​Does anyone else’s tinnitus have two distinct "modes"?

​For the past six months, I've been dealing with a pretty bad spike in the tinnitus I've had since childhood. Lately, I’ve realized that my tinnitus basically operates in two completely different ways depending on my environment.

​The first mode is what I get during the day. When there’s some background noise, I just hear a constant, high-pitched pure tone. It feels identical in both ears, or maybe like it's coming straight from the middle of my head.

​But the other mode happens whenever it's completely quiet. Like, the exact moment I get into my car alone and shut the door, when I'm alone at home, or when I wake up in the dead of night.

​In those quiet moments, it’s not just that one sharp tone anymore. It’s hard to put into words, but it literally feels like someone turned on high-volume amplifiers inside my ears, but without actually playing any music. Just that raw, heavy sensation of the amps being "on" and humming. And of course, the sharp tone from the daytime is still there too, sometimes even louder.

​I'm just curious if anyone else experiences this or if the "amplifier" description makes sense to anyone else here?