I plan to keep posting even when/if I'm completely recovered. I want to counter the voices that jump onto a 16 yr old's post to tell them it's probably permanent after a week, or not to worry because surely there will be a cure in their lifetime, or that they've had high pitched screeching for 1000 years and it's never gotten better. None of that is compassionate and is untrue for most people and I cringe every time I see someone do it. Hope is important, especially for those of us still in the early stages. There's so much misinformation and dooms daying. I saw an analysis that said TinnitusTalk has more positive posts than negative, so that tells you how many people actually are out there improving. They aren't all languishing.