Hi,
Sorry that you got T, welcome to TT. Do you know the cause of your T, just cold and/or earwax? If so that means there may not be a damage in your inner ear and this in turn may mean that it may go away by itself. Have you had a hearing test?
As your onset is very recent, you can try Prednisone, it's a steroid that's known to be effective against Tinnitus right after the onset;
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads...dexamethasone-others-oral-and-injections.348/
Tinnitus is almost always a symptom of another problem; one of which is Meniere's Disease that also causes dizziness. It might be good to check for it.
Some things noteworthy;
1. It starts with ignoring the ringing. Focusing on it will make it more and more important among all the sensory inputs that you have and it'll either be physically louder and/or your perception will be. To ignore it, make yourself busy at all times. Silence or lack of activity shall lead to focusing on your T. Your brain should be in panic mode right now obsessed with the ringing and drawing all your attention to it. Do not allow your brain to do that, make yourself busy.
2. Sleep well, it's crucial. May be the hardest thing but do whatever needed to do it. Mask it with white noises, natural sounds, etc; take drugs if needed. The negative aspects of anti anxiety/anti depressant drugs are negligible IMO when compared to not sleeping. When you do not get enough sleep, your brain shall not be able to calm down and progressively your T shall got worse.
3. Stay away from sugar/caffeine and anything that causes spikes in brain activity. T is a brain problem in which it's trying to compensate a problem in the inner ears but failing to do so and causing hyper excitement in auditory cortex. So anything to dramatically increasing brain activity is not good. Sugar causes a temporary energy spike, caffeine keeps your brain awake. You need to cool down your brain.
4. Stay positive. Negative thoughts shall exacerbate the T through a known mechanism. T is a brain thing but created as a result of a neural network and limbic system plays a great role here. If you do not stay calm, your brain shall have a considerably harder time to tune out this alien signal. But if you ignore and do not be in panic mode, eventually your brain shall start considering this sensory input as a harmless one and tune it out. Slowly but surely. Also, maybe not in the immediate future but, there are a lot of research going on in ear area and there'll definitely some sort of treatment in the long term.
5. Read all the success stories, they'll give you courage to get through these hard times.
It's the hardest in the beginning. It'll be much easier later on, so hold on.
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