Recent content by lostb1t

I have severe tinnitus with multiple tones. However, I do home irrigation once a month without any issues. My tinnitus is slightly elevated after using it, but only for a minute or so.

An anecdote to this: A few years back, I woke up from what I can only assume was deep sleep. And for a moment, it was completely silent. Nothing. But before I could even mutter the words “what the hell,” the volume came back on. I find it interesting because it suggests there might be a stage...

While in general I don’t think medication for sleep itself works well, I do believe that medication can lower anxiety and reduce the perception of tinnitus. This makes it easier to fall asleep and cope with it.

I mean, I try my best, but I’m struggling during the day and slowly losing my mind. I’m kind of amazed that I sleep so well without any medication. It must be the exhaustion.

@Kam75, may I ask how you find Quetiapine? I’m looking for something to help calm me a bit during the day.

Something I’ve always wondered is if there’s a limit to how loud tinnitus can get. My volume keeps increasing every week, and every time I think, it can’t get any louder… can it?, it does. Right now, I’d say the volume is at a level that would be severely damaging if it were coming from an...

Yeah, I actually don’t have much trouble sleeping when I’m not overstimulated. Exhaustion knocks me out. For me, it’s more like I’ve reached a point of such extreme exhaustion that it causes tinnitus. I guess it damages my ears. I think I read somewhere that glutamate or glutamine—can’t remember...

@Kam75, I just want to mention that higher dosages of Mirtazapine are usually more stimulating than lower dosages because of the noradrenaline effect. 15 mg should be fine, but you could try 7.5 mg instead.

@Regis, what antidepressants did you try and settle on?

Which SSRI would be your choice?

Ups and downs. Don’t be too hard on yourself. This takes time.

Tinnitus is getting louder and louder every day. Every time I think it cannot become any louder, it does. It is crazy that the mind can create this on its own. Still, I am certain that my burnout, exhaustion, and anxiety cause the same type of damage to the ear as noise exposure. Multiple...

One sounds like very low church bells, and the other is a low, constant hum. They are reactive to a certain degree. The high-pitched sound is less reactive.

I will not bore everyone with my whole story, because it is long. Either way, I got some medium and low sounds from stopping benzodiazepines during a burnout six years ago. At the same time, I developed a high-pitched sound after starting Mirtazapine. I do not think Mirtazapine itself was the...