It's probably tinitis (sp?). And if that's what it is then expect much more!
I do alot of meditating to control it (it is possible to tone it down a bit with much concentration). I do not care to take alot of meds for depression, pain, etc because of the side effects; however, when it gets really bad I will take half a dose.
warm smiles......christie

Thanks, I remember seeing it when I was first reading up on FM. Now, I need to go read up on tinitis. What do you take half of? I would hope it would be something I already have to take. Then again if so it's not working, huh.LOL

I get mild to severe ringing in the ears. Sometimes its so loud that I'm sure others around me can hear it. Other times I just hear a loud, high pitched screeching all the time.

It's enough to drive you nuts.

I just saw a thing on TV about tinnitis being caused by neighboring neurons picking up the sound and mirroring it all throughout the brain. Don't have any answers, but at least they're studying it and finding out some stuff about it. I know lots of people suffer from it.

Mizroze

1.DO NOT panic. Tinnitus is usually not a sign of a serious, ongoing medical condition.
2.CHECK things out. The sounds you hear may actually be normal sounds created by the human body at work.
3.SEE an audiologist or ear, nose and throat specialist (ENT) interested and experienced in tinnitus treatment.
4.REVIEW your current medications (prescription, over-the-counter, vitamins and other supplements) with your medical professional to find possible causes of your tinnitus.
5.BE WARY of a hopeless diagnosis or physician advice like, Theres nothing you can do about your tinnitus. Go home and live with it.
6.BE a detective. Keep track of what triggers your tinnitus.
7.KEEP UP TO DATE about tinnitus. More and more research by the best and the brightest is bringing us closer to successful treatments and cures for tinnitus.
Find Effective Treatment and Take Care of Yourself
8.BE KIND to yourself. Developing tinnitus means you have undergone a significant physical, emotional and maybe even life-style change.
9.EXAMINE how you live to find ways to eliminate or reduce some stress in different parts of your life; stress often makes tinnitus worse.
10.PAY ATTENTION to what you eat. One-by-one, eliminate possible sources of tinnitus aggravation, e.g., salt, artificial sweeteners, sugar, alcohol, prescription or over-the-counter medications, tobacco and caffeine.
(Do not stop taking medications without consulting with your health care professional.)
11.DONT GIVE UP on a treatment if it doesnt work right away. Some can take quite a while to have a positive effect.
12.PROTECT YOURSELF from further auditory damage by avoiding loud places and by using earplugs when you cant avoid loud noise.
Found this on line hope it helps!
Hugs
Sue Bee

Aspirin products can cause it even from past use and other meds or allergies can also cause it amongst other things and even meds or or things from your past can cause tinnitis! Good luck!

Also, Fm makes us sensitive to everything including all noises so see if it is a random noise in your surroundings that you hear and others do not as fm makes us more sensitive to sounds and noises!

Thanks guys for all the feed back and thank you SueBee for your research info. I go to the the doc. in the morning and will bring all of this up to him. Thanks again, I Love You Guys :-) TW

this list:
Salt, artificial sweeteners, sugar, alcohol, prescription or over-the-counter medications, tobacco and caffeine.
Thats allot of different stuff but they did say one by one!

I'd start with sugar and salt and the last would be caffeine, That cup of Joe or Tim (Tim Hortons) or what ever you name it I got to have it, at least one!

Sue Bee