# 249

Posted: 19/11/2009 20:32

FAO: Digger

Hi Digger, great to hear how well you've come on. It is truely inspirational to me. I have had T for over 2 years now. It never bothered me until 6 weeks ago when I fired a shotgun without my plugs. Since then it has caused me great distress, often feeling there is no hope and leading to very dark thoughts. My ENT recommends TRT, he claims it has had very good success. THe fact that I had T before and it didn't bother me leads me to believe that TRT will work for me. I would like all the advice you can give me please. If possible, please email me on blipsandbleeps [at] gmail.com .

Your help is very much appreciated. Phil

# 248

Posted: 16/11/2009 18:07

Hi Sal and Zuppy,

You shouls persist with it and perhaps incraese the dose.

As I posted previously, I had severe Tinnitus for over a year, and has sought medical help to no avail. The b12 worked, and thank God, the noise has not come back.Seanmac

# 247

Posted: 16/11/2009 17:00

HI ZUPPY, I AM ON THE SECOND MONTH ALSO OF THE B12 BUT SO FAR THE NOISE IS STILL BAD SOMETIMES IT SEEMS WORSE BUT I AM GOING TO STAY ON THEM AND SEE FOR ANOTHER FEW MONTHS.

# 246

Posted: 13/11/2009 18:23

Hi All,

Just wanted to know how the B12 is working out.  I am on it approx 2mths now and I have to say I do find an improvement.  Definately stress increases the noise.  Stick with it!

# 245

Posted: 09/10/2009 18:23

Hi All,

Tinnitus driving me mad this evening.  Hearing loss+++++. Am taking the B12.  I have taken all the advice and no let up.  Please sign the petition, there has to be something to allieve this torment.

# 244

Posted: 04/10/2009 21:53

Hi

I have had tinnitus now for over five years.I find that if you try to relieve stress and try not to dwell too much on it things can be much better. At night i play some easy listening music even at a very low level and this gets me off to sleep

I hope this is helpful to someone

# 243

Posted: 02/10/2009 20:05

Dear all, I have set up a petition for all to sign lobbying for more research and funding to find a cure for Tinnitus and hearing loss.http://t4tinnitus.com/petition/ (external link, opens new browser window)The closing date for the petition is 1st September 2010. I will send this petition to Gillian Merron, who is the Minister of State for Public Health.Anyone can sign, not just people with hearing loss or Tinnitus, so tell your friends. The more the merrier.Thanks,Graham

# 242

Posted: 01/10/2009 19:30

http://t4tinnitus.com/petition/

hi everyone

we need alot of signatures on this petition to lobby english government to fund more money for research into tinnitus

please sign and also freinds and family members can do soo too

thanks

e

# 241

Posted: 30/09/2009 14:54

Think Seanmac recommended pure Vitamin B12 and not mixed with anything else ?

Mary H

# 240

Posted: 30/09/2009 13:01

does anyone when they get the ringing in the ears also get bouts of vertigo and imbalance mine started about 12 months ago and still waiting to go to get app. with ent, i start off with fullness  heat in ear and then pain in neck going up to ear then the vertigo starts i am left with almost total imbalance since this started a year ago the ringing goes after after a few weeks but the whole thing starts all over again within a month or so ..anyone else like this?

# 239

Posted: 30/09/2009 11:10

Hi All,

Still buzzing away here, and find that in times of stress it is much worse.  Have taken Seanmac's advice and started the B12 with magnesium and hoping for results soon.  What I woundn't give for some peace and quiet.  I live near the sea and I find walks on the beach are great as the sound is drowned out by the ocean.

Zuppy

# 238

Posted: 29/09/2009 14:49

B12.

I may have started this discussion, and it has been very successful for me,as I have been without tinnitus for a couple of years.

However be advised that you have to stay with it, as improvements sometimes are not evident for up to 3 months. Good luck with it folks.

John

# 237

Posted: 29/09/2009 09:16

hi, just to let you know you can get b12 in boots. just go to the chemist counter as they keep it behind there for some reason. i am on it for a few weeks but no results so far. regards sal.

