Steroids: Prednisone / Dexamethasone / Others (Oral and Injections)

I'm confused why ENTs treat tinnitus differently based on if you show hearing loss on an audiogram or not, when tinnitus from an acoustic trauma widely exists regardless of the audiogram results (hidden hearing loss).

I had an audiogram around two weeks ago. It showed no hearing loss. Obviously it doesn't make much of a difference as this is very common with tinnitus.

I'm just wondering how you guys find doctors to do intratympanic Dexamethasone injections with no hearing loss on the audiogram? Did you guys have to fake the audiogram or are there otologists willing to do certain treatments regardless of audiogram results?

Thanks for the information.

 

Was anyone else’s anxiety and mental state completely through the roof whilst tapering off Prednisone?

 

How fast did you taper?

 

So I went 60 mg, 60 mg, 50 mg, 50 mg, 40 mg, 40 mg, 30 mg, 30 mg and am now starting 20 mg, 20 mg, 10 mg, 10 mg.

 

Yeah, this is always terrible for me with Prednisone. And I get insomnia like nobody's business.

 

I asked about this. There is no good evidence for steroids after onset of tinnitus without hearing loss. There is evidence steroids may help with sudden hearing loss from an infection etc.

No, you never fake a medical diagnostic test; that is out of order!

 

It's an absolute killer.

 

Sorry, I forgot to update. My tinnitus got worse when I tapered off the steroids but overall the tinnitus is still better than before the steroids. I don't know though if that was just natural healing or not.

 

I'm tapering off of the Prednisone and my tinnitus is worsening. Getting a new Morse code tone in my right ear. I used to only have tinnitus in my left ear. Help.

Prednisone made me much worse. Be careful of this med. I listened to all the panicked advice here about needing Prednisone asap after onset and went for it when I probably didn't need it.

 

I’m not sure that Prednisone even helped my tinnitus, but what I do know is it massively heightened my anxiety and gave me chronic insomnia which I’ve only just got over. It also gave me muscle and bone weakness which again I am just recovering from. It’s not a drug to trifle with, that’s for sure.

My tinnitus has improved quite a bit since onset (January), although I had a setback today. What is working for me is honestly not letting it get in the way of stuff and causing me anxiety. Easier said than done, of course.

My biggest issue is not the tinnitus anymore, but the feeling of fullness, stuffed sinuses, jaw tension and my masseter muscles all clumped up. Absolutely horrid.

 

I apologize in advance if this has been asked already, but is Cortexi a scam? I just saw something about it, however it looks scammy to me.