Just after getting into a car with someone I'd never ridden with before the stereo system was turned on, to a level that felt very uncomfortable. I could feel and hear the hissing in my head growing louder; and begged the driver to turn the volume down. The request was met quickly (maybe ten seconds of such exposure), but only to a level I felt was "on the verge of uncomfortable" and the passenger's side window (with me in the back) was rolled down for the ride. This lasted for about five minutes, and I immediately noticed my ears were making squeaking sounds that sounded like a water cooler cycling, and the ringing in my ears definitely felt intensified. On top of that I had a moderate headache for the next few hours and still have some pain in my ears (this is two full days later) and had some fullness in the ears.
I visited the ENT (whom I had scheduled a visit earlier in the week for an ear infection) the very next day and was given a 24mg taper pack (4mg pills, take 6 the first day, 5 the second, etc) of methylprednisolone before I could even ask. I somehow missed the final two doses on day one and took them on day 2. Now it is early in the morning on day 3 and I still have this extremely strange squeaking noise as well as what is still very noticeable tinnitus (compared to 3 days ago).
The squeaking is unlike anything I've dealt with before and is causing me quite a bit of anxiety. It isn't extremely loud but seems to be present *everywhere* even when I am standing next to a fountain. In fact it seems louder there. My hearing doesn't seem too affected at the very least.
My question is - was this dose sufficient? I am extremely concerned about the possibility of this new sound becoming permanent and I am acutely aware of the fact that by the evening 3 days will have passed. My chronic tinnitus started two years ago and I was not given any treatment because my appointment was delayed for three full weeks after the trauma and I was "outside the treatment window".
Thank you.
I visited the ENT (whom I had scheduled a visit earlier in the week for an ear infection) the very next day and was given a 24mg taper pack (4mg pills, take 6 the first day, 5 the second, etc) of methylprednisolone before I could even ask. I somehow missed the final two doses on day one and took them on day 2. Now it is early in the morning on day 3 and I still have this extremely strange squeaking noise as well as what is still very noticeable tinnitus (compared to 3 days ago).
The squeaking is unlike anything I've dealt with before and is causing me quite a bit of anxiety. It isn't extremely loud but seems to be present *everywhere* even when I am standing next to a fountain. In fact it seems louder there. My hearing doesn't seem too affected at the very least.
My question is - was this dose sufficient? I am extremely concerned about the possibility of this new sound becoming permanent and I am acutely aware of the fact that by the evening 3 days will have passed. My chronic tinnitus started two years ago and I was not given any treatment because my appointment was delayed for three full weeks after the trauma and I was "outside the treatment window".
Thank you.
