How Long Did It Take for Your Tinnitus to Settle Down After Initial Onset?

Hi there!

Only 6 weeks into tinnitus and have been told things should settle down and improve over time.

Quick question: How long did it take for things to settle down for you after initial onset of tinnitus?

I know everyone has their own particular tinnitus, but it would be interesting to hear other peoples experiences. It's pissing me off over the past few days and trying to keep positive, feel like I've just been left to get on with things, so this website, Tinnitus Talk, is a fantastic place to get advice for me right now.

Thanks for reading.

 

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Things haven't settled for me at all. I'm on a f'ed up roller coaster of low tinnitus and crazy tinnitus.

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it may take upto 6 months for it to stabilise and flatline into something which is perceived to be better, as long nothing sets you back in your day to day life. Bad days will still occur but hopefully they will become less and less as time goes on.

It takes a lot of time.

 

For most people it will settle down, for some it just gets worse. Try not to worry about it too much, only time can tell for sure.

 

I am not sure what you mean by "settle down." Are you talking about the time at which it began improving, or do you have the time when it stopped changing (stopped getting worse or stopped getting better) in mind?

 

Mine balanced out after 6 months, but I habituated at that time. I have irregular tinnitus.

 

From what I've learnt, this can stay the same, get worse, or diminish to a certain point depending on the person. My question is, those 'lucky' ones, how long did they have to wait till they started noticing there T started to diminish to what ever point it may get to. Mine is not noise induced, neither hearing loss... So god knows...

I'm already making small baby steps... Yesterday was the first day I stayed in a silent room, and listened to my T without getting annxious about it. One litte step forward after 6 week. And the bugger isn't quiet!

 

In many cases fading Begins sometime between the end of month 1 and the end of month 3. After that, it often continues fading for a very long time (i.e., many months, possibly longer than two years). The quieter it gets, the slower it fades.

If it relentlessly stays at the same level for over three months, than there is a chance that it will get stuck at that level for a long time...

 

FX-322 = sensorineural hearing loss? No one told me I've got that.....

 

Thanks Bill Bauer, bugger is i'm not sure if mine is going up or down, or it's just because i'm at that particular moment not focusing on it... Was driving from Barcelona all the way down south, could hear it clearly at one point, suddenly later I couldn't, then after while I could hear it again. Could it be the car vibrating differently depending on the tarmak on the motorway?! Anyway, it's complicated to come to a conclusion. Thanks for your replies. Very appreciated

 

I think this means that your T fluctuates. This is a good sign.

In order to track how it changes over time, you might want to match it to some external sound. The loudest noise you can make by breathing through your noise, for example.

When I drive (especially drive long distances), I find that I am less likely to get a T spike if I wear earplugs (or earsplugs + muffs, or earplugs + Bose 25 noise cancelling headphones). Right now is a vulnerable time for you. You might want to pull out all stops to ensure that your ears get a rest that they might need in order promote healing. After a year or two, protecting your ears from noises will probably become less important.

 

@Alex Matyjasek , in case you haven't seen it before, check out the post below
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/thread...eone-else-who-has-tinnitus.26850/#post-307822

 

Thanks

 

Just had a look. Very handy. Thank you very much for your time and help.

 

First Acoustic Trauma caused by concert: Faded in 3 weeks from moderate to mild.

Second Acoustic Trauma/Hearing Damage caused by caloric test and cvemp: Never went down and it has been since January 17 I believe. I lost a good chunk of hearing from this ear tests(not evident on audiogram) but on speech and noise test, mild hearing loss.

 

Mine never settled down, unfortunately.
Don't let that bring you down, though: my case is not common.