Tinnitus Returns

It's strange how easy it is to forget things when they go away. I've suffered from tinnitus throughout my time living with Meniere's, although I wouldn't describe it as bad - I get it in the mornings and late at night when it's quiet, lying in bed. Sometimes I get the noise during the day when I'm in a very quiet place. Otherwise, it was never the topmost issue on my mind, considering I was having regular attacks of vertigo and a regular lack of balance in-between. I have to say in retrospect, I'm fairly sure I was getting it for a few months before my first attack - I just really didn't think about it seriously.

In the last few days I've reduced my dosage of Betahistine, and whether by coincidence or connection almost immediately the tinnitus returned every morning. The first day was coincidence, the second a suspicion, the third a pattern. As for the cause, I can't point the finger at the dosage with conviction, but it is odd. My limited understanding of tinnitus - and something I'll have to go and read up on - is that when it's 'audible' it's very slowly damaging the hearing system, which I need to prevent. On the other hand, if it isn't the sound of very slow damage occurring, then I can live with it as it is and I don't need to increase my dosage again purely for the sake of what is a very minor irritant to me in the grand scheme of things.