I dont’t think so, but brains are different so who really knows. Could get better, worse or stay the same (I got worse, but was it the benzo?) As you know I believe searching for and trying all kinds of things to get better makes some of us worse, as opposed to just accept that this is how my T is today and probably will be for a long time. Only then the healing can begin (and I’m not talking only habituation).
I have quit and reinstated Remeron like 5-6 times the last 8 months. Once I’m on those I can swear I get worse, once I’m off I get worse. It’s a neverending cycle, trying all these things and constantly monitoring it’s effect on your T. You could look into the progress of @Vicki3116. Thats one way to attack this shit (or actually NOT attack it at all). She has a kid by the way :)
@Pistolpete I appreciate your words! The main thing I am wanting is improvement/desensitization with my very sensitive reactivity. That is what is holding me back from living my life more normally. I have read that this absolutely can improve with correct sound therapy and calming inflammation in the brain, so that’s what I’m trying. So I don’t want Ativan getting in the way of that.
How loud is your baseline? I understand you have quite high pitch tinnitus? The thing with high pitch is that althoug not that loud it can be heard over almost everything, I often wonder if mine is reactive as it seems the louder I turn up fans, white noise, AC etc, the more prominent my hissing T gets. 1/2
But I wonder if it’s more the effect of «contrast» as however loud external sounds are you simply can’t mask with evironmental sounds when T > 8 - 10 kHz. At least I can’t. Are you sure it’s all about reactivity and not at least partly related to it’s high frequenzy? 2/2
As I’ve written in one of my threads my tinnitus often seems somewhat so quiet when in complete silence, but I’m often horrified how prominent it is when there’s external sounds as fans, AC, traffic noise, dishwasher etc. heard. I don’t think it reacts or the volume changes, but it just seems so much worse. It drives me crazy sometimes.
Anyway if Ativan helps you relax I see no harm in using it for a while longer. I can’t imagine such a low dose is holding you back in terms of improving.
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