ringing in ears

I have actually gone days with my ears ringing! Very annoying! But I am not on anything for it as it comes and goes!

I have had that for the last year, i get the high pitch sound and the swishing also, very annoying like right now when i am in a quiet room, dont notice it much during the day.

In my ears I get ringing, hissing, fluttering, windy sounds ('whoosh'), and a steady tone. My doc told me it's tinnitis. It certainly is annoying and can pop up at unexpected moments.

I have had this nasty, horrid ringing in my ears since getting so sick in Aug of last year. It has not stopped yet, I don't expect it to anymore. It can be very loud, ringing, roaring, like water running from a tap really hard. I believe it affects my hearing, I can't hear as well at low tones. I hope yours leaves you alone soon :)

I have that pretty often ... but it doesn't usually last too long. I usually only notice it when the room is quiet though (not something that happens often in my world ... i have 3 kids, 3 dogs, and I am a preschool teacher who takes care of 20 four year olds every day). Sometimes it wakes me up though ... and when that happens, I usually turn on my iPod for a little while to distract me. (my husband says I'm gonna get tangled up and choke myself with those little cords some day. i'm not too worried. ha ha ha) Or I try to listen to other things ... like the blower fan on the wood stove, the tumbling sound of my dryer or the swishy sound of my washing machine, or the sound the tires make on the road while I am driving ... kind of 'white noise' things that are going on anyway. I find that personally, if I try to focus on something else, it's not as obnoxious.

I had it really bad though a couple of years ago after a bad cold ... and my dr suggested some benadryl. (it was keeping me up at night, especially) he said my eustachian tubes were blocked .. and the benadryl helped clear that up. it still took a couple of weeks, but the ringing finally subsided. it was a harmless experiment though .. if nothing else, i slept better for a few nights. ;)

good luck to you!

Tinnitus is a side effect of Savella. It may stop after you stop the med. I get tinnitus all the time, my whole life. If you have this w/o it being a side effect, i.e.; just for the hell of it, there is nothing they can do anyway. You really do get used to it after a while. If the drug is working it is a minor side effect compared to some.