# 236

Posted: 26/09/2009 17:27

I always tought my tinnitus was from a longhaul flight I took but I see here stress can be a facter. As I get older [ 50 ] now I believe my tinnitus is getting worse. This is going on now ten to twelve years. Yaseen here talks about low hb what is Low HB ? Anyway I am still looking for B12 on its own. I have found B12 mixed with other stuff, vitimn B ect. Anyway I will keep looking.I now see another person talking about B12 and magnseim. Well I will look out for this.Ishuuld think I will find it at a health store. Thanks William...

William Kinsella

# 235

Posted: 22/09/2009 12:01

Hi all,

Just in relation to the comments on taking vitamin B12, I myself find taking the vitamin very helpful for my Tinnitus. I firmly believe that my Tinnitus is stress related and can persist even in times when I think I'm not stressed. When Tinnitus is particularly bothering me I feel my ear is pulsating and the nerves in my ear are about to explode. It makes sense then to take B12 as this is essential for the nervous system. However I take vitamin B12 combined with Magnesium for maximum effect. Magnesium protects the nerves in the inner ear. It regulates the sound waves in the ear, if someone is deficient in Magnesium this leads to irregular sound waves in the ear and hence can cause Tinnitus. I have been taking B12 combined with Magnesium for a few wks now and I have to say I have had no buzzing at all in my ear for the first time in two years. I have the odd day where i can hear it again but these few wks have been brilliant. I can only put it down to taking these vitamins as nothing else in my life has changed over the last few weeks.

Hope this may be of help to someone else. Even if it doesn't work, as time goes by you DO learn to cope with this infliction. The frustration eases and you realise you could be worse off with some other serious illness, the less you care about it the less it bothers you. For new sufferers I know that sounds impossible but believe me you'll begin to feel the same way and become a happier person.

# 234

Posted: 21/09/2009 14:02

hi i have just come off my mobile phone i am finding lately my ear goes mad after does anyone notice this.i have T for years .kim

# 233

Posted: 18/09/2009 14:39

Hi mumph,

Tinnitus is noticeable in calm environment, at first place try to get some background noise in your study room (a fan, or ...), practice physical exercise daily in morning, use white noise at bed time for sleeping (load it on a ipod or mobile ...), take healthy diet, avoid tension, and try acupuncture.

at last prepare psychologically that this noise is a part of life like we breath, you will ignore it easily,

hope its helpful

# 232

Posted: 18/09/2009 12:23

hi there,

i,m not sure how long i might have had tinnitus for, but i do remember going to the doctor when i was about 19. i worked in pubs for a long time(12 years) and also in carpentry for the last 10 years.i always noticed time and again this high pitched sound but put it down to the enviroment and pressumed it would go away. i'm back studying full time in university and it's only now that i'm noticing this constant high pitched noise in my head,probably because for the first time in my life i'm in a quiet enviroment.it's very distracting when i'm studying and i find it very hard to take things in. does anybody have any advice. is the B12 worth trying. could some of it be psycological,

Thanks

# 231

Posted: 16/09/2009 12:42

Air traveling is not a cause of Tinnitus, just it worsen existing Tinnitus for some period. You must try to find out the exact cause, it may be from Allergy, loud noise, low Hb, any adverse effect of a drug.

Take B12 and try acupuncture, excursive daily.

I am having Tinnitus, and I am a frequent air traveler.

Any body to discuss further on TINNITUS & AIR TRAVEL?

Please comment.

# 230

Posted: 16/09/2009 10:53

Hi all,

well I have just found this site and both my mom and myself have tinnitus. I have it about 10 years. I believe I have had tinnitus from a longhall flight I took from Miami to London 10 years ago. I have taken many longhall flights but this one messed up my hearihg. My poor mom who is 71 years old tells me that her sleeping is now not good as the noise is so bad. I see some people here talking about B12 so I will let my mom know and we will both try it.

William Kinsella

# 229

Posted: 11/09/2009 21:19

Hi PG

 I like you at the age of 26 got T after one concert here in wexford, I was devastated keep out of loud bars for a while and buy some ear plugs for discos etc, with time it will get better

Eli

# 228

Posted: 11/09/2009 12:22

Thanks John.  I will try the B12 before I get to an ENT specialist.  Thanks very much.  Will keep you posted on progress.

