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I reduced the Mirtazapine back down to 15 mg, but it's not working now. The tinnitus blares and fills my whole head (I need 60+ dB level sound to even match it now when sound therapy in the 40s dB was enough before), and sleep just doesn't come unless I drink alcohol or take Clonazepam.

Guys and girls, I need your advice please: I haven't slept for days due to alcohol induced spike. Is it safe for me to take a zopiclone?

Usually, if I drink alcohol, my tinnitus gets worse.

Small update: Going to try eliminating alcohol after new year's as it is a neurotoxin. I'm not a heavy drinker but I do drink about 3-4 drinks a week, and am wondering if this had a cumulative contributing effect. I have drank like this since I was 21. Alcohol is inflammatory and can disrupt...

After a long time of T being quite ok, a rather noticeable spike atm, worried it’s alcohol induced. Hope it’ll go down soon :c

What cracks me up about Trump is he couldn't sell gambling, football, steak or alcohol to Americans FFS. And his knowledge of magnetism is amazing: "All I know about magnets is this, give me a glass of water, let me drop it on the magnets, that’s the end of the magnets." What a loser.

Yesterday was a bad tinnitus day. No worse than usual but sometimes fighting this beast on a day to day basis takes its toll. I had enough so I decided to drown my sorrows in a few shots of good Canadian whiskey. Those Canadians make the smoothest whiskey on the planet. A couple shots wound...

"oh i am sorry you have tinnitus, one person I know started drinking so much alcohol to cope with tinnitus and lost his health because ofit"

...has changed much. Lately, I have been thinking a lot about whether people with tinnitus are genetically more susceptible to hearing damage from birth. There seem to be plenty of people who treat their ears terribly and never develop tinnitus. Anyway, today I am drowning my frustration in...

Hi @Orba -- I don't know if you're aware, but there's a connection between supplementing GABA (a calming brain neurotransmitter) and alcohol. Alcohol consumption increases GABA levels, which leads to slower reaction times, and a host of other brain and neurological functions. So if alcohol...

...now I am worried my earplugs might have some leakage as they are a couple of years old and I was supposed to replace them in August of last year. Of course it is very well possible my spike might be just the product of worrying and/or the alcohol. Any advice would be greatly appreciated...

I am wondering if alcohol without loud noise can cause tinnitus? Sounds ridiculous but wondering if anyone has heard of a case like that...

I see you were a drug and alcohol counselor and ran some SLEs (sober living environments) back in your day! My husband and I both are "in recovery." God bless your work!

Red wine, sour beers, Erdinger weissbier... water... basically whatever whenever but I try to limit alcohol to keep testosterone production up!

Would you consider re-trying it?

Now I wish had some cocaine... Oh well, I guess I'll just let tinnitus keep me up ;)

Alcohol and coffee affect tinnitus. So you are doing well in stopping alcohol and coffee consumption.

Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant, and in smallish quantities a relaxant. So that in itself would help w/ tinnitus. But one has to distinguish between drinking a small amount of alcohol and getting sloshed. We build up tolerance to it and any drug pretty quickly. Alcohol in...

...much and especially the aspect of the long-term is very interesting and something I didn't take into account yet. The relationship between alcohol and GABA, and GABA and tinnitus is very interesting and due to your reaction I have read more about it. Thank you once again. In case people...

...something very interesting. He explained that Rivotril is not addictive, but it is habituating. The difference is that with something like alcohol, which is addictive, you need more and more to get the same effect. Rivotril doesn’t work that way. Instead, your body becomes habituated to it...

...a one-off trauma incident (someone wolf-whistling near me). Initially, I brushed it off during the Christmas period, self-medicating with alcohol and sleep meds. However, in the new year, I began to despair as it started affecting my sleep and showed no signs of going away. I went to an ENT...

...reactive tinnitus. Other triggers included herbs that contain salicylates, such as basil, thyme, and rosemary, as well as the flu, a cold, or alcohol. Alcohol would raise the volume slightly, but I still enjoyed a glass of wine on occasion. Now, one or two decades later, my tinnitus has once...

I'm leaning toward this theory. Exercise helps your brain release GABA, so maybe that calms the tinnitus. It's probably the same for those who find alcohol lowers their tinnitus. It could also be a blood flow thing, but we really don't know.

