Tinnitus and Anti-Depressants

Thanks. Yeah I relate to everything you say, my spouse says the same thing. Heads screaming (whole brain) and my H is not getting better, I try to ignore the H but it's like a kick to the head every sound, even small things like a light switch or my own voice, I can't believe this is real and that I'm not getting any improvements. I try to get out and do things but I'm kinda in my own world suffering trying to act normal everyday. The old me is dead and gone, this is a new existence for sure, I'm in no way like I once was.

I hope things get better for you this year, take care and keep moving.

 

So went you have 5 different sounds in your head jets engines in your ears, power transformer in your head, hyperacusiss and reactive to every single thing, can you tell me , what In the hell we can take, nothing for this horrendous evil condition and every time you ask for something every single thing is not good, even water is bad, I'm being holding with no medical help for 2 years but I can take no more, and sadly the future for cure or something is very very very far so not much we can do to stop at least a bit this evil horrendous condition.

 

We can take several expensive supplements which don't seem to work, but you keep taking them hoping something will work some day.

And the best medical advice we can get is "just don't pay attention to it".

That's my experience at least.

 

Yeah how you supposed get used to such torture.

 

"Habituation".

 

People don't know what the difference between mild tinnitus and only one ear and very severe tinnitus, hyperacusiss and reactive, and said that because is my own experience, I have mild tinnitus for 35 years + habituation was easy, music career for 35 years no problem till 2 years ago blast redamage my auditory and no way to habituated again, so Nobody can tell me what is the feeling because i know.

 

I agree completely. That's why I put "habituation" in quotations. No matter the severity of people's T at the moment there are so few effective treatments, so we are left "habituating" and praying for a cure.

 

I am trying to keep moving, but this has changed my life so much that I now feel like the only thing that will help me survive is these crazy freaking drugs that are out there,,, I deal with extreme (Daily) agitation and anxiety,,,,i get relief from xanax or ativan,,,,,but dont like what i hear about them or that matter even the antidepressant ,,,,,,I am not functioning at all right now,,,,and gonna lose my wife if i dont figure something out fast! I am researching kolonopin,,,,being a daily benzo,,,,sounds scary,,,,,but I am desperate,,,,,let me know if you come up with anything that works for you, and ill do the same,,,,Peace

 

send a PM to glynis for a suggestion for an Anti Depressant med that won't adversely affect your tinnitus.

 

SNRIs or SSRIs do not really work for hyperacusis.

What caused your H and for how long have you had H?

 

I had my audiologist who is a specalist in T recommend that I start taking anti-anxiety drugs to help with the way I cope with my T.. primarily because I suffer from OCD she thinks my brain latches onto any symptom I have and amplifies it making it difficult to cope. This rings true to me for my tinnitus as well as other medical symptoms I have had in the past..I think about my T pretty much all day, most days. How do you learn to ignore it? I haven't figured that out yet unless I am very busy, it's always there..

Taking ADs or other long term medication is a hard pill to swallow for me (literally ). The side effects are not always desirable and you so Brocken dependent on them. I have used AD's in the past for several years and was able to successfully taper myself off slowly over a month or two without feeling too awful but it does take time.

I have debated taking medications for Quite some time now for my anxiety/OCD but I am breastfeeding so, for now it's not an option for me but one I am considering for when I wean my daughter..

I've had my REACTIVE T over a year now, in addition to what I would call hyperacusis. I have periods lasting a few days or maybe a week where I feel great and tolerating well but then something happens and it always get worse and I'm back where I started. Not sure how any habituates to that..

 

Are there any statistics on this? I realize they all might be clueless, but the ENTs I've met (some with Tinnitus focus) all say. "Take ADs and you will get better"

I mean, they are like 70, so they must base those statements on their long experience of treating patients, right??

(I just go prescribed an AD, but have not taken it)

 

You may get a benefit because some AD will calm the nervous system and will have an impact on the central processing of sound. But that is not going to erase the fact that when you hear a really loud sound you feel pain and may lose hearing, which in turn will exacerbate hyperacusis and/or tinnitus, getting into a vicious circle.

So again these meds adress the symptoms and cannot repair or fix the underlying cause of hyperacusis.

It is a bit like taking pain medication, it is going to calm the symptoms but will not fix the origin of the pain.