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    I have had tinnitus for thirty years or more, coupled with 25% upper register hearing loss. I find that if I ignore the tinnitus (in my case a constant hiss in my ears) life is fine. When I am thinking about it(like right now obviously) it is there loud & clear. The hearing loss comes from shooting without ear defenders in my youth.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Puffin View Post
    I have had high BP on an off for years, I have now been prescribed meds which it says you can experience ringing in the ears!
    Ha. Same here mate. I've got the 'ringing' right now and have it most days. I find it's not in the ears as such, but in the head. A bit like the ringing you get when you get a bang on the nut. I've got used to it and just shut it out of my thoughts. It's lowish level anyway. It's definitely the BP meds, 'cos when I forget to take them it goes away.
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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    Ha. Same here mate. I've got the 'ringing' right now and have it most days. I find it's not in the ears as such, but in the head. A bit like the ringing you get when you get a bang on the nut. I've got used to it and just shut it out of my thoughts. It's lowish level anyway. It's definitely the BP meds, 'cos when I forget to take them it goes away.

    Speak to your GP ask if your try a different medicine or better look a none medicine way of reducing BP eg exercise and diet lots of good advice on British Heart Federation web site I did I few months of gym with a local Heart support group maybe something similar in your area. I really believe tinnitus is related to health mine gets a lot worse when I am ill or run down apart from when having steroids for asthma which seem to really lessen it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ronksley View Post
    Speak to your GP ask if your try a different medicine or better look a none medicine way of reducing BP eg exercise and diet
    Done all that. The current med (Ramipril) gives me fewer side effects than others I've used, which have been ghastly!
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    I am on Amlodipine now (2 weeks) was previously on Ramipril (3 weeks) and BP showed no change. There is still no change, but will give it a couple of months before I go back to see if it needs time to work. Mine is Familial high BP, is that harder to treat? I have exercised all my life and have a healthy weight and the same waist measurement as when I was 16 (32). Depending on what I have on in the week I cycle 3 or 4 times, up hills mainly given that is what we have around here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Puffin View Post
    I am on Amlodipine now (2 weeks) was previously on Ramipril (3 weeks) and BP showed no change.
    I had terrible side effects with that. Messed up thinking (well, more than usual ), freezing extremities, disturbed sleep, disorientation and a general feeling of not being at all well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    I had terrible side effects with that. Messed up thinking (well, more than usual ), freezing extremities, disturbed sleep, disorientation and a general feeling of not being at all well.
    I had bad diarrhoea with the Ramipril, no side effects on the Ploppydine. I also started Statins a couple of weeks ago. Haven't had any side effects with those either.
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    I have tinnitus in my right ear from riding my Harley Davidson Road King with Stage one pipes - the ignorance of youth

    As people have said, ignore it and it disappears, listen out for it and its back. The specialist advised always having background music playing and this will train you to listen through the tinnitus which will recede until it is no longer an issue.

    One benefit of the tinnitus is that it allows me to audition equipment at a level few others can. If the system shows any sign of harshness (digital) then the tinnitus comes back. If it is analogue sounding then it stays away.

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    Watch out taking Gabapentin and tetegrytol, the wife was on them for years because of trigeminal neuralgia, they are not known as stupid pills for nothing, not only stop misfiring nurves from working but seriously slow the rest down.

    Had tinnitus for 30 odd years myself, due to working in heavy industry, no help offered by the NHS so just have to live with it.

    Been on Amytriptaline for years for other issues so the nurse pain killer has no effect on the tinnitus although it does slow the brain down.

    Never been a fan of self medication especially knowing the long term damage the likes of Tegrytol does to other major organs which is why you are supposed to have regular blood tests done, which you don't get when self medicating.
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    I got hyperacusis and an increase in my existing tinnitus following a gig in 2010. The OP correctly describes hyperacusis as "evil". Even silence becomes scratchy, never mind the pinprick pain from the slightest innocuous sounds. It's like having a permanent hangover where everything is harsh and too loud and means that you can end up shutting out the world. That's not illogical, since if you burned your hand you'd keep away from flame. But constantly snapping at your family for laughing, talking loudly or coughing spreads the misery. At my worst I couldn't listen to the news on TV never mind listen to music at all, and a trip to the supermarket was a torture cacophany.

    However the philosophy on treatment, which I ultimately bought into, is to expose your ears to normal sound even though it's grating and after a while your threshold resets to a degree as your hearing becomes retrained. I was helped by getting a referral to a consultant who arranged white noise generators. They look like hearing aids to the unfamiliar eye and crank up a smooth air conditioner type background noise that you get used to. I notice quite a few people with them now. After a couple of years I could listen to music at a moderate domestic volume and although I still can't take sound levels above normal street noise (eg the cinema is off limits without earplugs) I'm grateful for it having improved to a point where it no longer dominates. The only medication that made a slight difference was Serc on prescription.

    Tinnitus is a battle with yourself to reach a "cure". Mine gets worse with a cold or tiredness, but other than that I control it - I'm the one who makes it loud when I'm down or who makes it disappear when I'm busy living life.

    I was panicked when I couldn't find the solution to H and T early on, and the internet is full of all the worst case stories and quack remedies, but if you hang in there and keep yourself occupied you do get to a better place.

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