tinnitus treatment?

[jimmer2880]

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Items I know of are Pepto Bismol, most antacid tablets like Titralac, certain toothpastes, (usually sensitive types), Kaopectate, Prilosac and Pepcid, Prescription meds include: Paxil, Lipitor, & Zyrtec.

Sorry, but I'm confused. Is this a list of things that make it worse or better?

I daily take a low-dose aspirin & Zyrtec.

thanks again

 

[ray66v]

Sorry, but I'm confused. Is this a list of things that make it worse or better?

I daily take a low-dose aspirin & Zyrtec.

thanks again

Those are products that have been known to cause, and or contribute to, tinnitus in some individuals.

The only way to know for sure if they are affecting you is to discontinue them, for a week or so.

I found out the hard way myself on some of these.

Many pharmacists do not know about a lot of these. But, if you do your homework you will find these listed on several sites, plus many others.

http://www.tinnitusformula.com/infocenter/articles/conditions/drugs.aspx

 

[caddison]

Sitting here watching the game and the listening to the dull ringing as well.... I have had mine for sometime but just really started to notice it within the last year or so. Seems like if I can stay busy it is not as noticable but as soon as it is quiet I really notice it. I think mine came from 14 years in a machine shop.

 

[jimmer2880]

Ray66 - thank you. That is a great list. I'll be reading that thoroughly.

 

[dieselsmoke1]

Count me in as well. "High Frequency Buzzing" on the web site. Too many days with macinery and saws combined with too many nights with amplifiers I'd guess.

 

[Ridgewalker]

Greg,
Page back up to my previous post and visit the "QUIETUS" web site. They have a bunch of sounds bites that will let others know what you are experiencing. I let my wife and son listen to what I hear and they were astounded..."That would drive me nuts!" If they only knew!

Most all that stuff on the radio is a bunch of bunk.
I've had it in both ears since my junior year in high school,(I'm now 56), sighting in my nice new Winchester 300 mag with open ears........yeah that'll do it. I too sleep with a fan at night. Like others have stated keeping busy helps,but sometimes it is oh so hard to concentrate on certain things,like reading something for needed information,or doing math calculations. Alot of times I'll have to start over for what seems like no apparent reason.
Sometimes I would like others to be able to "hear" what we hear so it's easier for them to understand.


Greg

 

[Wayne County Hose]

Guess I'm a member of this club too. Way too many years of shooting with no hearing protection then playing my guitar through a Vox stack while drinking Sambuca. The worst is when there's no noise at all. The ringing is so loud it actually hurts. I always have to have something in the background running. Believe it or not, even driving with the windows open hurts. Wind noise is a lot louder than you might think. Try this, with the windows down, put the radio at a comfortable level. Now, roll the windows up and see how loud the radio is. You would swear someone turned it up.

 

[MikePA]

Page back up to my previous post and visit the "QUIETUS" web site. They have a bunch of sounds bites that will let others know what you are experiencing. I let my wife and son listen to what I hear and they were astounded..."That would drive me nuts!" If they only knew!

While the product is snake oil (too bad), that's a great site to explain to others what we're hearing. High Frequency Buzzing is what I am experiencing all the time.

 

[Oleozz]

I guess a lot of us have this problem. Lyme disease is the cause of my hearing loss and tinnitus, I am scheduled to visit the Hershey Medical Center and recieve prednisone shots in my ears mid February. The prednisone is injected into the middle ear, helps some folks and others not.

 

[hitekcountry]

Ridgewalker -- Thanks for the link to the Quietus web site, I checked and the sound byte for "High Frequency Humming" matched the sound I hear perfectly. Interestingly when I clicked on that one sound byte I didn't hear anything because it matched the sound I hear all the time but what I hear is much louder than that sound byte. Only after turning up the volume on the "High Frequency Humming" sound byte to a level higher than what is in my head was I able to hear that it matched perfectly.

There are times that I don't notice the noise and that is partly due to being distracted by what ever I'm doing at the time or by other noises that dominate at the time. The other factor is that the noise level does vary for what ever reasons I don't know. The only thing that I know that has an affect with me is Monosodium Glutamate. If I eat anything with MSG it really cranks up the volume to where I'm not able to ignore it.