Tinnitus Forum - Mytinnitus

Hi pinkjody,

Welcome to the forum.

I am not familiar with all the symptoms you have been describing, nor with the surgical procedure (myringotomy), but I reckon the tinnitus could have been triggered by the pressure change in your ears due to the procedure. In the latter respect, the onset of my tinnitus was actually vaguely similar:  I had a pressure feeling in my ears from the use of in-ear headphones ('earbuds') with my walkman. This pressure feeling stayed about for a week (and I didn't use the walkman for this time), but when I used it then again (the pressure feeling had somewhat reduced), the tinnitus suddenly started, whilst the pressure feeling disappeared altogether.

It is all merely a nervous problem:  your brain produced the tinnitus in order to compensate for some imbalance in your hearing system (presumably caused by some pressure equalization problem in your ear). And even though the problem may have been corrected now, the tinnitus is still around as it can take a long time for the nervous system to find back to the 'normal' state again. And as the activity of the nervous system can depend very sensitively on many factors (like stress and nutrition), it is only natural that the tinnitus appears to be better some days and worse others. If you can figure out what causes any change (I have given some tips in this respect on my page Tinnitus Advice and Tips for a Treatment and Cure ) then you can probably minimize at least some of the effects. You could also try whether, like for me, a couple of painkillers (Paracetamol (Tylenol in the US) or Aspirin) can help in these bad phases.

Don't worry, it may still take a few months, but eventually the problem will gradually recede.

Thomas

pinkjody,

The strong day-to-day changes of the tinnitus that you sometimes experience are practically proof that it is indeed a nervous problem. There is nothing that could cause this other than the changes in the nervous activity (which is for instance determined by the hormone levels, nutrition and other influences). Normally one is not really aware of these, but unfortunately they impact directly on the tinnitus. But as I said, don't worry, this sensitivity will wear off with time. For me the tinnitus is hardly variable anymore (it used to be in the beginning as well); it is just a constant faint hissing that I hardly notice anymore even in a quiet room.

You just have to give it a few more months time (most people experience an improvement after about 6 months, but it depends to a certain extent on the individual case and whether you can eliminate some of the causes that might aggravate the condition).

Thomas

Hi Izzet --

I don't know much about the pulsatile tinnitus. I've never experienced it, so therefore, never searched it, but I'm sure if you search, you'll find.

As far as your gunshot tinnitus -- A friend of mine had tinnitus for 2 months from a gunshot. It eventually went away. He had the ringing due to a perforated ear drum. He was lucky. Hope you are, too... How long ago was the incident?

Jody