It's Been a Week

Hello, glad (I guess) to be part of this forum. I'm just 18, so I'm really worried about this.

So it started a week ago in one ear, I saw a ENT doctor shortly after and they did syringing, as they found both ears were clogged.

I also did a hearing test and tested fine, even with clogged ears.

They only gave me oil a minute before syringing.

Since then my tinnitus has been worse, and in my other ear too. The doctor said it's normal to flare up right after and also said it should be temporary, going away in a couple weeks.

Reading these forums it seems they possibly made it permanent. I've been worried though I know this just makes it worse.

Should I do anything like see another ENT doctor, or just wait it out and hope that's not the case?

 

Welcome to the forum. If you can see another ENT for second opinion without much financial hardship, it will be worthwhile to recheck to see if there is any damage done by the syringing. It also can ease your mind about it. Having more stress and worry is definitely not good especially when your ears are so unstable right now. Nobody can be sure if one's T is permanent. Sometimes if the root cause is taken care off, then T will fade or disappear. Even if it stays, the intensity of it and your reaction to it will gradually become less serious. This will help the T in the long term (if it can be long term). Age age can be a blessing as young people adapt and heal much faster than old folks. Here is some success stories of young folks. Take care. God bless.

success story of 17 years old Zach:

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/fake-it-until-you-make-it.7590/

success story of Jari with T since 12 years old:
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/new.7670/

lana got T at 15 and getting better:
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/positivity.13050/

 

You might want to avoid that ENT from now on...

Check out the thread below where I summarize everything (24 tips spread over three posts) I learned about managing tinnitus after reading the posts on this forum for the past 11 months
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/thread...itus-recently-this-info-will-be-useful.25741/

 

Thank you for the replies. I'll see if I can meet with another doctor soon, won't cost too much. I'm trying to calm down a bit, it'll take some effort though. I guess it's still really early and anything could happen. I'm sure I might eventually learn to live with it like in the stories if it does turn out to be permanent, but right now just have a hard time imagining being stuck like this. Hopefully things will work out one way or another.