PG...

# 227

Posted: 11/09/2009 00:43

Hello, Zuppy, and Prodigy Girl,

If you really have Tinnitus, please read my posts hereunder.

It worked for me, and hopefully it will work for you.

Regards, and good luck,

John

# 226

Posted: 09/09/2009 21:50

Hi there,

I'm 26 and I've just got tinnitus since June while attending The Prodigy concert in Cork.  It wasn't so bad but I have since been in bars/clubs with loud music and now the noise in my ears is horribly loud....

I was at the GP who gave me a letter for an ENT specialist...is there any specialist in particular that anyone can recommend?

I'm quite distressed over this as it has started to affect my sleep.  I'm really worried that I am stuck with this for the rest of my life....

I'd appreciate any assistance,

Thanks,

PG

# 225

Posted: 06/09/2009 09:11

Hello fellow suffers!

I am new to this dreadful noise. Just 2 weeks now and already I am demented. It's Sunday morning and I have been awake since 6.30! I have had ears syringed and am awaiting audio testing. The sound is deafining! My daughter's wedding is next week and I am dreading the noise, one feels so disconected and in a world of their own. Mostly people are sympthatetic but they have no idea how it feels. Wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. Unfortunately I smoke and from your discussion page I get the impression this is not helping? I hope to have accupunture this week, does anyone find this beneficial? would love to know.

# 224

Posted: 26/08/2009 14:20

Thanks Seanmac, I am starting a course of B12 now.

# 223

Posted: 25/08/2009 19:42

Hello Jim,

Vitamin B12 can be obtained in nearly any health shop. They are usually in bottles of 100, and 100 ug strength, and very cheap. Make sure you get the pure B12, as some times it is sold combined with other prosucts.

I started taking one, three times a day with meals, and after a week reduced it to one a day. It took about 3 months for the problem to go. I thought it was returning some time ago, and resumed Vitamin B12, and it stayed away.

Anyhow it worked for me, and I had severe tinnitus in my right ear. It was so bad that I had trouble sleeping.

Try it if you like, and good luck.

Regards,

John

# 222

Posted: 25/08/2009 16:20

Hi Seanmac, colud you please explain more, what course of Vit B12 you followed, for how long,

Thanks,

# 221

Posted: 24/08/2009 22:15

I had tinnitus for over a year. I attended my G.P. and was told I would have to live with it.

However I read an article that Vitamin B12 would cure it. The article said to persist with it  for at least three months. I was sceptical, but desperate, but to my surprise the tinnitus left, and has not returned.

I hope that might help somebody,

John

# 220

Posted: 23/08/2009 14:19

Deaf hear are holding a metting for tinnitus sufferers in wexford 26 august lochrann house at 7

Reagrds

E

# 219

Posted: 20/08/2009 16:11

Hi Tash,

I live near Maynooth so that would be ideal. Unfortunately the area I live in does not have Broadband and I can only access the internet from work so there might be a delay in my reply. I would like to know how I can contact you.

I am having a really good time with my T lately - there is definitely a lot to be said about keeping busy. At night I have started to use a sound machine so I don't really hear my tinnitus at all anymore. Don't let people's negativity get you down - I had a lot of that when I first got this. Always stay positive and strong.

To eli,

Thanks a million for your invite - Wexford is a bit far as I have the baby but thanks a million.

Dal

# 218

Posted: 10/08/2009 21:39

hi dal

were having a tinitus meeting in wexford on the 25 of august if you're interested- hoping to start a support group

eli

# 217

Posted: 10/08/2009 21:32

hi tash,

       my wish to you is that you get on with whatever you want to do in your 

   life and know there are lots of us out there like yourself and we are doing fine

  I hope you do well and became what you want to be. we are here to talk to you  any time you need.

