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Yeah, I'm more than pleasantly surprised. I wasn't expecting much but it's totally changed my outlook on life, I didn't know I could feel this...
That's interesting. And I'm still interested in Cymbalta vs. Lexapro. Anecdotally, my tinnitus was much more susceptible to being changed by...
I'm not sure Lexapro helped me with depression per se in the first 24 hours, but it gives me a noticeable boost immediately after taking it. As...
I definitely made it a bigger deal than it needed to be, turning down prescriptions for SSRIs several times over the years. Lexapro turned out to...
The nuance here is how you define safe. SSRIs are prescribed by the millions, ostensibly safely. All medical interventions carry risk, all...
I’m still at 10 mg and will keep it steady based on the effect so far.
Yeah, I'll continue using it sparingly (I took 0.25 mg last night) though I will say, I feel far less desire to take it. I'm actually surprised...
There's no way to know that your tinnitus wasn't just waiting for any trigger to happen. Depression and anxiety are huge precursors in and of...
@brownbear, is there anything you're encouraged by in the field by way of R&D? Ongoing research not yet published? Recent acceleration of AI...
Week 5 of Lexapro now. Things are going great. I feel like a weight's been lifted off my chest. Tinnitus is taking more of a backseat in my life....
@Mo8409 hearing loss for me. There's virtually no risk in trying it.
Generally a great supplement to take either way, based on my understanding from smarter people. I've taken it for years, I don't think it affects T.
Glad to hear you're feeling well! I'm into week 3 now and the sexual side effects have definitely hit me. (I had to think about how to say that...
I asked for Cymbalta and was told they (psych practice) don't see it as a first line treatment. So I started Lexapro a week ago, 5 mg for 5 days,...
I took 6 months off cannabis when I first got tinnitus and when I started using again, at much lower doses, the tinnitus got better. So I've kept...
Sigh. This study is about me. What I'd like to understand is why low dose THC now quiets my tinnitus, and why going without makes it worse....
It could be a bit of a journey tapering off daily Clonazepam, but a worthy endeavor most likely. There are good resources out there for tapering...
The dose of Trazodone used for sleep (25-100 mg) doesn't really come close to the dose required for antidepressant effects (300-600 mg). That's...
Interesting for sure. I've noticed sometimes my noise increases for a short time, say even a day, but the quiet returns after. I'd like to drop my...
That's really great. I tend to be a very sensitive person (imagine that, being here), and range from debilitatingly anxious to depressed to being...
I appreciate you sharing your experience. What dose are you on now?
Possibly relevant to this discussion: → Sensory gating functions of the auditory thalamus: adaptation and modulations through noise-exposure and...
I think I might give Cymbalta a shot. I will report back if I do.
Which med do you take?
I highly recommend trying Trazodone for sleep maintenance, if you haven’t already. It’s been really positive for my sleep overall - I didn’t want...
Is the device necessarily not a direct-to-consumer thing? Sorry if this is covered previously.
The benefit of only taking 0.25 mg is there’s really no obvious consequence if it doesn’t work. For people with zero tolerance, it could help and...
Hi, I’m not sure I understand the question, but sometimes I just want to take a full 0.5 mg. I think many people start at doses way too high when...
I'm really sorry to hear about your situation. A few things have consistently helped reduce tinnitus severity for me: Clonazepam occasionally, as...
Very much my experience too.
That does ring a bell.
Yep, SSHL was my clinical diagnosis. I have previously read about a couple clinics who will administer Dexamethasone for treatment of tinnitus,...
I have the same idle set of worries. There isn't any evidence that tinnitus signals dementia that I'm aware of though. There is evidence of a...
Sorry I really don’t know. You’re probably best off googling it but it’s another term for last ditch effort. Last resort. Arguably it could be...
same. periods of very low levels and periods of high. I think this is my normal. I'll take it, I guess.
Try edibles instead if you can! Smoking and vaping both cause problems for me, similar to what you're describing. It spikes me like nothing else....
I quit cannabis cold turkey when my tinnitus started. I've since reintroduced it at low doses, i.e. I only use edibles so I can more accurately...
You could try asking for a very limited Rx - like 4x 0.5 mg doses per month.
There's a common thread here with many tinnitus-afflicted. Prone to stress, anxiety, and relatedly poor sleep. I'm a poster-child for this.
@TinniGone, thanks for the detail. Valium, Xanax, and Klonopin tend to reduce my tinnitus volume too. I just try to keep use of them to a minimum,...
Do you regularly use Xanax, or for just spikes, or just during the initial acute phase?
If you need hearing aids, you should get them. Hearing loss is considered linked to cognitive decline, if not causal. If you ask more cautious...
Same, as you @Joe Cuber - no impact to tinnitus. I've been taking it nightly for 9 months now. I started at 25 mg and I'm up to 75 mg now, which I...
Give Trazodone a shot - it's been a game changer for me.
Ok, you're entitled to your opinion, thanks for coming in and passing judgement. Very valuable contribution to this thread.
There has been recent research on this that did not find any association between the vaccine and hearing loss or tinnitus. I 100% believe the...
I think it's useful to point out that I'm on a replacement dosage (the R in TRT), which is not considered performance enhancing. So it's not gear,...
Great for you.
I'm now 9 months in and it definitely has not made my tinnitus worse. I am far better off now than I was 9 months ago in terms of tinnitus...
I'm not sure reactive is the right term for mine. It reacts to different things (stress, sleep, alcohol, marijuana) but not to specific sounds. I...
One thing you’ll have to do is get used to the change, it’s normal for it to fluctuate. Still drives me nuts sometimes but it’s in such a benign...
Trazodone has been a godsend for me, but it really only started working "great" when my anxiety levels came down. It helped a lot before that too...
I got a single shot and I'm not sure if it made any difference. Over time my tinnitus has gone down overall with occasional "worsenings" (short of...
Any way you can, basically! I personally had to use benzos one/twice a week. Try the Oto app? That helped me a lot early on. I also found tinnitus...
Hi Erika - I can't honestly give you an accurate recount of progress at this point. It has gotten better but still very much with me. It's worth a...
My tinnitus got quieter when I had covid
Same thing here!
I wish more people would try this and report back!
While true, you're missing the context of the last few pages. I'm not sure why you think this is net new insight for this thread. It's only...
Time to try a new psych, you'll find one. One of the proposals I have in my back pocket is to say, just give me 5mg per month. No risk to their...
