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.



Abbie

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 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

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

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

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

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