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Tinnitus + Autism

Jalapeno

One thing that led me to seek an autism diagnosis was my tinnitus.

Hearing tests showed no issues, but when I googled it, I found links between tinnitus, anxiety, and autism. That led me to take the Embrace tests and eventually to an ASD diagnosis.

As I haven’t seen any recent posts on this topic, I just thought I’d ask — does anyone else experience this?

I sometimes think mine acts as a gauge for my anxiety: at times I barely notice it (though I can still hear it if I tune in), and other times it seems as loud as the TV. For decades I’ve found silence hard to cope with - I need a certain level of background noise to mask the tinnitus and stop myself from focusing on it.

I’ve had CBT for anxiety, but not had any treatment specifically for the tinnitus. To be honest, I’m not even sure what can be done for it.

Not looking for medical advice — just wondering what others’ experiences have been.

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  • I suffer terribly from tinnitus and have done for years. Sometimes it's so mild I don't really notice it and other times it's like there's a constant fire alarm going off in my head. 

    I'd make a doctors appointment for it if I were you. They can refer you to Specsavers for a free hearing test. Sometimes impacted ear wax can make it worse, it certainly does for mine 

  • in reply to Billy87

    Thanks  

    Sorry that you suffer too, mine is very high pitched tone, sometimes it seems to be be two tones phasing 

    Thanks for reminding me ....I have some olive oil spray for ear wax but mine are generally OK

    Hearing test done and good, but I may go back to the GP to see if there anything else.  Will let you know

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  • in reply to Jalapeno

    I was told by the hearing specialist there was a fair bit in my left ear (which is the side I get the loudest tinnitus). I read up that a hydrogen peroxide based ear wax treatment is best. Once it touches the wax, you hear a crackling sound. That is the drops basically melting the wax. I bought some. They had it in Superdrug and it was the cheapest one! Bingo!

    After a while, I found I had removed a lot of brown blobs from my earhole, which felt great. However, the tinnitus still remained. So, it's better out than in, but it doesn't really effect the tinnitus. 

    But, its still worth trying thst treatment. Check the bottle for the words "hydrogen peroxide" and/or "urea" (which I thought was pee!)

    Hope this helps WinkThumbsup