Diagnosis
The first thing that doctors would do to diagnose the condition is to check your medical history. You will be asked for the type of medications you take, as well as any supplements. The doctor may ask you to perform certain things such as clenching your jaws, moving your eyes, arms and neck. This is to check if the noise gets worse when you do any of these moves. Certain tests may also be conducted such as MRI and CT scans.
Treatment
The treatment depends on what causes the problem or what triggers the noise. As mentioned, tinnitus is a symptom of an underlying condition and not a really an illness itself. Hence the first step to treatment is really finding out what triggered your tinnitus.
If your tinnitus is caused by administering certain medications, your doctor will ask you to stop taking them. Do not stop taking a medicine without consulting your doctor especially if it is a medication for your fibromyalgia or other chronic diseases like diabetes.
If your tinnitus is caused by health issues like high blood pressure, you have to get treated for the condition. The annoying noises that you hear will eventually stop once you have your condition under control.
If your tinnitus is caused by having too much earwax, your doctor may perform certain method to clean your ears. Avoid doing it on your own with the use of cotton buds. This might just make the condition worse.
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I hear my pain like a radio wave. It throws off my balance, makes me very edgy and cranky. Increases my pain level iver all.
I also have the off balance issue. Sprained my right ankle twice in two years from balance issues.
I’m so much in discomfort with my feets and muscle pain and cramps my body starts getting so deformed set my fingers go in a different direction my legs go different directions my toes go in a different direction and I start with spasms uncontrollable there’s times I don’t know when it’ll stop it is just so uncomfortable I don’t know what to do and I am up till 4 in the morning I am getting so tired with this ,Fibromyalgia all day and also with lupus SLE what a life to go through what more can I take, the doctor that I have doesn’t do NOTHING for me and he is a rheumatoid arthritis doctor with no help
Have you tried gabapentin? It does not help everybody but it helps me. Also helps me sleep at night. I take 2 x 300 during the day and 1 x 600 at night. Hope you feel better soon!
It is really helping me . Within the last two weeks of a new Dr. better regulating my Gabapentin dosage and times taken each day, my uncontrollable, pain and muscle spasms have decreased to very few each day, are of a very weak intensity and only last a few seconds each now. WOW, what a difference! ! ! You shouldtalk this over with your doctor if you suffer with these issues.
I’ve suffered for many years and don’t get any relief now I’ve been having tingling in one hand at night and hand feels like it is burning not during the day tho I have everything thAt was in this article Dr won’t give pain pills I’ve been on tramadol since being diagnosed and amitriptyline also it is miserable and frustrating family except husband don’t believe or help what to do I’m at my witts end