My ears became clogged (same feeling you get if you're in an airplane)ģ. My nasal passages became a bit clogged as if I had allergiesĢ. This took place after the third and final set of breathing exercise on the third day:ġ. How are you feeling now? Is it subsiding? I am curious about your success with the Prednisone? Have you seen any improvements? Wishing you well and hoping this shrill squatter taking up unwanted residence in my ear/brain hits the road soon!Ĭlick to expand.My tinnitus started first week of June 2020 and i'm still battling it, though it has decreased. She didn't prescribe anything except Tylenol for possible swelling in the nerve and advised me to massage my jaw. I went to see a GP last night, and she noted it may be due to my teeth grinding, TMJ, and its' potentially hitting a nerve. Unfortunately, it came back the next day and has been ongoing for almost five days now. I was quite alarmed by the buzzing and whirring I heard all inside my head, but went ahead with the second pillar, the cold shower, which actually felt great, and the ringing did subside that day. The method was healing and becoming a part of my morning routine up until recently when I experienced an immediate ringing in my ears after doing three rounds of the breathing and breath-holding exercises. I too am not bashing the breathing method, as I have actually seen very positive results particularly in improving energy levels and uplifting low mood/depression.
I have experienced the exact same reaction/symptoms you describe after practicing WHM. I hope it helps! As for my story, if anyone else has developed tinnitus from Wim Hof I hope your condition improves and if I learn anything, I am happy to pass it on. Anyway, he's putting me a 20mg dose of Prednisone of first 5 days taking 2 tablets and 3 days taking 1 tablet, to see if that reduces the pressure in my ears and tinnitus. he suggested what may have happened was when I held my breath as part of the Wim Hof exercise, that air pressure from the breath hold could have caused issues in my Eustachian tubes and swelled them, leading to inflammation. To date, my PCP recommended me to an ENT whom I visited yesterday and they ran a battery of tests on me - my hearing was actually above average, he also didn't see anything wrong in my nose or throat passages. That only lasted for a day and got better. In fact, a few weeks ago my ears were killing me for 1 day as if there was an infection (my primary care physician ruled that out when she checked my ears and said they were clean).
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That aside, I kept searching because what I was feeling, in addition to the high pitched tinnitus was a sensation that my ears were full and there was pressure in both ears. I also read a theory that tinnitus in my case was activated by an overly active sympathetic nervous system response which could be aggravated by something (have read that Wim Hof does do this). I poured myself into research and came across some very helpful online resources - some attributing tinnitus to an underlying problem occurring in the body vs being a "disease" in and of itself.
Let me preface by saying my negative experience isn't a bashing of the WM method, I know for someone people it has very positive effects but for me, after the third day of doing the breathing exercise my blood pressure went up and I developed tinnitus.Īfter 2-3 days of rest and stopping the breathing exercises, my blood pressure went back to normal but the tinnitus remained. In anticipation of having to take public transportation into this city this summer (at the end of May we were being told to prepare to get back to the office by early July which thankfully hasn't happened because conditions are still very poor), I was looking for ways to increase my immune system and was intrigued by the Wim Hof method. I'm very happy I found this support forum.
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