by Today's item from the Free Encyclopedia caught my eye (if not my ear) as it's something that I experience myself.
I am only too aware that my own annoying Tinnitus suffering is caused by the side-effects of Metformin tablets that I take now for my Type 2 diabetes condition. I know this for sure, because I tested it myself. After much resistance from me for a length of time being told I was "borderline diabetic", when one day I reached the magic number sitting on top of the fence of that "border", my GP insisted that I now had no further choice in the matter; I was now "officially diabetic" and must now start taking these flaming tablets on a daily basis.
From Day 1 of taking this tablet, I started to experience Tinnitus, something I had never experienced before. After about 3 weeks of this insufferable situation, although pretty sure that the tablet was the cause, I decided to test it out for myself. I gave myself a deadline of 3 weeks where I stopped taking the tablet to see whether the tinnitus would continue ...
Sure enough, after a couple of days of abstinence it stopped! and for the rest of that 3-week period I was completely tinnitus-free. Once I started back with my daily intake of Metformin, the tinnitus returned, and remains with me constantly to this day.
Of course, this is not the same situation for everyone, as we are all different - but at least knowing the cause of it for me helps to tolerate it.
Here's the article:
I am only too aware that my own annoying Tinnitus suffering is caused by the side-effects of Metformin tablets that I take now for my Type 2 diabetes condition. I know this for sure, because I tested it myself. After much resistance from me for a length of time being told I was "borderline diabetic", when one day I reached the magic number sitting on top of the fence of that "border", my GP insisted that I now had no further choice in the matter; I was now "officially diabetic" and must now start taking these flaming tablets on a daily basis.
From Day 1 of taking this tablet, I started to experience Tinnitus, something I had never experienced before. After about 3 weeks of this insufferable situation, although pretty sure that the tablet was the cause, I decided to test it out for myself. I gave myself a deadline of 3 weeks where I stopped taking the tablet to see whether the tinnitus would continue ...
Sure enough, after a couple of days of abstinence it stopped! and for the rest of that 3-week period I was completely tinnitus-free. Once I started back with my daily intake of Metformin, the tinnitus returned, and remains with me constantly to this day.
Of course, this is not the same situation for everyone, as we are all different - but at least knowing the cause of it for me helps to tolerate it.
Here's the article:
Tinnitus
Affecting as many as 40 million adults in the US, tinnitus is a ringing, roaring, or hissing sound in one or both ears without an external cause. The condition can be either objective or subjective. Objective tinnitus involves sounds that both patient and doctor can hear and is usually caused by turbulent blood flow through malformed vessels, tumours, or rhythmic muscular spasms.
Most tinnitus cases, however, are subjective, meaning they involve sounds heard only by the patients.
What causes it?HERE
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