I am having a problem and hoping someone here can help...

[charlesphoto]

I've had really bad tinnitus for decades now, thanks to being a rock photographer. One learns to live with it, but it can be frustrating - sometimes I just give up trying to listen to music, esp late at night. There are lifestyle things that can make it worse - if my candida issue isn't under control and I'm off my no sugar diet, too much coffee, cannabis, not enough magnesium, stress, loud noise or music, esp music that isn't played on a refined sounding system (i.e. car radio), flying, and alas, headphones. I haven't been to specialists; honestly imo there's not much that can be done beyond diet and lifestyle mitigation, and even then it's something you may just have to live with.

[charlesphoto]

Yes, you are correct, esp if it's a sudden on come and in one ear only with no easily recognized trauma being done to them. Many years of hanging over monitors and next to PA's, and one My Bloody Valentine show in particular, and I know personally there's not much to be done in my case. But others will be different.

 

I had a scare a couple weeks back that ended me up in the ER thinking I was having a heart attack. It wasn't, though symptoms scarily lingered until a few days ago when I gave up coffee and they've almost entirely disappeared (as well as the associated panic attacks). Still going for more tests though (stress echo tomorrow) as one can never be too sure.