Carol99

Thanks so much Sandy. I'll ask my doctor about it.

Hi Sandy, may I ask what kind of meds you're taking? I tried a low dose of gabapentin -- didn't do a whole lot, reduced discomfort by maybe about 20%. My neurologist just recently gave me a very low dose of Klonopin -- it works very well but it's addictive so I don't want to take it every day. There just don't seem to be too many really good solutions out there but I'm going to keep looking.

Hi Turnerkitty, weren't you the lady who had the partial facial paralysis? How has that come along? I certainly hope you're doing much better.

Funny that you should mention a "plugged up feeling" -- I've had that on and off in one ear for the entire 8 months. Have been to a couple ENTs, internist, neurologist, plastic surgeons, etc and not a one can figure it out, nevermind come up with a remedy. Very frustrating.

Does the ringing bother you all day or only at night when it's quiet? Mine was mostly at night -- what really helped was a white noise machine. The white noise masks the ringing and will let you get some sleep. As far as the surgery causing the problem, well, I wouldn't be surprised. What I have found out since my mini-lift is that these surgeries have a lot of unpredictable, strange and very undesirable consequences. The nerves around the ears really do get very messed up and take a very long time to heal. I'm 8 months post-op and I'm still dealing with discomfort issues although they are VERY slowly improving. By the way, when I went to the ENT for the ringing, I also had the auditory test done and I too have some slight hearing loss. The ENT said a hearing aid was not yet required. I hope your ringing goes away suddenly like mine did; it really is very annoying.