Hi all - does anyone suffer from tinnitus and/or ear pain/symptoms with their VM? In addition to my visual dependence problems (dizziness/shaky vision), on my bad days, I have a cyclical (every 2-3 minutes) buzzing tinnitus in my right ear (my right side is my problem side). Wondering if there are any strategies to relieve this symptom - realizing the my VM is the underlying cause for this and as I treat and hopefully stabilize my VM the tinnitus will improve. Thank you!
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I’m a lefty, lol - it sounds like it’s from my left ear.
So I completely empathise with you, it’s horrid, especially so initially.
The strategy for me:
- Time - the perception of it and how much it annoys you does in any case dissipate over time
- Eliminate or at least minimise caffeine and sugar!
- Focus on sleep hygiene.
I’ve had it for so long now that it really doesn’t bother me as much and the one aspect of it that has improved a lot is how much less it distorts sounds - there was a period when I couldn’t enjoy playing the piano any more because the distortion of some of the notes was just too much.
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