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I had horrible tinnitus for three months. I couldn't hear anything out of my right ear. Foolishly, I went to see Inception with it. That was so disorienting. M
by jtwoodhouse 3y ago
I had horrible tinnitus for three months. I couldn't hear anything out of my right ear. Foolishly, I went to see Inception with it. That was so disorienting.
My audiologist said I was SOL and there was nothing to do about it. A few months later, I went to see a nurse practitioner about something unrelated. The ear came up and she wrote me a Rx for a steroid just to try it and see what happens. Two weeks later, I went for a walk. I heard this rush in my ear and suddenly I could hear again and the tinnitus was gone.
It was a miracle. I still had some permanent hearing loss but it was 90% better. I could function and make music again. Second opinions FTW.
- darksim905 3y agoI would love to know what steroid this was.
- bproven 3y agoprobably plain ole prednisone... sometimes it works (esp if you catch it early), mostly it doesn't (it didn't for me)
- jtwoodhouse 3y agoIIRC it was prednisone.
- starstripe 3y agoWhat was the steroid? What caused your tinnitus or did it appear for no apparent reason?
- Workaccount2 3y agoProbably Prednisone, its the go-to anti-inflammatory steroid that doctors prescribe for just general inflammation treatment. The list of things it treats is almost comically long.
- downut 3y agoI just went through a few prednisone for a case of bursitis, and it worked fantastic for that. Had no effect on the tinnitus though. Oh well.
- reaperman 3y agoIt's list of psychoactive side effects is also comically long! I love prednisone when I need it, but few drugs (even literal psychoactive ones like amphetamine) mess with my mind as much as prednisone does.
- jtwoodhouse 3y agoI think it was prednisone. I suffered an intense inner ear infection that left me with tinnitus.
- cryptonector 3y agoSteroids are part of the diagnostic procedure for tinnitus. Your audiologist should have mentioned it; I'm shocked they didn't.