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Pregabalin didnt change the T in 2013 the first time I took it. But in January 2017 when I had a worsening and had to take it again the first night I heard and sort of felt it switch it down. It was lower the next day but by day 3 the effect had completely gone and the T was back to normal.

What's your current dosage? I'm at 25 mg from 150 mg and the tinnitus is insane. This Friday I'll jump to 0.

Lyrica (generic name: pregabalin) is an anti-convulsant drug that's prescribed off-label for nerve pain. It helps me but I won't take it long-term because of some awful side effects. :( But it helps with short-term relief.

In the US we just have prescribing guidelines, not licenses of this type, and basically everything is widely prescribed for things its not indicated for; this is called "off label" prescribing, it's controversial, people get in trouble from time to time, but it's the de facto norm.

@Lane yes, I heard a bit about that... but I've had tinnitus since way before I started taking Pregabalin, and it didn't make my tinnitus worse either in the four years I've been taking it, it seems. I've been on the same dosage since the first month... and I (still) need it to be functional —...

Have another beer and forget about it. Your get to the point where your miss the noise if it goes ;-). Only messing mate. I got T real bad I have to take 600mg Pregabalin soon as I wake as T is on volume 6 - 7 sometimes 9 every morning. Not good but it could be worse I could be dead. Don't give up.

...that is responsbile for hearing and raise the gain, so that you hear things you wouldn't normally hear. I had a great cold while I was on pregabalin and that started tinnitus, but my hearing loss was already there before, and the cold or pregabalin did not worsen it. It looks like these...

I've started taking Pregabalin. Its an anxiolytic that Wikipedia says is as effective as a Benzo but which doesnt build up tolerance like a Benzo does and so is preferred for this reason. Its made a big difference to me although it hasnt reduced the noise like Clonazepam does. I intend now to...

Thanks. Could you remind me how you got your T, was it noise-induced? I have just started taking Pregabalin (Lyrica) to see if it will reduce the noise. There's been some success stories with it. Its hard for me that T has made me a junkie. I have always been 'against' drugs due to the...

what is visual snow?

...root is a natural GABA drug, but you would need high doses. L-Theanine and Taurine work for me in large amounts, they work on GABA. Lavender pills have calcium channel blockers properties similar to Pregabalin. Long term use of GABA supplements might be addictive, though; there are no studies.

It's very similar but less potent (so you take a higher dosage vs Lyrica). I found the side effects more tolerated, but it does make you put on weight and make you feel drowsy like all this medications do. Lyrica gave me headaches as I tried to increase the dosage.

I am no expert but I have seen Pregabalin thrown around here as causing tinnitus. I myself took it for about a month or so and didn't notice anything BUT shortly after I took Neomycin and baam I now have tinnitus and hyperacusis. STAY FAR AWAY FROM ANYTHING ENDING IN "CIN".

There is a lot of anedoctal evidence in a lyrica survivor group. I'm tapering this drug

...part of the Abraham Shulman protocol with Clonazepam, advocated for some types of tinnitus based on neuroimaging. However there is considerable risk of physical dependence and for some people tapering Pregabalin is worse than tapering benzos. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. God help...

Pramipexole is very hard to taper and it can be quite dangerous. With a taper -may need to start on high dose gabapentin or pregabalin and very slowly reduce the pramipexole and you don't want to do that again. Pentoxifylline or Sulodexide. Plus Glycinate Magnesium - one half tablet twice a...

...hard to predict what will happen to you. Some people jump off huge doses of benzos after 15 years and heal in one year, other people take pregabalin two weeks and are stuck with tinnitus for two years. I think four days at only 25mg should allow your system to reset but how long this will...

Mine is from ear infection and pregabalin withdrawal. I think it has to do with nerves more than sound induced tinnitus, perhaps that's why. @MrE is yours sound induced?

If your audiologist says only have one aid then I would sack them. All this advice is to use them bilaterally. Pregabalin gives a different sort of anti-anxiety effect than Clonazepam. You're more aware, its not as 'tranquilising'. The main advantage is that its not supposed to build a...

...play a role in some of the idiopathic (even non Meniere's) cases. I have no idea if that applies to you personally or not. As far as the Pregabalin, why were you put on it? I would defer to people who have had to get off Benzos for advice. Something like the Ashton Manual for Pregabalin...

I started Pregabalin A couple weeks ago. 50mg in the morning and evening. Maybe it helped a little. Since my T varies a lot its hard to say. I would rate it maybe 1-2 points on the subjective 10 scale better now. Yesterday I began to double the dosage to see if it brings any more benefit...

