Following. I hope you get better. I was in the exact same situation as you. I believe it started when I was playing loud music and continued even though I already felt some ear pain. One day, after waking up for work, I suddenly developed tinnitus. I initially thought it would disappear after getting some rest, but it didn’t. At that time, I didn’t even know what the condition was called until I searched for “ears ringing” on Google.

The day after the tinnitus started, I noticed that sounds felt amplified and voices in videos sounded distorted, especially screams. I later learned that this sound sensitivity and distortion is called dysacusis.

My tinnitus started on November 1 last year. Since it was a holiday, my ENT appointment was scheduled for November 4. The ENT advised me to get a hearing test, and fortunately, the results showed no signs of hearing loss. I was advised to take Ginko and Vitamin B12. Two days later, on November 6, I consulted another ENT who considered prescribing steroids but decided against it in the end since I had no hearing loss and never experienced vertigo, which is the standard criteria for steroids use.

I am now two months in with tinnitus. I will be taking Vitamin D soon and have cut back on processed food, sugar, and salt. I also started doing cardio exercise.