re: Constant ear ringing. Anyone had success with home remedies or an ENT doctor visit?

20 years in the service and GWOT did it to me.

i have constant tinnitus it drives me crazy and kills concentration. I usually have to have music in the background or TV noise to drown it out

Morbid, if your are Scottish it may not be Tinnitus

My internist was very Irish but educated in Scotland. He diagnosed 2 issues correctly that were misdiagnosed by doctors not educated in Scotland.

#1 I was diagnosed in my 40's with Spinal Stenosis which turned out to be an aliment of Scots when they hit middle age. Wearing scarfs and neck mufflers solved it.

#2 I was diagnosed in my 30's with Tinitus which turned be an ailment of Scots which meant being very careful about my salt intake as in Scots, too much salt screws with your inner ear with all sorts of unpleasant effects.

I had the ringing in my ears, turned out to be caused by sleep deprivation.
Doctor put me on sleep meds for 2 months and it went away.

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I had the ringing in my ears, turned out to be caused by sleep deprivation.
Doctor put me on sleep meds for 2 months and it went away.

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There was a short-term study done at a high school recently I read about. A high percentage of women teachers were reporting ear ringing much like the high percentage of nurses at that hospital in the NE are reporting cancer.

Turns out, it was repeated head trauma from underage dick in the local school.

Have had it for probably twenty years..
Went to a friends birthday party at a bar and he had a band.. got stuck to close .. next day I had it and it has never gone away. Some people say it gradually goes away over years … up to ten.. not mine.. tends to be worse when under stress or been drinking to much alcohol.. you learn to ignore it unless someone brings it up in a conversation:(

Have a friend that gets it so bad at night she had to get earphones with some Sounds playing that helps quiet it at night.

Hopefully yours goes away. I have heard it does for some people.

I've had it for years. Gets much worse with any kind of artificial sweetner or lots of sugar. Gotten use to it.

Yep. Sucks. Had it since a bad seat in front of the stage speakers at a cheap trick concert in the 90s. You get used to it but excessive drinking or lack of sleep can make it unbearable at times.

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Tinnitus. There is no fix that I know of. You get used to it to the point that you don’t even notice it unless you think about it.

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This is my situation

We had a big firewood-cutting session with some old baws for some neighbors in need, over two years ago. I took my earmuffs off to talk to the old guy who was helping me split. Lots of chainsaws and splitters going at once. Haven’t been the same since.

I wear headband earbuds at night and do the white noise and the right frequency (like the one someone linked above). I don’t notice in during the day. It’s mostly if I wake up to pee.

It appears to also be tied to stress and blood pressure and dehydration for me.

At 50, I assume it’s just something I live with. My mom and brother have it. Grandad had it. So it may also be a genetic thing. My mom has never been around the sort of noise that would cause it.

There’s a new pill they’re testing and the Lanier system (they shock your tongue to train your brain) is available at a clinic in Hammond I believe. Haven’t heard any reports on that except in videos.