...side effect profile but looking at the Wikipedia page it seems that some of them are pretty normal when you compare with a bunch of meds. What is the major concern one should have when trying this? I wonder if it's safe to use while on Sertraline, Pregabalin and diazepam (I intend to taper...

Wow, this is really interesting and relevant to me as I´m taking two ADs, Gabapentin and suffer from benzo withdrawal. Do you mean one does not have to taper these drugs and switch to AV-101 without withdrawal or do you mean you can taper off of AV-101 without tapering? Thank you @Greg...

...Often after taking 1mg of Klonopin, I awake tinnitus-free. I sometimes get a similar effect with 100mg of Gabapentin (the pre-cursor to Pregabalin). I have never tried Pregabalin, but I know of one individual (on the TSMB site) that claims her tinnitus is significantly reduced by this drug...

I know a lot of people who are on or who've tried pregabalin for pain. Some say it's helped but at least half who've trialed it seem to report pretty serious sounding mental or physical effects. It is the successor drug to Pfizer's neurontin and is chemically closely related to it. Pfizer...

Indeed I was on Pregabalin, discontinuing it was hell. Later I was put on Clonazepam, and I'm still stuck with that, worsening at constant dose. I could increase the dose in the hope to stabilize because a taper seems impossible in this agony. I tried SSRI (but I react poorly and serotonergic...

The Pregabalin will potentiate the effects of the benzo's so becareful. Also I've seen this med mentioned a few times on a drug harm minimalisation site (bluelight.ru) for it's recreational effects, undesired side effects and some nasty withdrawl symptoms - so maybe do a little reading through...

...and restless legs? I used to drive a motorcycle too pre-tinnitus, I hope I'll be able to drive again some day. I am trying to reduce pregabalin again but the metallic grating tinnitus is exactly what I get, at an insanely high frequency. I am very concerned about what pregabalin can do to me...

It's possible pregabalin slowly damages the nerves, as it affects the CNS. For some, like me, where probably my nerves were more prone to damage.. it showed up quicker. But who really knows

Yeh good luck with it. I actually did like it for the first few months I was on it. I wasn't on big doses of it, 50 mg I think but it was enough to take the edge off. I think it's important for me to say that I was actually doing reasonably well anyway at the time. I had a second acoustic shock...

...inflamed cochlea or brainstem. But I'm convinced now really that it is the type II nerve fibers causing my noxacusis. Just find it a bit odd that neither Gabapentin, Pregabalin nor Amitriptyline seem to help with such nerve pain. I can't find anybody who has benefitted by Prednisolone on the net.

...In 2018 I experienced tinnitus probably a few more times, and eventually I stopped taking modafinil and it didn't return.... Until taking Pregabalin. And this is where my story begins. Because you know what? Even back then, when I actually EXPERIENCED tinnitus.... what's funny is I didn't...

...said Keppra was 'expensive', a new drug and he had not really prescribed it for his patients before I believe. The doctor told me to try Pregabalin or Carbamazepine for two weeks, I opted for the latter. I asked him if Keppra or Ivabradine are on the table if these two drugs were to fail...

daedalus - I'm sure that you feel like a guinea pig after trying so many drugs! I'm sure the last thing you want to hear are more suggestions...but I actually had the same comment that Golly made: In certain situations (people with somatic tinnitus), gabapentin has worked. I read about...

I agree. This Saturday I started my taper (as I am on Pregabalin for anxiety). I reduced the 0.5mg to 3/4 of a pill. On Tuesday my T went wild, it was still wild all day Wednesday and so I went back onto the full 0.5mg tablet. Looks like Im stuck on it for life then because Im not putting up...

So does anyone have any experiences with Pregabalin/Lyrica? I read some horror stories on the internet but then recently came across this: https://www.anausa.org/smf/index.php?topic=12258.0 "My psychiatrist called up his expert pharmacist and inquired about new drugs for tinnitus. He mentioned...

Same here. Just started taking 300 mg a day of Pregabalin/Lyrica + 4 mg of Clonazepam. I hope my tinnitus settles just like yours did, but tbh am quite petrified about all the other horror stories regarding Lyrica.

I really would like to find out what my tinnitus woud be like if I came off of Prozac. I came off of propranolol ages ago though, and that may have played as much a part in my getting tinnitus as the Prozac.

...channels and receptors is amazing. AV -101 might just replace benzos, antidepressants and anticonvulsants (such as gabapentin and pregabalin). No taper is needed. https://www.vistagen.com/pipeline/av-101/neuropathic-pain I expect that they will offer more stock shares and then money...

...benefits of clonazepam and THC but not so sure about gabapentin. Have you tried stopping it to see if it is doing anything? I am hooked on pregabalin, the more powerful sister of gabapentin, unfortunately, but it does nothing for my tinnitus (I'm wondering if it makes it worse). When I tried...

