William Shatner speaks about his tinnitus
Mr. Shatner speaks about his tinnitus and the work that The American Tinnitus Association is doing to reverse the condition for 50 million Americans. Please visit www.ata.org for more information
Do you still have it now? I’ve had mine for almost 2 weeks and hope so much it’s only temporary.
Unfortnately, yes I do. I have had it since May 2nd and this is June 8. I think my eardrum is still retracted, so my doctor called me in Cipro – really strong antibiotic.
You should go to an ENT and see if they can help you out. I am planning on it as soon as I finish my medication…I REALLY hope it goes away soon. I think 6 months is the normal timeframe before they consider it a problem as most cases resolve before then.
Alcohol and coffeine increases the noise. So does a short nap during the day. On me at least.
i agree about the ipods and earphones, i had the ringing in my ears for almost a year now, was my own silly fault playing a guitar to loud at home, had burning in my right ear that took months to clear and was left with the ringing in my ear, gets worse if i wear ear plugs or at night when there is no noise, my daughter was running around and screaming a few months ago and i got a poping feeling in my left ear, so now i have ringing in both ears, if it gets louder then im in trouble
and stress
I recently started using biflavanoids. They apparently have been shown to improve tinnitus and meniere’s disease. Of course, that’s salesman talk. There have been clinical trials done that did work…hopefully they were legit, lol.
The brand name is Lipo-Flavanoid, but it’s $30 for 100 pills =/. Generic is ~$4-$8. Hopefully this stuff actually works.
Has anyone here had luck with biflavanoids?
I had tinnitus when I went to my first nightclub. It really is terrible, i have never been to a nightclub since.
It lasted a week. I was lucky x
i got it about 7 years ago from my alarm clock. hasn’t gone away ever since. my tinnitus once drove me to a point where I wanted to kill myself because i couldn’t stand it anymore. now i’m fine. the key is to pay as little attention to it as possible i guess. If you have problems falling asleep you could try playing some music. It worked for me, but now i’m so used to it that i don’t need music to sleep anymore.
yeah my tinnitus gets louder when I clench my teeth,
Got mine from swimming. Haven’t swam since, not even worth the risk.
I have had tinnitus for about 12 years now, I am 22. It is getting worse at the moment from ear infection and devastating me…
12years 24/7h 365 days a year noise.
We need a cure!
i had it since i was born(im15) and ive been trying to find a cure but nothing is working my mom said try clean9ing my ears but i know that wouldnt work i just need a cure cause its really annoying me and giving me headaches
look guys. i had tinnitus too and it was pretty loud. the truth is, that theres always some kind of explanation for this phenomenon. u have to accept the noise. accept it as ur kind of silence and it wont bother u anymore. i promise
I’m 33 years old and I think I’ve always had tinnitus. I don’t remember a time when my ears didn’t ring. For many years I thought that it was normal. I even asked my mother once “When it’s completely quiet, you still hear a loud ringing sound, right?”. I’ve never known complete silence. If it weren’t for my fan I’d never get to sleep! It honestly doesn’t bother me anymore unless it’s completely quiet or I’m getting an ear infection. But it’s ALWAYS there.
It’s been a month since your post. Has your Lipo-Flavanoid helped any? My doctor has recommended it but he told me that it could take 3 to 6 months before I notice a difference.
My tinnitus satarted6 weeks ago.
I was at the hospital for a week having some medicine.
Now I am taking two tablets ( 500mg each) of ginko biloba per day. In accordance with my doctor, this medicine if mainly to prevent to get the situation worse.
Hi,
I also suffer from tinnitus. Can you tell me what medicine you took?
Hello I have tinnitus and loss of hearing. I would like to share to you something odd about my tinnitus. Mine actually gone away but shortly came back after I stopped my regement of weight training. I did all the importaint workouts (deadlift, squats, bench press and alot of heavy weight lifting) 5 times a week. I also took multi vitamines every single day but doubled up with another dose of b complex, took ginkgo biloba, baby aspirin, argenin, biotin, caffine (or green tea pills)…. more
Ah, sorry I took so long to reply. My other account was closed (Arcane587).
I still have tinnitus. The Lipo-Flavanoids haven’t made it go away yet
. Hopefully it will eventually as I have had tinnitus for 3.5 months now.
I finally managed to get hold of my school’s insurance, so I’ll be heading to my ENT pretty soon. I imagine I’ll either be prescribed a masker, hearing aid or both. That’ll hurt my wallet
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I hope that the Lipo-Flavanoids work out for you. Clinical trials say they do.
I was diagnosed with endocarditis and am in the process of being treated with six weeks of IV antibiotics. The first one they put me on was gentamyacin which gave me this terrible ringing in my ears. Had it for a month now. I also have to have open heart surgery in 2 more weeks because the endocarditis destroyed my mitral valve in my heart and a piece of my kidney. This noise is driving me out of my F-ing mind! The cause of the endocarditis was having a cavity filled at the dentist.
does anyone know anything about a new documentary called devils symphony that’s out there about tinnitus? i’ve heard about it over a couple discussion boards, but haven’t heard from anyone who’s seen it. i’d like to see it but not sure if it’s really worth it…? any ideas?
I have tinnitus and noticed that my change in medication has some affect on the noise. Consult your doctor if you find a change.
try ginko tea leaves it worked for me. also i just began drinking dandelion root.ginko took effect in matter of months
I also have tinnitus, it sucks ass. It only bothers me when I am trying to get to sleep at night.
is hypnosis a cure????????