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Thanks for your responses!

To be more precise, I have little to no tinnitus. After my noise trauma, I started with worrisome tinnitus, then the hyperacusis appeared 2 months...

Hi Benzomom: Sorry to hear you are still sufferring. Ear wise I am doing pretty good, and I just moved out of an apartment I was sharing with a...

It is nice to know that a small minority of people with hyperacusis can fully recover like yonkapin has. But that is rare. So any of you that are...

OK Lionel, please be very careful. This hyperacusis is serious business. Marco

BENZOMOM: Let me clarify my suggestion for benzo use for hyperacusis. I only used them when I was in a bad setback, to get a bit of relief. But...

Here is what Dan Malcore of the Hyperacusis Network has to say about the possible degrees of recovery for those with hyperacusis. He has more than...

Benzomom: I have to disagree with your recommendation not to tell people that perhaps taking benzos once in a while might alleviate their h. for...

Lionel: Wow I didn't know I was talking to someone in Ireland. BTW I am in Canada. My roomate is Irish . Like my Italian ancestors, his came here...

Lionel: There are some that have recovered from far worse than what you are experiencing. Please hang in there. See the "Success Stories" on the...

Bill Bauer: For most people hyperacusis does NOT go away after 6 to 12 months. It normally improves but rare is the person who is cured of...

Hi Lionel: I am sorry to hear what happened to you. I've had hyperacusis for quite a long time, and I never experienced anything like what...

OK, BenzoMom, good luck to you. Thanks for being the one who let me know more clearly about the dangers of benzos. Marco

Hi Benzomom: I think you read what I told you about BenzoBuddies wrong. The people at BenzoBuddies did NOT encourage to continue taking this...

Benzomom: I think you are very courageous in putting up with all this hellish discomfort, hoping that you will come out better in the long term....

Thanks for your reply Benzomom: Your reasoning about your decision to taper off seems good, but I would still go back on them personally. It is...

Benzomom: Have you thought maybe of GOING BACK on the benzos? Then maybe your awful symptoms would disappear, just like methadone would help an...

Benzomom: I did not think you probably had improved in just a short time, but I had to ask. I have had hyperacusis for almost 24 years, so I...

Benzomom: How are you feeling today, september 1st? Did you see the thread started by Adam007 who made a full recovery? While that is improbable...

Dear Adam 007: This is great news. I have had hyperacusis for almost 24 years. Maybe if I could have stuck with TRT, I would have got a lot...

Thanks for your response, Benzomom. Strange how we react so differently to these drugs. Because I am more concerned now about benzos, I did ask...

BenzoMom: what do you mean by "holding" and then "K withdrawals" Marco?

Now that I am thinking more seriously about buying a mobile phone, I am realising that I might be putting myself in as much danger in using such...

BenzoMom: How are you feeling today? BTW, to anyone who knows about benzos: I understand that even if you taper off, you may get withdrawal...

HI BENZOMOM, and all others! Wow, all these horror stories about benzos. If I would have known I might not have started on them about 20 years...

Hi Benzomom: Sorry to hear about how you are feeling. I did not expect any improvement only after the few days we have been in contact. There...

I hope you are feeling a bit better today. Today I started off with a slightly bad case, but as the day wore on I have been better, which is...

BenzoMom: Thanks for your reply. I take your warnings about clonazepam seriously, even though 20 years on and off of it OCCASIONALLY has never...

Hi, friend from Belgium, have you seen my post? Marco

Wow, I am really sorry to hear about what you are going through. Your desperation is acute and I really feel for you. I have had moderate...

MSF: Thanks.

Do NOT have the MRI done!! I have heard it is way too loud. Ask whether a CT scan would do if your problem is brain related only. I had a CT...

Grate Biff: I just talked to my psychiatrist about possible withdrawal symptoms from Venlafaxine. He says there is little danger. Yet you...

Grate Biff: Hi and greetings to your way out there in Oslo. Thanks for your warning about Venlafaxine. I gather you know about its hellish...

OK, I accidentally found the info I needed. So no help needed, but I thought we might leave this thread here as a general warning to everyone with...

OK, I figured out I could look up these meds specifically and check out the side effects. I saw nothing regarding hyperacusis and tinnitus for...

Hi again: Just by luck , I saw the thread below about the possible otoxicity of antidepressants, a thread to which I contributed way back last...

Dear HanaK: I am sorry to read about your distress. It sounds that you do have hyperacusis, and right after getting your ears syringed. Could...

Spikedears: I am not quite clear here: How bad was your hyperacusis to begin with, and how close are you to car traffic? If your h. is bad, and...

Codeflowd and others: 3riOw, thanks for thinking of my father...Poor guy, he's got bad back aches also..all sorts of ailments Codeflowd: Sorry...

Madish: Thanks for the news. Although I am not a therapist,in my lowly humble opinion, I am not a fan of ECT Therapy, having been convinced by...

Dear Yo-Han: I just read your post thoroughly. It seems you really understand me and my housing problems. Thank you for giving me your feedback....

Yo-Han: Thanks for your story. I am going to print it out and read it at home carefully. Then I will get back to you with some response. Today I...

3riOw: My father's tinnitus, which he already had, got much worse, and only went down a bit since taking the drug. And he is 93 with all sorts of...

Madish : How is it going there? Many of us are worried. Maybe you can give us some news. Marco

3riOw: Thanks for sending me the specific info about possible hyperacusis side effects of Remeron. God, when I think that it did not even occur...

Dear Madish: It is with great sadness that I just read your post about your family member who tried to end their life. I have had hyperacusis...

I personally took an anti-depressant, Mirtazapine, for 5 weeks recently and nothing happened to my ears. Reading above that this med could cause...

Thanks, Another Sean, very fine advice. One question though: your landlord let you sound proof that room? Or do you own the place that you live...

Sorry to hear about this, Rafa... Those psychedelics are also bad news psychologically for anybody. See the section on LSD in the book ''The...

UAE96: Regarding your question to me: I have never found that earplugs make much of a difference, except to block out some lightly annoying...

Hi UAE96; First time, I think, that I have exchanged with someone from Dubai.Greetings from Canada. It is the first time I have heard of a case...

I have never had improvement, and I have had hyperacusis for 23 years. That being said, I did not have a bad case of hyperacusis at first. But I...