My Tinnitus Doesn't Spike Anymore?

So I don't know where to post this.

I've noticed that thank god, for more than 8 months my tinnitus doesn't spike at all.
I mean don't get me wrong, I have better and worse days.

I do no longer notice them since I've habituated so tinnitus is not a problem to me.

In the past, sugar, salt and MSG used to spike it.
I have had this again after a few months or a year... and not a big difference??
or maybe I'm super used to?

Okey here is another super good thing.
I've been very careful with sounds, for a year, i literally used to runaway even from hand dryers...

I stopped "overprotecting" like 8 months ago.
And everything is fine!

Been to clubs, concerts, airplanes (with earplugs), no difference.
I've been making music at the studio, wearing earphones, and I have had a few accidents like 2 super loud bangs with one of those confetti tubes (they sound like a gunshot) and I even opened a wine bottle and made a terrible noise, no spikes!...

Don't get me wrong I still protect, just not as much as before.
I've gone to the movies with no earplugs and starting making music with no ear plugs too (only when it's too loud).

Also, the only thing that kinda "spikes" my tinnitus is when the weather changes... like... when it got cold this fall, ears, eyes, and body pain was kinda difficult, but not for more than 2 days.

Maybe it's because of reason behind my tinnitus..."fibromyalgia"
Who knows.. I'm doing great these days.

The only thing that gets me a little bit is the "brain fog".
Does anyone experience the same?

 

It seems that you have controlled your anxiety/stress. At times (not 100%) stress/anxiety can possibly cause more spikes than actual noises. Good for you, keep up the good work!

 

Thank you fishbone, my theory is that my "fibro" or whatever that is, messed up with my nerves.
that's why i have issues with my ears, eyes, and sometimes body pain.
but the damage is done and it doesn't get better or worse?

and maybe people who was tinnitus because of acoustic trauma, can get worse, because maybe the inner ear nerve is always under constant stress?

maybe my injury was in the brain, and people with acoustic trauma has an injury in the nerve pathways.
I don't know.. just bringing a theory here

 

Very good sign, keep doing what you are doing ...a good healing sign if you ask me.

 

Ha! Me too! Thanks so much for posting this. It's nice to hear about T getting less reactive.

 

@Mario martz ,
Lovely to hear your doing a lot better ...love glynis

 

Glad to hear that you are doing well and returned to your former life (almost)