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excel2flow | 9 years ago

My tinnitus started with local anesthesia given by dentist. It caused spasm in jaw muscle which I had for almost a month - and as a side effect there was a tinnitus in left ear. The spasm eventually disappeared, but tinnitus never did. It's been 2 years now and by now I've realized that I'll probably never ever enjoy silence again. So let it be a warning what banal anesthesia can cause…

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chrishof|9 years ago

I had a similar experience. I was put to sleep with general anesthetic for a minor operation. When I woke up I immediately thought that the surgeon must have used loud equipment during the procedure, because my ears were ringing. Turns out it was the anesthetic. I haven't heard true silence for 2 years now.

Retric|9 years ago

That really sucks. I occupationally get tinnitus. Only thing I found that helps is focusing on relaxing the jaw / facial mussels / something in that area that's hard to describe. It fells like popping your ears, but not quite as much. Which is probably as helpful as telling someone to roll their tongue, but I thought I would put that out there.

excel2flow|9 years ago

I have it 24/7, nothing seems to help. It can be only masked by external noise. Alcohol doesn't help me to get temporal relief - it's even worse, louder.

But by far the worst consequence of tinnitus and the real problem (at least for me) is disturbance of sleep. At first I couldn't fall asleep - because of the noise which manifests itself most strongly in silent environment. So I was lying in bed for a few hours before falling asleep (now I got accustomed so I can fall asleep faster). But even worse is that the noise wakes me up after like 4-5 hours. That means I'm completely exhausted all day, because I need 7-8 hours of sleep to feel refreshed. I tried Zolpidem, which can get me 6 hours of sleep, but its effect wears off rapidly if taken for a few consecutive nights. Now I take Mirtazapine, which works better. Also it helped me to take Magnesium supplements.