Wednesday, July 20, 2011

I need some educated diagnosis for my tinitus. Please read details and tell me what you educated speculations?

I have had some tinnitus since I was a child. I'm an epileptic no seizures for last 23 yrs. No seizure med changes for last 16yrs. 1 yr after I became a nurse, my ears started having pressure problems that still cause me to re pressurize them like one does when going up in a plane.MD's said it would go away on its own. It did not. I got used to it. I guessed that the frequent nose blowing or sniffing I had to do was the cause of that chronic problem.Yes, I have terrible allergies forcing me to take allergy med frequently .At one vision appt the md said I had high pressure behind my eyes.(Its in normal range now) Now the ringing in my ears has gotten substantially louder in the last 6 mos. I'm a nurse of 13 yrs and offend sit near a call light box designed to be heard throughout the hall. .The MD referred me to an audiologist who after testing my hearing said my tinnitus was due to hearing loss. The best thing she offered was biofeedback which she wasn't endorsing as a cure either. She said you just have to accept the fact your getting older. Traditional medicine has failed me. I've tried Quietusse, no relief for me. Can someone connect the ear eye and nose problems? Oh yeah the seizure med is carbatrol.

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