It can get better, hold on to this hope. When this loud echoing sound drove me mad, it seemed like it would never fade nor go away - but it has decreased greatly to the point I barely hear it most of the days. It takes time, but it can get better.
@Ondine i hope it does .. it was low till a acoustic reflex test bumped it up a notch 2 weeks ago and the hypercacusis.. ive also had tinnitus mild for 9 years under that..
I don't know exactly what caused my tinnitus. Maybe my constant use of headphones, maybe I had COVID without knowing, it's hard to tell. I was so scared to worsen it that I didn't take much, I took iron, magnesium and turmeric for a few weeks but that's about it... 0.5g Xanax/day for two months at the beginning, then I very slowly lowered the dosage until I stopped. Going to the osteopath didn't help either.
My tinnitus started last february. It worsened by listening to masking sound at the lowest volume, but with headphones on. Once I found out headphones were dangerous, I decided to sleep without them, and I believe letting my ears rest at night helped a lot.
I started noticing a difference around May, the loud ringings, pure tones and echoing wine glass slowly decreased, I had less and less deafening fleeting tinnitus, and continued to do so. Now, 90% of the time I only hear my tinnitus in dead silence, or not at all - it's a bit louder sometimes like it is these last few days, but nothing compared to last year.
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