I suffer from tinnitus. I'm not sure how
long i've suffered from it, because i've
just gradually become aware of it over the
past 2-3 years. I have it in the form of
a constant ringing in my ears, in which
consisting of one global tone in both
ears, and a slightly lower-pitched tone
(probably in the region of 1khz or
there-abouts) in my right ear. I
generally forget about it during the day,
but when i'm laying in bed at night, I
become aware of it.
Over the past few months or so, my ears,
generally speaking, have been okay
(besides the tinnitus, of course). But,
every so often one of them will cloud over
a bit (mainly my left ear) due to a wax
build-up. I obviously don't want to stick
cotton-buds down there, so I went and
bought some otex ear drops.
I got home and read the leaflet, and it
states that sufferers of tinnitus
shouldn't use them. It doesn't give any
reason as to why, so this is exactly my
question.
What will otex do to somebody suffering
with tinnitus? Will it make it worse?
And, if so, why will it do this?
I haven't used the otex drops yet, since
i'm cautious of doing so. On a side-note,
i'm a male and only 20 years of age, if
that matters at all.
If there are any specialists here, then
suggestions on a cure for tinnitus (which
i'm pretty sure doesn't exist... Yet), or
at least some tips on treatments that will
maybe help to reduce it. From what I
understand, it's merely nerve impulses in
my brain producing the tones, and so I
guess this is exactly why it is so hard to
treat.
Thank you for your time, and any knowledge
that you can share on this.
Onlyone-jc.
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i posted this in general q&a, but then
realised that this would be a much better
place for it. So, sorru for the double
post.
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felthamfilly
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 20 Location: london
Posted: 04-23-06 01:52am
I have the same problem, I wanted to use
otex but it said on the label not to if
you have tinnitus, I think it might make
it louder because the otex will unblock
the ears or something like that. Dawn.
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onlyone-jc
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 5 Location: UK
Posted: 04-23-06 08:19am
Hi.
I'm not sure that's the case, since it's
not a physical sound wave (or waves) that
is audible. It's the brain producing
tones to make you aware that some form of
damage to your ears has been afflicted.
Tinnitus seems to be the brain's security
mechanism stuck in one position.
I think the reason there's currently no
cure for it (there will be in the future,
i'm praying for it. You should do, too!),
is because it would involve intercepting
the brain, and turning the security
mechanism off. And so this could
obviously prove dangerous.
I still haven't used them (the otex
drops), and am going to see my doctor some
time next week. I'll post back what he
has to say about them.
