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@housemzk thank you, and yes I read someone say to measure progress in months (even several months), not days or weeks since that is the timespan of recovery. From what I've read, drinking alcohol typically makes tinnitus go up, but it's only temporary, so yours should calm down in a few days...

It has been just over two months since I went to a loud dance club with friends and came home to discover my ears were ringing. Since then I've made both progress and, more recently, some mental setbacks, so I figured it would be helpful to myself and maybe others to write down my journey so...

Hey everyone. I appreciate everyone's feedback here, and I think it just goes to show that many of us have different experiences and will to some degree have to listen to our bodies. I don't want us to argue too much about this - we are all here for support, and I am grateful for everyone's...

Thank you - yeah I love movies, and I really wanted to see this one to prove that I won't let tinnitus control my life. At least the spike still seemed to be lower than the 'normal' back when I first got tinnitus, so that's a relief. I actually feel like it's made a lot of progress in the last...

Thanks Glynis - yeah my plan is to transition to earplugs with lower NRR over time (the ones labeled "high fidelity") so that I get used to normal sounds levels. They're also nice since they mask the tinnitus better (the foam ones block all the high notes so that the tinnitus becomes really...

Thank you all so much for the reassurance. I'm sure a lot of it was just my anxiety making things worse - I'll give it another day or two to calm down. I am trying to tone down the ear protection...still just paranoid about making any more stupid mistakes. Didn't know it could actually cause...

Thank you...I hope it will calm down to normal levels again soon. Keep trying to tell myself that it was no louder than driving a car on a rough highway which I do weekly.

I've had tinnitus for just under 2 months, and in the last few weeks it's been getting better (lower volume, more of a hiss than a high constant tone). My tinnitus doctor said it would be ok to see a movie as long as I wore hearing protection, so I watched Ready Player One last night with foam...

Thank you John, that is encouraging to hear. I am glad you are making progress as well. Hopefully soon you will not only be accustomed to the sound, but the volume will also be lower and it will not be a big concern for you. I am mostly spooked by the spikes right now, but overall it does seem...

Thanks for the suggestions Bill. In my experience the last few days, both the melatonin and the chamomile tea almost immediately resulted in a spike in my T pitch and volume - the second night of which has still yet to return to normal. This is why I'm afraid of any sleep enhancing substances...

I think it's mostly the anxiety, which is in a cycle with the lack of sleep...I remember the first four days it started, I was able to sleep fairly well and it actually wasn't a huge deal. But then the tones started changing and the ringing would go up in volume at times, and as that happened...

Thanks Dem. I figured I'd post a quick update. I tried melatonin one night, and it made my T spike up which just drove my anxiety even further. I then managed one decent night's rest, then last night, after a cup of Chamomile tea, it spiked again in my left, and thus far has yet to fully return...

I think I will ask for anxiety pills if this keeps up. I feel like that's my biggest problem at the moment =/

So the good news is, two of my doctors predict that the T will go away in the coming weeks. It helps to hear them say that, but at week 2 I feel like I'm starting to go insane. My heartrate is constantly up, I'm constantly in a state of worry and shock, and it feels like the T is getting worse...

Yeah, that's not difficult for me since I dislike clubbing in the first place. This was the first club I've gone to in over three years I believe, and it was only to hang out with friends =/

Btw, I saw that you sent me a message, but I'm not sure how to reply :)

I made an appointment with my ENT, but they can't see me for a test until next month (gonna see if I can find a different ENT tomorrow, but there aren't many options here). The pred is 10mg twice a day, although the doc prescribing it did so more for the fluid buildup behind my ears than for...

Thank you so much Bill. I do hope it will go away, or at least become easily manageable to the point where I won't feel so constricted in life anymore. I have made it a point to carry earplugs with me now, which do help despite making the pitch that much more noticeable when I'm outdoors. I...

Last Saturday, I went to a dance club to celebrate my friend's birthday. The speaker was right next to the dance floor, and it was so loud I had to stuff my ears full of paper towels just to tolerate the 3 hours we were there. When we got out, one of the girls in the said her ears were ringing...