at night I've always slept with a radio on and when I met my hubby he slept with a fan on so he got used to my radio and I got used to his fan. LOL I'm really happy now that I like a low hum while I'm going to sleep or I think by now I'd have gone nuts with all that dang ringing and buzzing going on.

Since getting RSD I also notice that I'm much more sensitive to noise in general, I'm sure most of us are. Thumping bass noise hurts now and I also can hear very high pitched noises that no one else can, well except the dogs. LOLOL

Hugs,

Karen

Thanks
 

Thanks for all your messages, I will speak to my PM doctor about it. My grandma suffers from Tinnitus too, it never came to mind when I first got it, but it makes sense now
Pain free hugs
Alison

Hi Everyone,
My hearing has declined since getting RSD. If there is alot of noise around me I can't hear or understand what someone is saying to me. It also is very painful. Just talking on the phone drives me crazy. My ears hurt so bad. I also notice I get very irritated if there is alot of noise going on. My family thinks I am nuts. This sounds awful but sometimes i just want everyone to GO HOME!!! Take care everyone.

Sue K

Tinnitis is a symptom of RSD. For the first four years I had a loud "squeeking" sound especially in my left ear. It finally went away but now I get a very loud tone at as high as about 20k hertz that wants to drive me buggy sometimes. It's actually so loud that it hurts.

Cod liver oil seems to help it a little (taken internally) now, but I didn't try it until just a couple years back.

Sue this is exactly how I feel, and with 6 kids, and 6 grandkids my house is always full. There is no way I can watch tv with people talking. Everything will be just a cacophony of noise with nothing clear enough to understand.

I might be a bit different in that I do have meniere's disease in my left ear, and that ear is almost completely deaf due to that. My ears ring like someone just shot a large caliber rifle right next to me.

I do think RSD has made everything worse.

Allen,
I agree. RSD has made eveything worse. The little things that we never thought of before are now the hardest to do. I will never take anything for granted anymore. I don't have the ringing in my ears, just the pain. I am sorry for what you are going through. I have 3 daughters and 5 grandchildren. Two just left.This might sound so bad, but I am relived that they left.They just make me so tired. Hope your well.

Sue K

I definetly agree Sue! I have also had buzzing in the ears/ difficulties hearing along side mega neck and jaw pain. I tended to just blame it on my poor concentration span when the pain is bad - I sometimes feel like my internal landscape is abit Salvador Dali! When I'm in mega pain no sensation is how it should be, light burns and makes my eyes double, blur, and gives everything a weird shape and colour whilst my ears are so sensitive but sound is so far away.....

I give up trying to understand this stupid disease.

Love

Frogga xxxx

This is the way I often feel. I'll isolate something that definitely makes the condition worse or better but six months later it will change. Sodium nitrite used to set me off like an alarm clock but now even large amounts seem to have no effect.

It's constant change. And constant inexplicable symptoms and sensations. Just the other day my hand was so ticklish I could hardly touch anything and then a few hours later it was back to normal. I've had a spot on my back that itches so badly that no activity is possible until it's scratched vigorishly, for nearly two years now. It'll go away too, no doubt.

This thing feels like being on a roller coaster and there's new terror around every curve. If there's one constant it's the fear; the growing fear that what's next will be far worse than anything that's come before, the fear that even the fear itself will grow to unmanageable levels.

I've just got to slow down. Try not to think about what's been and move on as well as possible. I need to try to remember that there's probably a drug that can ease a problem until it goes away. I've just got to stay as positive as this lousy condition will allow and to remember this when it flares again.