I Heard of Someone Being Cured After Taking Anti-Fungal Drug?

[Wrfortiscue]

My tinnitus is still going strong... This path is a dead end and a cautionary tale about what not to do.

So did it worsen or just stay the same patterns?

 

[InfiniteLoop]

So did it worsen or just stay the same patterns?

My last update in the thread was from December 2017. I am not sure if you are referring to the effect of the "treatment" or to how my tinnitus is today.

In general, my tinnitus today is still in the same range as it was after onset. However, I will say that the chronicity matters and it is more persistent now and I have fewer good days. My hearing has deteriorated since onset and that might also play a role.

 

[Wrfortiscue]

My last update in the thread was from December 2017. I am not sure if you are referring to the effect of the "treatment" or to how my tinnitus is today.

In general, my tinnitus today is still in the same range as it was after onset. However, I will say that the chronicity matters and it is more persistent now and I have fewer good days. My hearing has deteriorated since onset and that might also play a role.

Wow, that's really a bummer. I expected folks who've had it for more years have habituated and are fine but it seems that's not always the case

Sorry man, we need treatments soon.

 

[InfiniteLoop]

Wow, that's really a bummer. I expected folks who've had it for more years have habituated and are fine but it seems that's not always the case

Sorry man, we need treatments soon.

Habituation is work in progress: one can always habituate more... I am not a good example of it, my tinnitus is still a big issue even if it does not produce significant anxiety or depression anymore.

 

[Wrfortiscue]

Habituation is work in progress: one can always habituate more... I am not a good example of it, my tinnitus is still a big issue even if it does not produce significant anxiety or depression anymore.

Gotcha.

 

[elgringuito]

Thanks for all your posts about your progress (or lack of it) with tinnitus.

I'm curious to know, during all this time you've had tinnitus, have you ever considered whether an underlying infection could be involved? My tinnitus started last November after I returned from a snorkeling and free-diving trip. At first, I assumed it was due to barotrauma, but after extensive ENT examinations and scans revealed nothing, I tried steroids, acupuncture, and just about everything else I could think of. Eventually, I sent off blood tests for a Lyme-related infection—Bartonella henselae. The test came back positive, and it matched several other vague symptoms I had, such as shooting pain in the soles of my feet, superficial headaches that seemed to shift location, nightmares, and so on.

Lyme disease and its coinfections can also be linked to fungal or viral infections, often because of a compromised immune system and gut dysbiosis, so I haven't ruled those out yet. One of my students had an EBV infection around the time my tinnitus began, and I suspect that COVID or other viruses might be involved as well. There's no reliable way to know for sure, since antibody tests do not always indicate an active infection.

At the moment, I'm about five weeks into a course of antibiotics (Minocycline and Rifampicin) and herbal treatments. I'm working with Napier's in Scotland. So far, there has been little effect on either the symptoms or the tinnitus, though nothing has gotten worse. As you've likely experienced, much of this is a waiting game to see what helps.

 

[Tamalak]

My tinnitus is still going strong... This path is a dead end and a cautionary tale about what not to do.

Your approach is exactly right: try different things and, more importantly, take careful notes. Tinnitus is unpredictable, and what seems like a pattern may turn out to be coincidence, while real patterns can be subtle and slow to emerge. Keeping notes helps you see through both illusions. This is how I cured my tinnitus.