How is the LLLT going
@10Kcd?
Are you still noticing an improvement?
Sorry if you have mentioned in another thread or post (I have been through all 71 pages of this thread, but may have missed it), is your tinnitus bilateral, and do you have one or multiple tones?
I am in the same acute phase (1.5 months in) and am considering this.
Hi
@DeanD - thanks for asking, and sorry I missed this question. I've been mostly posting about my LLLT experiences over at
this thread (I don't know how to link straight to a particular point on the thread, but my most recent post is down at the bottom of that page).
To answer your questions about my tinnitus, it's unilateral (left) and is a single tone which has slid up to about 14-15 kHz. Sometimes I get what I call ghost tones on my right side (I recognize that all tinnitus tones could be referred to as ghost tones) but these are gratefully rare and relatively fleeting - they'll come and go within a few minutes.
Definitely check out my posts at the above link for greater explanation, but to summarize my experience with LLLT thus far, I have noticed a reduction in my sound sensitivity most and maybe a reduction in the volume some (though that still shifts a lot, and it's hard to quantify how much it's reduced since I started LLLT).
I really can't say that LLLT is responsible for any of the positive shifts I've experienced - it's just as likely to be my natural healing process. Most importantly, my tinnitus hasn't gone away. And, whereas at the beginning of my LLLT experience, I was occasionally noticing little stretches where I could barely hear my tinnitus, I haven't experienced that in my most recent treatment cycles.
I wouldn't advise against LLLT, and it probably better to do it in a more acute phase (I started mine about 3 months after an acoustic trauma, so I don't know how that compares to 1.5 months post-microsuction), but I also can't say with any certainty that LLLT actually does anything. I had the luxury of being able to afford an at-home device, and I haven't experienced any negative impact, so it's been a neutral experience at worst for me.
I hope this helps. Again, sorry for the delay, and please feel free to ask if you've got other questions.
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