Poll: How Long After Onset Did Your LOUD Tinnitus Take to Fade?

As the title states, I’m curious about how long it took for people with LOUD tinnitus after onset to experience a lessening or even complete reduction in their tinnitus.

Please leave a comment along with your poll vote.

 

After 4 months my tinnitus goes from very loud eeeeeeeeeeee to tzzzzzzzzztzzzzzzzzztzzzz and dropped in volume from 9/10 to 5/10.

 

I had some crazy high pitch sizzle in my right ear it was relentless and wouldn't let up at all, I'd say it took close to a year before it softened up and now it's more of a white noise sound and there is days were it's not present.
I do have a standard pure tone around 3k that's underneath, but that has never really bothered me.

 

After my initial onset in 2004 it took about 3 weeks to a month to fade and then another couple of years to become almost nonexistent. Few spikes over the years but never anything terrible. Then 1.5 months ago I aggravated it the worst I ever did by foolishly hanging on a dance floor at a wedding for way too long. This spike still hasn't subsided. Praying it eventually will.

 

You weren't wearing ear protection at the wedding? How many hours were you in the dance floor?

 

No. No protection but I still knew just like I’ve always known since 2004 to keep time on a dance floor to a minimal in order to protect my damaged ear, which is what I did at this wedding until the very last hour. Foolishly I stayed up there for a solid 45 minutes just dancing and having fun while the speakers were crazy. I stayed away from being right on top of them, but still.

You have to understand though, my T had not been an issue for me for over TEN years short of a few spikes that would last at most a week or two. I would have to listen for my T in a super quiet room in order to hear it. I became spoiled , so to speak. Never again will I be that way if I am fortunate to have this go back down. This has been a terrible thing that I really can’t beleive I let happen. Please pray for me.

 

Mine never faded. I see I'm not the only unlucky one.

 

@Smartone202
Is your T in one ear only? How soon after the loud sudden noise did your T begin?

My T is one ear only, the result of one sudden loud noise. It started immediately. It's been two and a half years and it hasn't faded one bit.

 

Two and a half years and mine hasn't faded either.

 

Yes one ear and instantly.

 

I think you're the first person I've met here who also got T instantly after a loud noise. Though our situations differ in that mine did not fade at all.

 

Everyone's t is different, that's why it's so dangerous to compare yourself to someone else...I have never met anyone whose t is exactly the same as another person's.

 

Not that it's really worth getting into, but I don't really understand. I mean wouldn't it be more strange if T started a while AFTER exposed to a super loud noise? The noise was blasted in my ear. The injury happened. It resulted in tinnitus.

 

Fades in two weeks when I first got it (First Trauma)
Didnt Fade at all (Second Trauma)

 

That's what I thought too, but there are people here whose tinnitus developed hours or days later

 

Fair enough. But at this point I'm more interested in just how often spikes subside. I see that our situations are very similar even as far as adjusting to our initial T only for it to become worse after exposure to a loud noise. So this incident with you happened in February I see. So in the last 6 months or so, you're saying this spike basically has not subsided in any way? I don't understand how a lot of people state that spikes usually go down. Doesn't seem to be the case the more and more I read.

 

@Michellejean You might remember me saying that I have severe tinnitus and that I've had it for years. It hasn't changed much but I do have good days.

If it doesn't fade, I can live with it as long as I continue to have my good days. It's like a little mini vacation.

 

How does it affect your sleep and work? Do you find pleasure in any outdoor activities?

 

Just curious when people say T affects sleep , in what way does this happen? Not being able to fall asleep? I would assume once one falls asleep T can’t legitimately “wake you up”, right?

 

It's mostly the act of falling asleep which is difficult at that level.
If you can still sleep you are ok....once you stop sleeping it's pretty much game over.
If you can't sleep, you can't live...I believe that once people get to that level, this is when drastic mesaures are often taking place.

 

Yeah that's about how mine is.

 

@JohnAdams do you mean you had a high pitches sound that lessened or is this your current tinnitus?

 

I cast my vote as 3-6 months after onset my tinnitus was bearable in a silent room. Since my grommet surgery I have high pitched ringing from Satan himself. It’s been six weeks and it hasn’t changed.

 

I feel that just before I doze off, my T goes away, as if my brain is shutting down. It scared me when an ENT asked me if my T wake me up. I can't imagine having T strong enough that it'll wake you up from sleeping, or prevent you from sleeping.

 

35 months without stopping ...maybe only 35 months more!