Re: [Lyme-aid] Increased Hearing Sensitivity

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I have had hearing sensitivity since Lyme too. Not so

much pain but alot of noise or loud noise makes me

very anxious and jittery. Never used to bother me. And

with all the Neuro stuff Im having right now it is

really bad. Even my dogs barking makes me nuts.

As far as coping with it I have no idea. I try to stay

away from noise but with 3 kids 2 of them teenagers

that isnt always possible.

Guess its one of those things we have to learn to live

with and try to get thru.

L

--- Parsons <ilikeub40@...> wrote:

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> For the last 7 years I have had Lyme Disease. For

> this entire time I have had problems with noises of

> certain pitch or frequencies, it causes pain to my

> eardrums and makes me lose balance as my inner ear

> is

> damaged as a result of LD. Basically, anything with

> any resonance is painful.

> I was wondering if anyone else had experienced

> this...

> and how they had coped with it.

>

>

> England)

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[Guest guest]

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Not only do I experience what you described, but bright lights, especially

fluorescent ones, and certain noises makes me crazy. Its called Hypersenses,

and is very common in many diseases, especially Lyme. Guess its a neuro

thing. As to how to deal with it, I wear sunglasses a lot, but the noise

thing I haven't conquered yet, I just try to avoid being around lots of

noise. And I used to work as a bartended with live bands, lots of noise, but

it never bothered me before getting Lyme. I also can't tune things out

anymore. I used to be able to carry on several conversations at once, and

type at teh same time, and still watch a t.v. show, had no problem, now its

impossible to do that. Good luck, hope someone else can give you some better

advice. Vicki, Md

>From: =?iso-8859-1?q?=20Parsons?= <ilikeub40@...>

>

>For the last 7 years I have had Lyme Disease. For

>this entire time I have had problems with noises of

>certain pitch or frequencies, it causes pain to my

>eardrums and makes me lose balance as my inner ear is

>damaged as a result of LD. Basically, anything with

>any resonance is painful.

>I was wondering if anyone else had experienced this...

>and how they had coped with it.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, ,Boy, can we relate. and I suffer from this cyclically. And since we love music and are/were in the Karaoke business, it really sucks. We like to eat dinner at places where there is live music, but there are times when we can't get out of there fast enough. (Music doesn't have to be loud to be good.)

But in January, I had a cold that settled in my ears. I experienced diminished hearing and extreme pain. I thought it would go away quickly, but it hasn't. The extreme pain has gone away, but I feel like I'm in a barrel. Couldn't sing for two weeks because I couldn't hear myself, or know if I was on key.

Certain frequencies are indeed worse than others. (Listen to a small child's shriek (sp?) and watch me come unglued.) Also, if musical equipment is set with the "highs" too high, I have to hold my ears. Fortunately, our Karaoke partner recognized this when I was at my worst, and toned the highs down for me. My LLMD says this is not just a simple cold, and is very typical with Lyme patients. Referred me to an eye, ear, nose specialist. If it keeps up, get a referral. You don't want it to be permanent.

Parsons <ilikeub40@...> wrote:

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Hi ,

I have been having trouble lately since I am on IV and herxing, prior to

that I used to hear noises when lying down, but I always attributed that to

all the meds I was on. Lately, loud noises have bothered me, I attribute it

to the herxing though. I am on Meclizine three times daily which really

helps with the dizziness and nauseated feeling and keeps me on balance I

think too.

Hugs,

Marta

>From: =?iso-8859-1?q?=20Parsons?= <ilikeub40@...>

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>For the last 7 years I have had Lyme Disease. For

>this entire time I have had problems with noises of

>certain pitch or frequencies, it causes pain to my

>eardrums and makes me lose balance as my inner ear is

>damaged as a result of LD. Basically, anything with

>any resonance is painful.

>I was wondering if anyone else had experienced this...

>and how they had coped with it.

>

>

>England)

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I have had hearing sensitivity since lyme began. I use all kinds of

things, especially ear plugs. If you look real hard you can find some that

block out above 28.

My body jerks from sound when I lay down, even the sound of a phone on TV. It

mostly happens when I am Herxing, really sick, or really tired after work. I

also take Chealated (sp) Magnesium and the sounds don't bother my jerks as

much.

The ear plugs allow sounds to be muffled, but due to gov " t regs they

don't sell ones that are completely sound proof for safety reasons. They

really do work

Good luck,

Connie, MI