Tinnitus, Deafness and Ear Problems Support Group
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Hi to my friends here. I have a question that i cannot seem to get an answer to from my doctor. On my quiet T days (now about 2 a week), it is accompanied with dizziness, then the day after that the T comes back very strong. Does anyone know what is the possible diagnosis for this? Or what would a treatment be? Thanks again, Rose
Hearing loss that changes
Pressure in the ear
Ringing or roaring in the affected ear, called tinnitus
Vertigo, or dizziness
I have read somewhere that if you don't have all for symptoms it's considered Meniere's Syndrome.
Hope that helps.
The Tinnitus is a whistle in the left ear.
An osculationg sound in the right ear.
A hissing in the brain and now also a low humming.
Add in the sound the maskers make.
The volume is increasing unfortunatly :(
Given all this it must be something else.
I cope the best i can but its a big challenge.
I come here for the support. You guys are great.
Just had an mri today of my brain and ears.
Don't know how long it takes to get results.
Patience !!
It took me almost 3 years to figure out why I was having so many problems with dizziness and varying bouts of tinnitus. The ringing started for me after an all-day concert that I worked at in 2009. But a year later, I started having vertigo and odd sensations -- some trembling and feeling weakness on the left side.
Long story short, I figured out that I have Temporomandibular Joint Disorder -- a condition caused jaw joint problems. Actually, it's because of dental work I've had done over the years and tooth grinding which I hadn't been aware of. Tracing it back, I was having these problems since the late 1990s but not to the same severity. My problem got so much worse in 2010, after I had my mercury fillings replaced with composite. One of them broke and had to be replaced by a crown which didn't fit well and left a small but incredibly significant gap.
I'm not saying this is the cause of your tinnitus and vertigo, but they are related. Literature, though, only casually mentions an association between TMJ/TMD and vertigo.
Some other symptoms, if applicable, would be clicking in your jaw, wearing of teeth, soreness from the muscles contracting too hard, parasthesia (which is feeling things that are not there -- like tingling, cobwebs and feathers). Also, the tinnitus might get better or worse from day to day as one grits their jaw or grinds their teeth in different amounts. One of the major no-nos for me was a bad habit of chewing on pen caps and plastic stuff. Stress is bad!
I sympathize with you whatever the case. I've been working only part-time ever since my vertigo kicked in, and now that I know what the problem is, I'm flat broke and haven't any cash to get it fixed with an expensive neuromuscular dentist.
Vertigo has some 300 possible causes (from excessive ear wax, to Meniere's fluid, tick bites and viral infections, etc), but it tends to be associated with inner ear problems and/or nerves -- so tinnitus can certainly be closely associated with whatever might be the cause of your vertigo problem.
If you look at a diagram, you'll see there's a lot of nerves running in and out of the ear canal. So, the muscle fatigue from TMJ/TMD, the tooth problems, and the wear on the jaw joint could combine to become a major cause of inflammation and irritation to those nerves -- which could causing a variety of symptoms. When trying to describe them to an unknowing doctor, you might sound crazy. I saw many in those first 3 years and they just kept suggesting I see a psychiatrist to get some antidepressants and talk through my psychosomatic issues. Wrong, wrong, wrong! It's not an internist's specialty to ask about bruxism, so they never did, and consequently were of no help.
The first step toward a TMJ solution is a proper self-diagnosis, a trip to the dentist, and probably a bite plate of some sort. Again, not saying this is your situation, but something to consider and perhaps rule out. It's impossible for us to know. Can you tell if one side of your head is affected by the vertigo than the other? Is the tinnitus in both ears or in one ear more than the other?
Hang in there, though, and keep track of your tests and experiences. You may find a revealing pattern.