Addressing Tinnitus as Soon as You Get It — Tinnitus Probably from Headphone Listening

I got a ring in my left ear which sometimes subsides only five days ago. This was after a night of headphone listening, which was at low volumes, but also some stress that night... It's probably the former that's the cause, I assume, but I wouldn't know. But on top of that I was taking a medication starting a month ago that almost certainly made my blood pressure go up, which I've just stopped of course.

Since I have a friend who has tinnitus, I initially freaked out. I went to a doctor immediately who said pretty much what you'd expect (calm down, ears look fine, don't listen to loud stuff, you'll receive an ENT referral shortly). Since then though I have tried to address it immediately: I got a white noise machine, which worked well for helping me get full nights of sleep after that first night. I was so stressed out for a while I could feel my blood fluctuating, but I went to an acupuncturist and got a 90 minute massage one day after the other. After that, I feel pretty normal, aside from the ringing. (The massage killed it completely for a short while after the neck part, but it came back... I heard that's pretty typical though.)

I'm hoping for the best, of course, but I'm wondering if there's anything I should avoid doing that might make it worse? The most effective way to kill the sound completely is of course having a fan on and the white noise machine on, but I worry that could all be loud enough to just do damage on its own. Maybe I should have classical music looping at night instead or something.

 

Low volumes, vitamins, Magnesium, CoQ10, steroid trial WITH taper.

Melatonin for sleep and try sleeping in silence.

You'll very likely get better regardless.