← Return to Tinnitus and severe vertigo
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i had covid almost 2 years ago, (i did have the shot and the booster before getting covid) 2 weeks after getting over covid i started getting dizzy, it would come and go, a short time later it seemed like i was hearing a loud crunching sound in my left ear, it sounded like someone was wadding aluminum foil in my ear. i then started getting more and more dizzy, it was so bad i could barely walk to the kitchen to make coffee in the morning, i had to hang onto the wall to get anywhere, i was actually at a doctors app with my husband (the app was for him) i became so dizzy i almost fell out of the chair, the doctor had me sent to the ER where they did a ct scan and determined i had vertigo. the vertigo became worse and worse, i could sit still and my head would just spin, sometimes as often as 10 times or more per min. my doctor had an MRI ordered for me , and nothing was amiss there, i was given some meds which just about put me to sleep, i couldnt drive for several months, my left ear continued on with the never ending concert, i actually wasnt to excited about living by then. i had to have music or the tv on all the time to try to drown out the noise from my ear. i went to rehab for the vertigo. finally after 9 months of this i was watching tv one night and i said my ear
has quit making that awful sound, and just as suddenly my vertigo went away and i havent been troubled with it anymore. at the age of 72 now i can say this is the worse health issue i had ever had!
I am 80 and was in great health before Covid. I had it in August 2023 and again in August 2024. I suppose I had/have long Covid. I normally feel pretty good but I have absolutely no stamina. After only 5 minutes of anything that resembles work, I have to rest. I also have elevated A1C so my Dr. has just started me on Jardiance. Maybe getting my A1C under control will help my very low energy problem. I have had Tinitus as far back as I can remember, at least 40 years or so, so it is not Covid related. Over all those years it has very slowly increased in intensity so I suppose that is a good thing because I have learned to tolerate it. It started in my right ear and then after about 10 years it started in my left ear. (I know, it is not actually in the ears. It is neurological) I have tried several of the "fixes" that we see advertised to no avail. My Dr.'s have ALL told me there is no cure. I recently got hearing aids for high frequency hearing loss, which could easily be caused by the Tinitus. The audiologist tried several programs in the aids to help with the Tinitus that have helped some people but it did not help mine. She said that is all she had that could help with it. So it just continues to get very slowly stronger over the years.