Fluctuating Tinnitus with SSNHL? Any tips to get more good days?
Been lurking and using this subreddit as a resource. First post!
Brief overview of journey thus far:
- Lost hearing on left side (cusp of mild/moderate) on 8/29.
- Went to ER on 8/30 and prescribed prednisone (60mg) for 14-days with 5 day taper
- Steroid responsive within 3 days and full recovery as of hearing test on 9/15
- Relapse back to the same levels of loss post-taper (9/19)
- On 4th steroid injection today, limited improvement thus far, but we'll see...
I'm still hopeful, but what's been strange for me is having days where tinnitus is horrid (quiet sunny day ambient noise is storming), some days manageable, and then randomly a good day. Mind you, the hearing loss.
Feel like I'm being a little silly overthinking everything that could have correlated with good and bad days to try and reproduce. ("I had an extra bagel before the last bad day - do I try and cut the bagel")
Curious if folks have found patterns for themselves, or just sort of roll of the dice each morning?
Glad this community exists. Though I wish that none of us had to be here though!