Buzzing ear- how to treat?

[zoefromsussex]

Please can anybody tell me the best way to treat buzzing sensations & ringing in the ear? My right ear has been troubling me on/off since last year but it's been a permanent symptom over the past few weeks and is starting to really annoy me! My other question is, when will I get complete remission? Only, ever since the first eipisode (ON in Oct) I've just had a steady stream of symptom's and I thought I'd have gone back to normal by now?

[zoefromsussex]

Ah good, I'm glad the treatment is going well. Is it a once a month thing? The air surfing is a fab discription! I find the balance issues the most annoying bit and it's why I'm so desperate to move from our first floor flat to a ground floor or house because I'm so scared of falling whilst getting the pram downstairs. A lot of the walking stuff is hard to describe, isn't it? I quite often feel I'm imagining stuff!

[Lulu54]

My treatment went very well, and thanks for asking.  That leaning into the walls and doorways is common with balance problems.  Wall walking is the norm for MSers.  If not wall walking, then many of us do the air surfing thing - imagine you are on a surfboard trying to maintain your balance with your arms... you get the picture.

Just keep holding on to something so you don't fall.

[zoefromsussex]

Thanks Lulu. You're always so helpful. I have seen some excellent doctor's (albeit ones with terrible bedside manners!) and have been very lucky to get such a fast diagnosis. I'm going to go back to my gp re the ear as when I mentioned it before I was told it was just one of those things after a neurological disturbance. I think the new normal makes sense & to be honest lots of the symptoms are ones I'm so used to now I barely notice (partial vision & tingling) The two which really bother me are the ear and the funny turns I get from time to time. I think something has changed with my balance too as my husband has noticed me almost walking into the doorway/veering the right slightly.
How about you? Is your new treatment going well?

[Lulu54]

there is some very good information and tips over on the Learning Channel site -

http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/family/home-remedies-for-ringing-in-the-ears.htm

[Lulu54]

Hi Zoe, that buzzing may or may not be from the MS.  Tinitis can come from a number of sources, but all of them can drive you crazy with the constant racket going on .It can come from problems with the nerves in your face, such as dental problems.  There are a few treatments the doctors can try but they first need to narrow down the choice of causes.

As for the second question - that one can be even more elusive than the tinitis.  A complete remission often does not happen - what our bodies go through is finding a point that will be our new normal.  Some of the symptoms you have may quietly recede into the background and not bother you much.  Others may remain more pronounced.  

Length of relapses can be very brief or string out over months into a year or more.  I hope you have a good support system to help you cope with these changes.  It is too difficult to do on your own.   I am so sorry this is not happening faster for you .

be well, Lulu