This is interesting and weirdly may be relevant to my case too as high dose Azithromycin damages the stria vascularis. What is the Pentoxifylline dosage? When do you suspect a microcirculation problem?

For pain I use meloxicame in small doses sometimes and it doesn't seem to cause any problem so far.

...much. Its there in the drawer for you to be able to knock the T on the head when you reach the point you have to have a break from it. Pregabalin worked on me within 2 days. Wikipaedia says it takes a week to work. You get (well, I got) a sense of mild euphoria at the start of it, which is...

No, but Pregabalin withdrawal and past mood disorders gave me symptoms similar to it for some time, so I learned about it. At some point I thought I even had MS during withdrawal. Today is another horrible insane tinnitus torture day, like any other day. I'm planning to sell my motorcycle when...

Usually Alprazolam and Pregabalin are not considered ototoxic when you are on them. Quitting them cold turkey, without some sort of tapering schedule, after a long period of use is usually an ototoxic "danger factor". Try taking NAC (large doses like 1200mg) per day, is has been shown that it...

...White noise covers "all" frequencies. I have heard about a lot of people "curing" their hyperacusis themselves by exposing themselves to barely uncomfortable levels of sounds. Sometimes aided by medication like lyrica (pregabalin). I am just repeating word of mouth here. I am not hyperacusic?

Yes, they said that about Lyrica (Pregabalin). It's supposed to treat nerve pain. So whether the trigeminal nerve is involved or not should not matter. We are talking about NERVE fibers within the cochlea. I'm up for another SGN blockade soon btw, using Botox this time. I'm not holding my...

You would need to try both of them I'm afraid. I found Gabapentin better and maybe reduce the noise slightly, where as Lyrica did nothing at all for me. Just remember, we are chasing rainbows here. Mostly these drugs will do nothing for majority of people, however anecdotally they seem to...

...shower? For me it's yes everywhere except the last one, but I'm getting there. My other doubt is that I believe this drug I am tapering, Pregabalin, has played/is playing a role in the worsening by messing up my GABA system. No doubt my tinnitus started with a cold, but then it got louder...

...thinking is dispelled and demystified. Each person is different but essentially this is the process of habituation. You have mentioned Pregabalin and Amitriptyline in your post. Whilst I do not have a medical background, I am aware what they are used for. I gather you were taking...

Wow, your doctor said Keppra is a new drug? Keppra has been around for a verrrry long time as one of the first go to anti-seizure medications. My psychiatrist cannot prescribe it to me because it is not used off-label for any type of mood disorders, anxiety, etc like other anti-seizures are...

I saw this thread earlier and funnily enought I came upon this thread while browsing for something else: http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/archive/index.php/t-662532.html Some really interesting discussion in this thread, they mention Levin's ideas, long-term treatment with benzo's, gabapentin, etc.

Alison try 600mg of pregabalin. You won't look back your be amazed.

Yep. Until the 'experts' put 2+2 together all the consumers coming forward are simply considered to be giving meaningless reports. It take years until they realise that all those 'anecdotal' reports actually do mean something. Meanwhile lots of people suffer at the arrogance of the medical...

I don't blame you for resisting that one. Look at the side effects! I don't even know what half of these mean but it doesn't look good: · Angioedema · Hypersensitivity · Increased Risk of Adverse Reactions with Abrupt or Rapid Discontinuation · Suicidal Behavior...

...my personal opinion Pete, but Gabapentin is a horrid drug, just like benzos... I would not pick it up. @Chinmoku is having a lot of trouble with Pregabalin which belongs to the same family as Gabapentin... I have also tried this drug, it caused my mood to plummet big time and gave me anxiety...

...statistics. They never do that because if they did it with every medication they prescribe it would take hours BUT if you asked him 3 times he should have definitely told you. My psychiatrist almost laughed at me when I showed him data where tinnitus was.a frequent side effect for pregabalin.

I have noise induced tinnitus for about 15 years.I was recently prescribed pregabalin for neck pain and severe headaches which I found very helpful by day 3 my tinnitus had increased 10 fold now I have the sound of a jet engine in both ears I fear not taking the meds as the pain is excruciating...

Hi has anyone got any views on pregabalin? I have been told that it will reduce my severe anxiety and also severe pain i am in from various forms of arthritis. But have also been told that it will decrease my tinnitus but then have been told it will increase it?? I am totally in state...

...and so keeps needing to be topped up. I read one guy got 2 hours help from it and then was craving his next dose for a few hours. Remeron for sleep (and anti-depressant, which its supposed to be excellent for in a high enough dose) and Pregabalin for anxiety. Thats my prescription for you!!