To think tinnitus can go away?

[FeatherySquawkington]

Any positive stories of tinnitus going away and if so how long did you have it for?

I have it, seems like forever, it certainly is worse if I'm very tired or unsettled for some reason.

35 years

BUT
Tinnitus is in your head
its nerves firing
its not real
so you have to train your brain to send it back whence it came

physically push it away
meditavely push it away

swearily push it away
do what works for you

but remember that its not "real" nobody else will ever hear it
so you have to find the way to not hear it either

most of the time

If you have a general head noise and it started a month after you had a cold, it could be due to blocked ears. Get your ears checked, they can give you a steroid nasal spray which will clear them. It's quite normal t9 have different sounds in each ear. I do too. I have two different tones (which co me and go) in my right ear (a buzz and a bleep) and a continuous tone in my left ear which is only there occasionally and seems sensitive to noise.

I've had it for over 10 years due to chemotherapy so unfortunately mine won't ever go away... to be honest I don't "hear" it unless I think about it. Like I wasn't aware of it until I saw this thread title and now it's all I can hear. It really is a mind over matter experience.

I hope yours is temporary. I miss the small things... like absolute silence... and hearing small birds chirp is beyond me.

@Norugratsatall I think the general head noise might be caused by muscle tension/inflammation on one side of my jaw - my back teeth feel misaligned on that side and the muscle seems to crease up when I try to clench my teeth. Probably caused by anxiety/night time clenching, which I think I've stopped now.

I've had it 6 months, I just ignore it most of the time. My GP has referred me to ENT just to rule anything out.

@AramintaLee sorry to hear that. Thankfully my hearing doesn't seem to be affected, maybe a bit duller in one ear, the same side where my jaw issues are. I can still hear the birds though which is a relief as I'm partial to a bit of bird watching!

Acupuncture fixed mine. It’s amazing what it can fix. All without pills. Love it.

I’ve had it for over 25 years - I have Ménière’s disease.
I’d love to give you a positive story - I can’t, at the start it was hugely distressing however you do get better at coping with it, working out triggers etc.
Despite having a diagnosis of Ménière’s disease it gets worse if I am exposed to continuous loud noises, some medications, stress but bizarrely if I am excited/looking forward to, or engaged in something (but because there is a positive vibe to it I cope well with it).
When it is really bad I get a physical pulsing sensation
Have you spoke to your dentist? TMJ can cause tinnitus and is often resolved a bit more easily.
Good luck

I've had it all my life but I suspect it's connected with the hearing loss I've also had since birth. I don't know if sudden onset tinnitus can go away but mine never has, I've just learned to ignore it. I suffered horrendously through lockdown as I was spending a lot of time alone in a quiet environment so it was almost deafening. Now things are more normal I don't notice it as much.

Mine started in May - I get ear wax and skin matter in my ear canals as I have severe psoriasis, and have my ears syringed every 18mths/2yrs as I get bad ear aches. This time I couldn’t get a doctors appointment, so went to a high street opticians who offer ear wax removal. They used ear suctioning and the tinnitus started almost immediately.... Despite the buildup I have excellent hearing (DH jokes I can hear next door’s cat groom itself) so I was really upset. It’s largely disappeared since the beginning of the month but I do hear some noise late at night when drifting off to sleep. My own GP looked and thinks the suctioning was over zealous, leading to the noise

Yes I had it, high pitched squealing noises and buzzing, could hear noises downstairs like had left tv on, also voices from next door neighbours and weirdly, classical music, it was horrible and really upsetting. I ended up with vertigo and after some tests found my ferritin was really low, as soon as my iron improved it went away, it was horrible though!! Hope you get some improvement

Yes it can. Tinnitus and Vertigo sufferer here. But it can also come back. Be grateful for the times it is gone and look forward to it going away. But be aware that it can come back at any time. B12 jabs help me.

Mine was sudden onset as a result of medication.

That was 25 years ago.

At the beginning, I drove myself Insane looking for a cure. Tried every sort of holistic practice. Drove miles to see this and that expert.
Nothing worked.

I have had to habituate to it, there is no other choice, but it has been life changing for me and I hate it.

Tinnitus is so peculiar to each individual’s body and set of circumstances, I doubt there will ever be a blanket ‘cure’, but it is a horrible affliction.

I was told by the ent consultant and the audiologist who did my tinnitus counselling that it's very, very rare for tinnitus to go away unless it's caused by a very loud noise , so when your ears ring after being in a very loud gig or people who have been close to and explosion/very loud noise whose ears ring for a short time. I'd had it for about 6-9 months ish when I was seen and they said it wouldn't go away. I've got used to it now, for the most part anyway. Tinnitus can be bloody awful.

Had ENT appointment today. Hearing excellent, ears look fine. Referred me for an MRI just because it's something they do but he's not worried about it. I guess it's just one of those things that happens and I'll have to crack on and get used to it.

I had tinnitus from the start of October in my left ear, along with a feeling of pressure and hearing loss.

There was so much wax in my ear, it was totally blocked. The other ear was completely blocked too, but not to the same extent. It took 2 weeks of olive oil and 2 sessions of micro suctioning to remove it.

No tinnitus now, and my hearing is better than its been for 10 years!

Two years. I've heard it's a side effect from taking Tamoxifen which I was on for 10 years.

I'm glad you got to the cause. I wish mine was that straight forward! It's frustrating not knowing the cause.

Twenty five years! I was early twenties when it first appeared. I have mild hearing loss but have hearing aids provided by the NHS that play white noise. They help when it becomes too unbearable. My dad and two brothers also had/have it.

I have had pulsative tinnitus since I had a serious illness in May that caused pressure in my brain. My consultant is referring me to ENT and Neurology to ensure the symptoms I still have will reduce in line with what she is treating me for.

Mine can get worse depending on how I sit and is always worse at night. If I sleep straight through, I'm fine, but if I wake in the night, I rarely get back off to sleep. I describe it as a dishwasher cycle in my head!

@Charmatt That sounds tough. Hope it gets better for you. Some times bodies just take a while to heal I think.

@FeatherySquawkington I think you are right, they do - it's been a strange year all round, but a vey strange summer with what I've had. However, it could have been fatal and it wasn't thanks to the fantastic care I've had. Hopefully it will resolve over time, and at least doctors are investigating.

I hope yours is resolved soon too!