when your body is telling you to stay out of the water.

RN mentioned by link what was popping into my mind, Ménière's disease: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/000702.htm My wife (non-diver) has a case that is mostly mild, and the primary symptom is ringing. Since you're experiencing symptoms that seem to relate to your diving, Ménière's might be off the mark, but the wife's symptoms become aggravated by any change in her sinuses. Whatever the case, I would take it slow. Diving while not 100% isn't going to improve the situation, but you know this already.

Additionally, you can have fun on dives that aren't two-hours long. Ever been spearfishing?

sorry, made the above post after realizing I had not read 7 pages of discussion in the thread......

5 days later andIstill havetinnitus.

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5 days later andIstill havetinnitus.

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See my earlier post #9 for my reference to this subject. That was 3 years ago and I kept diving and my tinnitus has continued to get worse. It is with me 100% of the time now and sometimes gets to the point of driving me crazy. I hope you don't make the same mistakes I did.

Was there a way to prevent it you think?

Sent from my Eris

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14689631

Find an SOT or Gonestead Chiropractor in your area. Worth a shot.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14689631

Find an SOT or Gonestead Chiropractor in your area. Worth a shot.

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Although tinnitus is a very strange disorder and has many bizarre manifestations and associations, I sincerely believe you will be wasting your money going to a chiropractor.

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Was there a way to prevent it you think?

Sent from my Eris

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I didn't go to a good ENT soon enough and just kept diving and putting up with what I thought was a short-term problem that would clear up on its own. My ENT said I did permanent damage from diving with the infection and that the tinnitus will likely never go away. FWIW, my tinnitus continues to get gradually worse which is why I think my 40-years of diving may come to and end sooner than I'd like.

Well I am very sorry to hear that. The ent I went to was not very helpful. Hopefully o stoped before o messed up to much. But I doubt it

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Although tinnitus is a very strange disorder and has many bizarre manifestations and associations, I sincerely believe you will be wasting your money going to a chiropractor.

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Yeah, that damn spine couldn't possibly be responsible for anything. I mean, not like spine damage caused any issues anywhere else in the body. :roll: