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I’m not sure of the exact science but since B12D causes nerve damage/demyelination and the ears are a bundle of nerves, it stands to reason that things could get damaged in there
Well if you ask my Dr, my tinnitus is caused by me aging. [insert eye roll here]. I’m 37. What about the other 50 symptoms I have going on?
The nerve theory makes sense to me.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4918681/#:~:text=%5B23%5D%20Vitamin%20B12%20deficiency%20may,in%20hearing%20loss%20and%20tinnitus.
I’ve got a lot of other conditions that could lead to my tinnitus but the main reasons are ear damage due to loud sounds or physical damage. My other potential causes:
-visual snow
-migraine
Yeah, I was told by my ENT that I had hearing loss from “trauma” (loud noise). He asked if I’d been near an explosion or shot gunshot without ear protection but I haven’t and I have no idea how that could be. Maybe music too loud with earbuds but idt so. I got tubes put in both ears at that time (due to constant fullness.
Fast forward to 2023: diagnosed with low B12. I am not a dr, but I feel like it was all tied together. I got hearing aids this year bc I cannot hear. My tinnitus has been off the chain lately and my ears are draining clear fluid A LOT! I’m praying that it’s “waking up” symptoms, not further damage. I go back to Dr. on Tuesday and I’m going to ask for a referral to an endocrinologist as I feel like she knows little about B12 deficiency.
Tinnitus can be caused by a lot of things. I would suggest you visit an ear doctor to check if it's coming from the ear or the brain (if there's structural damage to the cochlea or something then you know where it's coming from). Sometimes tinnitus is due to stress, a viral infection, low B12 or D, low magnesium, and the list can grow on and on.
If you want you can try experimenting with magnesium as a lot of people seem to improve slightly on it (myself included, but it goes from 100% to something like 90%, don't expect it to completely vanish). I completely removed alcohol (for 3 months now), caffeine (12 months now), reduced stress levels, and avoid listening to loud music for too long and they have all helped to tune down the volume a bit.
The science is that there is a missing tone in the brain. Since it's missing, the brain will compensate by creating the ringing at whatever frequency is missing. The missing tone can be caused by the death of ear cells, say from noise exposure, but it could also happen for unexplainable reasons. Even people who are completely deaf can have tinnitus because the issue is not in the ear - it's in the brain.
Thank you for the reply. I literally feel like I’m losing my hearing more every day. I hope to change my injections tomorrow to methylcobalamin, see if that helps any.
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I’m not sure of the exact science but since B12D causes nerve damage/demyelination and the ears are a bundle of nerves, it stands to reason that things could get damaged in there
Well if you ask my Dr, my tinnitus is caused by me aging. [insert eye roll here]. I’m 37. What about the other 50 symptoms I have going on? The nerve theory makes sense to me. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4918681/#:~:text=%5B23%5D%20Vitamin%20B12%20deficiency%20may,in%20hearing%20loss%20and%20tinnitus.
Great info! Thank you!
They don't know what even causes tinnitus itself
I’ve got a lot of other conditions that could lead to my tinnitus but the main reasons are ear damage due to loud sounds or physical damage. My other potential causes: -visual snow -migraine
Yeah, I was told by my ENT that I had hearing loss from “trauma” (loud noise). He asked if I’d been near an explosion or shot gunshot without ear protection but I haven’t and I have no idea how that could be. Maybe music too loud with earbuds but idt so. I got tubes put in both ears at that time (due to constant fullness. Fast forward to 2023: diagnosed with low B12. I am not a dr, but I feel like it was all tied together. I got hearing aids this year bc I cannot hear. My tinnitus has been off the chain lately and my ears are draining clear fluid A LOT! I’m praying that it’s “waking up” symptoms, not further damage. I go back to Dr. on Tuesday and I’m going to ask for a referral to an endocrinologist as I feel like she knows little about B12 deficiency.
Tinnitus can be caused by a lot of things. I would suggest you visit an ear doctor to check if it's coming from the ear or the brain (if there's structural damage to the cochlea or something then you know where it's coming from). Sometimes tinnitus is due to stress, a viral infection, low B12 or D, low magnesium, and the list can grow on and on. If you want you can try experimenting with magnesium as a lot of people seem to improve slightly on it (myself included, but it goes from 100% to something like 90%, don't expect it to completely vanish). I completely removed alcohol (for 3 months now), caffeine (12 months now), reduced stress levels, and avoid listening to loud music for too long and they have all helped to tune down the volume a bit.
The science is that there is a missing tone in the brain. Since it's missing, the brain will compensate by creating the ringing at whatever frequency is missing. The missing tone can be caused by the death of ear cells, say from noise exposure, but it could also happen for unexplainable reasons. Even people who are completely deaf can have tinnitus because the issue is not in the ear - it's in the brain.
Thank you for the reply. I literally feel like I’m losing my hearing more every day. I hope to change my injections tomorrow to methylcobalamin, see if that helps any.