"Dr. Jerk" wrote:Isn't that condition similar to insomnia? I'm probably wrong though.
You mean tinnitus? No, it's a sound you hear when there is no sound to hear. Very loud sounds, or loud sounds for a long period of time (from a working environment, or from listening to music) can cause this when the ear is damaged.
When it comes to my eyes and my ears, I'm very much like you, I get very anxious. As a result, when I developed tinnitus, I was sure it was never going to go away, to the point that I did suffer from insomnia as a result, especially since I really need to be in a calm environment to fall asleep and this sound wouldn't leave me!
As I said, in my case, I realized after some time that it went away in the spring and came back in the winter, and I finally made the connection with the cold. I always cover my ears now when it's cold and especially when it is windy. I rarely get tinnitus anymore, and it's not as loud when I do.
To go back to your original topic, I'm really glad it went away.
Are you suffering from strong myopia? I do, and once I was told I was more at risk for this kind of problems. But then another optometrist said I wasn't. 
