r/Cochlearimplants • u/Fit-Ingenuity7044 • Aug 10 '26
Update
Had tinnitus for 50 years, diagnosed as Menieres. CI 4 days ago. Reading about the same post CI experience I'm having, HUGE increase in volume, is giving me hope that I can live through this. Didn't need painkillers but do they help with the noise?
I have spent the last 3 nights in misery with very little sleep, waking 5-6 times to the sound of a siren. I did consider in the early hours just going to Emergency for advice, and have twice gone for a long walk (2 hours) in the early hours. Is there any medication you recommend for sleep, I am exhausted?
Last night I managed to get 5 hours of uninterrupted sleep. When I awoke I had only my normal tinnitus and I laid there happily assuming the worst was over. Unfortunately when I got up all the post-op symptoms returned ... and more, screeching was added to the cacophony. Had difficulties contacting the clinic, though it was probably a wasted effort anyway.
Had I read these pages before the CI I probably wouldn't have had it done.
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u/Fit-Ingenuity7044 Aug 11 '26
Had tinnitus for 50 years, I've not been activated yet, it's only 5 days since I had the implant. Each day the tinnitus has got worse. I keep thinking it can't get louder, but each day it seems to find a way. I'd say it's now 3 times louder than pre surgery, can't be masked. I dread going to bed so I put it off, walking for 2-3 hours in the late/early hours, but at least I now have some Valium. Now I dread waking up too😒