Is a 'ringing ear' same as a 'ringing brain'?

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francispoon - 11 Dec 2003 13:30 GMT

I am under the impression by reading the posts in this ng that a
tinnitus means a 'ringing ear'. But mine seeems to be the ringing
from the top of my head!

There are times it goes faster and faster but there are times it slows
down but somehow I feel it is right at the top of my head but not in
my ear. A doctor told me it is the sensitive nerve that might have
come about as a result of the accumulated tension.

He has prescribed the following for me:
(1)abstinence from sex a MUST!
(2)plenty of sleep even if it means the use of sleeping pills.
(3)plenty of moral support. This doctor is very kind. He talks to me
everyday after his work at 10:30pm. We have drinks together. The
wine we drink moderately is meant for good sex but NO sex for me as
the kidney is still weak! He attributes my current illness to 'hidden
tension'.

Can people share views on this? Let us get this thing out in the open
so that some of us may not have to suffer UN-necessarily. Is a
'ringing brain' the same thing as a 'ringing ear'?

Thank you,

FP
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Jesper Buch - 11 Dec 2003 14:09 GMT

> But mine seeems to be the ringing from the top of my head!

Ringing is a word a type of sound. All sound is relatied to the ears so it
is tinnitus.

> There are times it goes faster and faster but there are times it slows
> down but somehow I feel it is right at the top of my head but not in
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> so that some of us may not have to suffer UN-necessarily. Is a
> 'ringing brain' the same thing as a 'ringing ear'?

I have never heard of the word 'ringing brain' but if it is related to
sound it is tinnutus.

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Ear Rings - 11 Dec 2003 16:24 GMT

Tinnitus is usually not related to your ears at all but somewhere deeper
than than. We perceive it (usually) as from our ears.

> I am under the impression by reading the posts in this ng that a
> tinnitus means a 'ringing ear'. But mine seeems to be the ringing
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> FP
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njs - 12 Dec 2003 00:55 GMT

yeah. Initially although the ears may be responsible (infection, loud noise
etc..) , the brain is the final culprit, for not stopping the sound. I
realized this, when initially I had tinnitus in one ear loud, and the other
ear it was very very faint with a quivering sound. Soon after I went on a
long distance flight, and started taking all the medications, the noise was
loud in the second ear. So how can the ear be at fault. Tinnitus is a
distant cousin of auditory hallucination. The only difference for those who
have tinnitus in only one ear, is that they can place that part of their
head on a pillow while sleeping. Apart from this, the agony is the same.
So, I am surprised why it took researchers so long with their PET scanners,
to pinpoint the brain is the one generating the phantom sound.

> Tinnitus is usually not related to your ears at all but somewhere deeper
> than than. We perceive it (usually) as from our ears.
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> > FP
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Oregon7 - 12 Dec 2003 15:23 GMT

Mmmmmmmmmm....the doctor meets you at 10:30 PM to have drinks and tells you no
sex? THis is quite an unusual message on this board.......where do you reside?

mj

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Jim Chinnis - 12 Dec 2003 17:02 GMT

oregon7@aol.com (Oregon7) wrote in part:

>Mmmmmmmmmm....the doctor meets you at 10:30 PM to have drinks and tells you no
>sex? THis is quite an unusual message on this board.......where do you reside?
>
>mj

China, if you are referring to fyfpoon's post.

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