re ringing ears in article ncrwat waterloo ncr com jfare iss waterloo ncr com jim fare writes a friend of mine has a trouble with her ears ringing the ringing is so loud that she has great difficulty sleeping at night she says that she hasn t had a normal night s sleep in about months she looks like it too this is making her depressed so her doctor has put her on anti depressants sometimes i have a problem with doctor s prescribing medicine like this i of course don t know the exact situation and anti depressants may work but it isn t helping the ringing at all is it the ringing started rather suddenly about months ago she is quickly losing sleep social life and sanity over this mine started about three years back turns out i have tinnitus bilateral translation ringing in both ears basically if this is what it is she ll probably get used to it it would keep me up and drive me nuts too but nowadays i have to plug both my ears with my fingers to check to see if they are ringing usually they are but you get so used to it it just gets tuned out yes this is what i ve read about it not just from my own personal experience does anyone know of any treatments for this any experience coping mechanisms any opinions on the anti depressant drugs millions have it according to my physician you just learn to cope with it like i mentioned earlier by ignoring it it eventually becomes unconscious the doc also said it could be caused by diet ie too much caffeine and stress but i haven t changed my lifestyle much and it just comes and goes it is always there somewhat but now i rarely notice it when it really kicks in also it doesn t necessarily mean there is any hearing loss either caused by it or causing it i had an ent ear nose throat exam and passed in fact my hearing is quite good considering i don t take as good of care of my hearing as i should her reaction is normal if it is tinnitus chances are good she ll begin to not even notice it this info is taken mostly from a few experts my own experience and some readings sorry it was a few years back and don t have any specifics handy jt
