There are so many difficult aspects of dealing with tinnitus that sometimes sufferers who have this incessant ear ringing in their head just want to give up in defeat. Some of the difficulties include:
1.) Difficulty describing the sounds to your doctor - Is it ear ringing, whizzing, whooshing, whirring, a high-pitched wine? This is exacerbated by the fact that often you are the only one who can hear it. Frequently, even your doctor's diagnostic instruments can't pick up the sounds, which can often lead you to feel like you are going just a little bit nuts.
2.) Determining the cause of your tinnitus - Have you suffered hearing loss or is it completely unrelated to how well you hear? Is it caused by TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint Disorder) in your jaw? Is it a reaction to aspirin? Or do you have low serotonin? How about an ear injury or infection? There are so many different things that can cause tinnitus that it can be difficult getting an accurate diagnosis.
3.) Lack of a cure -- there are a variety of treatments for tinnitus that may reduce the ear ringing and it could simply go away entirely, but there's no actual known medical cure for the condition. You can't just take a pill or get surgery and make it go away.
Despite all these difficulties though, there are some ways of dealing with tinnitus that will help you manage your experience and perception of the ear ringing. After all, most of the ways in which it seriously harms your life are psychological effects due to its nuisance effect that grows over time as the sound either never stops or always starts just when you don't need it to, like when you are trying to sleep! This where some alternative therapies excel over traditional medicine. So if you want to get some tinnitus relief, then it might be time to take a look at sound therapy, biofeedback, homeopathy and herbal treatments, as well as some relaxation therapies that can help reduce the stress of the experience.
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