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Hi Ela. Please research the Ashton Manual - it needs to be a gradual switchover. There's a lot of information in the manual and honestly, it's...
I'm so sorry to hear this and can empathize greatly - this was definitely one of my worst symptoms in tapering. Are you also weaning of a...
Hi. Yes, it did, after my crossover to Valium. See my latest post above. I finished my taper over 4 months ago and it's still way better. I still...
Hi Catherine. I'm not active on here but I got your message through the thread. I'm SO sorry for what you are enduring. Cutting from 1mg to...
Hi @AccidentalAddict . I'm so sorry! It would have been nice if the doctors would have warned us that getting off these damn things is often...
@grate_biff PLEASE do not end your life. I beg of you. I am 100% confident that a lot of this is from benzo withdrawal. I am in several support...
I like the Lane. I'm Catholic and we believe in purgatory. I am likely serving my purgatory time right now. It's so intense and horrendous.
Oh, I'm going plenty slow but I'm suffering pretty severely so I'm not going to drag it out for years like that. I'm going at 10% per month and...
Hi there. Struggling and suffering immensely......BUT, I have switched one of my clonazepam doses 2.5 days ago for diazepam and the hyperacusis...
I went back to the ENT - eardrum is fine. I think when the audiologist fit me for my musician earplugs, she poked my eardrum as I felt it when...
@grate_biff Hang in there. You are getting close - much closer than me. I am doing a microtaper and it's very brutal. Only 25% down from 2...
Thanks - and you find them quite comfortable? More so than the ones that go into the ear? It's going to stink if I've paid $230 for musician...
@Earing I am thinking of ordering the Docs Proplugs because I think the foam kind have been irritating my ear canal too much. Do you get vented...
So this is a new one for me. It feels like my eardrum is bruised, maybe from wearing earplugs too much, etc, on my left ear. My left ear, for...
@Marc22 I apologize. I thought you were recommending consistent use of benzo, not intermittent. Infrequent usage is not generally a problem but...
@Earing Your situation is very different than mine as I have 7 kids and am going to have to do something to get this worked out.....and I am in...
Good ENTs can get this out using a curved spoon device. That's how my ENT has cleaned mine out in the past. You don't have to get it flushed -...
@Earing Do you think the musician earplugs could be worn all the time? I had mine fitted but haven't gotten them yet but of course, they told me...
@grate_biff I'm sorry you have been dealing with this so long. this is a hell I didn't know existed. There's no way I could taper down at the...
@grate_biff You have developed hyperacusis as a result of your tapering benzos or tolerance w/d? I am experiencing the same thing and going...
@spinnaker You were getting yours for tinnitus then or do you also have hearing loss? Sorry, just trying to understand yours situation. There do...
I assume your hyperacusis was just pretty mild then? I think they can set the hearing aides to be "low gain", if you have a good audiologist -...
Marc, I was not on benzos regularly for years. I was on them 1-3 months at a higher dose, then tapered down to nothing with no problem. Then I...
You are mostly getting for tinnitus or your hyperacusis as well? Did the audiologist think that they could help with the hyperacusis? I assume...
Marc, Not downplaying alcoholism because clearly that's not easy and is torturous to many a soul. But benzos are WAY worse than alcohol as far as...
I'm so sorry - that is so sad and wrong, though I wonder if some point, it was not inevitable for your T to become constant at some point from...
@Marc22 I completely empathize!!! If you do not think that my urge to go pop those pills to get relief isn't strong, then you are mistaken. Very...
I'm reading that they can help about 1/2 of people. It's not a cure; I believe it just can help to de-intensify things.....if you have a good...
@lcj Thank you. That's incredible. Do you have to have a good smartphone for these to work? Can you tell me in what way they have helped you?...
It's too bad - there's not a center anywhere near me. Phonak ones are the ones that this audiologist mentioned in her post on FB that I saw. Is...
Thanks @lcj - if I needed just regular hearing aids, I would but apparently, these hearing aids come with the audiologist's ability to adjust them...
@BarbaraZ I am dealing with severe/extreme hyperacusis plus some tinnitus due to benzodiazepine withdrawal - so hopefully, my condition is...
@spinnaker Just wondering if you got your hearing aids. I've been in contact with another company that can customize hearing aids and they have...
Marc, yes, I have considered it but it's a terrible long term solution and here's why.....you can quickly become tolerant to the dose of the...
Thanks - already been on benzobuddies. I'm like one of the most severe on there. I am way worse off than you b/c there's no way I could jump off...
@JasonP I was reading through some info and found that you used Trileptal (Oxcarbazepine) to get off Klonopin. I'm having a hell of a time, as...
@Daniel Lion Thank you for your support. I am going plenty slow, as slow as the Ashton Method or maybe even slower, but I'm not stabilizing and I...
@Lane Oh, and as far as the alpha-stim, did you not already kind of feel like you had electricity coursing through your veins during withdrawal?...
@Lane Thank you for reaching out to me. I'm sorry for your setback but it's good to hear that you are improving. Scary thatYes, I am in what...
Thank you Marc. I'm very ill, very ill. My kids went to their aunt and I'm heartbroken over it but my nerves need the rest. The H is still...
@Daniel Lion Thank you - I am already doing a slow microtaper right now with K. @Star64 You have blessed me greatly with your personal messages....
Thank you for reaching out. I just replied to your PM. If you could give me more info, that would be great. I'm so afraid of Valium b/c of the...
Meaning I had been on 1-2 mg for several months, weaned down to .5 mg in a 4 month period and then held at .5 mg for about 6 months. This threw...
So I've tried thinking of a few things on what could have really made my hyperacusis worse because I really haven't exposed myself to a LOT of...
Thank you all for your support. I am feeling like I'm in hell. This is one of the worst symptoms I could have imagined. I am not planning to...
Contrast, I wouldn't say overexposure. I went to my son's yoyo contest several months ago and the music was loud there so it's possible that may...
Hi. Yes, I did. I'm in despair - it's horrendous today. Every noise has been extremely loud and it hits my nervous system like a ton of bricks...
I'm having this also, along with the severe hyperacusis/normal tinnitus. But b/c of benzo w/d, there are a lot of nerve issues involved. The...
It was $3400 for the pair. I don't really understand it completely, especially if all sounds seem loud to me now, which was not the case until...
I am also interested as I just came back from the audiologist and she said that some people get the TRT hearing aids for use for the hyperacusis...
I'm just following up on this post as I'm interested in information from the others regarding hearing protection and TRT therapy. My situation is...
Thank you, Marco. I don't know about never going to Mass again but I will definitely be more careful in the future, if that even requires wearing...
Using clonazepam on occasion is not a problem but I would caution against regular use. I was never intended to be on it this long. It was from...
Thank you. This is hell. The tinnitus is bad enough and I'm sorry - but this hyperacusis, severe sound sensitivity and burning ear pain is...
Sorry for all the new posts. I am new to this and very scared/distraught because the hyperacusis is so bad and painful right now and has come on...
Thank you. I'm pretty desperate right now. This is VERY severe. My ears are burning and they feel like they have a stabbing pain. This is...
Thank you. Sorry, I should have specified. I am only using them right now as ear protection - I have not yet played any music but I thought...
I have a cheaper pair of generic noise cancelling headphones, which are ok (still squeeze my ears and hurt them) but after the past several days...
I am in the midst of a severe benzodiazepine withdrawal storm (hell on earth) with many symptoms, some nerve symptoms. I noticed my ears becoming...
Please don't take klonopin for this. Klonopin has destroyed my life, my health and CAUSED me hyperacusis, tinnitus. You can quickly build up a...