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Posted 12/8/2013 11:40 PM (GMT 0)
Has your hearing every been affected by fibromyalgia? If so, how?
Posted 12/9/2013 12:19 AM (GMT 0)
I have much more sensitive hearing. I carry earplugs. It's one way I can tell when I am getting tired or near a flare; I can no longer 'hear' the sounds I want to pay attention to. My ability to separate the important stuff from background noise diminishes when I am tired. Busy restaurants are especially difficult.
Posted 12/9/2013 12:40 AM (GMT 0)
Near flares I can't stand loud noises.
However, I do have hearing loss for any noise above average voice range. Doctor thinks it from all of the ear infections as a kid I had.
Posted 12/9/2013 1:42 AM (GMT 0)
When my pains started I became more sensitive to certain noises: dogs barking, telephone rings, alarms, cars honking, people talking, and similar things. If a noise like that continues for a minute or so I get a headache and my mood worsens a lot, so now my family knows to not let the dogs out for long and to answer the phone quickly.

And even though places like family reunions or restaurants bother me, music does not.
Posted 12/9/2013 7:05 AM (GMT 0)
My hearing got affected after taking Cymbalta. It's a side effect and I had a bad reaction. Everything became ten times louder then it was. I would come off my rocker on what was suppose to be normal sounds.
Posted 12/9/2013 3:34 PM (GMT 0)
My hearing is very sensitive also. There are times when my dog barking almost sends me over the edge. I also have a sensitivity to light at times. All of this is usually when I am not feeling good.
Posted 12/9/2013 3:45 PM (GMT 0)
I have always had 'super hearing' could hear the lights buzzing in school made it hard to concentrate. Now dogs barking, lights flickering , fan ticking I hear it all. I always have to have music on or tv on to drowned out the noise it helps me to not focus on the noise allowing me to concentrate a bit more on what I am to be doing. But does not work if i have my music on and someone else has a movie on or something.

Noise drives me nuts, when i can not get away from it or drowned it out i go crazy...
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