Tinnitus Talk Support Forum

Hi Sophie, it's doing much better this week, thank you! I'm afraid to jinx myself, but the last two days it's been the quietest it's been in 3 months. It's a very faint hiss now, and I feel my reactivity is going downl. I've been forcing myself to listen to music louder than I have been (but not too loud), and not plugging my ears as much. I'm hopeful this is almost done! How about you? Any improvements yet?

I'm at the same stage with mine. Started the same way as yours and Sophie's, and I'm roughly 3 months in myself. I'm really hoping the improvement will point to a full recovery. Hang in there!

Hi Kuromi! I hope the same for you too because this truly sucks! Does yours sound like a constant, steady tone? Or does it fluctuate? I've found that ever since mine started to lower in volume, it fluctuates more. Like I'm happy it's quieter, but if it could just be a steady tone that would be easier to deal with!

@kuromi It's been better, thank you. Yesterday was a good day because I was very busy working on my house (just moved in a few week ago) so the distraction helped. Now I'm at work and trying to focus on my music and not the T, but it's still fluctuating like an electrical hiss. How about you?

Hey @Brittany95 As far as I'm aware mine is a steady tone that doesn't fluctuate and isn't reactive to other noises. It's pretty constant although I have had incidents where it feels more obnoxious only for it to settle down randomly.

I'm happy to say that it's at a state where it's so faint it's hardly there at all. But obviously I'm a bit frustrated that it hasn't entirely gone yet!

That's awesome it's not reactive or fluctuating! I hope I get to that point soon. I'm forcing myself not to plug my ears for certain noises (like our big printer at work) but stupid simple things like the vacuum still scare me? Mine is pretty faint at times that I'm still frustrated too! Like why are you still here haha

What helps me most is remembering how loud it was when it first started. That was probably a 6/10 and now it's at about 2/10. I'll take this level over it's height back in December any day!

@Brittany95 Absolutely! I'm sure you'll get there with time, try not to worry about it. In terms of my case, mine was never reactive or fluctuating, and I always try and remind myself that things are much better now than before.

I can honestly say I'm pretty much at total silence already, it's just a slight hiss that needs to go away before I'm free from this.

That's wonderful to hear! I hope you're almost finished with this Unfortunately I have always been a big worrier haha so this has really knocked me on my butt, especially since it happened at a high-stress point in my life.