                best wishs sal 

# 216

Posted: 09/08/2009 17:16

Hi everyone

I'm 26 and have loud tinnitus in both ears for as long as i can remember. I have no idea when it started but it's probably a genetic condition as a member of my immediate family is very deaf although he never had tinnitus himself. I have such worries that the tinnitus is a warning sign that I'm going to go deaf...what would I do if that happened?? I'm studying to be a psychologist and for obvious reasons I need to be able to rely on my ears. I attend the eye and ear hospital about once a year although the last time I went they tried not to give me another appointment as I was told "what can we do for you?". A doctor there recently commented that my ears are "sick". What I don't understand is that although I have some hearing loss in both ears that my hearing tests have remained the same for the past 4/5 years i.e. my hearing hasn't got worse. Although it certainly feels like it has. How then can a doctor tell me that my ears are sick??? It's that sort of unprofessionalism that really gets my goat up. Let me live with the absolute wonder of knowing that my hearing is stable, (although my tinnitus is not) that I am not going deaf in my mid-twenties. Why turn something positive into something so awfully negative??? Yes i have hearing loss, but it's not getting worse! Is it not possible to assume that i was born with the hearing loss?? which is not impossible given the genetic link. And as for wanting to keep my yearly appointments what's wrong for wanting a little bit of stability and support for the tinnitus that has nowhere else to go???

To Dal, I would be interested in hearing from you regarding setting up a tinnitus support group perhaps in the Maynooth area??? 

# 215

Posted: 13/07/2009 17:18

Would anyone be interested in setting up a support group in the Kildare area - I live outside Clane and there is no support group in my area - I joined the Dublin Irish Tinnitus Association but would love to set up a support group in my area.  

# 214

Posted: 13/07/2009 15:33

Hi all, I am 33 and living with tinnitus since April 2007.  I was very down when I first got this and was on anti-depressants and sleeping tablets and Xanax among many.  Things got worse when I got it in both ears and I was unconsolable.  In January 2008 I discovered I was pregnant but I still focused daily on my tinnitus.  Everything changed when I had my beautiful baby boy on the 10th of October 2008.  For a start I don't get to think about it as much and when I do I just switch to thinking about my son.  When I go to bed I generally fall asleep very fast!!  Thats not to say that it still doesn't bother me, it does but now I don't listen to it.  For those of you suffering at this time stay strong, it may seem like a long road but you will make it, for those of you who have learned to live with this I salute you.  By the way I have a sister who has this and she doesn't even notice it now. 

# 213

Posted: 26/06/2009 15:27

I am 36 and have tinnitus since i was a child. I think it developed after numerous ear infections which i put down to a poor immune system due to the fact i was allergy to dairy products. When i cut out dairy at 14 years of age i got less infections. Although i still have tinnitus and i have got used to it and don't really notice it anymore i bet if i was still on dairy i would be far worse. I had an IGE and VEGA test that showed i was allergy to dairy.

# 212

Posted: 22/06/2009 02:46

This may sound silly and I am hesitant to even mention it but my kids left a handful of raisins on their plate a week or so ago. Rather than throw them out, I scooped them up and the next day my tinnitus (which is rather quiet already after 18 months in just one ear, cause unknown) went really quiet. As I reflected the next day on why that might be, I remembered the raisins. We ran out and my tinnitus seemed to get a little louder. This morning we got more and I had a handful and now it really seems quieter. I have tried grape seed extract in the past without any noticeable difference (except a lighter wallet!) These are just cheap seedless raisins. Given how cheap raisins are, I figured it may be worth posting incase it helped someone else. Could it just be a placebo effect???

Wex, what kind of treatment did you get? I had a sudden onset of tinnitus in my right ear about 18 months ago. It almost drove me mad but over time has become quiet manageable so that I only think about it a couple of times a day (as opposed to all the time). Saw a specialist but he just told me to live with it as there was not anything they could do - would love to know what you were told. All the best and hang in there!

# 211

Posted: 17/06/2009 17:54

Got an appointment for treatmentt in July in Beaumont-has any one got any advice on this treatment and does it help you cope with your tinnitus? Thanks E

# 210

Posted: 09/06/2009 20:35

hi everyone with T

the Young Scientist in feb 09 are looking for peolpe this summer to volunteer  in their project to cure long term tinnitus. email them on

info@restoredhearing.ie

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