- Oct 29, 2023
- 167
- Tinnitus Since
- 09/2023
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Concert/Acoustic Trauma
Well, I'm really hoping things get better for you as soon as possible. I've read some stories here where some people recovered from severe tinnitus, but didn't notice any improvement until 12-18 months.You got no measurable hearing loss and you are few months in. And you get virtually silent days. Your prospects are good.
I have moderate/severe hearing loss (50-55 dB at 8 kHz). The fact my tinnitus is not screaming all the time is perhaps miracle in itself, but then my prospects are not nearly as good. I am about to mark 11 months since my acoustic trauma. I am really buying time and hoping for a miracle. I want to give myself 2, maybe 3 years to see how it is. But if it gets meaningfully worse before then, I may just give up and end it.
I have more and more moments when I feel some kind of relief when I realize end it will bring peace. And please no BS about the other side, God, threat of hell, etc. This is all such insane nonsense. It's amazing I believed in that for most of my life.
IIRC I read somewhere it may take up to 60 days for hair cells to fully die after injury (or maybe it was 30 days?). That's why steroids are recommended up to 30 days as a salvage therapy. In reality who knows, the damage can be combination of hair cell damage and synapse damage. Things evolve. My tinnitus (and hyperacusis) pretty much kept evolving for all the time I had them (almost 11 months), and still does today. It's not linear and I get better days, quite a few recently, but the setbacks/worsenings are debilitating. It is really an insane condition. Whoever has stable and no more than mild/moderate tinnitus without hyperacusis should consider him/herself blessed.
This whole thread has some stories and lots of examples if you haven't combed through it yet.