ears, tinnitus, hyperacussis

July 25, 2007

my left ear hum/hearing loss and sound sensisitvity is GUESSED ( by

the ENT and various 'ologists') to be from a combo of neural

inflammation and maybe damage from infection plus added insult by

neurotoxic and ototoxic antibiotics...the most notorious of these is

minocycline but as that drug was a life saver for my other neuro

stuff I did it anyway

it has varied in intensity parallelling with other sx and

Herxes...so as long as it sometimes lessens I keep the hopes it will

improve ( but those times have grown scarcer lately)

now that Im relapsing bad and havent gained in long run as much as

Id hoped I do regret that decision about mino...hindsight being so

20-20

For me its a vibratory hum with certain sound levels and

tones..often I cant take deeper voices or the TV

sometimes its accompanied by a real vibration I feel inside my skull

above the left ear...this one freaks me as Im thinking it could be a

blood vessel or aneurism but as they never " catch it " while they CT

or MRI we may never know as I flat out will NOT go for angio as I

react poorly to dyes...unless they feel its life threatening anyway

when at its worst the sensitivity is worse than pain...its like

torture and I will use earplugs ( foamie ones) and/or earmuffs

and sit in silence

sometimes sitting outdoors ( NOT during camp bus times or school bus

times) will help...I think nature noises block and help

white noise machines dont do a THING for me

look up ototoxicity and ototoxic drugs as well as tinnitus

those sites have info that adds to the hypercussis entries.

Finette

>

> I heartily agree with Selma. A bad herx left me with a painful

sound

> sensitivity that I still can't get on top of a year later.

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