No, it did come back. I wish I could find that balance of drugs that shut it down, but I haven't taken the time to do so...on an different note, the volume of the tinnitus varies ….makes me think a contributing factor may be external...
The cold medicine was Dristan.....I did a quick search and it appears that one of the Dristan cold pills was taken off the market 10+ years ago. I find that intriguing. A little research may confirm this.
I've had tinnitus for about 20 years... there was no know event that I can attribute to its start. I remember lying in bed and thinking I could hear the blood running through the ear! The sound I experience is closest to the sound of cicadas on an August evening. It is a continuous noise...