So, in my case it was like the last resort my ENT didn’t think they would work, but I’ve been on such a roller coaster, emotionally physically. It was one of those things where I had to try it. Otherwise, I would regret it, and it brought back to hearing in the left ear, so mine has fluctuated just like yours tinnitus comes and goes. It’s always there, but it gets ramped up really bad, but like Becky had said the volunteer in the United States, I was on 60 mg and I was on it for nine months and every time it started to taper if the situation came back they put me back up so it took a long time but you have to remember an autoimmune disease is inflammation so it’s inflaming your inner ear. Your body doesn’t like it. My rheumatologist had never heard of it before so all he could do is treat what he knows for arthritis. The methotrexate worked in the beginning with pills, but then it didn’t so then he gave me shots and the shots you couldn’t get anywhere for a while unless you 4039, 4029 had cancer because there was a shortage so they went to Humira .
I will tell you having gone through this for the last two years at least in my case things have leveled off if you will your body starts getting used to the fluctuations they don’t happen as greatly and again stay hydrated, low sodium try not to drink a lot.
If it makes you feel any better, the reason I ended up on Mayo connect is I actually applied at the Mayo Clinic to evaluate my situation and they came back and told me that everything I was doing was exactly what they would do so I felt good about that knowing that the doctors here were doing the best they could.