Recent content by THOPE

Wassup Tim?! Sorry to hear you are struggling!! It sucks, I know!! I have severe high pitch/volume T. In the early months, my docs put me on a cavalcade of different meds, which really messed me up. After much experimentation (at my expense :eek:), we settled on a low dose of klonopin in the...

My tinnitus was with me as soon as I woke up one September day in 2011. I have always struggle with stress and take medication. Recently I have been trying to adjust my medication to be able to sleep more. I did this knowing it would likely make my tinnitus worse in the short term and indeed...

I would like to believe this is true. But given I had not recent hearing loss and my tinnitus came during a period of deep stress most of which is still going on it makes it difficult to know the source.

I made many mistakes and was really struggling with anxiety when my tinnitus developed. Thought of it as punishment and then convinced myself I could not be happy without finding a cure for myself. Now 18 months later I am trying to unwind my pattern of thinking which has been difficult

I have 20% hearing loss at the high range and nobody has been able to explain how hearing aids would help my tinnitus.

I did stop the antidepressant thinking it would help for a few months, but the tinnitus stayed and the anxiety came back worse than before.

During the most stressful time in my life about 18 months ago, I woke up with this loud ringing in my ears. I was already being switched from Lexapro to Zoloft and was taking Ambien CR at night trying various ED drugs. Either the stress or the drugs brought it on and I have tried numerous herbal...