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Tinnitus after concussion

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c12182
c12182

Hi,

Last January, I suffered a concussion. I went to the ER, got a CT scan and was sent home. I had strong headaches and dizziness for a couple weeks and mild headaches for about 2 months. Once that got better, I started getting tinnitus, extremely quiet at first but it progressively got louder.

By now (8 months after the incident), I only really hear it if I am in a really quiet spot and at night. It is not unbearable, it just makes it harder to fall asleep.

I don't feel like going to a doctor would help with my condition in any way, am I wrong? is this something I should worry about? 

I feel like I just need to learn to live with it.

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  • Erniedie777
    Erniedie777 c12182

    Posted

    Uuuggg yuk, understand c12182,i was in the army, 81---84,Berlin,Brigade,lot of, simulated, in city combat, concussion grenades, also, 1st infantry, division, ft. Riley, kansas, around those 115mm,and 8",howitzer, at, ft, still, Uuuggg, anyway, I got constant ringing in my ear, tinnitus, heard from other veterans it doesn't get better, only worse, so far my ringing hasnt stopped, but like you said, guess I have got used to living with it, but something little more unsettling, is the brief dizzy 😵, spells I get after a car accident I had about 3 months ago, they only last 5seconds,but wicked, told VA, about they gave me a cats, scan, might be one of my joints in my neck?, don't know yet, but as for your tinnitus, that all the info, I know, ask doctors, and research more, hope you find some solution 😵

  • Tatarewicz
    Tatarewicz c12182

    Posted

    Have had this moderate sound in my ears for most of my 85. Sensing it assures me that I'm alive

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