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15 Months of Tinnitus with No Improvement, Except for Occasional Good Days in a Row
Today is a good day, my tinnitus is probably a 2 out of 10. If it were always like this, I’d consider myself cured. But it’s frustrating that days like this are so rare. It’s unbelievable that my brain is capable of giving me days like this, yet can’t make them happen more often, or all the... -
15 Months of Tinnitus with No Improvement, Except for Occasional Good Days in a Row
I’m not afraid to wait. It’s okay for me if it takes time. What I’m afraid of is that it will never change for the rest of my life. -
15 Months of Tinnitus with No Improvement, Except for Occasional Good Days in a Row
Anyway, I basically have about 15 bad days a month. The other 15 range from good to decent. For now, that’s the situation, as I haven’t really seen an increase in the number of good or decent days. The fact that I do have good and decent days shows that, on those days, my brain is somehow better... -
15 Months of Tinnitus with No Improvement, Except for Occasional Good Days in a Row
Let’s say that when I have a good day, I start thinking the next one won’t be as good. If I have a bad day, I never know when a good one will return. Yesterday, for example, was actually a pretty good day. Today, not so much. As always, I notice that sleep really messes things up. Last night I... -
15 Months of Tinnitus with No Improvement, Except for Occasional Good Days in a Row
In a couple of weeks, it will be 18 months, a year and a half. So far, things are pretty much the same. There are good days, not-so-good days, and bad days. Usually, I’d say at least 15 out of 30 days each month are good or at least decent. When I have bad days, I get a bit down. When I have... -
15 Months of Tinnitus with No Improvement, Except for Occasional Good Days in a Row
The thing that frightens me the most is that I am already 16 months in. I have read many success stories, and some people healed even after a year and a half or two years. The problem is that by May 2026, it will be two years for me. If things are still the same, I will be seriously afraid that... -
15 Months of Tinnitus with No Improvement, Except for Occasional Good Days in a Row
Now I am 42 years old. When it started in 2005, it was probably caused by headphones. Every spike I have had in the past 20 years was caused by headphones. I will never use them again in my life, but probably it is too late now. I think it is not that uncommon to develop tinnitus from loud music... -
Seven Months with Sound-Induced Tinnitus: Is Anyone Seeing Improvements or Finding Hope?
If someone has intrusive tinnitus at a level of nine out of ten, and over time it decreases to around two out of ten to the point that they forget about it most of the time, that is an improvement. With a soft tinnitus it is possible to live a completely normal life, as if one does not have... -
15 Months of Tinnitus with No Improvement, Except for Occasional Good Days in a Row
Actually, I've had tinnitus since 2005, but until 2024 it wasn't a problem for me. It was very mild — I only noticed it in silence and it didn't bother me at all. In May 2024, after a small, sudden, unexpected sound (like a firecracker) during a Twitch stream, hell began. Although, to be honest... -
15 Months of Tinnitus with No Improvement, Except for Occasional Good Days in a Row
In fact, I believe hearing loss plays only a marginal role in tinnitus. It seems more about how the brain reacts to it. I think people who improve over time do so because, in some way, the brain, being an organ that is constantly changing, manages to adapt. Tinnitus feels more like a short... -
15 Months of Tinnitus with No Improvement, Except for Occasional Good Days in a Row
In my house, it’s hard to completely mask my tinnitus. If I’m having a bad day, there’s really nothing I can do. Only when I go outside, with all the sounds of people, cars, and so on, can I mask it more. In my case, I probably have a little bit of damage from that stupid sound. But I also... -
15 Months of Tinnitus with No Improvement, Except for Occasional Good Days in a Row
Reading posts like this is good for the heart. Still, I am always a little scared when I have to hear certain sounds, like at the dentist. Over the last 16 months, I have avoided most sounds. You could say I have spent about 90% of my time in silence. But of course, sometimes you are forced to... -
15 Months of Tinnitus with No Improvement, Except for Occasional Good Days in a Row
The only thing that keeps me going is the hope that one day I can get better. Whether it happens after two years or three does not matter. That hope is the only thing that keeps me moving forward. The thought of living like this for the rest of my life because of three seconds of noise in my... -
15 Months of Tinnitus with No Improvement, Except for Occasional Good Days in a Row
At this point, it has been 16 months, and I never imagined that a three-second sound in my AirPods could change my life like this. Every day I wake up not knowing what the day will be like. Around 40 percent of the month my tinnitus is tolerable, but about 60 percent of the time it is more... -
15 Months of Tinnitus with No Improvement, Except for Occasional Good Days in a Row
I hope it becomes more manageable with time and that I can forget about it more often. I do not expect it to stop completely, only to lower in volume a little and for my habituation to improve.