My Tinnitus — Week 13

[Dmitriy]

It's my 13th week with tinnitus after loud noise exposure. Last 2 weeks were very decent. I get minor clogging in in either ear sporadically, but it no longer occurs regularly every morning. I haven't had Fleeting T in the past 5 weeks. Headaches come and go, and at this point I am not sure if it's tension/weather related or caused by T.

My T continues to be minor ringing in right ear and static. I can hear ringing in morning and in evening, typically when it's really quite before waking up or right before going to sleep. I cannot say that ringing has changed at all in past 3 month. Static I hear mostly in the evening. I feel like static is more a reaction to full day exposure to sound. Everyone will get some temporary static after long term exposure to loud noise (e.g. club, loud machinery). I feel that my reaction is the same but to regular sounds.

One thing has changed. When my T started I used to get louder ringing when creating pressure in my ears (e.g. equalizing, yawning). I noticed that this no longer occurs.

I will continue to write this on monthly basis. Hopefully, at some point I can write a success story.

What I do

I do some of the following on irregular basis

• Take 1-2 long walks per day to de-stress
• Drink chamomile tea at night to calm anxiety
• Occasional 10 minute meditation
• Morning run few times a week
• Cross training few times a week

 

[dpdx]

nice update...

 

[dpdx]

I also hear some static/electrical sound and other times ringing. They vary by intensity and sometimes I have static/electrical sound in the morning then ringing, or vice versa. It is so unpredictable.

 

[Dmitriy]

The static intensity is definitely based on something. Perhaps salt in diet, stress, how much noise I was exposed to... Too many variables to pinpoint it.

 

[dpdx]

any update Dmitriy?