"Alcohol is believed to mimic GABA's effect in the brain, binding to GABA receptors and inhibiting neuronal signaling. Alcohol also inhibits the major excitatory neurotransmitter, glutamate, particularly at the N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptor."

@eric_michaels, where on earth does it say Diazepam causes damage to hearing? Absolute nonsense. Alcohol might be ototoxic but only very few medications are. Paranoia.

I seldom drink any alcohol, but I would say that alcohol tends to spike tinnitus. However, alcohol sometimes damped my hyperacusis, made it less noticeable. So it is a bit random really...

I'm no expert in alcohol withdrawal or Valium, But if it were me, there is no way I would ever take anything that is a known ototoxic. No way.

...noise on YouTube that matches your tinnitus. Play it at a volume just below your tinnitus level to help distract you and fall asleep. Eat healthily, avoid alcohol, and consider cortisone if you're within the first month. More experienced members, please correct me if I've said anything...

Rubbing alcohol is pretty damaging to tissue. I’ve heard other people use garlic oil but I don’t have personal experience. I’ve used tea tree oil but there’s a study saying it may be ototoxic.

Don't touch alcohol if you're worried about Gabapentin. Jeez guys.

Is there any research that shows a direct link between alcohol and an increase in tinnitus severity?

...endorphins. This has been shown in many studies and literature. I don't think this is in dispute. I remember being asked at Brai3n whether alcohol reduces the volume of my tinnitus. They said they have a number of patients where the release of endorphins through alcohol have a positive...

Thank goodness alcohol doesn't make my tinnitus worse. That assumes I just have 1- 2 shots of Bourbon, which is my normal consumption a day/night. More of it will make it worse, so in a strange way the tinnitus is a good thing, it's keeping my liver and kidneys healthy (while my mind sometimes...

I would just sit tight and give it time. In 6 months, this will probably fade away.

Doesn't Naltrexone mitigate the withdrawal symptoms? Some people even had improvement of their tinnitus while on Low Dose Naltrexone, so maybe you should give it a thought.

I am not talking about the hangover after a loud night. But when I drink, I have much louder tinnitus that night, even if I dont pay attention to it. I also do not go to loud places. Should not drinking basically lower the tinnitus as you wouldn't pay so much attention to it? For me it is just...

Drank too much alcohol when on big phenibut dose last night. Extreme hangover. Can be dangerous combo too.

That was not true for me. I've tried all sorts of medications and Trobalt was the only one that silenced my tinnitus (while on it). Alcohol makes my tinnitus worse, Gabapentin helps me sleep but does not lower my tinnitus. The effect from Trobalt was profound.

...give some more information about whether or not the tinnitus is different throughout the day and/or after sports? And does a little bit of alcohol have influence on the tinnitus? Mine does get better from alcohol and there is some research saying that people find relief from a few drinks...

...coping. Your doctors might suggest adjusting or increasing your medication to help you manage the tinnitus more effectively. If you drink alcohol, I suggest trying a glass or two of wine in the evening for medicinal purposes. This has helped me a lot when my tinnitus becomes very intrusive...

The chief medical officer of the UK stated that any level of alcohol consumption carries an increased risk of a range of cancers. Personally I try my best to avoid alcohol - the fact you start to feel woozy in the head after a drink tells me all I need to know about its impact. However - I may...

Hello Everyone, I have been reading a few of the threads regarding all of the things in the thread title lately and thought I would post my recent experience putting them all together. I usually smoke cannabis every day and usually find it easy to obtain, however, I've been travelling for...

The poor idiot was probably dropped on his head numerous times as a baby. Water on magnets if that doesn't prove stupid people should NOT BREED.

Hey guys. I wrote back in November about tapering off Benzos. I went from 15 mg of Valium down to 7.5 mg of Valium. Doing so, I had a bit of loud tinnitus but nothing crazy. However, around the start of March I had several family members die and a vengeful ex causing chaos in my life and so I...

Yes, Dr. Shore said exactly that. She want to depress neurons in the DCN (I'm assuming this means slowing them down). I have the same reaction to marijuana and huge doses of alcohol as well.