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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Tinnitus / March 2005I need help!
I want to start from the beginning, but it is a long story. To sum up: Had sinus infection in August was placed on Augmentum and then levaquin. After the levaquin, I still had these headaches and then the ear ringing started. Went to GP four times and told me it was allergies. Put me on stuff -- did not work. Went back again and said it was migraines. No word on the tinnitus. Went to neurologist. Had MRI and was normal. He put me on antidepressants, which I have been taking for a month, with no relief. He seemed like a waste of time. Went to my thyroid doctor (I have three small small nodules) and he said my blood test results were normal and that to see a neuro or ENT. Went to gyno (hormomonal?) and he said probably not. So I have been to four doctors in the past seven months with no relief in sight. All of these visits were at MY request, not my GP's. They all keep telling me to go somewhere else. The sound I have is a high pitched screech. It is better in the AM and then continues on during the day and about 4:00 PM I am beside myself. The sound correlates with my headaches. The louder the sound the more of a headache and vice versa. These sensations in my head move from the top of my head to over my eye and then just plain hurts. No Advil or tynolenol touch it. I made an appointment with an ENT for March 15th. This is my last hope, I feel. What if he says nothing is wrong. I don't know what bugs me most the headaches or the ear ringing, but they seems to go together. I have tried vitamins, with no help. Right now my head is pounding and my ears are SCREECHING!! Please help me. Will my ENT send me off with no help. I don't know what else to do. These doctors don't seem to care. Is it my thyroid, my sinuses, my head or what?? No one will answer me anything. I am so frustrated and angry. Thanks for listening to me. Sue 45 years old and going nuts! >I want to start from the beginning, but it is a long story. To sum up: > Had sinus infection in August was placed on Augmentum and then levaquin. [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > Sue > 45 years old and going nuts! Hi Sue, I'll speculate the neurologist ordered the MRI to rule out an acoustic neuroma that might cause both the headaches and the tinnitus, something the ENT would have done had you seen him/her first. If that is the case then at least you have a bit of good news. My tinnitus started years ago and is unrelated to the occasional sinus congestion I experience except that the tinnitus seems louder when I have a stuffy head, a headache or both. This is probably because under these circumstances I'm more aware of cranial sensations. Bill Hi sue, It is always interesting that no one even considers a muscular or skeletal connection. Can you get to a trusted therapist to give you a 'thorough' massage? This will A: relief the tension. B: confirm that there is muscular tension in the neck.shoulder/back etc. Then you can pursue it further. http://eebee.net/TinnitusIsaPainintheNeck.shtml Elly's Tinnitus Resources http://eebee.net/ >I want to start from the beginning, but it is a long story. To sum up: >Had sinus infection in August was placed on Augmentum and then levaquin. [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >Sue >45 years old and going nuts! >I want to start from the beginning, but it is a long story. To sum up: >Had sinus infection in August was placed on Augmentum and then levaquin. [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >Sue >45 years old and going nuts! Hi Sue It all sounds to familar i have had problems with noises for 40 years and they cannot do nothing about it, but what i am haveing problems with now is blocked ear's and pain little dizzy. from what i am finding out the doctors are missing the problem, the last one that i went to told me that we have a lot of mold and bacteria, in the area, and all around me for miles, they are haveing the same problems, also they said that a lot of the problems could be canditis. curious to know what part of the country are you in, i am in az. I have been to the doctor's also they don't know what the problem is, but my own personal opinion is that people are suffering from mold problems, not allergie. marvin Thanks for all your input. It has helped me tremendously. Did some research yesterday regarding levaquin and found that it can cause a host of all problems, including headaches and tinnitus. I was on it for 21 days for this "sinus infection." I did have x-rays of my sinus and they found two small mucus cysts in my cheek cavaties. But, this does not bother me at all. It is over my eyes, the back of my head, etc. that bothers me. But, the more of a headache, the louder the ring. I am on amptraiplaine(?), the antidepressant medicine and have been for three weeks now. No relief yet. I am up to 40 mg per day. Go see neuro in April. I don't think I grind my teeth at night. My jaw is not sore at all. Been to dentist and he didn't say anything about my teeth. My sinus feel okay. I don't have any running nose or stuffy nose or dry nose. It seems, to me, to function well. The only thing that was noticeable was when this all started I could not touch my eyebrows. It was painful. But after a few weeks this went away, but not the headaches. Right now my head hurts over my right eye, but radiates down the back of my head sometimes. Neuro says maybe I am not producing enough serontonin. Who knows. Just feel everyone thinks I am a crazy loon. I feel I have done all I can do to help myself. I don't want to put my hope into the ENT, like I did the neuro. when I came out of his office all I did was cry because I got no answers from him at all. When my MRI came back normal he just went me a note saying "normal" and that was all. No phone call, no nothing. One thing that is weird is when I get the headaches I get very very upset, because it has been seven months of this. After I cry, and blow my nose, I feel so much better. The snot (excuse this, sorry) is clear, but it seems to "release" my headache. I just noticed this on Sunday when the headache and ears came on. Thanks for listening again!! On 3/1/05 6:59 AM, in article cf7b8d2fb04ccada011727c7462e136e@localhost.talkaboutsupport.com, "korpacz1" <esac@berk.com> wrote: > Thanks for all your input. It has helped me tremendously. Did some research > yesterday regarding levaquin and found that it can cause a host of all [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Thanks for listening again!! What you are describing sounds like Histamine Cephalgia. Ask your doctor. Hi Sue, The amatriptalyne will cause tinitis on a very big scale. I've been on it at 50 mg now for about 5 years. And I know of others on it even longer and at higher dosage, they all say the same thing that the ringing drives them crazy at night. I've gotten use to my tinitis as I've always worked in a moderately noisy envirnment (aka, 18 wheeler & welder). My wife was put on amatriptalyne and she couldnt't handle the tinitis at all, even with only 10 mg dosage. Food for thawt. Al > Thanks for all your input. It has helped me tremendously. Did some > research [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > Thanks for listening again!! Hi Sue, Have you considered environmental toxins(chemical sensativities), food allergies or household toxic products such as room deoderizer's, perfume, scented products etc plus check all prescription and over the counter medications for side effects....dont' expect your doctors to know or tell you. The ENT will probably put you on a short therapy of prednisonne and give you hearing tests. When choosing an ENT I did not select one whose specialty was hearing loss/tinnitus. His waiting room looks as though he treats more kids with ear infections than adults with hearing problems. Have you thought about hyperbaric oxygen therapy for your tinnitus? I'm considering it but I'd also like to regain some hearing and I'm not sure that will happen. If your ears are hurting from screeching noise please call an ENT who is willing to see you immediately. Tinnitus can cause hearing loss. Tinnitus with headache can also be considered a medical emergency, see. http://my.webmd.com/hw/ear_disorders/tv6789.asp I understand your frustration and anger. It was apparent that my ENT followed an abbreviated medical protocol when treating me for my tinnitus along with sudden sensorineal hearing loss and a host of escalating and morphing symptoms. I had to follow-up with an internist for my issues that were not addressed. "Numbing of my head/skull and face, cognitive impairment, loss of taste and smell and sudden hearing loss plus others. And the list of who I am to see next grows. I just knew that everything would go back to normal. It didn't. I now know its a journey. Hang in there and please try to get an earlier appointment. cj |
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