Tinnitus

[gigi]

Ugh…had a seizure on November 10th. I have had diminished hearing for a long time. Increased my Dilantin, had to dial it back, now I have tinnitus. I hear it all the time, will it calm down, or am I stuck with it? On Dilantin for over four decades now. I am trying to get a referral to a neurologist. I haven’t seen one in quite awhile. My PCP said I might need to switch medication.

 

[Bernard]

My father (no epilepsy) has suffered with tinnitus for decades. In his case, it's pretty highly correlated with his high blood pressure and eating spicy foods. If I remember correctly, he said magnesium supplements helped a little bit (for him).

Then again, my wife had all sorts of wonky problems when she started having problems with her Dilantin tolerance so checking your blood work is probably a good idea.

 

[gigi]

My father (no epilepsy) has suffered with tinnitus for decades. In his case, it's pretty highly correlated with his high blood pressure and eating spicy foods. If I remember correctly, he said magnesium supplements helped a little bit (for him).

Then again, my wife had all sorts of wonky problems when she started having problems with her Dilantin tolerance so checking your blood work is probably a good idea.

Thanks for your reply! Bloodwork is next week. I’ll see what the neurologist says about the Dilantin as soon as I get a referral.

 

[Porkette]

Hi Gigi,

I've had problems with my one ear and my hearing got bad so I went to see a ear specialist who found out that
wax had built up in my right ear because the ear canal got so small after I had brain surgery. He told me to take
hot soapy water and put it in my ear and that helped me a lot I was also told to pour hydrogen peroxide in my ear
and lay on my side for a few minutes until I no longer heard any crackling noise and then flush my ear out with hot
water and that worked great. My advice to you is to see a ear specialist because maybe you have the same problem
as I did and the Dr. may just need to flush out your ear. I wish you the best of luck and May God Bless You!

Sue

 

[gigi]

Hi Gigi,

I've had problems with my one ear and my hearing got bad so I went to see a ear specialist who found out that
wax had built up in my right ear because the ear canal got so small after I had brain surgery. He told me to take
hot soapy water and put it in my ear and that helped me a lot I was also told to pour hydrogen peroxide in my ear
and lay on my side for a few minutes until I no longer heard any crackling noise and then flush my ear out with hot
water and that worked great. My advice to you is to see a ear specialist because maybe you have the same problem
as I did and the Dr. may just need to flush out your ear. I wish you the best of luck and May God Bless You!

Sue

Thank you so much for your response! I hadn’t even thought about that possibility. I will definitely look into that.
God bless you as well!

 

[C0urt]

for me it is blood pressure or heart rate issue