Re: a bit about sensory issues

[Guest guest]

,

I periodically get tinitus too, but only occasionally. I hear a high

tone, or a low tine, or a rushing sound. The rushing sounds only

began within the last two years or so.

It usually only happens for thirty seconds to a minute or two. The

second it begins, I stop and try to see if I have done anything that

might bring it on, and I remember what I was doing on the other

occassions it has occured, but so far, there has been no correlation.

But I am not entirely convinced that these occurrences are completely

random either. While I can believe that the body occassionally has

these little snafus (maybe there is some sort of nerve in the ear

that goes haywire every once in a while)I wonder if all the

electromagnetic radiation in the atmosphere, or something else may

bring it on too.

Just a theory.

Tom

> Greg,

>

> The way you describe the noise it might also be tinitus. That is

sounds produced by a fault of some kind in the ear itself. This is

also something I have to deal with. The noise was terrible when I

was in my teens but has lessened over time, though that might be due

as much to changing my diet as aging.

> With me it usually is a whistle of sorts that will change pitch

and apparent volume in kind of a cycle. Other times it will be more

like a rushing noise. I know that sometimes that rushing noise is

also just the blood flowing through the ears, which normally you

don't hear but it can be noticed when blood pressure rises or things

are very quiet.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Tom,

Here's a thought to the noises in your ear. I have tinitus, it's a continuous high pitch sound at 5 KHz or higher. I don't know about tinitus (the ringing in the ears), but I get a rushing sound too related to another condition I have.

I have idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), also called pseudo-tumeri (sp?). I have too much pressure in my cerebral spinal fluid because the reuptake mechanism for the fluid doesn't work right in the sinuses of my skull. The danger is that it puts too much pressure on the optic nerve which can damage vision. My condition is managed with diet and yearly checkups. I had to take a diuretic that dried me up into a giant cornflake for a while I swear, but that's getting off the track. I get a rushing in my ears as a result of the increased pressure. It is a result of a blood vessel being subject to extra pressure near my eardrum. I can hear it then. I don't hear it very often, but when I do it is a direct result of consuming more fat than usual at one sitting (think Big Mac). I don't quite understand the mechanism for it, but maybe the fat in the blood stream makes more pressure so I hear it with my extra CSF pressure? Maybe the fat gets in the CSF and increases the pressure briefly that way? After a few hours when my body has processed the fat out of my system, I enjoy silence again. I hear the rushing almost always in my left ear because it's my left eye that's affected the worst so the pressure is greatest on the left hemisphere.

Tom, have you been able to associate your rushing sound to something you've eaten? I don't think the tinitus, the ringing in your ears that has a pitch, can be explained this way. The mechanism for tinitus is different than the rushing sound. Anyway, just a thought.

My 2 cents.

and the zoo.

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From: environmental1st2003

I periodically get tinitus too, but only occasionally. I hear a high tone, or a low tine, or a rushing sound. The rushing sounds only began within the last two years or so.It usually only happens for thirty seconds to a minute or two. The second it begins, I stop and try to see if I have done anything that might bring it on, and I remember what I was doing on the other occassions it has occured, but so far, there has been no correlation.

[Guest guest]

Some aspects of diet can bring it on. Caffine, sugar and other things can cause a flare up.

[Guest guest]

Tom said:

But I am not entirely convinced that these occurrences

are completely

random either. While I can believe that the body

occassionally has

these little snafus (maybe there is some sort of nerve in

the ear

that goes

haywire every once in a while)I wonder if all the

electromagnetic

radiation in the atmosphere, or something else may

bring it on

too.

I’ve wondered

the same thing. Often it happens in

the same part of the house, or inside the same store... or one of my kids says

they hear it at the same time I do (my daughter says there is “a little

Maddie inside her ear going down a slide saying wheeeee!”

lol) ... it is too much of a coincidence to be a random inner ear happening I

think. Then again, maybe I’m

wrong.

Wendi

[Guest guest]

Thanks for this,

. After some research, I think

you may have pointed me in the right direction to help my husband! He is definitely not the typical person

with IIH (underweight male in his 40s), but he does have the tinnitus and an

unexplained blind spot that we’re trying to figure out and get more

opinions on – which seem to be the first symptoms of this. Maybe he needs to see a neurologist (?)

and not eye specialists! Thanks

again.

Wendi

Re:

Re: a bit about sensory issues

Tom,

Here's a thought to the noises in your ear. I have tinitus,

it's a continuous high pitch sound at 5 KHz or higher. I don't know about

tinitus (the ringing in the ears), but I get a rushing sound too related to

another condition I have.

I have idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), also called

pseudo-tumeri (sp?). I have too much pressure in my cerebral spinal fluid

because the reuptake mechanism for the fluid doesn't work right in the sinuses

of my skull. The danger is that it puts too much pressure on the optic

nerve which can damage vision. My condition is managed with diet and

yearly checkups. I had to take a diuretic that dried me up into a giant

cornflake for a while I swear, but that's getting off the track. I

get a rushing in my ears as a result of the increased pressure. It is a

result of a blood vessel being subject to extra pressure near my eardrum.

I can hear it then. I don't hear it very often, but when I do it is a

direct result of consuming more fat than usual at one sitting (think Big

Mac). I don't quite understand the mechanism for it, but maybe the fat in

the blood stream makes more pressure so I hear it with my extra CSF

pressure? Maybe the fat gets in the CSF and increases the pressure briefly

that way? After a few hours when my body has processed the fat out of my

system, I enjoy silence again. I hear the rushing almost always in my

left ear because it's my left eye that's affected the worst so the pressure is

greatest on the left hemisphere.

Tom, have you been able to associate your rushing sound to

something you've eaten? I don't think the tinitus, the ringing in your

ears that has a pitch, can be explained this way. The mechanism for

tinitus is different than the rushing sound. Anyway, just a thought.

My 2 cents.

and the zoo.

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